# Project Tips for Success

[Quadratic funding](https://wtfisqf.com) is a great opportunity to get extra funding for your project through the matching pool, but your community’s donations determine how much of the pool you get, with more unique donors getting you a bigger share of the matching pool. That means you NEED to onboard people to donate to your project.

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**Tips to having a successful round**
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* Consistently post and cross-collaborate
* Spend time onboarding your community to donate and verifying their wallet
* Be very clear on why funding you will be worth it and your progress up to date

## 💎 Making Your Project Page Legit

* Ensure that your POTLOCK profile clearly explains what you are working to achieve and why people should donate. An optimized project includes:
  * A clear project description.
  * A nice profile image and banner
  * Regular posts on NEAR Social
  * Description of past funding sources
  * Links to team accounts
  * Relevant githubs (if open source)
  * Photos, videos, and/or valid external links to provide visual context.

## When You Are Applying

* A statement detailing how you will use the funds in your application

## PROMOTE YOUR PROJECT

* Share your POTLOCK project link wildly across **ALL** your social media channels
* Consistently update your audience with milestones, timelines, and other relevant information like upcoming X spaces you will be participating, time remaining to donate, & more.
* Provide clear instructions on how people can support you, or make use of [Potlock tutorials](https://www.notion.so/Create-Ecosystem-potlock-org-511ee4e8c9124e4787d415bd96ccd656?pvs=21) on how to donate and use [Nada.bot](http://nada.bot)
* Provide resources on how x amount of donations will provide x amount of value in your cause

## 👋 Get to Know Your Round

* Cross-promoting with other projects in the round can help get your work in front of new audiences.
* Don’t forget to join the groupchat for your particular round (message [x.com/plugrel](http://x.com/plugrel) to get access to this group. Resources, support, and intros for collaboration are going down in this groupchat

## ❓Onboard

On-Chain

* Make wallets, use [Mintbase](https://www.notion.so/Mintbase-Open-Source-NFT-ed0c0e4dc99540f6aaa8982b773661e0?pvs=21), [HERE](https://www.notion.so/Streaming-and-Vesting-App-36a5f9ce02e448fc8e08274a49e15e63?pvs=21), [Meteor](https://www.notion.so/Streaming-and-Vesting-App-36a5f9ce02e448fc8e08274a49e15e63?pvs=21) Wallets to onboard your friends to useful accounts
* Onboard via [nada.bot](http://nada.bot) [Nada.bot/support](http://nada.bot/support) for any support questions
* If you run into any bugs on POTLOCK or any questions [potlock.org/community](http://potlock.org/community)

Off-chain

* Contact your family, friends, and communities through DMs, group chats, and word of mouth. Explain that the more unique donors you have, the more of the funding pool you will get matched.
* Ask them to boost your posting by engaging, and sharing even further and them to support your favorite projects, positive sum ecosystems!

## 📣 **Follow POTLOCK & Get Us To** HYPE

* Follow us across all POTLOCK social media accounts to stay on top of opportunities, we retweet and amplify! We are most active on twitter

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**POTLOCK Social media** [**Twitter**](https://x.com/potlock_)**,** [**LinkedIn**](https://linkedin.com/company/potlock)**,** [**NEAR Social**](https://potlock.near.social)**,** [**Farcaster**](http://warpcast.com/potlock)**,** [**Instagram**](https://instagram.com/potlock.global)**,**
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## ☣️ What Can Get You Disqualified

* Paying for donations (outside of funding wallets)
* Intentional botting activity to rig the matching pool

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