Do you think if we advertise and do PR, NEM will go up? Why aren't other coins performing as well? They did PR and advertise, too, e.g., NXT. Surely something must be wrong, right?

Need to think out of the box. I have been saying many times that we need to show utility of NEM. Best advertisement is to convince programmers to embark on blockchain technology using NEM. That is where the strength of NEM is - its platform.

With NEM, we can also create a Ripple, Coinbase/Bitpay using decentralized APIs (note: most bitcoin projects are centralized API projects with a single central point of failure. Mycelium crashed when the Spam occurred a few days ago).

These are all jewels that we should try to get programmers to build as projects to help them in their business.

Look here: http://faucet.nem.io/ - most secure multisig faucet built in days!!
https://www.krakenlabs.org/XEMnotifier/ - email notifier project. Yes, others can do no doubt, but our APIs make it simple, too. No bending backward to do it.

We are also creating a nem tipbot in the Telegram.

Plenty of great things can be done. Share with us your thoughts and we can give you our 2 cents worth on how to do it.

Once there is utility, demand of XEM will naturally come. There is no easy route.

NEM should having a pool what is used to pay marketing guys to push the awareness of the coin. But we should wait until v1 has been released.

but without partner program, without ads, xem price soon will be 1 sat..

i see here a investment possibility
(buy when there is blood on the streets)
but lot people only see a big "stay away its creating a constant loss of value"

eather u attract more guys like me (which need also promotion)
or u get this line change direction with need PR too and some market love by dedicated NEM friendly trader group

the illusion we create something great and it will sell by itself will not come true
u have to promote it or it wont have success

promotion is not lie to people so they buy something (at least should not be...)
promotion is to make ur produkt known to many people by name and funtionalty and most important by feeling

in the end u need to seel a good feeling
that buy NEM is a investment into a possible great future
and who invest into NEM now could be part of a history repeat story like BTC 2010......

sell a dream
make the dream come true

works much better than
opposite way around

but it create pressure to deliver

pressure is a positive thing that can generate lot motivation to make things happen

Some say the easy way is to think it will come to you. Build it and they will come. And sure, once it's built they will come.

What I think some people are saying is there has to be some initial promotion, We should be planning on a simple, basic marketing push with the release of Mosaics.

I know NEM will offer much more in the future, but at the same time, it's not just pumping, it's getting the word out is what it is. Nothing wrong with that.

I also don't think we need to spend much at this stage. Just a marketing push. Letting people know what we have a accomplished, and where we are going.

I truly believe we can spread the word, and bring new people to our community without spending much of the marketing fund. Somewhere in the 5 to 10 percent range.

The biggest challenge we have is that the devs prefer to work in the dark and cannot see light for whatever reasons. Our only champion is Makoto who is busy creating the traffic in Japan, and always up against a wall of maximalists in other initiatives. He has covered much ground. I will not be surprised that NEM will eventually spread from the East, which is a much better place to spread from, as the financial systems there are more fractured and disparate vs. the western ones, and hence a better fit.

It is not that we are totally devoid of a marketing push. But I fail to understand what "push" we are talking about here. People are always throwing the word marketing, but no one has ever come out with how. We have published in many places and we have been constantly waving our hands telling people we are around. So, what other marketing that we can do that is less than $5K, and of course, effective as well? I personally wouldn't want to spend more than that as this will not bring any better result.

I hate to say it, crypto initiatives are still not visible to the 7 billion people on the street. And to get their attention, it is not about passing a few XEM around. It has no meaning and no use for them.

What we really need, and I can't emphasise more, is utility that will catch on like wildfire. It has always been what I have been saying, and for so long.

why do you think he meant an exchange?

anyway, can't tell much more, but we're testing some very interesting things (and I'm not talking about mosaics here), some more details MIGHT come next week, no promise given though.

no. i have not a speculative interest in xem. when i that i it never for cheap sell xem purchase to anybody. many underestimate nem network potential. and many don't know that i know about decentralization. and will never be able to take away values which you will store in xem anybody from you. because nem network very well protects decentralization. here attack and control of 51% are impossible. here will never be centralization and so that someone one processed transactions. anyone of people having on account 10000 of xem can carry out harvesting. this is also main thing in nem network.

concerning xem price. yes, i'm clever investor and i want to jump in xem when coin is in very bottom not to lose from it. therefore planned an entry point in xem very large sum when price of 1 xem is equal to price of 1 sat. or after powerful movement price upward will begin. i wait anyway for a rebound from a bottom and arrival of very big banknote to xem coin. that money that for storage in xem as network will very well protect storage of capital in it because protection decentralization will be always observed by a network and anyone of people can start harvesting. thereby having provided decentralization of a network.

i will be rich!
this is real new economy movement after btc is finally centralized and killed with double-spending transactions.

Everything what should move up it must go down first. So please let the price keep going down so we can (re)buy for a good price and dont mess this good business, thank you 

100 to 40 satoshi costs 60 satoshi in price but its nothing comparing it to 40 -> 1 satoshi. This costs only 39 satoshi but its 15 times more efficient in potential and profitability of potential re-growth.

Hey its still worth more than what it cost me when i bought my stake in 2014 so im not complaining....