Wow I can't believe you're finally making this! I commented in this thread before but my comment is gone... Do you have a thread in the announcements page? Also, I feel like the website and the logo on the Twitter page could use some work. The logo on the Twitter page looks very poor. I can recommend some people who do graphic and web design for alts if you want.
The logo needs to be more modern and professional. The current gold one looks very cheesy like many of the scam coins.
The website is too convoluted with flash animations. It should be straightforward and graphically professional for a coin of this caliber.
If you want to contact me on Twitter my name is @check__it__out. I check bitcointalk.org less frequently and I don't get notifications on my phone either.
Thought that myself get a graphic/web dev and get a more professional logo and website it looks pretty shitty just now for a really good coin
AI Coin's forum has our old blue logo. Do you like that one better? I plan to post your constructive comments on our forum where they can be discussed by our most enthusiastic supporters, one of whom is a web designer and branded our website. AI Coin Inc has a rather transparent management style and I thank you for helping us to be better.
We have a modest budget for advertising before launch. Do readers have an opinion of where to advertise? CoinDesk has a relatively large number of visitors for example.
Dash's logo is the type of logo that is very popular not only in crypto but in general in graphic design in world corperations.
http://coinmarketcap.com/static/img/coins/16x16/darkcoin.pngOr Microsoft's logo is not letter based but a shape.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X9lWxWlQO9g/UDZklbBZSfI/AAAAAAAAI1o/8J1ZDMUMlI8/s1600/microsoft%252Bnew%252Blogo.png&imgrefurl=http://www.techpinas.com/2012/08/new-logo-of-microsoft-corporation.html&h=130&w=387&tbnid=GSBxIHi2vDOthM:&zoom=1&tbnh=50&tbnw=151&usg=__goTFDX3QVtIyKLtgreZTw1CpWN0=&docid=kpTyvfWMExeHsM&itg=1Overall you need to distance yourself from the "coin" shape. It's a cheesy altcoin meme that devalues your image. It should be a simple shape or two letters "AI" floating on a white background.
As far as the site, look at Monero's:
https://getmonero.org/homeIt has a menu bar up top and a simple, clean, professional interface. It should be a quick and simple reference for people to learn about your product. You current site is convoluted and requires people to scroll through flash animations that look cheesy and waste their time. A lot of people have mobile devices that will struggle to even load that. I will give you some references for someone who can do the work for you.
As far as promotion Coindesk is great. I would go with them first if you have to choose one. Also posting in /r/bitcoin yourself as the lead dev isn't a bad idea. They are receptive to legitimate projects such as this. It's a great promotional vehicle. Storjcoin and Monero are well received there and I think your project will be as well.
I'll add more later as I get it.
EDIT: Just got a referral for you from my team:
http://www.cryptodesign.net/He did Mintpal's logo etc. Look at his website for an idea of simple and effective design.