EVMavericks Weekly Doots Podcast

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Doots Podcast:

Project Description: The weekly Doots Podcast is a recurring, community-driven livestream, hosted live on the EVMavericks Discord + YouTube and is also available on-demand. We feature industry-leading guests (many of which came from our own community) to help educate our audience on cutting-edge topics in the web3 space, while also shining a light on our community members by featuring the top 10 weekly upvoted comments from the r/ethfinance daily threads. Additionally, our community has the opportunity to hop on and ask questions of any guests/EVMavericks alike. Members of the community have been able to contribute artwork and music, guest curation, and started businesses, all stemming from this podcast.

Public Repository: https://evmavericks.libsyn.com/

Budget Breakdown

We hope to raise 1 ETH ($2578 as of 8/21/24) to cover operational costs and grow our audience base

Milestone 1: Cover yearly operational budget and production tasks for one quarter

Duration: 90 Days Budget: .5 ETH

Expected Outcome:

  • Pay yearly Zoom + Libsyn memberships and avoid out of pocket cost

  • Reimburse team members for daily/weekly tasks required to produce each of the episodes next quarter

Milestone 2: Implement initial marketing plan for one quarter

Duration: 90 Days Budget: .5 ETH

Expected Outcome:

  • Grow Discord livestream Attendance by 50% in 90 days Increase external views (YouTube) by 100% in 90 days

Funding Requested: 1 ETH

Plans should you fall below, reach or exceed funding goals:

  • Fall Below: We’ve produced 74 episodes to date, financed only by our own wallets and time spent. We would be extremely fortunate to receive any funding at all in this Epoch, and will continue creating episodes regardless of funding.
  • Reach: Proceed as documented
  • Exceed: Augment marketing budget and more fairly compensate team members for their time.

Impact Measurement and Reporting

Inputs > Activities > Outputs > Outcomes > Long Term Impact

Short-term Outcomes (0-3 months):

  • Formulate and schedule marketing plan
  • Slow, but positive growth in month-over-month attends of live stream

Mid-term Outcomes (3-6+ months):

  • Marketing plan is in full swing
  • 1.5x Increased audience growth, month-over-month across audience channels
  • Team members are executing on production tasks and are reimbursed for their time

Long-term Impact (5+ years):

  • The Doots podcast, should it still be running in five years, will be one of the most trusted brands, trusted to provide top-tier web3 education, hosted on a platform where the community can connect directly with KOLs.

Outcomes Measurement:

  • Month-over-month growth across our Discord stage + live YouTube
  • Number of episodes produced

Interim Reporting

Regular Updates:

  • Quarterly audience reporting

Milestone Verification:

  • Weekly attendance snapshots
  • Transparent and reportable distributions of funds

Sustainability Plan

Due to the decentralized manner of our project we will rely on future grants and community support. We are a not for profit educational podcast and will remain that way, but we are open to potential partnerships that are aligned and share our values of public goods, education and decentralization.

Case Studies and Testimonials

Gathering Feedback:

  • Elicit/record feedback from guest speakers after livestream
  • Elicit audience feedbackfrom :
    • Future Reddit comments/doots
    • Discord stage chat
    • Twitter
    • Farcaster

Showcasing Success:

  • Using feedback from the above testimonials, share community + growth data in social media posts

Advancing Values of Freedom and Privacy

Attending and learning through the Doots podcast can be done completely anonymously. We value freedom and privacy and we do not collect invasive data in any form and all of the feedback is consentual.

Supporting Decentralization

In addition to producing the show in a decentralized fashion (all interested parties can help contribute), we are highlighting, emphasizing and engaging tools that promote decentralization. We continuously highlight the values and examples that show why decentralization is important and how we all can do it on any scale.

Team Information

Community-driven series, created and produced by longtime members of r/ethtrader, r/ethfinance/, and EVMavericks channels.

  • Host = JT Nichol
  • Webmaster/POAP artist = hanniabu
  • Curation Extraordinaire - The-A-Word
  • Doot Curator - TrickyTroll
  • Contributors:
    • LogrisTheBard
    • HashTagFuzzMaster
    • nixo
    • 696.eth
    • bbroad.eth

Social Proof

Transparency

Part of this submission is to help recognize the team members that have made the Doots successful for almost two years, by contributing funds to their wallets.

Other funding

  • Only user POAP donations, this is our first formal funding request
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Congrats on receiving 8.2712 ETH folks! Would love to understand how the funding will be used with a more detailed plan for the next 3-6 months. Thanks!

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Of course, we are excited for this opportunity - thank you! See bullet points below and let me know if you’d like more detail:

Operational:
-Cover software licenses for Zoom, Libsyn, pods.media minting (may adopt new tools as well)
-Potential hardware upgrades
-Pay out team members for artwork/hosting time/research tasks

Audience:
-Ads on social
-Promotion with respected partner publications
-Community bounties for new media/initiatives/etc.

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Previous Round Summary

  • Total Funds Received (Previous Round): 8.2712 ETH
  • Total Funds Requested: 1 ETH
  • Funds Spent: 3 ETH
    • Operational Costs: .5 ETH
      • Covered Zoom and Libsyn annual memberships: .25 ETH
      • A/V hardware upgrades: .25 ETH
    • Contributor Compensation: 2.5 ETH
      • Reimbursed team for production and administrative tasks
  • Remaining Balance: 5.271 ETH

Plans for Next Epoch:

Updated Milestone 1: Continued Podcast Production Efforts

  • Description: Produce (near) weekly episodes, including all planning/artwork/technical efforts
  • Expected Immediate Outcome: Soon, surpass 100 high-quality all-time episodes.
  • Funding Needed: 2 ETH

Updated Milestone 2: Community Engagement Through Farcaster Bounties

  • Description: Use Farcaster to launch bounties encouraging audience-generated content like artwork, guest ideas, and community contributions.
  • Expected Immediate Outcome: Strengthen community involvement, attract diverse perspectives, and increase podcast visibility.
  • Funding Needed: 2 ETH

Updated Milestone 3: Rocket School!

  • Description: Rocket School is an educational course, platform and video series designed to hand-hold new Rocket Pool node operators through the process of setting up their node. It offers a complete, opinionated, decentralization-first series of videos on the subject of staking with Rocket Pool, starting with a few general information videos on Ethereum and Rocket Pool staking, and then going through every detail of preparing hardware and software for becoming a Rocket Pool node/minipool operator, and maintaining it after that point. The intent is to lower the barrier to becoming a Rocket Pool node operator.
    The funding will be used to cover retroactive and ongoing maintenance costs and finishing incomplete features—such as the full website, terminal command lists, and content updates—have delayed the final launch. Funding is now needed to complete these tasks and ensure the platform remains a valuable resource for future node operators. Completion of these tasks will get the project to a state where we can promote it more extensively to bring more students into the program.
  • Expected Immediate Outcome: Finished website (Overview page content, list of commands underneath videos, other cleanup & fixed links) and subsequently a new batch of students from renewed promotional efforts.
  • Funding Needed: 3 ETH

Additional Information