(thanks to @pfunk for this lovely art, which I bastardized with my face)
Canada
A land of Freedom, Maple Syrup & Moose
(A picture outlining the border and main cities in Canada - wiki)
A country spanning thousands of kilometers with a population of roughly 35,000,000 people. One notable thing about my country is that majority of the population lives in about two dozen large cities scattered across the land. While personally I'm located in the central prairie provinces.. The ability to reach out to these larger cities and establish advertising for Steemit / STEEM is an idea I've been developing a long while now. Time to begin the plan!
(a graph of population growth in Canada - google images)
As you can see the population of Canada has been steady increasing over the past 70 years or so. Given that perhaps 50% of the Canadian population is roughly in the target demographic for Steemit.com / STEEM that means there are nearly 15,000,000 Canadians out there to be found, converted and welcomed onto Steemit.com up here in Canada...
This is where the @steemcanada campaign comes in!
What is the @steemcanada Project?
Put in the most basic of terms the @steemcanada project aims to bring awareness of Steemit / STEEM to the masses up here in Canada. My country is somewhat of an untapped hotbed for resources both in respects to natural and human assets. Given that winter's cold grasp has once again begun to clamp down here figure it's a perfect time to herd folks to the site to weather the cold, here on Steemit.
How Will it Work?
(Benches like this could be advertising Steemit / STEEM - google images)
Funding to purchase various advertising angles will be collected from posts such as this.
Every time the @steemcanada project rents a bench or advertising area a post will be created on that account outlining the costs, location and time frame the advertisement will run for.
Which Canadian Cities will be Targeted?
(list of Canadian cities to be targetted for advertising - wiki)
Naturally as an advertiser you want to target your largest population centers first, meaning that Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton are the first 5 up on the list to get Steemit.com advertisements given this post is a success and manages to raise funds to go forward with this advertisement campaign. Please vote on this post to help.
(A picture of Toronto, Canada's Largest City - wiki)
(A picture of Monteal- wiki)
(A picture of Vancouver - wiki)
Once the top 3 cities pictured above have had advertisment campaigns launched in them I'll be working my way from the West coast to the East coast deploying Steemit.com / STEEM advertising in the major population centers listed above. @steemcanada will be ongoing.
We Need YOUR Help to Make This Happen!
Exact numbers and costs are currently being calculated and a well known advertising firm up here in Canada has been contacted in regards to rolling out advertisements up here.
By the sound of it non-profits (such as Steemit) may be eligible for discounts on bench advertisement so as information becomes available I'll be sure to share it on here.
Vote @klye for Witness!
https://steemit.com/~witnesses
A Proud STEEMbassador of Canada
I am from Red Deer, longtime follower. Canadians add me! Lets connect @klye
Thanks for reaching out! How goes that way?
Fixed that for you.
Blame Canada?
Hahaha! @pfunk For whatever reason that gave me a good laugh!
@klye awesome work! As a fellow Canadian myself I'll help trying to reach out as much as I can too.
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As a fellow Canadian in British Columbia Canada, I proudly support your initiative! But my lowly minnow steem wont help much! Hopefully some Whales and Dolphins show you support ! Great post and great idea ! Good luck ! You got my upvote and resteem! Steem On ! ♨👍♨
<3 Thanks Karen.
We need more proactive advertising for the network in my opinion ...
So when I'm not coding, educating others, writing posts or sleeping I'll be taking on this initiative now too. :D
Thats awesome! Keep up the great work as ambassador for Canada I know you will do a great job! Good luck and keep steeming on ! ♨👍♨
Will do my best. :)
After just reading your witness blog , I voted for you! Canada needs a voice too ! Thanks for all that you do for steemit and the comunity! Steem on ! ♨👍♨
Cheers Karen. <3
What a great initiative. I hope to see one of these benches in the future :)
Thanks lemouth. Hopefully can get one put in your area soon.
Hopefully! :)
I'm from Edmonton homie, you have my support.
At least you guys have chinooks out there..! :P I was in Edmonton for a bit travelling!
ahh the nice warm weather that occurs in the middle of a minus 20 spell. Although to be fair Calgary gets far more of them than we do up here. It's crazy how much warmer it is 3 hours south lol.
Where are you from up north here?
I tried to start advertising on the radio in September. They never returned my inquiry for an ad... bastards. That's the place I saw the most value to reach the most people. I think I'll call them up instead of sending an email and see what they have to say.
Good idea on calling them.. Most radio folks are a head in the clouds lot.
I'm upvoting you, but how effective will advertising on benches be if they are all covered in snow for the next 6 months? Now Steemit ice sculptures, that sounds like a viable advertising medium for Canada, eh?
They actually keep them cleaned off believe it or not!
!! the ice sculptures could work as well..
So I'll give you some more family history klye my great grandmother could never get her American citizenship when coming from Canada because she was convicted for crime of boot legging during probation. Besner family fun fact.
Nothing like some bootlegging!
Thanks for sharing some history sir. I found it interesting. :)
I think you should write to your MP ... with the amount of unproductive steem that comes from Parliament Hill... there should be some funding for the good STEEM to be promoted
bhahahaha. The MP's up here are only good for one thing..
Not sure what it is yet though!
you forget.. I am up here, just east of you :)
Much love to my fellow Canadian. <3
How is your initiative going? I am very interesting in bringing more awareness of Steemit to Canada.
I'm in Edmonton, Alberta. It's good to see some fellow Canadians in the mix.
I'm currently searching for good witnesses to vote for. I knew there had to be a few Canadians out there.