150 Ways to Spark Innovation During Times of Change - FREE ... GJA Mindset/Theory...
 

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Phil

GJA Top 10 Trends YOU Can Take to the Bank...
 

Thanks Phil,

Remember Faith Popcorn and the discredited John Naisbitt with his Megatrends?

The problem with these TRENDY people is TIME...as it goes by, we see their forecasts are less accurate than that of an astrologer or a dart thrower...betch the same will happen with this current trendmeister.

So, rather than being just the cynic and/or crytic...here are my top ten trends for the next few years.

1. People, in the vast majority of the bell curve, 80% will remain stupid. As Ron White, the comedian sez, "you can't cure stupid".

2. We will become our DATA. In fact, we are. TARGET is one of the great data tracker marketers, sending coupons for diapers to 17 year old girls, whose fathers explode on a Target Mgr for encouraging sex, then finds out she IS pregnant. TARGET knew long before he did.

3. The Internet Search engines, read Google, will continue to serve up what they think are targeted advertising.

Before I continue. I wrote a post at another forum and used Breathing as an example of a niche market...since then, everywhere I go I get served up ads for Respitrol to the point of annoyance. So, I've fought back, taking a small stone and putting it into my slingshot.

Everytime google serves me their ad, I go and put stuff in the shopping cart and then abandon it. I wonder if only 1000 people a day did this, if Respitrol would consider google ads as a good way to advertise? Hmmm, maybe I should start a group of Shopping Cart Abandoners to teach em a little lesson?

For an experiment, I've been searching for Baby related items and now I'm being served up prenatal vitamins and all things pregnant woman...see, I'm going to have some input into my DATA, because, we have become our data...when in reality, we ain't. Be aware of the ads YOU are getting, because somewhere is a computer who has YOU all figured out and it is all about advertising...the Intrusive kind that TW harps about.

4. The gov't, FEDERAL, will continue to raid people's homes and businesses and ignore the constitution. One has to wonder WHY Obama used Fast and Furious to evoke executive privilege?

Here in NM a big related story, NOT being covered is the Rick Reese and Family story.Google Rick Reese gun dealer and you won't find a single main stream media covering this story which is directly related to Fast and Furious. Rick and sons are in jail. Their property seized by a new agency, which starts it's gov't career with much egg on it's face.

Google is in my opinion the Darth Vader of the Universe.

Which brings up number five trend.

5. As more and more people see through the social media privacy, or lack of it, and as they are served up more and more customizable intrusive ads...the next big thing will be the next Facebook/MySpace (see, stupid people can even be billionaires)...

Where people can have their social wants, without all the intrusive ads, watch for it soon.

6. Continued Internet users backlash, with more using smart phone replacement options for their current browser use...and already, THEY, the marketers are using DATA from your phone to sell you products and services they know you want. Since they KNOW I'm a pregnant teen, I get all kinds of really nifty offers on my SMART phone.

In 1969 Charlie Green, computer whiz on a ballistic missile carrying nuclear powered submarine taught me...GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out...the wrong holes punched on a card would mean San Francisco got the bomb instead of Moscow... and they made sure the IN was accurate.

Today, every place you go, your every keystroke on line is being compiled and YOU are now the DATA...think about it.

7. MORE people from around the world will come online and fall for the BS that all you have to do is push a few buttons and you'll get rich overnight.

There will be MORE hucksters, scammers and scumbags online more than ever and there will be an endless stream or suckers...see point 1.

8. More boys will become girls.

9. There will be a lower class revolution, think Tea Party with Molotov Cocktails as Congress tinkers with Medicaid, Welfare and other Entitlement programs. They don't have to do anything to provoke the riots, just think about doing something.

10 LeBron James will continue to play basketball, HATED in Cleveland and Loved in Miami and Akron.

Let's see how these 10 play out and how good I am against the PROS.

ONE last TREND...less and less of Gordon online, after all, what does a 17 year old pregnant girl know about anything anyhow?

GJA

Re: 150 Ways to Spark Innovation During Times of Change - FREE ... GJA Mindset/Theory...
 

Gordon,

Part of your post says,

"Everytime google serves me their ad, I go and put stuff in the shopping cart and then abandon it. I wonder if only 1000 people a day did this, if Respitrol would consider google ads as a good way to advertise? Hmmm, maybe I should start a group of Shopping Cart Abandoners to teach em a little lesson?"

Go to:

http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol13/shoppingcarts.htm

and read what they say the potential cost to retailers might be when people abandon their shopping cart. The article on this page is a bit dated so I have to imagine the dollar figures are larger in 2012. You might be on to something with this abandon shopping cart idea. If it happens enough times, google's data has to become skewered.

By the way, there is another site that shows merchants how to contact those of us who abandon our shopping cart. I won't list their url but the problem is being addressed. I don't know how successful they are in getting the abandoner to buy but that's not the point. The point is the merchants have recognized the problem.

Tom

Tom, I Can't wait for Respitrol, or a diaper company to contact me...
 

If by email, I'll have my filters and autoresponder ready, engage them...spend their time...make em think they can convert me...keep them involved and simply waste their time all on autopilot.

By phone? Good luck with that one Respitrol. By mail? General Delivery USA?

I welcome the opportunity to waste as much of their time as they have wasted mine.

Maybe I'll start blogging about it. Start my own little revolution.

Just keep in mind, no matter how savvy marketers get, how many ads they serve up, how many targeted attempts at DATA marketing...

I, as a person, always have the opportunity to say NO.

NO is the best weapon one has against intrusive advertising.

Re: 150 Ways to Spark Innovation During Times of Change - FREE ... GJA Mindset/Theory...
 

Gordon,

I have to ask. Are diapers part of the headlight cleaning kit? :D :D :D

OK, now that I'm over that, let's help the Boz on your dime. I cold called a fellow locally who does exactly that and we chatted a bit. He said he gets $20 and up depending on the headlights he is cleaning. As for the auto dealers here in town, only some of them hire him. The others use their own people.

As for the general public he has met with success. He doesn't get every sale but he gets enough to make it worth his while. He is always prospecting and after I call him back next week we may even get to do some fix up work on his website. That's why I called him.

My final recommendation - The Boz, with all of your great help and advice of course, is on to a winner. I might even drive to NM to have him clean my Ford truck.

Have a great day,

Tom

I've never encountered a biz op with so much skepticism (NOT you Tom)
 

My own brother, who needs something he's been laid off over a year...doesn't believe anyone can make money doing this.

In fact, when I tell people that is what I was doing in San Diego and plan to do it while on the road...people don't believe it.

YET, I've seen it, done it and know it works.

Most people don't think about it, but, once you show them the 3 second demo which will show them what they look like AFTER, it is an easy 10 dollar sale and with Boz doing his upsell, 40 dollars, and bridge at 20 and with the ability to take credit cards on his smart phone...

well, it is easy to see how Box is getting a near 90% close rate.

As for prospecting, Boz lets his magnetic marketing and the customers come to him. And once they do...bazinga, a 20 dollar bill in 3 minutes.

Ask your friend how long he takes and if he uses a buffer.

I encourage all of you to call your local area businesses, including Walmarts with auto places and see how much they charge. YOU can kill the competition by being mobile, flexible in pricing and fast and furious.

Gordon

PS You might want to tell him to get the new manual at www.renewnightvision.com and HE can quit sitting around prospecting...he can get more customers than he ever imagined...a bargain for him for only 97 dollars

Re: 150 Ways to Spark Innovation During Times of Change - FREE ... GJA Mindset/Theory...
 

You can believe I am not skeptical. Somebody had to be doing it given all of the TV hucksters selling their stuff for $100. When I'm driving around I always look at everybody's headlights. Wowee, zowee, one out of three cars. Of course the new cars don't count ---yet.

Here is where the hangup might be - people BELIEVE it requires a lot of work. After all, who has really ever heard of offering this as a service? Don't know that for sure but I'd bet my speculation is close to the mark.

I'd bet if a guy had a friend who was a mechanic w/his own garage that is and not working for a dealership, he could make two or three hundred a day. As for the auto dealership (new cars) w/a used car lot, if a guy knew the general or sales manager I'd bet he could get all their headlight biz.

Again, don't know that for sure just betting on the come as they say in the casino. Personally I'm hoping Boz sells a bazillion manuals. I might poke a little fun but I noticed that seems to happen a lot around here :D

Good luck...

Tom

Time to SPILL The BEANS and Get the WORD OUT THERE... ReNewNightVision in the LIGHTS!
 

Hey Gordon...

Google and Company {Hinted} for A Few More TIDBITS... :)

FREE PUBLIC RELATIONS & SOCIAL SIGINALS...

BUT Neither BOZ or Yourself seemed To Get THAT MESSAGE...

Time to SPILL The BEANS and Get the WORD OUT THERE...

Keeping it [somewhat] Behind Closed Doors Doesn't do Much these Days in Getting the WORD out there... ;)

ReNewNightVision in the LIGHTS!

UNLESS YOU'RE KEEPING [ALL] the ''Spinnable'' {MOOLA} making OPPORTUNITIES & IDEAS (4) YOURSELVES!

8 Lowest-Paying Jobs in America! {UNLIMITED} Target Marketplaces, Affiliate Program?
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http://www.sowpub.com/forum/showthread.php?p=31136

Phil

Re: Time to SPILL The BEANS and Get the WORD OUT THERE... ReNewNightVision in the LIGHTS!
 

You're right Phil, I just don't get it.

Why can't you just say what you mean in plain English, with a period at the end?

You are the #1 king of search.
You are the #2 prince of cryptic...behind Glenn.
And the worst communicator I've ever seen.

But thanks for playing...
We have some nice gifts for you...

:D

Re: Time to SPILL The BEANS and Get the WORD OUT THERE... ReNewNightVision in the LIGHTS!
 

I get it Phil.

I'm just a friend helping...not hired help like last time.

I've laid out the plan, including article writing, press releases, ads...but, it is how I would do it.

Boz has his own ways, and it is his baby.

HOWEVER, I can decipher your encrypted posts, SO, with the SQ1, all of your suggestions will be used. Starting with posting here and articles at ezine articles too.

PR is a very useful tool, and it is very affordable too.

Thanks Phil, don't change, we don't want everyone to "get" you...means less competition for those of us with the decoder ring....HA.

GJA

Re: Time to SPILL The BEANS and Get the WORD OUT THERE... ReNewNightVision in the LIGHTS!
 

Gordon and Boz,

Totally understand... No Worries! ...

Not EVERYTHING is ABOUT MAKING MONEY beyond your Own Territory...

ESPECIALLY WHEN it's with Your OWN BABY and you Like doing Things in your Own Preferred way...

I'm sure We'll hear more down the Road, Once BOZ starts understanding and Comprehending things without periods... :D

As I'm sure BOZ Knows and Realizes...

Many World-wide Offer this Service using their Own Methods in SERVICING HEADLIGHTS with their OWN Recipe of Success...

AND NOT OF COURSE TOO...

You Can TELL Lots are Not having that Much Success in the BIZ, just Like with So Many other Business opportunity COLLECTORS, [UNFORTUNATELY]

Quick {Analyzation} of their Web statistics, business dealings Locally and Details in General tell that Story, past, present and future...

Some businesses, Franchises as you Probably both Know are {Doing Extremely well} in Their Growing HEADLIGHT businesses & SERVICES!

MOSTLY ALL in the MOTIVATION and interest of Growing Things into A REAL BUSINESS, Expandable businesses... Those Have to be interested of course...

Great business Opportunity for {Going} After the COMPETITION, WORKING with the Competition & So MUCH MORE!

SMARTLY FOCUSED... EMERGENCY SERVICES... Sponsorships, Educational Programs...

Easy to Achieve! JUST LIKE with [ADDRESS AMERICA] related Success Stories...

ONGOING CONSUMER RELATED EDUCATIONAL information Why they Need it To Be Done on Regular Intervals...

LOTS of people Playing around with this business... Using All Sorts of Experimental Concotions, from Pharmacy, toothpaste Auto related items to Their GRANDMOTHERS old Brakefast Cooking OIL(S)! etc. etc. ... :eek:

Regarding, Gordon's comments... I've never encountered a biz op with so much skepticism...

What's Still Missing...

Of Some Sorts within This Business Model...

Just in my Opinion of course... And the worst communicator I've ever seen... :)

Those Who Develop http://renewnightvision.com/ INTO A FULL BLOWN! {Authority} related business model, [EXACTLY] with the Right ''TWIST'' will Help REDUCE...

I've never encountered a biz op with so much skepticism...

If you THINK HEADLIGHT CLEANING encounters a biz op with so much Skepticism...

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AS THE WORLD TURNS ON into the FUTURE! ...

Phil

You've given me a good opportunity to get this off my chest.
 

Phil,

In the last decade, and even further back, I've watched a certain phenomenon repeated over and over.

I teach a WHITE BOARD use, and it is really great for short term projects.

For example, putting a biz specific manual together, like the Headlight Cleaning Manual.

And I've seen MANY people over the years actually create HOTSHEETS, and add some reports, and even develop kits.

BUT, what is missing is, these short term projects don't fit into a larger WHITE BOARD of a person's life.

Working with Entrepreneurial type projects where the focus is on making money, it seems to lapse into a short time period...what I mean, some guys have projects they did 5 or 6 years ago, and those are now up on the shelf.

They didn't incorporate them into a larger goal, a greater perspective and maybe, they didn't want to. Short term served the purpose.

Let me take Chatteling. I just recently got email from a guy who did pretty well in a very specific niche, a hobby niche, and made some decent money...into the thousands of dollars.

So, now he wants the advanced higher dollar amounts, and the question I asked, how is his network of BUYERS doing? Doesn't have one of course.

Which is fine, buying and selling wasn't to be his career, he dabbled and made some money, which is great.

But it is my opinion, that money-making activities should be a part of, folded into, purposeful as a part of your overall life.

Which brings me to my point (finally??!) which is

LONG range planning, let's say, THREE years down the road.

Less than a college sentence (some kids think they are being punished)...

So, it is pretty easy to create a product in 30 days, or lay the foundation of a business in 90 days and not unusual to be profitable from the get go on many products...but where does this fit into your life 3 years down the road?

Can you all remember 3 years ago, 2009? Obama was the President, we had major recession, banks and Wall St. getting infrastructure support while our bridges were falling apart.

NOT hard to do is it. Yet, how many are looking 3 years down the road and building products, services and living in the moment with an eye on their future? I'd say not many.

I love WHITE BOARDS, they are great for tracking progress, but, just keep in mind, there is the bigger White Board in the Sky...that is tracking your life as it keeps on rolling along.

It is pretty easy and simple to make money with any of 1001 ways...a little bit more concentration and goal setting to turn your project into a sustaining business.

Maybe you don't want a sustaining biz...that's OK, cause there is always chattel out there looking for a new owner.

Gordon Jay Alexander

PS. Having spent the last 4 years in and out of hospitals and getting slapped in the face by health issues, I know and understand that sometimes, Stuff Happens. Which is why having a goal in the short run can get interfered with, but, it is all part of life...up til your dead.

LIFE? Got Some?

post was like an arrow
 

ouch! that post was like an arrow & it got me right in the side!

not a mortal wound though ...

MY "rich dad" (relating advice from his real dad) said you could only really juggle three things at once. their scenario -- being involved in a community bank, owning rental property and owning farmland (BIG rent once a year.)

1 - 2 - 3, all the activities flowed and in fact reinforced one another.

my attempts to emulate that? mixed bag, some winners, some distractions but never a "flow" from one activity to the other.

WhiteBoard Use
 

Hi,

I 've heard mention of "white board use" before but can't find a description of the process. Can anyone enlighten me? I know, silly question, but always been a bit slow on the uptake ;-)

Part 2. Am about to invest in Gordon's Chatteling report. Any UK sowpubbers able to tell me how well the process works over this side of the pond. Only reason I ask is that Craigslist seems pretty light on reasonably priced offerings in Kent.

Thanks,

Paul.

Re: WhiteBoard Use
 

Hi Paul,

Some of the following Might Help explain Things a little... :)

Perhaps Gordon will comment further...

Enjoy! ...
https://www.google.com/search?q=gord...w=1366&bih=665

Gordon Jay Alexander | Ryan McGrath
theryanmcgrath.com/tag/gordon-jay-alexander/
Today I'm interviewing Gordon Jay Alexander. .... Everyone I work with MUST have a white board at their desk, and they have to take a picture of it to prove they have one. You must ... A lesson which has proved invaluable to me over the years...
http://theryanmcgrath.com/tag/gordon-jay-alexander/

Phil

Excellent Reading! Definitely Applicable to the [UK] World-Wide & Everywhere Else...
 

Another few {Blasts} from the Good ol' Past(s)...

Way Back When... :cool:

Excellent Reading! Definitely Applicable to the [UK] World-Wide & Everywhere Else...
https://www.google.com/search?q=uk+b...w=1366&bih=665

Phil

Kent and chattel and whiteboards...
 

http://kent.craigslist.co.uk/spo/3087215789.html

Paul,

In Kent, there isn't a lot of chattel, but, there is enough. When dealing with this type of area, you have to think sides of town, or villages nearby too.

What you do is go to Craigslist and use a dollar amount, say 99 to 301 and then QUICKLY go through the sections looking for what you think could be a profitable transaction...then you go to ebay, amazon and try to get a feel for what this thing sells for.

In the case of exercise equipment, there is always stuff available and always stuff being sold. It takes a little time, I suggest you follow along on your local Kent craigslist, call and ask what their bottom line is (not as good as waving cash under their noses) but do 15 mins a day and get a feel for what is being sold.

As for Whiteboards. I'll have to find some pics that aren't personal.

I have people use a small whiteboard, about 2 to 3 feet by 2 ft or so, and homemade ones work great PAPER covered with clear contact paper, and it needs to hang or sit right next to the computer/desk where it can be looked at every day.

Across the top from left to right is the TIME line. How long is the project.
On the left side they draw a pryamid or bldg, this is also a time line but with the step by step process.

Starting at the END of the project, what does it look like? What is the finished project? Then you start backing down the steps of the pyramid until
you
]get
to the bottom, or the starting point.

This is a simplistic overview, but the start of the project is the End.

In Harvey Brody "speak", the bldg has a rooftop, and you have to clearly see the view from the rooftop, and then backs down the steps up the side, think of a fire escape on the side of the bldg... the very last step at the top is the step off rung, what does this look like.

By using a White Board, you can clearly see where you are at with your project, what stumbling blocks there are, and what you have to do to reach the top of the pyramid/bldg.

Gordon Alexander

Alternative to Craigslist outside of USA...
 

Hi Paul,

I'm not in the UK (I'm in the land downunder, the one that Kylie Minogue, Clive James, and Rolf Harris all fled from!)... However...

I've noticed that "Gumtree" is often "bigger" outside of the USA than Craigslist, so you might want to try that...

Gumtree UK - http://www.gumtree.com

Gumtree Australia - http://www.gumtree.com.au

Best wishes,

Dien

Re: Alternative to Craigslist outside of USA...
 

Endless other Options...

EASY TO FIND throughout GOOGLE UK...

And Everywhere Else...

GOLDEN NUGGETS {GALORE}...

LOADED & Ready for Negotiations!

ATM BANKING.... ;)
http://www.ukclassifieds.co.uk/

Phil

Re: 150 Ways to Spark Innovation During Times of Change - FREE ... GJA Mindset/Theory...
 

Gordon, Dien, Phil,

Thanks for your replies. I've taken notes and am making my way through Gordon's Chatteling report. I'll keep you posted on my progress.

Paul.

I'll take a pic of Whiteboard this weekend and post it up
 

Paul,

Let me know when you've finished, and I can guide you to a smooth and profitable start chatteling in KENT.

Gordon

Re: I'll take a pic of Whiteboard this weekend and post it up
 

Hey Gordon,

finished your report. Now to find my first deal - would appreciate your guidance.

Thanks,

Paul.

PS: thanks for posting the "whiteboard images" gives me a clearer idea of how you use them.