For those in favour of this proposal, can you give me your thoughts on:
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Why would it be better to engage Messari now than in Q4 just before v1’s release?
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What will Messari write about? They did a great piece on our DAO, but now what major releases do we have coming that are worth of 5 figure ad spend, pre v1?
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Have you bought advertising before? If so, did you negotiate with the vendor at all, or just pay the first number they said?
The points i’m trying to re-emphasise here:
a) buy and use advertising - take a ‘bet’ on it, when the timing is right, not just because an advertiser approached you selling something. Messari will be a great partnership - when we can optimise ROI for our benefit, not their sales figures.
b) negotiate with suppliers. PNI just took a massive haircut to salaries and staff, and now the buyers of this service don’t want to negotiate? This is not just for Messari, but all suppliers to the DAO, we need someone actively negotiating on our behalf, not just signing off the first numbers given to us.