Jerry Garcia led the way!

August 1st 2008

This blog entry is deadicated (pun intended) to Jerry Garcia.

I believe I may have stumbled upon the secret ingredient to why

Jerry's band Grateful Dead were so successful long term and I will

try to lead you as to how you can use this information to 

formulate your own secret ingredient online for your own long

term success.

That opening paragraph was kind of long and with run-on sentences.

The Grateful Dead were known for their long run-on jams when

they were performing on stage.  Jerry Garcia was most comfortable

playing extended jams with his trusty ol guitar as if it were

a part of him.

That is not what this blog entry is about. I could go on for days

but this is not a history lesson of Jerry's band or any of that.

You can find plenty of Grateful Dead material if you look hard

enough.

No my point here now is to focus on what Jerry and his band

allowed their fans to do at their concerts.  Back in the late

sixties, early seventies the taping of live concerts began to 

emerge.  I suppose it was a way for fans to experience their

favorite bands live and have a momento of that concert experience.

Well pay attention here.  This is the main point I'm trying to

explain.  Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead embraced the idea

wholeheartily and encouraged the practice at their concerts.  They

even staked off a section inside the arena for their fans

to tape their shows.  

It totally goes against the grain of common business sense as

far as record companies are concerned. But when was the last time

someone named an ice cream flavor after a record exec??  

Now why do I think this one gesture by the band is so significant.

Well, for starters, it created a sense of community.  It made fans

feel a part of the band which is huge.  It gave them a little power.

Trading tapes (not selling them) created instant friendships with

total strangers moments before ( do you have that online in your

business??)  

Ok do you see what I am getting at.  Jerry allowed fans access to 

his work and didn't charge extra for it.  Sure they had to buy a ticket

but back then tickets were like ten to fifteen bucks.  Music was his 

business and he took his business seriously. By allowing people

access to his " business " , he created a huge following, with

word of mouth advertising (fiercely loyal fans), viral marketing

(tapes of concerts), community gatherings (seminars in the sense

of live concerts).  Ok so I'll just wrap this blog entry up with

a question for you.  What one technique or action can you add

to your online business that will guarantee long term success and

fierely loyal fans (customers) for years to come?? Think about it!

Jerry Garcia's Ripple Effect

Hey Now! Aiko Aiko,

Yeah I know, that's not how Ripple starts.....

" If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
and my tunes were played on the harp unstrung...
would you hear my voice come through the music
would you hold it near as it were your own.

It's a hand me down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air

Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow

Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men

There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone

You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home..."

Yes, the words to Ripple written by Robert Hunter
Grateful Dead's major lyricist extraordinaire
Why did I put this in my blog? Good question.
One that I will be answering on August 1st, 2008

Why should you come back on August 1st. Well, the
main reason is I will try to explain what you need
to start doing in order to create a sustaining internet
business using Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead
as an example. It is crucial if you want to maintain
a high level of excitement, accountability, credibility
and loyaltly amongst your customers.

In the meantime, please enjoy the short videos
from you tube especiallly #1 and #4

Sincerely,

Christo Strom
www.unitetwosites.com

Using Butterfly Reports for Profits

Using Butterfly Reports for Profits************************************
The purpose of this article is to point out the many ways you can use the site Butterfly Reports for fun and profits. As you may or may not know, Butterfly Reports is a site run by Mike Filsaime and Rod Beckwith. I will give you the link at the end of this article so you can check it out for yourself.

Ok let's get started. When you first arrive at the site, you are greeted with a short video explaining the term Viral Marketing. For those of you who are new to internet marketing, viral marketing is the extremely powerful and unique ability to build self propagating income streams, bringing about exponential growth to a company's website. I got that straight from the video.

For most people, that last paragraph may be hard to understand. Let me try to break it down because the concept of viral marketing is really quite simple. Yet so many marketers can't grasp the power behind it. Viral marketing ,according to Butterfly Reports, is the giving away of valuable reports combined with affiliate links to earn commissions.

The reports are written by the staff at Butterfly Reports and other members of Butterfly Reports. They are content rich reports that are filled with useful information. Most are between ten and twenty pages. They are all in the PDF format and are easy to download.
OK, here is how to navigate around the site. The first step is to sign up. It is free to sign up. Once inside the members area, take a look around. There will be four blue buttons. They are:
1.) SEARCH REPORTS 2.) ADD REPORTS 3.) ACCOUNT INFO 4.) AFFILIATE PROGRAM
For the purpose of this article, I will only explain 1.) SEARCH REPORTS Click on that button and you will arrive at a page with list and categories that include business to business, Computing and Internet, Money and Employment and seven other categories. Click on a category that interests you. For this illustration, I clicked on Business to Business and I picked the report written by the Butterfly staff titled "Make money with Resale Rights Products"
Up comes my info and there are spaces to put in my website (http://www.unitetwosites.com/)My affiliate links to Clickbank, Paydotcom and Butterfly Reports. I click on the submit button and in about ten seconds this report is branded with my website name and affiliate links throughout the report. Now I am free to distribute the report in any way I see fit. There you have it, a cool and easy way to freely distribute a report with your links.

If you would like to find out more go to http://www.butterflyreports.com/ If you would like to find out way more go to http://www.unitetwosites.com/ and sign up for my free mini e-course that will walk you through all the steps.

Never Ending Success Part 1

Hello,
Welcome to my blog Christo's Blazin Success.
How are you today? Hope your businesses are up and running! Isn't the Internet awesome? Ok the reason I am writing this blog is
to get you excited about two programs I am currently involved in. Why should you get excited also? Let me explain In order to succeed in promoting businesses, I recommend starting out with two programs. The reasons are quite simple really. The first reason is that two programs are a.) easy to manage when you are just starting out --- b.) if one doesn't make you money, the other one will --- The second reason is that you will stay focused. I hear people all the time say , " Yeah but I can multi-task!" When I hear people say that I just cringe and think of that saying , Jack of All Trades, Master on None. Think about it for a second. Ok that's long enough :) At the end of this blog I will give you the url's of my two sites I am constantly promoting and the best reason of all on why you might want to get started with these superb programs. OK then, let's go here. I have certain criteria I look for when I am thinking about joining a program. The program must meet these criteria: 1.) Must have simple instructions for everyone to get involved 2.) Must be user friendly ( i.e. "a cave man can do it!") 3.) Must have a high profit margin $$$$$$$ 4.) Must be duplicatable 5.) Must have multi-income streams from one program 6.) Must accept credit cards for me ( extremely important ) 7.) Must provide great customer support
Now these are the main seven criteria I look for when considering a program and like I said before I only promote two. The two programs I will be promoting this year 2008 are: drumroll please.... ok forget the drumroll. The two sites I highly recommend and am getting great results with are :
http://www.unitetwosites.com/fundraiser1.0
and
http://www.neverendingsuccess.com/?id=Christo
There you have it. Now if you have any questions or you would like to learn more please visit those sites and take 20 minutes minimum at each site. It will pay you high dividends if you find out about these companies before you join! Thanks for stopping by and as always...."May God bless and keep you always, may your wishes all come true, may you always do for others and let others do for you, may you build a ladder to the stars, and climb on every rung and may you stay....Forever Young!" Quote from song by B. Dylan
Sincerely,
Christo Strom, site owner of http://www.unitetwosites.com/