5 years later, did I get any of it right?
 

5 and a half years ago, I wrote:


Chaos, calamity and confusion. In other words, the next four years, even if Trump only lasts one or two. There will be mounting uncertainty. Let's celebrate.

Protests in the streets. Confrontations between white and black groups. Riots in the coming summer. Gun sales booming. Tee shirts sold by the millions and as I wrote in the Fly Low Collect the Dough UPDATE HOTLINE Episode 13, get your cartoons and slogans on a shirt today.

Would you agree, especially after Jan. 6, at the Capitol there WAS chaos, calamity and confusion? I give myself an A for that one.

Protests in the streets? CHECK.
Confrontations? CHECK.
Gun sales? CHECK.
Riots? check, a small check they were not as bad as I thought they could have been, although that is an easy chair viewpoint.

T.shirts? Political art work? Like never before, so CHECK.

But now what? What does the seer of the crooked river see?

How does the Nostradamus of Nottingham St. (my childhood home) predict the future today?

A. More of the same.

B. A lot of different things.

Sheesh, what a copout, sounds like a tarot card reader at the county fair, or a Northeast Ohio weatherman, partly cloudy with a chance of rain (and that forecast is accurate about 350 days a year in NEO).

I think the next four years will see a rise in Worldly disorder, as much as our last 5 were mostly American focused, the world stage will once again, er, take the stage.

But as I did 5 years ago, 10, 20 and even 30 years ago, I also predict bright futures for those who

know what they want
take action to get it
adjust as they go along
stay with it until they get it...

The other stuff could be just the fray of human nature or distraction from fulfilling a bigger purpose you know you have, but haven't yet pursued it.

Reviewing the episodes from my FLY LOW AND COLLECT THE DOUGH UPDATE HOTLINE, I see a lot of gold nuggets, which have withstood the test of time.

Now, back to my crystal ball (aka Netflix).

Gordon

Nuggets, such as this list.
 

T A R G E T E D prospecting. Don't sell a box of beef to a vegan. And that is akin to what some of you are trying to do. Here is a step by step process.

1. Read about the opportunity
2. Using the Pictogrigm of Persuasion, put your ideal customer in the circle
3. Write down everything you think you know about the TARGET
4. Identify the ideal INTERSECTION where your promotion (ad) meets them
5. What is their primary preoccupation as it relates to your business-ideas
6. What power words or phrases might most appeal to them
7. Tell them quick and tell them true, or my love to hell with you
8. ASK for the response, think STIMULUS the whole way, you are creating a specific stimulus to evoke (emotion) a response you want
9. What are the numbers: costs and income
10. Ask Gordon Jay Alexander and his team for guidance. Best thing you do.

Every biz-op and money making opportunity in this HOTSHEET can be analyzed through the 10 steps above.

Still true in 2021.

Gordon

Re: 5 years later, did I get any of it right?
 

"T.shirts? Political art work? Like never before, so CHECK."

This reminded me this old website www.Stupid.com that sold... stupid things, incluiding objects with the face of American Presidents, etc.

More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupid.com

PRO and ANTI objects probably sold very well during his Presidency.

Mike

Speaking of stupid, Trump reloading the race gun...
 

Thanks Mike, I remember stupid, Gary Apple??

Hot right wing fury, Critical Race Theory and all that. Setting the tables for a hot summer next year, at mid-terms.

For those capitalists, the opportunist variety, a whole new MAGA type thing is coming, maybe a NO CRT hat, t-shirt, etc.

Today, anyone can find just about anything they want on Amazon, stupid or otherwise.

Gordon