I'm in a blockchain club (closest to a bitcoin club that I could find in my town), talked to sellers at the farmers market, posed on social media, told my friends. I make sure I always check the "accepts cryptocurrency" when selling things on Craigslist. Talked to people at my Makerspace I'm the first to admit that I don't excel at these "social" things. I tend to mention it once to a person and if they don't seem interested, I'm unlikely to bring it up again with them. I don't want to be anoying.

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Mostly they donโ€™t see the benefits to them because they have mostly heard bad news from their โ€œtrustedโ€ sources. Probably your best bet is to show them how to get zapped by posting their brand new Lightning address on the Nostr and then checking back with them the next week.
Iโ€™m in the same position with my community. But from my experience with marketing I know it takes months to years of repeated touch points for individuals who hear of a product/service/brand/idea to adopt it.
I'll keep trying. Inflation has made the people I know a little more curious about Bitcoin, so that seems like it's helping adoption, even if it doesn't get people in today, they're at least more open to the idea. Might have to go back to a day job to hold me over though.
Thanks for the encouragement. FYSA, I was unable to zap you, but I can zap other people right now. I am a privacy advocate, so I use Tor. Some lightning providers won't accept money from Tor users; not surs if that's the case here... image
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