My 2 cents here - I value all guys of the team and the ones on the ground a lot - and @guiltyparties might know we talked a lot about what can be done in PR / marketing - I even wrote some press releases incl local German coverage some time ago.
Always happy to help still even my suggestion was maybe a bit too traditional in the past proposals I only shared with small number of people.
However we need to be where pour target group is - hence seems article on these crypto site should be one thing even it is crazy expensive still (maybe negotiate a deal of a series for time period) - but to hear Dash people and others never heard about Hive was really shicking me - Steemit is still more know - not mentioning I think the brand Hive was not a good decision (but now it is probably too late to re-brand).
VP team does great things - I love the B2B approach a lot (hence also my former suggestions to be more active on platforms such as LinkedIn and relevant events like the Dortmund conference.
In general I think most planned event make sense - but we need to measure vs. outcome with clear KPIs per activity, so per event, per PR (wider topic), advertising, sponsoring etc.
I used to support the proposals and always mentioned I struggle with the Rally sponsorship - and I struggle even more - the amount of money is way way too much with hardly any outcome and even more important I see no potential this is relevant - no one watches this sport apart from a dedicated minority - of course F1 would be too much to sponser.
Not saying stop that immediately as there are people linked but I would appreciate to consider shifting spendings via a priority program - make a list what is key important based on past learnings and spend money there (maybe via a POLL amongst the entire community?).
The schedule for the rallies is not known for next year to anyone. The car itself is an asset. It can be discussed separately although everyone likes talking about it. The locations where the races are are what matters. The last time the rally car was included in anything was Conf3rence and it actually made us money. Some of the races we've done before we won't do again. The car has a few years left before it has to be sold but we need to use it where we have people to amplify its race locally. It's already a huge hit with various partners so nothing has to be done there but we need to use it to its full potential. Maybe with more of those articles.
ok so a long-termed asset invest on car, was not aware of that (I usually invest max 3 years into a car as of the nature of that asset) - how old is this car and will there be any money back when sold realistically? (Car as asset value is usually going down pretty fast as long it is not a well known and working oldtimer or car from a true celeb where value could increase).
Glad to hear profits been made from Conf3rence - fingers crossed then.
Not sure what you been by "those articles" though.
These cars aren't like the cars we drive and holds its value over time. They're more devalued over use which is why we only drive it during select races. It doesn't train or do anything unnecessary. I'd say it can be sold for approx $100k if we sell it let's say a few years. It's needed for WRC which are the Olympics of car racing but not for smaller rallies. We had two cars for a while and one was sold. The hardest part is selecting the races. We get the most out of Monaco and CER (the one coming up).
ok - understood but Olympics of car racing ist only Formula 1, even other smaller series are more covered in public, even what the US calls Indy Car series more popular why ever - WRC is just Rally sports - really do not know anybody that watches this - and local TV not showing any races at all (was happening in the 80ies when I German "Röhrl" was World Champion).
But get your point, no worries - will stop complaining. Maybe other countries are different and if we get money out of it all good.
Yeah they're different sports - rally, NASCAR, F1, etc.
Thanks for confirming - the car is just for branding I know and it is cheap compared to real racing and you might have good results with it all good - but still I am happy when that car is sold.
And again, I appreciate what you do in total - as I read from comments many wanna just support and tell their views. So streamline spendings to focus on areas we might benefit from.