[Approved] May $NEAR Chill&Shill monthly budget

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What is $NEAR Chill&Shill?

NEAR Chill&Shill is a twitter space in the NEAR ecosystem. We aim to educate our audience about the application and capabilities of NEAR By interviewing founders of projects on NEAR, we simultaneously spread awareness about NEAR, give founders a platform to spread the word about their project, and educate our listeners about NEAR. Our Twitter Space also includes community spaces where members of the NEAR ecosystem can connect and engage with each other, creating a strong and engaged community around NEAR . Our mission is to enhance the NEAR ecosystem by promoting the growth of projects, fostering engagement within the network, bringing our listeners the information and education to further their growth in web3 space.

Stats:

  • Started 05/24/2022
  • Over 90 spaces hosted
  • Over 80 teams from NEAR ecosystem interviewed
  • 60 - 400 people per spaces (30-150 concurrently)
  • 1+ hour long

Previous Work
Projects /people we have interviewed include:

Nightly
Lactove
Sona Protocol
WeHave
Playible
Stader
Murder Mystery Collective
Octopus Network
Popula
NoRamp
Nestercity
RealBirds
YouMinter
Varda NFT
Genadrop
QSTN
CycloClan
Hermes Protocol
Unique One
KeyPom
Rimberjack
FluxusFi
NearStarter
Tonic Dex
Pawn Protocol
Reactor Lab
Near Future
Vexxed Apes
MR.Giggles
Shitzu Community
DirtySockz
SignalCalls
Shardeez
Popsicles FNT
Crossword.xyz
Super Koalas
BoredGirls
DeventDotLand
Jack McDermott (Nifty Comedians)
Swap Bitssa
Near India
Tradeport Finance
PlayEmber
R3alyfe DAO
VSelf
Here Wallet
MonkeONear

NEAR Hub
Binocs
Art Heals
Parrotopia
LazyFi
HideYourCash
Megura NEAR
Aurora Hunters
B4B World
Rainbow Bridge
MoonBase DAO
Li.Fi Protocol
Fileverse
Polaris Finance
OpenBisea
Supermoon
PureFi
NDC

Upcoming scheduled guests:
Rogues Studios
Popula
Aurora Hunters Community
Tsunami
Tenamint
MMC
ZomLand
World of the Abyss
Avalonics Worlds
LazyFi
Pebmrock Finance
And many more!

Previous funding
$NEAR Chill&Shill has previously received 2 grants for a total of 32 spaces.

Proposals:
http://gov.near.org/t/approved-near-chill-shill-twitter-spaces-monthly-funding-request/28052
[Approved] March $NEAR Chill&Shill Monthly Budget

Reports:
http://gov.near.org/t/report-near-chill-shill-monthly-funding-request/30639
[REPORT] March $NEAR Chill&Shill Monthly Budget - our last report, a good place to see the stats for the last month

Similar approved proposals:
http://gov.near.org/t/approved-near-at-night-twitter-spaces-monthly-funding-request/28151
[Approved] NEAR at NIGHT Twitter Spaces - Monthly Funding Request (November)
[Approved] NEAR at NIGHT Twitter Spaces - 3 Month Funding Request (Edited 02/13/23)

Initiatives:

  1. Content - Audio - Twitter Spaces

$NEAR Chill&Shill twitter spaces exclusively around the NEAR and NEAR ecosystem.

Examples of previous work:

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lPKqBNkroAGb

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1rmxPkZAdzDJN

https://twitter.com/waxnear/status/1574989271773368320?s=46&t=4gDoxffVBU5gyzq4jRInkQ

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1rmxPkWLXzXJN

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1rmGPkWLAdnKN

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lDxLnWvgwZGm

https://twitter.com/waxnear/status/1577162852313333760?s=46&t=4gDoxffVBU5gyzq4jRInkQ

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1rmGPkWLAREKN

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1jMJgLVowMXxL

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1kvJpmDQRnXxE

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1gqxvywLVnWJB

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1djGXljYNWzGZ

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1kvJpmYDmoOxE

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1PlJQpBwLNqGE

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lDxLnDZMwMGm

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1MnxnpAbpOyGO

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YpJkgRErqBJj

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1DXxyvPZnAvKM

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vOGwMmvpwmxB

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1nAKErXveWXGL

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1mnxeRbQmbvKX

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1zqJVPZqeamKB

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vAxRAlvrvPJl

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vOxwMmjEzPGB

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OyJAVXWEnaxb

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1kvJpmgvopPxE

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1mrGmkdywAVxy

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1gqxvyzZnreJB

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OwxWwgMalkxQ

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1BdGYymMLrBGX

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lDGLnbAwOZxm

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1djGXlzOBojGZ

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OwxWwgWemwxQ

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1ZkJzXzkPjrKv

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1kvJpmzEDrQxE

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1zqKVPnQoNPJB

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lPKqBjEWpmGb

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1djxXlmeDaXxZ

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1PlJQpgvojnGE

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vOGwMWlDeMxB

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1BRJjZanyQRJw

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1djGXlmPBdvGZ

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OyKAVRDdXeGb

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vOxwMWyNvVGB

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OdKrznBAROKX

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1nAKEroQeMRGL

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1ZkKzXQmDdRJv

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1MYxNgDZkrXKw

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1BdxYyDByaNxX

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1dRKZMRopdwxB

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1ypKddLznVaKW

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1jMJgLZjyjOxL
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1RDGlaRQojEJL?s=20

$NEAR Chill&Shill’s distribution is done through @waxnear twitter account, which is the main social media account of $NEAR Chill&Shill where we post spaces, threads, articles, and any other media content produced by $NEAR Chill&Shill.

Funding Requested:
16 spaces * 250 = 4,000
Giveaways for space visibility:
16 * $20 = $320
Total: $4320

  1. Social Media - Promotion/Distribution - Twitter

To promote and distribute all our content we use @waxnear, which is the face of $NEAR Chill&Shill. @waxnear has been tweeting exclusively about NEAR since its creation in December 2021, Alongside our main content, we have created and posted over 4,190 pieces of short-form written content about $NEAR, including educational, community building, news, analytics, and of course high quality memes. At present schedule, there are 7-10 pieces posted daily, which results in approximately 250 a month, as well as communication and further engagement in the comments.

Examples of previous work:
https://twitter.com/waxnear
Funding:
$600 /month

  1. Social Media - Community Channel - Telegram

We not only create content and educate our listeners and readers, but also organize them in an actively engaged community to keep growing and learning more about NEAR blockchain together and collaborating with each other. This is also a channel of distribution for our content, but it is mainly a community environment where we post interactive games, announcements, and create activities for our members.

Funding:
$300/month

Total Funding:
5220 USD

Wallet:
chillandshill.near

Owner:
Wax

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Chill and Shill is an excellent educational platform for anyone looking to learn more about Near Protocol. Their team is passionate and knowledgeable about the technology and provides high-quality educational content that is easy to understand and follow.

I appreciate the effort they put into their Twitter space as they help in providing a comprehensive understanding of the Near Protocol ecosystem.
I hope the near foundation keep supporting them will all neccesary and available resources :pray::pray:
#waxisNear!!!
#NearisNow!!!

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Thank you very much for great job.
Happy to support.

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Great works.

Suggestion;

Projects/people we’ve interviewed:- you can attach a link to a documents or spreadsheet, which will decrease the huge random list and make it appear cool while also minimizing space, tbis is also applicable to your examples of your previous work.

Best of luck :+1:.

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Hi @waxnear thanks for the proposal – I’m happy to support this for another month. A few things I think are important to note:

  • With ongoing projects that are receiving funding from the Marketing DAO, we are hoping to see an evolution in growth in order to allocate future funds. When you submit your next report, it would be helpful to to be able to review not only numbers around the spaces and content volume, but an explanation of how that is creating growth in the NEAR ecosystem. As many dots as you can connect for us that tell that story, the stronger the case for future funding.
  • I’d also recommend thinking about a path to sustainability and revenue generation outside of Marketing DAO funds as the project grows. We may not be able to support projects month after month, so it is always good to consider how you’d continue the project without or with reduced community funding.
  • Can you share how you choose the projects/guests for the AMAs so community members on the forum know how they can get involved?

Thanks

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Hi @waxnear great work! Also happy to support. Now moving to Approved

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thank you, created the poll
https://app.astrodao.com/dao/marketing.sputnik-dao.near/proposals/marketing.sputnik-dao.near-718

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Hey, thank you for all the questions. These are all valid points and there is a lot to be said about all this.

  1. NEAR Chill&Shill is a very special space, different to most twitter spaces out there, in fact, it is so unique it is almost impossible to understand it, without being there, so I will have to give a lot of context here. This is mostly due to the fact that NEAR ecosystem is in such unique position. We have a family-like community of people, who were introduced to NEAR by us, then educated about NEAR through over 100+ NEAR spaces with different projects, founders, and key players in NEAR ecosystem. As a result, they don’t just passively consume content. Every projects that comes to our spaces notes the quality and depth of questions our community asks, their deep understanding of NEAR ecosystem, as well as the fact that going to our spaces instantly brings users and community members to their projects, since our community members always interact with the guest projects, and often become their most active community members, if they like the project. Eventually, after learning so much about NEAR, our community members become creators, a good example would be @Devbose , who is the biggest KOL account on $NEAR after Wax, was introduced to NEAR through our spaces. I truly believe that we have created a record amount of NEAR maxis

The reason why I think it is so important, is that based on my experience NEAR has close to 0 community in the traditional sense of this word in Web3. Most of NEAR “community” are employees or ex-employees of the NEAR entities, or project builders supported by NEAR grants. In other words, there are a lot of builders, but there is a noticeable void when it comes to the audience, which was pretty evident by the twitter engagement in NEAR ecosystem over the last year. The only other real community I can think of would be Shitzu Community.

We believe that in web3, most of “communities” usually form as a consequence of active NFT or DeFi environments where there are speculative opportunities, which are common community-drivers in web3, which NEAR currently doesn’t have. While it this is a good thing and something we like NEAR for, since this means we don’t have rugs, scams, and countless ponzis that most other chains do, and proudly show off as their “volume” and " activity". However, as a random negative consequence of the absence of this environment is absence of the web3 community. This leaves a giant hole in NEAR ecosystem. This is where Chill&Shill stepped in and has filled this gap, creating a high quality educational space that encourages a deep understanding of NEAR by bringing quality speakers and builders. All this time we have been fostering organic community growth, creating community which we believe will form the core of organic NEAR community in the future.

Moreover, Chill&Shill serves as a hub, providing NEAR projects with a platform to attract users, engage with the community, hone their pitches, and network with other NEAR builders. In turn, our community gets to learn about new projects, ask questions, and connect with others within the NEAR ecosystem. We’ve also fostered collaborations between NEAR projects, further strengthening the ecosystem, which we believe is very important considering how disconnected different NEAR projects and builders are from each other. In the future, we plan to collect feedback forms from projects to better understand the value they derive from our space. On top of that, as mentioned before, we also grow the NEAR community and onboard people on NEAR who have not heard of it before through our spaces.

Hope this was not too much to read, this is something we are very passionate about and have a lot to say :slight_smile:

  1. We have previously explored the idea of paid spaces during a period when the Marketing DAO was inactive. However, the response was largely negative. Given that most of our guests are NEAR-based projects operating on grant funding, few are willing to pay for Twitter spaces. Considering the current state of the NEAR ecosystem, without the support of Marketing DAO, we wouldn’t be able to maintain our current activities.

  2. Anyone from the NEAR eco can easily register for our space, from the forum and beyond. There is a calendly link for anyone to book the space in the Wax account bio, and since Wax is the biggest KOL account in the NEAR eco, lots of projects are able to find their way though that. We also have lots of projects reach out to us directly, asking to come to the space, who we accommodate directly. Moreover, we’ve worked with Aurora and the Human Guild to bring their projects into our spaces directly. If you are building on NEAR I would encourage you to book a slot and come to our space here - Calendly - Chill Shill

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