PART TWO BEGINS
Phase (1B): Research and Analysis (Week 1)
In this phase, comprehensive research is carried out building upon the goals set in Phase (1A) for crafting a strategy aligned with broader protocol objectives. The research is another prerequisite for crafting the timeline and PR strategy.
Key Activities for Phase (1B):
The key activities of this phase are:
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A thorough 3-step research alignment exercise for due diligence and audits into the current:
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Ecosystem Landscape: Conduct a comprehensive landscape analysis of the current market happenings and previous PR efforts of Radiant, leveraging both quantitative and qualitative methods to gain insights into the market’s pulse.
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Competitive Landscape: Identifying opportunities for Radiant to differentiate itself and gain a competitive edge.
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Community Sentiment and Preferences: Engage with the Radiant’s community to tailor our communication strategies that resonate with the audience.
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Outlining media outlet partners based on identified goals.
Outcomes of Phase (1B):
The outcome of this exercise is the formulation of a comprehensive research sheet and the set up of a dashboard which is based on analysis of parameters relevant to strategy formulation. The comprehensive analysis carried out serves as market research and identifies trends across platforms, which will help Radiant highlight its edge over relevant peers.
Phase (2): PR Strategy Development (Week 2)
In this phase, Radarblock will set up target KPIs, expected budgeting, triggers for agreed-upon goals and develop an extensive PR plan with a shortlisting of potential media partners.
The following KPIs are considered in the development of the PR plan:
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Brand Share of Voice (SOV): Increasing Radiant’s visibility within the industry.
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Brand Awareness and Recognition: Shaping brand image for enhanced recognition.
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Media Impressions: Expanding Radiant’s potential reach.
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Website Traffic: Driving traffic to Radiant’s website.
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Social Media Growth: Increasing organic Twitter growth.
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Sentiment Analysis: Analyzing the community’s sentiment
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Crisis Mitigation: Proactively managing crises as they come for Radiant.
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Media Outreach: Building strong relationships with media outlets & KOLs.
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New Market Penetration: Expanding presence in new geographic and linguistic terrains.
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Key Message Penetration: Effectively communicating key propositions of Radiant.
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Returning Members: Encouraging engagement and loyalty within the existing Radiant community.
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SEO: Increasing SERP ranking.
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Media Mentions: Getting online mentions in other PRs and Tweets.
These are expanded upon in Chapter 4.2.2 with target KPIs and success assessment for achieving PR goals.
Key Activities of Phase (2):
The key activities of this phase are:
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Setting up target KPIs based on the goal setup by the Radiant’s DRIs.
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Formulation and implementation of PR plan.
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Formulation of Media Outreach plan by selecting PR outlets based on target audience, geographic location, linguistic specifications, etcetera.
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The conceptualisation of PR based on various events such as crisis management, product or milestone updates, drop in SOV, combating misinformation, etcetera.
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Timeline for the pacing of activities.
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Budgeting and success evaluation metrics.
Outcomes of Phase (2):
By the completion of Phase (1A), (1B), and (2), the outcome here is reaching a consensus and further setting up target KPIs, formulation and implementation of the developed plans, timeline, clearance and approvals of the budget through a commercial proposal based on the expected outcomes.
Phase (3): Execution (Week 3-4)
This phase outlines the actionable steps based on agreed-upon deliverables and goals like media outreach or press releases. It also expands upon the distribution of the PR to relevant stakeholders and partners.
Key Activities for Phase (3):
The key activities of this phase are:
Outcomes of Phase (3):
The outcomes here are content pieces made in alignment with the PR strategy. Followed by a comprehensive distribution framework sheet that covers all selected outlets in Phase (2), publishing of the content curated, and optimizations in visibility post publishing.
Phase (4): Reporting and Resolution (Week 5)
At the end of the month/PR Plan, Radarblock will compile two comprehensive reports on the PR campaign’s performance, including key insights and achievements in terms of discussed Radarblock KPIs in Phase (2), one for the community/DAO & other for the internal team. The reporting and resolution process done at the end of the month is meant to enhance future campaigns and overall strategy.
Key Activities in Phase (4):
The key activities of this phase are:
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Comprehensive reporting based on target KPIs:
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Report based on extensive analytics of PR with SOV and other metrics.
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Presenting two reports to Radiant, one for the community/DAO & other for the internal teams.
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Reports will include action plans for any:
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Crisis Mitigation
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Key message penetration
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Returning Members
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Continuous Optimisation (Ongoing) in PR by:
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Creating a feedback loop with the Radiant community by establishing a communication channel for improving PR strategy.
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Gathering insights from the feedback loop and adjusting the PR strategy accordingly by aligning the global Radarblock team such that we capitalise on opportunities around the clock.
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Formulate a strategy to be on top of emerging market trends and to stay updated in DeFi or the ecosystem.
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Find relevant alpha through our partners & ecosystem networks useful for Radiant PR strategy or implementation.
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Develop resolutions and strategies for future PR initiatives ideating upon the lessons learned from the current campaigns.
Outcomes of Phase (4):
The outcome of this phase is a comprehensive report compiled by Radarblock that provides a detailed evaluation of the PR campaign’s performance, highlighting key achievements and insights. Also, iteration in plans for future press releases.
3.2 Radarblock’s Unique Proposition for Radiant’s PR:
Radarblock understands that every penny must be spent through a data-backed approach and clear intent. However, the current standards in press releases struggle to tackle the same. We believe that our extensive research on PR strategies and frameworks changes that and we’d love to expand upon the same.
3.2.1 Data-Backed Story Telling:
Radarblock realises that current market peers struggle to track several target KPIs which allow success assessment. It may prevent them from assessing the need for PR altogether. On the other hand, our data dashboards allow Radiant to evaluate the landscape and competitor scenario throughout the engagement which lets Radiant deploy PR on data-backed decisions.
We use metrics like SOV that monitor the competitive landscape incrementally with other supporting metrics such as sentiment analysis, website traffic, media mentions and more. These metrics are expanded upon in detail in Chapter 4.2.
This analytical approach is still novel in Web3 and allows for a more comprehensive PR strategy. Radarblock would be actively measuring the performance of PR efforts across the ecosystem and consulting the Radiant team on how to leverage data to their benefit.
We also resonate with the Peso Evaluation Model on the four different media types:
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Paid Media
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Earned Media
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Shared Media
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Owned Media
Aligning all of these moves us towards the identified goals of engagement. The data-backed approach also builds trust and support within the community due to our transparency and logical backing.
3.2.2 Network Amplification and Distribution
Radarblock assembles an extensive distribution network consisting of evangelists, community leaders, KOLs, liquid funds, potential investors, and more from the Radiant ecosystem. The alignment of the key stakeholders serves in favour as consolidation of central themes occurs through this exercise. These themes build wide scale trust and promote key ideals of Radiant. This is the culture upon which the Radiant team has thrived hitherto, and Radarblock would like to contribute significantly to the same.
3.2.3 Lean Methods and Leveraging Market Research
Radarblock is proud of our lean agility in operations which allows overnight pivots in line with market volatility. We have facilitated complete campaigns end-to-end in less than 24 hours without compromising on quality. Our team works round the clock, monitoring market situations, and consolidates relevant market insights that can be utilised for the deployment of any press release. We have done the same several times in our previous engagements and observed massive traction as discussed in the Good Entry Case Study expanded in Chapter 6.2. We also deploy consistent feedback loops that help us iterate our strategy and pivot to high-performing sectors and amplify growth where it is required. This allows for the concentration of efforts where they yield maximum results.
Chapter 4: Performance Metrics
Effective evaluation of strategies and campaigns relies on robust performance metrics, serving as vital tools in deciphering the resonance of our content with the audience.
These metrics empower us to make data-driven decisions, optimising efforts for meaningful results. Here’s how Radarblock plans to leverage performance metrics for the benefit of Radiant in the context of PR and Twitter:
4.1 Twitter Performance Metrics
Monitoring Twitter performance metrics is crucial for evaluating the impact of our content strategy and making informed decisions to optimize our Twitter presence and attract more users.
4.1.1 Target KPIs and Success Assessment for Twitter:
Radarblock will conduct a detailed analysis of target KPIs on an ongoing basis during their engagement with Radiant. It helps Radarblock analysts calibrate their efforts and assurance rate of achieving an expected outcome. The following outcomes can be expected within 3 months of engagement:
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Followers Gained
Radiant’s Twitter handle has the potential to grow by 16% or more in the best-case scenario, 10% in an average case, and 6% in a subpar case.
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Post-Impressions
Radarblock plans to execute three or more viral campaigns through Radiant’s Twitter handle in the best-case scenario. In an average case, two viral campaigns are expected, while in a subpar case, only one campaign is expected. This leads to a significant increase in impressions.
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Engagement Rates
Engagement increase ranging from 30% to 50% is expected. This surge in engagement showcases the growing interest and interaction of users with the content.
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Profile Conversion Rate
Radarblock expects a growth of 40% to 80% in profile conversions, which indicates that viewers are becoming users.
4.1.2 Breakdown of KPIs for Twitter:
Expected outcomes and their respective target KPIs about Twitter are listed below:
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Followers Gained
Analysing the number of followers gained within 30 days can provide insights into content success and campaign effectiveness. Significant growth in followers indicates increased engagement and expanded audience reach.
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Post-Impressions
To increase post impressions, the target KPI for running two viral campaigns should be set. Post impressions provide insights into post consistency and content quality.
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Engagement Rates
Higher engagement rates reflect genuine interest and involvement, guiding content refinement. It is a measure of user interaction with a post and indicates creativity and viewer interest.
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Profile Conversion Rate
The target KPI for establishing credibility in prestigious DeFi circles is the Profile Conversion Rate, which represents the conversion of viewers into potential followers. These potential followers are likely to become active users and potential buyers of $RDNT.
4.2 PR Performance Metrics
A comprehensive evaluation of PR efforts is essential for enhancing Radiant’s visibility in the DeFi space. Radarblock employs a thorough breakdown of PR metrics to enable nuanced understanding and strategic adjustments for continued success in the Web3 landscape.
4.2.1 Target KPIs & Success Assessment for PR
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Brand Share of Voice (SOV)
Maintaining a SOV above 60%.
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Brand Awareness and Recognition
If PR releases and media outreach start adding in average on-chain user growth.
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Media Impressions
Achieving a potential reach of 10 million or above.
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Website Traffic
If PR releases and media outreach start adding in average website growth metrics.
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Social Media Growth
Positive trends in social media growth metrics.
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Community Sentiment
The majority of the comments lean towards the positive side of the PR release on social media.
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Crisis Mitigation
Having a pre-approved plan for every hiccup.
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Media Outreach
Maintaining a high percentage (more than 80) or a top ranking among competitors.
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New Market Penetration
Overall impressions gained by PR releases from targeted geographic regions reach 40% to 45%.
When 40% to 45% of the overall PR releases are in a different language.
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Key Message Penetration
PR releases comprehensively cover every key message.
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Returning Members
Loyal community members advocating for and participating in the Radiant ecosystem.
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Growth in SEO metrics such as keyword rankings, SERP visibility, website authority, and backlinks count gathered from the PR releases and media outreach.
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Media Mentions
Achieving online mentions twice that of top competitors.
4.2.2 Trigger Response Plan:
Any potential PR activities will be activated based on target outcomes explained in detail in the section below or the following triggers:
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Any potential rumours or public-facing misalignment/misinformation.
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SOV going below 55%, or significant negative events warranting public clarification.
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Any key events that benefit from PR activities.
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Any legal disputes that need to be addressed in public.
4.2.3 Breakdown of KPIs for PR:
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Brand Share of Voice (SOV)
Tracking Radiant’s SOV aims to increase visibility in the Web3 space. It helps assess marketing efforts, and market trends and informs strategic planning based on volume or reach.
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Brand Awareness and Recognition
Enhance the overall recognition of Radiant within the target audience. It will help in shaping Radiant’s brand reputation and relationship with its followers.
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Media Impressions
Expand Radiant’s potential reach through strategic media placements. It will quantify the potential audience of Radiant that is exposed to PR messaging. While this metric reflects the broad reach of a PR campaign, we can supplement it with more detailed data to gauge its effectiveness towards Radiant.
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Website Traffic
Driving organic traffic to the Radiant website is crucial for increased engagement. Monitoring visitor metrics helps identify effective PR campaigns driving traffic and conversions.
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Social Media Growth
Fostering organic social media growth through engaging content strengthens Radiant’s online presence, impacting brand sentiment positively.
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Community Sentiment
Maintaining positive sentiment around Radiant involves analysing brand mentions to gauge audience reactions. This informs content tailoring for future posts.
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Crisis Mitigation
Proactive crisis management planning is essential for swift responses to potential issues, benchmarking volume and sentiment during crises.
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Media Outreach
Building strong relationships with KOLs, media outlets, and industry leaders involves tracking press releases and pitches’ performance.
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New Market Penetration
Expanding Radiant’s presence geographically and linguistically involves targeting key demographics and tailoring communication for diverse language-speaking communities.
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Key Message Penetration
Ensuring effective communication of key messages involves breaking coverage down by themes and assessing their association strength.
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Returning Members
Encouraging engagement and loyalty among the existing community signifies success and positive community sentiment.
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Improving search engine visibility and ranking through media relations supports Radiant’s online presence.
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Media Mentions
Measuring positive mentions across platforms provides insights into market popularity.
Chapter 5: Timeline
The timeline can be seen with its various phases here while it can be seen in a tabulated format here.
Chapter 6: Citations and Case Studies
6.1 Satori Finance
A comprehensive overview of the client’s case study can be found here.
Satori is a decentralised financial derivatives platform that features an “off-chain aggregation and on-chain settlement” design, combining the security and transparency of a decentralised exchange with the speed and usability of a centralised exchange. It caters to retail and professional traders alike, offering a user-friendly interface and advanced SDK and APIs for integrating trading tools with other systems.
The client raised their $10M seed capital from notable players such as Jump Crypto, Coinbase, D1 Ventures, and many more. However, consistency and themes of Twitter content posed challenges to a lean team occupied with product updates. Perpetual DEX space is one of the most emerging markets in Web3, with strong players like GMX and Gains Network. It is usually hard for newer products to establish themselves such that they have strong user support.
Radarblock was brought in to increase the client’s Twitter activity in a way that amplifies their awareness and cements them as a major upcoming Perp platform in various new ecosystems. The Radarblock team immediately got to work and figured out the best possible positioning for Satori after brainstorming with their core team. It was decided that the biggest benefit of Satori was their Unified Order Book model which could solve the fragmentation of a traders’ liquidity. Overall, unification of liquidity was a mission that rang just as true for Satori as it does for Radiant.
6.1.1 Execution
For Twitter, a descriptive content calendar was created such that it:
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Explained the mechanism of Satori using threads and single tweets.
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Appealed to the “left-curve” audience using memes related to market conditions or recent happenings in CT.
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Focused more on the Asian audience by rebranding the mascot, catering to the existing user base.
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Interacted with chains upon which Satori was deployed by engaging in their latest Twitter developments.
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Beyond the planned Twitter content calendar, we brought exposure to Satori on Twitter using three different avenues:
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We engaged in comments with CT personalities such as Andrew Kang and Awawat to garner more exposure for Satori.
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We were on top of market events that were relevant for Satori such as liquidations and macroeconomic legislations.
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We coordinated with various Web3 service providers such as Galxe and OKX to ensure smooth campaign operations and quick troubleshooting. Co-marketing was also catered to within our scope of work.
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We outreached, negotiated, and deployed KOL threads strategically placed around narratives that were popular at that time.
For PR, we hoped to cement Satori’s image as the pioneer perp platform on Linea. We coordinated with relevant parties for Satori’s participation in the PR article and also interacted with other notable protocols that were featured in the same.
6.1.2 Outcome
Our various execution efforts paid off with Satori’s followers increasing by 582%, going from 21,311 on June 01, 2023, to at 153,000 as of January 4, 2024. Owing to our well-timed market commentaries and capitalising upon narratives as they came, the impressions rose by 733% in that same duration, garnering them 2.53M views in total. Impressions are an important metric for determining the visibility of the protocol while the engagement rate tells you how much people enjoy your tweets [Engagement/Impressions]. We were able to scale it by 394% establishing our content as engaging for the larger audience. Besides that, “profile clicks” – measuring how absorbing the content is – rose by 199%, signalling that our content was making the audience click more on our profile.
6.2 Good Entry
A comprehensive overview of the client’s case study can be found here.
GoodEntry is a protected perpetual protocol that allows retail users to trade without getting liquidated by price. Starting in February of 2023, they quickly rose to fame because of their sticky community and their break-fast-repair-fast approach. They ended up becoming one of the grantees of the Arbitrum STIP program which was a moment of prestige for any young protocol.
At the beginning of this year, Radarblock was approached to be the in-house CMO and the marketing arm of GoodEntry. The team wanted to bootstrap their marketing from scratch such that they could foster community support. While GoodEntry eventually had a first-mover advantage in the space with a working alpha product, Radarblock started working with them while they were still developing it. Similar to Radiant, GoodEntry’s story is one of persistence and triumph within the Arbitrum ecosystem. Working with the GoodEntry team also allowed us to have the opportunity to interact with multiple other Arbitrum protocols, which refined our understanding of the Arbitrum ecosystem as a whole.
6.2.1 Execution
GoodEntry’s 0-to-1 journey has allowed us to transition from perp-specific content, pass through product-led marketing, and arrive at TGE-specific content. The journey was filled with multiple iterations which were supported by the core team and allowed us to foster a community while working alongside the Discord team.
Besides a well-documented Twitter content plan, we executed the following strategies that helped cement the importance of GoodEntry across CT:
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First-in-space market commentaries: We deeply understood the importance of market commentaries and were often the first ones to tweet about how the liquidated users could’ve used GoodEntry to guard against scam wicks.
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KOL management: We worked alongside the lead KOL for GE to help proofread and monitor the traction of KOL threads. GoodEntry had a total of 20 KOLs who were aided by Radarblock’s KOL briefs for GoodEntry’s new iteration, Degen Mode.
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Partnership Marketing: Radarblock coordinated with the larger Arbitrum ecosystem to prepare for the GE World Tour. It was an AMA marathon that aided in the wide publicity of the incoming TGE scheduled for 27th November 2023. The World Tour concluded with a long-form summary of the discussions that were held on spaces with the partners.
6.2.2 Outcome
Radarblock managed to scale GoodEntry’s Twitter from 0 to 14,500 followers, building a cohesive community along the way. Toward the TGE, GoodEntry managed to capture decent mind-share because of appropriate quest usage, Twitter marketing, and KOL support, sending the cumulative profile clicks to 18,000. It was corroborated by a 1.7M rise in impressions, a 1,500% gain. GoodEntry’s content – due to effective leveraging of comarketing and KOL support – had begun reaching the whitespace masses consistently.
Because of the memetic value of the content posted, such as an overemphasis on key themes of “$GOOD” and “One Team One Dream,” the engagement rate saw a rise of 334% as the audience became involved in copypasta practices. Rising popularity across CT brought us the attention of notable influencers, such as ChicoCrypto, who graced the occasion with coverage of GoodEntry.
Development, iteration, and execution of marketing strategies, handling urgent obstacles, being involved with other partners, KOLs, and service providers led up to the grand day. Their token launch was hosted on 27th November 2023 and sold out within a minute, all while being a fair launch worth 1.5M USD (10M FDV) with equal terms for all.
6.3 API3
A comprehensive overview of the client’s case study can be found here
API3 is among the top oracles in the Web3 space with 140+ data feeds on 16 blockchains. Their flagship products, dAPIs, are aggregated from first-party oracles directly on the native chain. This means that you always know where your data comes from and never have to rely on cross-chain bridges, a centralised point of failure for a dApp. The dAPI aggregation contract resides on the same chain as the consumer dApp, meaning the data is never bridged over and exposed to bridge exploits. This maximises the reliability and transparency of our feeds, resulting in safer DeFi for everyone.
Radarblock was approached by the client to build an institutional narrative that converts to actual users. They were gearing up for the launch of their managed dAPIs. Oracles being the backbone of DeFi allow the whole ecosystem to function seamlessly with their price feeds. The task was to help dAPI technology gain maximum exposure while maintaining an institutional outlook.
6.3.1 Execution
Radarblock started by auditing the social presence of the client. Then, based on the developments and pre-existing Medium content, Radarblock drafted a basic press release that was to go out through mass traditional media channels.
After comparing quotations for various PR channels, Radarblock optimised pricing and sent out a press release to various major media outlets such as Yahoo Finance and AP News.
6.3.2 Outcome
The final press release was covered by 74 different sources with a cumulative reach of 30 million. The outcomes can be seen in the first, second, third, and fourth images.
Chapter 7: Budget and Pricing
Radarblock’s Web3 Growth Packages are meticulously crafted to propel Radiant’s digital presence to the larger DeFi ecosystem and beyond. Our pricing structure reflects a commitment to delivering unparalleled value and strategic impact over a transformative four-month engagement.
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Growth Package Twitter and PR: Twitter, KOL Management, and PR Package (4 Months) - $15,000** per month/- (After 20% Discount)
- Hyperscale Radiant with a comprehensive package covering Twitter amplification, and tier-1 DeFi influencer collaboration through Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) management, and data-backed strategic PR.
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Twitter Account Management: Twitter and KOL Management Package (4 Months) - $12,000** per month/- (After 20% Discount)
- Standalone Twitter and KOL management that expands upon the aforementioned narrative research, reply guy strategies, and other growth marketing activities.
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PR Account Management: PR Package (4 Months) - $10,000** per month/- (After 20% Discount)
- Standalone PR research, data analysis, dashboarding, and access to all leading media outlets like Yahoo Finance, Cointelegraph, and more.
**Note: The cost here does not include individual KOL costs or selected PR outlet costs which do not include any mark-ups from Radarblock and are paid directly to the respective relevant parties.
Chapter 8: Contact Us
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