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🚀 Case Study: AIKO #NFT Launch (Crypto + AI Content)

#Solana | Marketplace: #SolSea (#1 for 4 months)

🎯 Goals: Launch world's first AI-driven NFT collection

💰 Budget: ~$45k for initial launch

✅ What we did:

1️⃣ Discord Community

Initial community: 50k via targeted Discord shilling

After KYC (phone/email): 29k active members

Post-mint (NFT holders only): 15k engaged users

2️⃣ Influencer Marketing

YouTube & Twitter (NFT Cook, UwUcrew founder Kiwi)

Average ~$500–$1k; YouTube review: ~$1k–5k

High engagement and conversion (~10% audience to mint)

3️⃣ PR & Media

Press releases

Hypebae (13k views), SCREENSHOT media

4️⃣ Partnerships & Giveaways

#TeslaRevolution Model X Giveaway (~$100k prize)

OF models (20 profiles) via NFT avatars

IG babe-accounts network repurposed for AIKO

⚠️ Less effective:

PH: High CTR (7–8%), low NFT conversion (0.33%)

📈 Results:

Complete sold-out NFT mint

Top-ranked NFT on SolSea & @CoinMarketCap trending for ~3 months

Final CAC: ~$30 per NFT buyer, ROI ~10x