I've spent a good chunk of the last 2 days talking to exhibitors at various art shows. After hearing "find more of my work on _____" for the 500th time, I decided I should get some #nostr unbusiness cards printed up to hand out when I go to trade shows & stuff.
I'm trying to brainstorm what that should look like & include?
From 2016 to 2019 I tried to get my fellow artfair friends to take #Bitcoin, I couldn't convince anyone to do it with me.
Long story short, they all wished the listened too me
Lol! I'm sure! I won't even try to do any convincing, just countering. Everyone will find #nostr on their own time, but I'd like to plant some seeds.
Depending on the work they are selling, some art doesn't take any explanation to sell
Artist in the booths can be difficult to talk to about any else besides their artwork, they spent all their time creating and so much effort traveling long a distance to set up, and sell their work for 2 1/2 day (30hours) then break it all down to travel home
There at work and they don't want to feel like they're being solicited
All of our focus is selling our our art, they won't have the open mindset to grap Nostr or Bitcoin
All they will be thinking about is why aren't we talking about my art, I need to sell something
This was my life
Not saying you shouldn't try, but I'm trying to get you to understand their mindset and POV
Especially the long time artfair veterans, the newbies will talk to you because they don't understand, yet
Almost everyone I talked to ended with "you can find me on ___" and it would be so easy to just say "oh, you're on socials? You should check out #nostr", hand them a card and let us both move on. Or stay & talk if they want to but I do t see that happening often.
Well, I figure the worst that can happen is my cards go in the trash & I waste $50 on printing, which is fully justified by all the other much more stupid of ways I do and have wasted money. Best scenerio is it gets stuck in a pocket & looked at later, maybe sparks curiosity for a few. And it's not just art shows but trade shows, conventions, markets, ect. Anywhere I end up where one-on-one sales are happening and I am the consumer, I have the seller's full attention for a few moments. Might as well shoot my shot π
nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac ... nostrapps.com is you right?
Unbusiness card?
Haha! Well, not for a business but a card... following the 'un' theme of other #nostr promotion tactics.
A high quality sticker of your art and a QR code somewhere on it
It's not to find me, but to spread the good word of #thenostr π
By opening your profile, they learn about nostr. I made a similar note a day or two ago that primal/nostr needs stickers. I just ordered some with my pfp and qr and Iβm probably going to make home brew βnostr onlyβ stickers, myself.
We do need stickers! But not with my info on them π
One strategy is more self centric, people will want to join if they feel fomo and see some cool person they just met is already flourishing on this new thing.
Another is to sell nostr on social media pain points. Eg like βcanβt ban meβ or β$0 verified accountsβ something like that.
I might also be missing the request entirely though π
I'm thinking more of a nonchalant approach when the other party presents the opportunity to do so. Quick & easy, and not coming across as if I'm trying to sell something because I'm not... at least not in those moments.
nostr:npub13cnlldwfhwxd6qf34hnwlfya2m2qrd2zfk0alxnrup6d2fasw9wqxwkzpe makes stickers if I remember correctly.
π what kind of stickers?
Thank you!
Hey just seeing this. Yes I do custom stickers for plebs! DM me and we can get sorted!
I'm not an artist but I do graphic design. I custom make all my stickers in small batches. I can usually handle up to 300-500 pieces depending in size, within a reasonable time frame.
I wanted to start something for plebs that was very affordable to spread the good word via stickers. As such, no min orders, happy to print and give away single digit stickers if you have a design u wanna try out but don't wanna commit. I work closely through the whole process to make sure u get exactly what u envision!
Awesome, thanks! I follow you & your sticker page now so I'll come back to this thought after I'm a little less sleep deprived π
Tell them about this secret art project where artist gather its called nostr its very hush hush
Jokes aside from my aunts friendgroup ans her self i can say artist love the idea.
Like that story of the fake secret society? ππ€£
I have no clue what story you mean but yes!!!!!
π You'll love it. I have to find you a link.
I'm having a hard time finding it right now... but I will eventually. π
That "fake" secret society must have cleansed it from the interweb π
π maybe! I still can't find it! It was a trail of clues that convinced the people that followed them that they were joining a secret society & it ended up being a promotion for new night club or something.
Thats gold ππ
Semi- related but also a nice rabbit hole
https://medium.com/@talktorahul.b/what-is-cicada-3301-mystery-74de69dba653
ππ fun weekend read! Thanks!
This vid definitely more in depth
But love to know what you make of it after you gave it read π https://youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?si=qPp9DU0rgEykILJG
I will report back after my morning reading through π«‘
Drifting off & an idea popped into my mind...
on the back of the cards, I could add:
"Write down your private key and keep it safe"
& a prefixed blank line like nsec________
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