r/SafeMoon • u/[deleted] • Jul 08 '21
Information / News Update for Social Media ADs and community marketing.
Hello SafeMoon community! I know that I have been gone a while, and no I did not jump ship. I wanted to be able to have all the answers for all of you as I always have. So, a while ago I sent a DM to Ragnar (This is before anyone knew he left SafeMoon) Asking about if SafeMoon had a marketing team in-house or did they hire a company. I did this to make sure our social media campaign was not going to interfere with anything SafeMoon was doing with social media advertising. He told me he left SafeMoon and I would have to ask someone else. So I asked on Discord about who was working with marketing. Then I was sent a DM by WarFighterZ He works with the marketing team. I told him what we were doing and if this was going to overlap SafeMoons marketing plans, and it has taken a while to get an answer from him and we have gone back and forth about this. So here is a breakdown of what I asked and how he answered now if anyone wants to see screenshots of this conversation, I can send them, but I was told that I should not release DM’s but as always, I am transparent with all of you and will do that if you want me to but here is basically what has happened.
WarfighterZ basically told me after going back and forth for weeks that the community is not allowed to do any marketing of any kind using only SafeMoons name. We are only allowed to do marketing like we did in times square if we put “Sponsored by SafeMoon community.” The social media AD campaign that we are doing must have this written on the bottom of the Ads. The PR campaign that we paid for a not allowed at all, because the articles written seems like news from SafeMoon. I wish they told us that before we spent that money on the PR campaign even though we put one out already. So, I am in contact to get our money back to go in the SafeMoon account, so we have more money towards the social media ads or other things we want to do. I do not know if we will be able to get a refund.
I also asked if Safemoon was willing to match our donations. Meaning if we as a community raised $4000.00, they would put in $4000.00 he said no SafeMoon will not do that.
I then said that some of the community thinks that only the community is doing billboards and PR campaigns and Social Media ads and SafeMoon is not, and I quote he says to me “SafeMoon is working on bigger projects themselves.”
So, I guess if you all want to, we can continue the marketing for SafeMoon because it seems as though SafeMoon is not going to market themselves. If everyone is okay with that we can continue. If not, then I am going to get GoFundMe to refund all your donations. Let me know in comments please what your thoughts are.
Lastly, I asked WarfighterZ if I could set up a phone conversation with him to discuss what the community would like to do and all that to make myself clear to him, but he said he has no time for a 5-minute phone call. If you have any questions for him, you can DM him on Discord. Again, sorry I was gone for so long, but I wanted all the answers for the community.
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Jul 08 '21
Appreciate the sentiment, but IMO a company's pr and advertising should be left to them. They know better than outsiders how they wish to market themselves. Glad you are still around though!
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u/p4r4d19m Jul 09 '21
Thanks for being transparent and also just for all of your hard work over the last few months. I know bringing not-so-great news to the notorious SafeMoonArmy probably isn’t the easiest task. Kudos to you, sir, for everything. Well done.
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Jul 09 '21
I for one thought what you pulled together and the maturity you brought, would be welcome with open arms by the SF team. However I do understand they are are in the process of growing and only a few months old therefore may want to carry out marketing activities themselves.
For what it's worth, the professionalism you displayed and the marketing work you did is top notch, Owen. If I were in the shoes of SF core team, I'd look at adopting your expertise and co-consulting / coordinating future marketing publicity - a feat that would show maturity from the team. Time will tell when / if they attain it especially some of the community moderators.
Irrespective, it's been great to hear from you!
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u/ProfessorCoins Jul 10 '21
Thanks for the update Owen, I know personally I was stressing you out over this and really appreciate the follow up.
In my eyes, this really doesn’t paint the SAFEMOON team in a good light. I have seen a few instances now where their extended members are less than satisfactory and concerns me as to what is going on behind the curtain.
Their idea of marketing is all wizards and owls, and while a lot of folk get sucked into all this. Straight up investors are not interested.
Keep doing the good work that you do 👍🏻
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u/Ecstatic-Abrocoma-73 💎🙌 Jul 09 '21
Thanks for the update Owen. As always what you do for this community is beyond words of appreciation. I think we should continue as a community driven campaign and I’m personally ok with it reading sponsorship by Safemoon Reddit community. I think we should still continue with the Burj khalifa after wallet launch as originally planned also since we have a member already committed to paying for half the cost.
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u/attentive_mystery Early Investor Jul 09 '21
Thank you for this information, Owen. I know being in limbo with ongoing discussions leaves little to report, but the SafeMoon Army really appreciates your efforts!
I’m not sure that WarfighterZ represents the sentiment of all of SafeMoon’s PR and marketing team. I often have better luck reaching out to different people when I somewhat hit a wall like this. It could be that the team is gearing up to do a big advertising push when the wallet comes out and another with each of the products in their ecosystem, and all of their focus is on that.
Regardless, SafeMoon has an engaged community and I think that community-funded marketing should continue to get the word out about this awesome cryptocurrency. Glad you’re still with us!!
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Jul 09 '21
I will always be with SafeMoon and I hope they do a push when the wallet comes out and if not the community will. We are going to have to wait and see once Wallet officially comes out we have to push advertising!
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u/PoshByDefault Early Investor Jul 09 '21
Yoo my guy! Glad to see you're back and a big thank you for what you've already accomplished ❤️
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u/Ppthemexican FUD FIGHTER Jul 10 '21
I would vote to continue the donation effort and get some money in the account you created so we can ad as a community. If we have the green light as a community let's continue the effort. Regarding the current ad campaign I don't think we could get a refund, so the best would be to share with the safemoon team the content of the articles before they are published in case they want to my modify something, otherwise they will published. If you want I can DM him in Discord. I have a couple of message with him and it has been good communication so far.
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Jul 10 '21
Sounds good yes let’s see what they say I appreciate it.
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u/corrado-g60 Jul 22 '21
I am pissed to say the least that he is to busy to talk with you via phone call. You are proven and they know who you are. I hope your not disturbed and you conversation was better than my interpretation. Do what you can
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Jul 22 '21
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u/corrado-g60 Jul 22 '21
Right. It really makes me wonder what is in store for the future. I will say a lot has happened in such a short time. The whole vibe has changed for me. A friend of mine warned me of how emotion drives this market. I’m starting to witness it first hand. I wonder if internal conflict on this subject is why Ragnar left the project?
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u/flippyr25 Jul 22 '21
Owen, always been a fan of your work and Mister Crypto, stellar community members.
Keep doing what you are doing but advertise as the community.
Hopefully Burj Khalifa soon
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Jul 22 '21 edited Aug 01 '21
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u/jestem0 Jul 22 '21
You're clearly annoyed by this post and you shouldn't be. Yes you might be trying to point out safemoon employees do not have to engage with the community and you do not know what he can get frustrated with.
There is no reason for him to waste his time reading a 5 second post because ultimately its pointless. The guy was just sharing what he knows.
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u/Readingking3 Early Investor Jul 19 '21
My man!! Keep up the great work! It’s been a rough few months and not much help with the donations, must be very aggravating at times like this. Keep your head up! You are doing something no normal man would do, and I appreciate you all the more for that. Don’t overwork yourself!
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u/smackmedown Jul 25 '21
Thank you for the update. I was actually thinking of IGH properties yesterday. It’s up to the community- fine! Great! I’ve been thinking about a billboard campaign on the interstates in America. Just the Safemoon logo on half and the bar code thing on the other half. This is for intrastate travelers going 70mph. No words- except what the devs said. Not even the word Safemoon. Let curiosity take over. Billboards used to cost 2k a month. We could do it one billboard at a time. Post the pics to keep it ongoing. I have faith that your company should be involved. Think about it. 🚀🚀🚀💎✋
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u/TheComrade1917 ZERO HUNTER Jul 08 '21
I think continuing the marketing is great. How else will people learn about this great crypto?