Hello @Dacha !
In fairness, it was $6500. ($5700 was FRG portion which we quickly removed from operations.)
Only partially covered by OWS. We used over $2000 from MarketingDAO’s $6500 grant to secure more time from @valeriy.nemyrov which he used to lead, recruit, plan and establish Datality’s social media team. It was the right move.
Same as above. OWS paid $800/month to get Valeriy started, then we drew from the $6500 MarketingDAO grant to retain more of his leadership and impact every month.
Basically, what I’m saying is that we accomplished our SMM so far on about half the planned budget ($6500 actual budget vs. $6500+$5700 planned budget). It may not be as cost-efficient as some other NEAR projects, but Datality is complex with a huge scope and huge market cap to draw people to NEAR which requires a special principal team. We have it now.
Many thanks.