Marketing DAO constellation: August funding round report (request)

Hello everyone!

Marketing (Ecosystem) DAO team @jarednotjerry @Bakaka @Klint @so608 @cryptocredit in August 2023 received:

  • 65 proposals,
  • total amount is $270 312
Name Proposal Created $ Requested
Near Nigeria [Rejected] - NEAR Nigeria- August $1,500 08/01/2023 $1,500.00
Near Korea [CLOSED] Near Korea DAO Monthly Marketing and Community Growth Budget - August 08/01/2023 $3,000.00
Near French [CLOSED] Funding For the NEAR French Community for August $1,500 08/01/2023 $1,500.00
Near Brazil [CLOSED] - Near Brazil - August $1,500 08/01/2023 $1,500.00
Near Turkey [CLOSED] NEAR TĂĽrkiye August 2023 08/01/2023 $2,900.00
Near Indonesia [CLOSED] Near Indonesia DAO Monthly Marketing and Community Growth Budget - August $2500 08/01/2023 $2,500.00
TNEsociety [CLOSED] TNEsociety onboarding and social media marketing for the month of August 08/01/2023 $2,000.00
Near Vietnam [CLOSED] NEAR Vietnam social media channels - August 2023 08/01/2023 $2,500.00
Hausa [CLOSED] Near Hausa Community August Activities 08/01/2023 $2,150.00
Near UA https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sh7jYkyYmcnjJA6YwTf9sswmAI1zApe1GL-LT24QT5o/edit#gid=1600698736 08/01/2023 $2,600.00
Near Toronto [Closed] NEAR Toronto - August 2023 $2,500 08/01/2023 $2,500.00
Near Positive Vibes [CLOSED]near positive vibes | august 2023 $2,500 08/01/2023 $2,500.00
Near Hunters [APPROVED] NEAR Hunters community for August 08/01/2023 $2,700.00
Near DACH [CLOSED] NEAR DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) - August 2023 - #19 by Kemal 08/01/2023 $4,650.00
Near Arabic [Closed] NEAR Arabic Marketing and Community - August | $1875 - #3 by MostafaLotfy 08/01/2023 $1,875.00
ADAO program [Approved] For Marketing DAO NDC Aurora Ambassador's program budget for August 2023 to amplify elections 08/01/2023 $7,000.00
Near at Night [Approved] NEAR at NIGHT Twitter Spaces - Monthly Funding Request August 23' [Edited 08/13/23] 08/01/2023 $2,500.00
Nearity [Approved] August 2023 - Promoting Social media, AMAs, Graphics Design for NDC elections - Nearity 08/01/2023 $2,500.00
Near Health [Closed] NEAR Health Onboarding, BOS marketing and building AUGUST 08/01/2023 $3,950.00
Boneyard Gaming Community Social Media/Content budget August 2023 [APPROVED] Boneyard Gaming Community Social Media/Content budget August 2023 08/01/2023 $2,150.00
Near Liberty DAO [Closed] NEAR Liberty DAO Community Activation: A #HackTheFuture Side Event during ETH NYC, Sept 2023, New York 08/01/2023 $3,000.00
3six9 Funding Proposal for Community-Driven Activities [Closed] 3six9 Funding Proposal for Community-Driven Activities 08/01/2023 $2,500.00
Social Media & Marketing Budget for Charity Impact [Closed] Social Media & Marketing Budget for Charity Impact 08/01/2023 $3,500.00
Marketing Support for Bancambios Workshops about BOS + Horizon + CreativesDAO & NDC Workshop in Mexico City, to expand NEAR awareness and adoption in Spanish [Closed] Marketing Support for Bancambios Workshops about BOS + Horizon + near.social & NDC Workshop in Mexico City, to expand NEAR awareness and adoption in Spanish 08/01/2023 $1,640.00
July 2023 Mental Health event for MotusDAO [Closed] August 2023 Mental Health event for MotusDAO 08/01/2023 $800.00
Near powered NammaWeb3 - Pan India Meet up [Closed ] Near powered NammaWeb3 - Pan India Meet up 08/01/2023 $8,400.00
Learn and Earn with LazyFi part 2 [Closed] Learn and Earn with LazyFi part 2 08/01/2023 $4,700.00
Chill and Shill [Approved] Chill&Shill budget August 08/02/2023 $4,500.00
Children DAO [Closed] Blockchain Rio Festival - Children of the DAO 08/02/2023 $9,400.00
NEKO [Closed] Neko Morning Show - Livestream Funding Request August 2023 08/04/2023 $3,300.00
Marma J [Approved] Marma J Foundation Marketing Initiatives August - September 2023 08/05/2023 $1,812.00
Rio Festival [Closed] Blockchain Rio Festival - fraDAO 08/05/2023 $7,740.00
Freelancer DAO [Approved]The Freelancer DAO Q3 Budget to amplify elections 08/05/2023 $15,400.00
Black Snow [CLOSED] August 2023 Marketing campaign support for the Black Snow: Battle for Earth game 08/05/2023 $3,000.00
Re-Activation of Reggae Dao Website [CLOSED] Re-Activation of Reggae Dao Website 08/05/2023 $300.00
Rogues Studio budget proposal for marketing activities to attract NEAR users & daily gamers - August 2023 [Approved] Rogues Studio budget proposal for marketing activities to attract NEAR users & daily gamers - August 2023 08/05/2023 $2,900.00
Expanding NEAR Ecosystem Game Engagement To 1,000,000 Gamers [Closed] Expanding NEAR Ecosystem Game Engagement To 1,000,000 Gamers 08/05/2023 $10,000.00
Building days with BOS Workshops + NEAR Social promotion series in Mexico [Proposal] Building days with BOS | Workshops + NEAR Social promotion series in Mexico 08/05/2023 $9,150.00
Learn and earn with Ludero (Prev. LazyFi) [Closed] Learn and earn with Ludero (Prev. LazyFi) 08/05/2023 $5,500.00
Behalf of Marketing DAO constellation, NEAR and Aurora community leaders to amplify NDC election [APPROVED] Behalf of Marketing DAO constellation, NEAR and Aurora community leaders to amplify NDC election 08/11/2023 $20,000.00
Funding NFTMuse DAO August 2023 [CLOSED] Funding NFTMuse DAO August 2023 08/11/2023 $6,500.00
Marketing support for Side Event sponsorship during ETH Argentina, August 2023 [CLOSED] Marketing support for Side Event sponsorship during ETH Argentina, August 2023 08/11/2023 $600.00
MASSIVE TIKTOK Exposure for NEAR Activities, Adaption and Interactions [Closed] MASSIVE TIKTOK Exposure for NEAR Activities, Adaption and Interactions 08/11/2023 $1,840.00
Community Run - BOS Weekly Code Review & Content Distribution [APPROVED] Community Run - BOS Weekly Code Review & Content Distribution 08/11/2023 $5,000.00
August 2023 - NEAR Editorial Academy (NEARWEEK) [Closed] August 2023 - NEAR Editorial Academy (NEARWEEK) 08/11/2023 5000N
Near Ukraine Guild Media Partnership in September [Postponed to September] Near Ukraine Guild | Media Partnership in August 08/11/2023 $6,000.00
NEAR is NOW - August 2023 [Closed] NEAR is NOW - August 2023 08/11/2023 $3,900.00
August+September 2023 - NEAR Media & News [Closed] August+September 2023 - NEAR Media & News 08/11/2023 $3,600.00
Social Media NEAR/Aurora marketing with influencers on B4B platform [CLOSED] Social Media NEAR/Aurora marketing with influencers on B4B platform 08/11/2023 $3,000.00
TneSociety onboarding, physical event and social media marketing for October –November [Closed] TneSociety onboarding, physical event and social media marketing for October –November 08/11/2023 $6,459.00
Blockchain Rio - Networking https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-blockchain-rio-networking/35769 08/11/2023 $1,400.00
Near Korea DAO Monthly Marketing and Community Growth Budget - August https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-near-korea-dao-monthly-marketing-and-community-growth-budget-august/35799 08/11/2023 $3,000.00
TikTok/Instagram/YouTube/Telegram campaign for dexGO NFT game on Aurora - 3 https://gov.near.org/t/tiktok-instagram-youtube-telegram-campaign-for-dexgo-nft-game-on-aurora-3/35803 08/12/2023 $1,000.00
Marketing campaign for MotoDEX NFT game NEAR native launch https://gov.near.org/t/marketing-campaign-for-motodex-nft-game-near-native-launch/35802 08/12/2023 $16,000.00
NEAR Indonesia’s August: Focus NDC electiom and BOS https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-near-indonesias-august-focus-ndc-electiom-and-bos/35805 08/12/2023 $3,000.00
Near Arabic https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-near-arabic-august/35809 08/12/2023 $2,100.00
Near Nigeria https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-near-nigeria-monthly-marketing-and-community-growth-budget-august/35807 08/12/2023 $2,150.00
C1 Guild Marketing proposal for August-September 2023 https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-c1-guild-marketing-proposal-for-august-september-2023/35816?u=blessedchidi 08/12/2023 $1,946.00
RCDAO renumeration https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-rcdao-admin-retroactive-bounty-for-july/35824 08/12/2023 $6,000.00
Confest Asia https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-coinfest-asia-2023-web3wave-participation/35815 08/12/2023 $1,700.00
Near Vietnam https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-near-vietnam-community-building-aug-2023/35819?u=haivu 08/12/2023 $2,500.00
NDC Degens https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-ndc-degens-august/35826 08/12/2023 $10,000.00
Near french Dao Monthly marketing and community Growth Budget - August https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-near-french-dao-monthly-marketing-and-community-growth-budget-august/35806 08/16/2023 $2,000.00
Freelancer DAO https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-freelancer-dao-proposal-for-july-august/35862 08/16/2023 $6,100.00
NEAR NDC Elections X Political experience [Metademocracia] https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-near-ndc-elections-x-political-experience-metademocracia/35835 08/16/2023 $2,500.00

Top categories:

Category
Ecosystem development 14
Developer Outreach 13
Regional development 12
KOLs and media 9
Events 7
NDC elections 5
Creativites 5

Following conversations with both NDC and NF, MDAO was focused on new KPIs that will help support the NEAR ecosystem in two key areas:

  1. NDC elections. We encouraged all community members to get involved in upcoming elections in NDC.
  2. Developer Outreach - the NEAR Foundation would like to see more emphasis on building on BOS. This means getting more awareness of the platform, onboarding more developers from other communities, and promoting the widgets and tools they build. Some key metrics for success are:
  • number of active Developers
  • number of active Users and Transactions
  • number of Tools on BOS

MDAO approved funding request to NDC trust:

MARKETING DAO request August 2023
Description Link Amount
MDAO governance
Remumeration https://gov.near.org/t/marketing-dao-constellation-august-funding-round-report/35868 $16,000.00
Advisors https://gov.near.org/t/marketing-dao-constellation-august-funding-round-report/35868 $3,000.00
MDAO grants
NEAR at NIGHT Twitter Spaces - Monthly Funding Request August 23 https://gov.near.org/t/approved-near-at-night-twitter-spaces-monthly-funding-request-august-23-edited-08-13-23/35610 $2,500.00
August 2023 - Promoting Social media, AMAs, Graphics Design for NDC elections - Nearity [Approved] August 2023 - Promoting Social media, AMAs, Graphics Design for NDC elections - Nearity $2,500.00
Chill&Shill budget August [Approved] Chill&Shill budget August $4,500.00
Marma J Foundation Marketing Initiatives August - September 2023 [Approved] Marma J Foundation Marketing Initiatives August - September 2023 $1,812.00
Rogues Studio budget proposal for marketing activities to attract NEAR users & daily gamers - August 2023 [Approved] Rogues Studio budget proposal for marketing activities to attract NEAR users & daily gamers - August 2023 $2,900.00
Behalf of Marketing DAO constellation, NEAR and Aurora community leaders to amplify NDC election [APPROVED] Behalf of Marketing DAO constellation, NEAR and Aurora community leaders to amplify NDC election $20,000.00
Community Run - BOS Weekly Code Review & Content Distribution [APPROVED] Community Run - BOS Weekly Code Review & Content Distribution $5,000.00
Blockchain Rio - Networking https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-blockchain-rio-networking/35769 $1,400.00
Near Korea DAO Monthly Marketing and Community Growth Budget - August https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-near-korea-dao-monthly-marketing-and-community-growth-budget-august/35799 $3,000.00
Boneyard Gaming Community Social Media/Content budget August 2023 [APPROVED] Boneyard Gaming Community Social Media/Content budget August 2023 $2,150.00
Confest Asia https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-coinfest-asia-2023-web3wave-participation/35815 $1,700.00
TOTAL $66,462.00
MARKETING DAO Constellation request
Regional community admins bounty for July https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-rcdao-admin-retroactive-bounty-for-july/35824 $6,000.00
Aurora DAO to amplify elections [Approved] For Marketing DAO NDC Aurora Ambassador's program budget for August 2023 to amplify elections $7,000.00
The Freelancer DAO to amplify elections [Approved]The Freelancer DAO Q3 Budget to amplify elections $6,100.00
Total request: $85,562.00

Also, we are happy to introduce a new DAO joined Marketing (Ecosystem) DAO constellation - Freelance DAO.

These proposals were postponded on September:

Name Proposal Created $ Requested
August 2023 - NEAR Editorial Academy (NEARWEEK) [Closed] August 2023 - NEAR Editorial Academy (NEARWEEK) 08/11/2023 5000N
Near Ukraine Guild Media Partnership in September [Postponed to September] Near Ukraine Guild | Media Partnership in August 08/11/2023 $6,000.00
NEAR Indonesia’s August: Focus NDC electiom and BOS https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-near-indonesias-august-focus-ndc-electiom-and-bos/35805 08/12/2023 $3,000.00
C1 Guild Marketing proposal for August-September 2023 https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-c1-guild-marketing-proposal-for-august-september-2023/35816?u=blessedchidi 08/12/2023 $1,946.00
Near Vietnam https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-near-vietnam-community-building-aug-2023/35819?u=haivu 08/12/2023 $2,500.00
NEAR NDC Elections X Political experience [Metademocracia] https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-near-ndc-elections-x-political-experience-metademocracia/35835 08/16/2023 $2,500.00
Building days with BOS Workshops + NEAR Social promotion series in Mexico [Proposal] Building days with BOS | Workshops + NEAR Social promotion series in Mexico 08/07/2023 $9,150.00
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Really good work @Dacha we really need active and dedicated Superheroes :man_superhero: like you in the Ecosystem.

We are Glad to be part of the Constellation, it’s an honor :ninja:

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Hi @Dacha , it’s sad that our proposal got postponed but I sincerely do appreciate all the work you do, especially your availability.

Thank you all and see you in September!

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Thank you @Dacha for your good work preparing this post.

I am happy to report that the council has had one of its busiest months - reviewing proposals, putting new funding guidelines in place and liasing with NDC to ensure we align on KPIs, KYC and payouts to the community.

I would also like to note that we were unfortunately not able to support as many projects as we would have liked due to budget constraints. We have discussed this issue with the NDC team and have an increased budget cap of $100k for August and September.

For transparency, the budget request includes provision for council remuneration of $4000 for each of the four councils - @Dacha @so608 @Klint and myself. In addition we will be remunerating our excellent Advisors @jarednotjerry and @Bakaka for their work - $1500 each.

Thanks as always to the community for your support, we are looking forward to working together to make the NDC elections a big sucess, and support the devs in building out BOS.

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My first month as a Marketing DAO Advisor update:

My contributions this month have focused on helping create an MDAO BOS page and marketing content. My value doesn’t just lie in my skills and expertise but also in my commitment to our community’s goals and vision.

Initiating the BOS Page Collaboration - I actively started working with the MDAO team on the BOS page. This reflects my understanding of the NEAR’s objectives, ensuring alignment with the broader goals of the ecosystem. Helping build out a BOS page will allow for more marketing initiatives to take place in that space as well. Fork widgets!! Huge thanks to James for his help us with the BOS.

Review and Discussion of Proposals - I read through all the proposals and actively discussed them with the MDAO team. This thoughtful analysis helps our team make informed decisions, strengthening the overall integrity of the DAO. And since KPIs were a big focus this month, really aligning the grants to the greater focus of the NEAR ecosystem.

Social media metrics - I have been auditing and tracking how effective different marketing engagements work. Ex: AMAs with a giveaway. How many users does it actually draw, how many giveaway goblins (accounts that have no intention of engaging with NEAR but just want the giveaway reward). I’m also tracking accounts that have suspicious bot behavior​:eyes:

Future initiatives - Focus on Content Structure and Community Engagement. My plan to concentrate on content structure and create templates to help with community marketing. This will help with more accessible and efficient marketing approaches within the community.

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Thank you for your detailed work on this @Dacha. Great job as always. Finally looks like things are picking up!

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Hi @jarednotjerry really great work you’re doing as an advisor but if you don’t mind I would like to get more insight and inspiration from what you’re doing currently

Any report on your Auditing or results ? Are you tracking for and engaging on different strategies to improve marketing to increase your knowledge or to also educate the communities to also use same strategies to improve.

Is the link for this page available yet? Maybe you can share if so.

Thanks for sharing your experience and contributions as an advisor :pray:

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Thanks :pray: for the proving transparent report for the Community, with reports like this trust and support would come from the community and the NDC Success would be a huge milestone to the Ecosystem in a whole

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Thank you @Dacha for your informative reports,

Well, my contributions in the month of August have primarily been in reviewing proposals, which is part of my role as an advisor. As shown in the forum, I have spent the majority of my time assessing the submissions from leaders and ecosystem projects leads to see the impact, and alignment with MDAO primary KPIs for August.

Outside of the forum, there were calls and chats with community leaders to advise and help them restructure their proposal so that they could be aligned to achieve their deliverables. Of course, we are working closely with other councils in collaborative discussion to finalize the selection of some proposals for which they require our inputs.

Lots of internal discussions to overcome challenges related to fakes enagegements and giveaways goblins like mentioned by @jarednotjerry

Bakaka

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Hi and happy to discuss more!

I’m looking into AMA and giveaways, looking into accounts that might use bots, and keeping track of which MDAO grant engagements.

No reports yet (I really want to make sure I have the correct info). Then I will be sharing with the community.

My main goal is that it’s used as education and projects can leverage the knowledge when Marketing their projects​:raised_hands:

Once there’s a link we will share!

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