Go to Market breakout notes


How do we build awareness of RChain

Targeted Personas

  • Platform developers
  • App Developers
  • Synergistic community members - Burners, Platform.coop


Marketing Plan for Mercury

  • What are the activities?
    • Software Release Events
    • Speak at Conferences, Attend conferences
    • Social Media Channel Management
    • Reach out to traditional media - Press and print
  • What is needed from Development at specific points in the plan?
    • Advance notification of impending software releases
    • Content - Blog posts, technical documentation, articles
  • What are artifacts?
    • Prepare speaking material and decks in advance on a variety of topics so that last minute speaking engagements can be accepted.
    • Topics for speaking materials
      • Blockchain basics/primer.
      • Correct by Construction (& why it matters)
      • Blockchains are more than just cryptocurrency.
      • Is blockchain right for your use case?
      • Blockchains in 2025
    • Medium Blog posts (check analytics and see what the response)
      • RChain versus other Blockchains
      • RChain Namespaces
      • Object Capability Security Model
    • Content for traditional media outlets
      • Audience is much more broad
      • Need to be focused on solving specific problems and Blockchain basics.
        • Need specific use cases that would be interesting.
  • Targeted Audience
    • Open Source Community
    • Burners
    • Platform.coop
    • Social Media Channels
      • Official
        • YouTube RChain CoOp Channel
          • Very short form video for YouTube - testimonials.
        • Slack
        • Discord #general channel
        • Twitter
        • Facebook
        • Reddit
        • LinkedIn
        • Medium Blog Posts
        • Testimonials
          • Conduct interviews & Ghost write
          • Influencers - Need a set of influencers in verticals.
        • Newsletters
      • Who is going to moderate the Social media channels?  
      • Informal social Media
        • Informing membership of content, so they can share on their own channels.
    • Conferences & trade Shows
      • Blockchain specific trade shows
      • Finance specific trade shows
        • EnsureTech
        • JPMorgan hosts a tech conference every year
        • Money2020
    • Workshops
      • Internet Identity workshops



Lastly - Accounting for all this work

  • Who is executing against this plan?
  • Is it a member of the community?  Is it a staffed position?


Action items:

  • Budget Considerations
  • Staffing to execute against the plan
    • Marketing Manager
    • Community Manager
    • Technical writer (prefer fixed position - training issue)
  • Timeline of activities, what happens and in what order - In google sheet for now: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WCwsVoV02wqvgDzPYBn2BVLPsen_tKl7IdMpxTVH7Ls/edit#gid=0
  • Community leaders development (tend to have a high attrition rate - how does this shift?)
  • What about being opportunistic - Example: Consensus 2017 with Michael -
    • The more we invest in some persons - the more he does for us.
  • Where is the strategy around ‘following a nose’.
    • Be strategic about which conferences we choose to invest in.
    • Once there, be open and receptive to all who approach us & follow up by engaging in a timely manner.
  • We have to cast the right net.
    • There is a sea of opportunity