-- I suggest we create a collaboration with MrBeast and thats why: --
Every month we spend an insane amount of money on some strange people/ambassadors/brands we see for the first time, and then they disappear without any results. The money goes very quickly and very inefficiently. Although this is a very controversial point, anyone can agree that after such expenses many have the feeling that we are feeding thieves and incompetent people.
So if we spend money from the treasury, let's at least make sure that we spend it on competent and honest people. At least we will know that we were not robbed. And we will also know that we gave this money to competent people.
Only the efficiency of spending is debatable, but we will never know the efficiency of any spending without trying it. Perhaps this collaboration will not be effective, but at least we will pay the one who really spreads goodness, and we will pay the one who is really top 1. In his videos MrBeast mentions that brands are often unable to pay him a fair amount in return for the number of views he provides. Because it is one of the largest channels in the world, and one of the most popular for a long time.
-- Expectations and details of collaboration: --
By collaboration I mean that Mr. Beast will post a whole video about how he spends our money on another charity event (a typical video for his channel). In this video he will mention Polkadot several times, he will also be dressed in Polkadot merch (with all the participants of the video) and will place our logo on the video logo.
UPD: I have already encountered the opinion that its audience is not suitable for us, mostly children. But I think we should not worry about it. Since Polkadot is a very safe and reliable technology, with a reputable team, we have a huge chance of not disappearing in 5 or even 10 years. We can play the long game. And if children find out about us, no big deal, then (when they grow up) Polkadot will be the first thing they think of when they think about investing in crypto - and this, I think, is worth a lot!
-- Example of marketing spend that has Delivered 0 Benefits in the past: --
I recommend recalling the marketing campaign around the coin called DED. Only $1 million was requested for marketing at the very beginning. Lunar Agency took responsibility for marketing. Now I will try to speak in the language of objectivity, not in the language of emotions, although it will be difficult:
I have worked in various NFT projects for a long time, and believe me, I know what I am talking about, for $20,000 as payment for market managers, any project could count on an increase in subscribers in the amount of about 100,000 - 200,000, and although most of them are probably bots mixed with not very interested people, still 10,000 - 20,000 real enthusiasts would appear. And all this is 50 times cheaper than what was requested by this agency. And yes, all these invited people had to mint NFTs by spending their money, and not a small amount. Notice the difference... Much more would have come if there had been a case like with DED, when you didn't have to buy anything, contrary in return they would give value for free.
And this is just 1 example of theft/misspending of money or complete incompetence from the treasury.
-- Conclusion: --
So I think we could put up $1,000,000 (or whatever amount he asks not much more than that) for a whole video or for us to be mentioned in any of his videos in a positive way! Plus, it's charity. It's a chance to show that blockchain technology can be useful by capturing people's attention! Because let's be honest, we can only make this possible because we once fell in love with this project, now we're here, many of us stake $dot's and replenish the project's treasury
I would appreciate for any feedback, do you want to see a further referendum or WFC?