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Creative imagination brainstorming, with strong efforts and actions starts to bring in backup troops for the purpose of bringing PhoneGuard to a successful position of protecting the safety of the roadway. T-shirts, Wallmart, keeping up the actions and the efforts from all active perspectives are amazing. OPMG
Text free zone: OSHA’s distracted driving initiative kicks into gear
According to OSHA, sending and reading text or email messages is a workplace safety hazard that employers are legally obligated to prevent under the OSH Act’s General Duty Clause. For instance, OSHA finds that workers are exposed to a hazard when an incoming text from a supervisor or an urgent email request from a client draws their focus away from the road. Notably, formal or informal incentive programs (i.e., monetary bonuses for making a certain number of deliveries per hour or day) are the heart of OSHA’s Distracted Driving Initiative. The agency believes the root cause of texting while driving is employers’ policies that leave employees no option but to text or email on the go. Accordingly, employers violate the General Duty Clause when their policies or practices:
1. Require texting/emailing while driving;
2. Create incentives that encourage or condone texting/emailing while driving; or
3. Structured in such a way that texting is a practical necessity for workers to carry out their job duties.
When OSHA determines that employers’ policies contribute to cell-phone related accidents, it will issue General Duty Clause citations, which carry maximum penalties of $70,000 per Willful or Repeat violation or $7,000 per Serious violation. As a result of the Distracted Driving Initiative, employers should implement a workplace safety culture that explicitly prohibits texting while driving on the job or in company-owned vehicles. Indeed, employers should draft or revise cell-phone usage policies to declare all vehicles “text-free zones,” including posting of such signage in company vehicles.
Effective policies should alert managers, supervisors, and employees that the company neither requires nor tolerates sending or reading text/email messages while driving. The policies should also stress safe communication practices and incorporate procedures that eliminate financial or other incentive programs that encourage or require texting while driving in order to carry out job duties. Additionally, employers should review such policies during training, education sessions, and new hire orientation programs.
OSHA has promised swift action upon learning of distracted driving accidents or receiving credible complaints from employees that their employers require or organize work so that texting while driving is a practical necessity. OSHA is forthright in its position on distracted driving, and it will not hesitate to issue citations and penalties where necessary. Given OSHA’s aggressive enforcement record over the past three years, we expect the agency to be on the lookout for a poster-child employer to use as an example for others under the new Distracted Driving Initiative.
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=9973b56f-e239-450e-8d6a-68640487c6bd
http://www.osha.gov/distracted-driving/initiative.html
Eddie Murphy??
Tosh.0 would be a better candidate to reach the target market.
Doesn't matter what we think or who we would like to see, I believe they will use performers with much less appeal than we would all like to see. Quite apparent in the following link.
http://myglobalmaximus.com/images/confirmation.png
If they had bigger names appearing they would surly be using their faces in the promotions :(
comedians included
The mixed genre of talent is also intended to create diverse interest from the general public towards the interactive event in support of the cause offering all types of music, comedy and well known actors serving the students as ambassadors to the cause.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012NationalDayofAwarenes/03RocktoliveGMP/prweb9312262.htm
**thanks Car
**also heard about eddie murphy concerning comedy and tom hanks, harrison ford concerning actors involved
"zimmerman who"
HEy Car - where'd you learn that tidbit of a comedian - or just usual for opening act ???
That's great news though, and Eddie Murphy would seem like a good choice due to his children and all.
I'll go with that instead of Zimmerman for sure!!!!!!
I thought I was quite clear on my opinion. Let's try it again. The company has already looked into ad's being deleted by the phone and if they thought it was a problem or actually happening they wouldn't be attaching ad's to the software. I really can't imagine if ad's are being deleted by the phone as you suggest then why would management be attaching ad's to the software. hmmm. I know management has made some blunder decision but I don't think they are that stupid to be attaching ad's to the software knowing they are going to be deleted by the phone. If your opinion is different then I guess we will have live with that. JMO..
actually Sang k I have thought since Scooter has JB and his dad is on the BOD; JB is such a coup the Braun's are driving this thing. Scooter made JB who he is via youtube in sort of a "grass roots" style and keeps him in tune with fans with daily tweets. It seems Scooter has his finger on the pulse of how to reach kids on their turf so the Times Square was "too much too soon" and fell flat. Maybe Scooters approach will eventually work some magic for OPMG as well.
Would I rather see Bieber doing his own Dont Text and Drive concert with a song saying 'buyyyy PhonneGuaarrddd"? Yes, but what do I know? That may not be the way to build a foundation of annual users AND we don't have that so I am trusting this concert gets OPMG jump started.
We shareholders have been kept in the dark, we dont know why some people left or why, why, why? But it is what it is - the PPS is what it is as well. Frustrating as hell, YES!
That run up on Bieber hype alone to .0975 did more damage than good actually because we all have goals of that happening 100x more... but this is a fledgling company and a PINK sheet stock. I put too much into OPMG based on JB and that pre-mature run when that run was a typical response in Pinkyland to some incredible news with flippers having fun pumping and running.
I'm trying to focus on Now - with the mind frame of this still is a "early stage" company with great potential that so far has not been tapped into like "I" wanted but I think we begin a slow move upward and I will re-evaluate in May after the concert.
All I do know is PhoneGuard will have some sort of presence at this concert and will be better exposure than we have now.
Good Luck to us All and thanks for all the great DD Sang!
IMO
Sounds exciting. I really hope it's great!!!!!
Lets see, who would you rather have as a marketing company...
Zimmerman Agency...or.....
You won't have to much longer to wait.
MONDAY BABY.
kEEP YOUR EAR TO THE RADIO AND YOUR EYES ON THE T.V.
THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Social media made Trayvon Martin case a national controversy
http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_20240684/social-media-made-trayvon-martin-case-national-controversy?source=rss
***AND OF COURSE, WITHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA THERE WILL BE NO JUSTIN BIEBER
CHANNELONENEWS SHOULD BE RELEASING NEWS STARTING NEXT WEEK
the reporters of channelonenews will be a heavy part of the PPV and the whole concert event. channel one also has a national radio station.
Channel One News is the leading news network for teens nationwide. The dynamic 12-minute news broadcast is delivered daily to millions of teens in approximately 8,000 middle schools and high schools across the country. Channel One provides global and national headlines from a teen perspective. Channel One will broadcast 3 weeks of Public Service announcements featuring Justin Bieber, the School’s advocate to Not Text and Drive, leading up to the National Day Of Awareness
channehttp://www.channelone.com/
I never stated that a Marketing/PR firm are required, I stated we dont currently have one because either Zimmerman quit, or were let go. Surely it must be one of those two (I think they quit)
The fact that OPMG hired the ZIMMERMAN Agency, and was the subject of many many posts praising the company for hiring such a prestigious firm to represent the PhoneGuard brand...The company chose them out of thousands of agencies, and obviously felt the need for their product to be professionally marketed, but now we have NO marketing firm
at least to me it is very disturbing that right before the "National Day of Awareness Against Texting and Driving" which OPMG is a sponsor, we dont have "professionals" marketing the brand....But sure, we can probably have somebody making minimum wage printing out brochures in one of OPMG's back offices and handing them out at local events like flea markets to raise awareness. But somehow I think to investors that own millions of shares, they would WANT a "Professional Marketing/PR firm" guaranteeing them a return on their investment by sucessfully marketing the PhoneGuard brand and making OPMG a household name. But maybe you are right, they should just get some kid to spit out brochures on an inkjet printer, and save a few bucks,......*sigh*
Yes, it will be great to hear from GMP. It is supposed to be announced by their cooperative radio, so I don't know how we hear that. I have an email in to Mr. James to see if there will be PR out as well. He told me that announcements will be made when all paperwork is signed and all details are completely finalized because they want to send out a "hard" release. "hard" release is being able to name the artists. So, when t's are crossed and i's are dotted and all commitments are finalazied is when we hear.
OPMG
That is what we have been told by Randall James, that it will be on their Cooperative Radio. The announcement timing is dependent on having the paperwork signed by all the groups and their productions peeps.
OPMG
CORRECT IT IS ALL ASSUMPTION SO WHY IS IT IMPORTANT OR EVEN WORTH POSTING SINCE NONE OF US KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, AND IT IS NOT A MAJOR PARTNERSHIP OR MATERIAL PART OF THEIR BUSINESS
ZIMMERMAN DID ONE THING , AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE AD IN TIMES SQUARE. BIG DEAL
OPMG
How do you know we get the announcment
on Monday?
cubs
That is assuming that OPMG is the one who cut their marketing. Just as easy for the Zimmerman Agency to drop them for variou$ reason$.
Carjockey.. Looking forward to the headliner information from GMP on Monday!
We need to hear something soon from OPMG.. as well.
Knock knock... is anyone home?
Yes. Hopefully Knuckles will be on top of the radio announcements and PR from Randall James !
OPMG
Wow.. woke up, got out of bed started speculating in my own head. hint hint.. anyway was thinking Bieber or no Bieber this thing is going to be promoted like crazy. I thought Entertainment tonight and the rest of these entertainment shows pander to kids, teens and causes. I can't tell fact from fiction when I read some of these postings but common sence tells me that once they start with the official anouncements "MONDAY?" the cats going to be out of the bag and OPMG will be getting all the exposure a company neeeds and more to get a product out there. This company good or bad, planned or not, posts fact or fiction, beiber believers or beiber non believers won't mean a thing. This product will be in every ones face and nothing else will matter because my little piece of the action will be going ballistic
Entertainment Tonight is an example and not a fact. I'm not trying to start rumors. I'm trying to pry sleepy eyes open to see the possibilitys of what I think will be happening in the very near future. Oh yea I'm for saving lives but I'm moree greedy than altruistic, However in this case I get the best of both worlds
Yawn - time to wake up
I liked the idea of using radio to make the announcement. Very cool a lot of planning and thought is going into this concert
RIGHT THE HEADLINER HAS NOT BEEN ANNNOUNCED. RANDALL JAMES WILL ANNOUNCE THROUGH HIS RADIO COMPANY MONDAY.
Since when is there some sort of Marketing 101 statement that all small companies, especially OTC like OPMG need to hire a large marketing/PR firm in order to be successful. If you have ever run a small business you know that much of the marketing and pr materials are done inhouse. It would be responsible for OPMG management to cut costs where it makes sense. I don't know if you have heard, but many companies have computers inhouse that allow for publicatons, brochures, and graphics.
Nice! I must be out of touch with the "cool factor" because I don't have the first clue who that gentleman is. Great work Blue thank you
I think T Shirts would be fantastic at this event. In fact a couple of the posters have already put in their order!
Phoneguard should use this video to. Promote the app at the concert.
http://rmirror.net/mob/r/videos/comments/q5hu9/car_accident_nsfl/
We start to go north next week. Cant wait
Yes, yes, buy shares and hope. Don't ask questions, don't check into business dealings. Don't demand answers from OPMG. Don't hold them accountable for anything that goes poorly. Just wait...and hope...maybe pray a little if it helps...GLTU!
thats Ryan Toby, a GMR artist. Made him pretty easy to find since they only have a handful. Hope they have some bigger ticket people to attract attention too. Although, we cannot complain because this is a high school inspired concert doing the maketing work for the company to promote the phoneguard.
thats not Cudi. He has tattoos on his rt forearm, fairer complexion ect. Cudi would be huge and hit a very different audience than the bieber. trying to place that face. With all the DD on this site I'm sure someone will name that artist pretty quick.
is that kid cudi on the picture?
Siiiick, that'd be awesome! He's a huge rapper!
KID CUDI - PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
Big, Big.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Group
AL
Yea that's what I'm talking about virgin baby!!!
hold on jt got a few more after this....
http://myglobalmaximus.com/
Nice DD Blue,"Unique FundRaising for all schools involved" huh, sounds like money. OPMG BOD has a spoon in that pie. 8,000 or so schools they wanted involved, well over that number now? Across the country? Building bigger every day I'm sure. Magnet to a great cause, attracts all kinds. First real public/promo event OPMG/PhoneGuard has been involved with, looking for a BANG and a lead up!
AL
Speculation for Monday running wild. When we get nothing, next 52 week low IMO.
Not a damn thing. Some teen singer Justin bieber with a new album. He's got nothing to do with phoneguard
What we have Monday? I hope Scott and the business man of the year in Florida st.Clair is not going To milk us more.
Scooter Braun tweeted 14 minutes ago. "In a couple of days little man is going to shock the world and convert all the naysayers" hmmmmm could it be his new single or phonrguard
The way I see it, the concert is not going to hurt at all. Exposure, exposure, ex Splo Sure!
More eyes will be aware of PhoneGuard and OPMG, adults will see - yes, adults will also be at the concert because someone has to drive some of the teens - the promos or PSA's for PhoneGuard. New people will be sucked in with the Biebs for the hook...to get on board for the cause and to back the company.
could be a great beginning of a long journey here...could be....starting something great in a epic way of grass roots instead of the all out media blast. Since that's what we have, here's hoping it is getting under way in some form or fashion - Go OPMG !!
all imo
Justin Bieber on Ryan Seacrest Monday...
http://ryanseacrest.com/tag/justin-bieber/
Didn't GMR say the headliner would be announced on national radio on Monday? Hmmmmmm
OPMG
Why would you be upset with a poster who is upset with management leaving us in the dark? Not explaining the dropped illume merger,a nd being silent since Nov? Do you want everyone to post happy optimistic posts so we can lure new investors and do the same to them when they get upset?
Not me.
Say what you want, I got over $12K riding on this and want it to succeed..but I want answers today for some of the f-ups that have happened. Maybe if they were to be more forthcoming, I'd average down some more... but the buck stops here until they get back on track again.
Can we move on now? Let's get some sleep.
Thank you, Sorry to hear about your loss. No one likes to hear that.
Well most don't and then again some do.
Let's hope you can get those shares off the shelf very soon!!!
good luck to us!!
From one Car Sales Person to another good luck.
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