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"hopefully they are not using a 800 number to register them as that is my goal to have the company drop 800 service for Go800 option."
Not going to happen. Whether a prospect says it or not they will be thinking about an entire generation of people who will never be comfortable with texting or who primarily use a land line phone. Reducing the expenditure on 8oo # service is the best you can hope for. Everybody has a phone, not everybody can or will text.
I'm not aware of any 'dedicated GOIG sales team' working in tandem with the Ambassadors. Again, I think some are assuming too high a close rate while at the same time overlooking the inevitable attrition in the number of ambassadors that is likely to occur...other committments, discouragment, etc. Additionaly, as with any sales force, there will be a range of sales performances that will find 20% writing 80% of the business.
"Ad seen on DIRECTV! FNC, end of Glenn Beck..."
Nice juxtapostion, a cutting edge bulb following a 'dim bulb'!
Hopefully Beck is not paying attention to the infomercials, otherwise the ionicbulb will end up on one of his convoluted 'blackboard conspiracy' chalk talks.
I = Infecting
O = Our
N = Natural
I = Immune sytem
C = Constitution....yet another violation of.
Stay with me folks! The mandate to rid the USA of the brighter and safer incandescent bulbs and replace with CFL's was a serious enough intrusion on our freedoms. Now we have IONS?!
The jury is still out on flouridation of water, people.
Do we really need more 'liberal physics' intruding its 'touchy-feely' view of the universe on our home environments?
I think not! (Walks toward TV camera, tear running down cheek, and exits.)
"First Assume as of June 1 there will be 50,000 PAYING customers..."
Secondly, assume squadrons of flying pigs!
Currently Ambassadors are 'restricted' to 'reserving' 100 companies/month. if the number of Ambassadors is 300, I've heard that it's around 50, you still couldn't generate the #'s you posit by 06/01/10. And unless I or any of my colleagues has discovered a way to insure sales close rates of better than 70%, your numbers look even more daunting.
"*hey ambassadors, today i sent METRO NORTH SCHEDULE to go800 and it has not been reserved. can ahhhh, someone get on that. :o)"
METRONORTHSCHEDULE 718-330-1234
Travel Information Center
(also for MTA Bus)
Daily, 6 AM – 10 PM 718-330-1234
It's now reserved. Let me know if it works and if it's to the correct #. If not let me know the right number and I will associate it.
" are you saying that "ionicbulb" is already registered and ready for ZVTK and customers to use??"
Yes, as are the other keywords shown in my list. Your text of ionicbulb should connect you to the order center:
Text 46800 in the address.......in the body of the txt, write the company keyword. Go800 vs 46800. They are the same thing.
Each number on phone pad has assigned letter.
I will do my best, but please Keep in mind that ZVTK's marketing dollars may be either limited or spoken for.
Phish, I'm down to my last post. Catch up with you on either board tomorrow or Mon. ZVGO!
"Why doesn't he check in here?"
How do you know that he doesn't? He could very well read the posts to get a 'flavor' for how some investors view the company.
However even with a board name that would conceal his identity, I doubt he would want to get into any of the 'running gun battles' that are all too characteristic of these penny boards!
Then again, maybe he posts as 'BRS' or .........'yoyomama'......or 'blackhawks'?
"Oversold...again.."?
PPS or, as exhibited in a series of forward looking statements and unsupported assertions posted by you that are old enough to be already reflected/discounted in the price?
"Called the number and it was a law office. Can anyone shed some light on this???"
Entry error, phone number, by Ambassador who reserved key words?
"He is probably really worried about his investment. All it was was a simple question...if you don't know of an educated guess, then don't respond."
The same question has been repeatedly asked and there really is no such thing as an 'educated guess' RE this or any other pink.
Have you seen any educated guesses in response to his request?
I tried to lighten it with the "Groundhog Day" reference.
If the poster feels offended, I apologize to that poster.
"I have Time Warner Cable, Money TV is not available to view..., is this only on Satellite?"
I don't know, but replay links will surely be availible and widely posted on this board and others.
And I don't know whether or not the interview will provide info that will drive pps one direction or another.
"Where do you guys see this goig to by June 1st"
Oh Jeez, sometimes I feel like I'm in the movie "Groundhog Day" with these endlessly recycled questions.
Nobody can see with clarity, certitude or accuracy where 'this goig' will be Monday let alone 5/1, 6/1, 7/1......
Shouldn't you be practicing on your cello?
"Relax, enjoy the weekend!"
Who are you saying is not relaxed?!
The upcoming MoneyTV promos Beginning May 1st will be good exposure for the new GO800 service. I have direct TV (Ch.354)
'directtv' sits between 'depend' and 'eddiebauer' on my Ambassador's list of reserved brands.
Give it a text try.
"By the way blackhawks...you're a funny dude"
Funny, how? I'm here to amuse you like I'm some kind of clown?
No, you wrote it. You tell me just how I'm funny.
"I don't believe that the question was ever asked at the meeting. They may give a discount to ambassadors."
If the question wasn't raised and a discount for Ambassadors was not presented, or mentioned by any Ambassador to date, then why do you state that "they may give......"?
Unless or until there is a sales quota for Ambassadors, you would leave the door open for people signing up just to achieve a discount for their business.
"Just a few points to ponder if you are a pumper or a basher."
Expanding upon JohnSamuel's "humble opinion":
Wisdom from "Wall Street":
For the next gut wrenching plunge in GOIG pps..........
Lou Mannheim: Bud... Bud I like you. Just remember something. Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.
In GOIG's case I think it means.......don't be one of those with 'weak hands'!
For jrozer's PR 'predictions........
Lou Mannheim: I don't know where you get your information, but I don't like it.
However I part company with Lou on this one. Follow me on this. jr has seen the movie, and probably "Boiler Room" as well.
IF he could be remotely linked to actual insider info he might very well suffer the fate of Bud Fox. Risk that for what, to gain
bragging rights on an online investment board? Right, risk VS reward.
Lastly, if I were a new, hot shot SEC enforcement employee, with a mandate to find SEC inside info trading violations 'pelts'
to hang on my 'career belt', I'd log my internet savvy ass on to the online stock boards and create an algorithm
to flag posted 'predictions' with a suspiciously high accuracy rate. That would furnish me with a 'persons of interest' list.
Short step from that to a subpoena of the online board's poster's ip address.
Following me 'insiders'? Same process can be legally turned upon bashers by companies
whose stocks are "adversely affected by materially false statements". Same problem, different algorithm, similar subpoenas.
Sleep tight, don't let the SEC bed bugs bite!
"Do ambassadors get discounts?'
No discounts of any kind were mentioned in the Ambassador training session that I participated in.
Nor are any discounts in the GOIG Service and Lease Agreement Order.
My own view is that such discounts would be discriminatory to corporations not afforded similarly attractive discounts based upon contact size. Also, it's too early in the service life cycle to monetize discounts. IMO
"Ambassadors, What exactly happens once you register these keywords?"
The last heading on a series of columns, that are automatecly populated once we enter the word and phone #(s), is "STATUS".
The entries under STATUS read "ACTIVE" once our input is accepted. If words are already taken "Not availible" appears.
So, the brand/key words become active for texting purposes upon input.
As mentioned in a post that I requestd be 'pinned' to the top of our board, I am reserving words for companies that I will call to present our program. Part of that presentaion will consist of requesting that the prospect text the brand that I've reserved
for them. If it connects I will ask if both the brand and the phone # that it connected to are suitable for their needs.
"Are there other depts/locations that we should be connecting to instead of or in addition to this one"?
That's it. First create a protected module of brands/keywords, then call, present, demo & sign.
Meanwhile, anyone want to make a donation to standuptocancer?
Go ahead, it's GOIG 'active' as of this afternoon.
"Don't forget the educated guess, right?"
Ageed, your specifics/qualifications take your guess out of the realm of short term "I see this...."
"Do you guys .10 by june1st. Do you all see that as the big jump on June ist....?"
NObody 'sees' what will happen with pps with the specificity you've asked about. Anyone who claims to will be guessing and your guess is as good as any.
My NEWEST Ambassador keyword registration:
2304 Brand STANDUPTOCANCER (800) 204-5809
Saw the very affecting ad at the movies. Easy to remember, nothing to write down. Came home, logged in, BadaBoom BadaBing!
"Last chance to get in at this price . . . ." How many times have we heard that before?"
Equally popular and equally meaningless:
"This train is leaving, I fell sorry for those not on board."
"I feel sorry....dripping with insincerity....for those who'll have to buy back in at a higer price".
And who can forget?
"Thanks everyone for selling me come cheapies!"
For more favotites text NOW Ihubboardclichefest to 46800
"In my experience, Marketing is usually where budget dollars are, but you add more value (and perhaps more keywords) by engaging other organizations within the company too."
I will be taking the approaches you've described. My first objective is to get a working key word in the system so that I can demo it and then initiate a 'sales conversation' with all levels in an organization.
Please text 'depend' before your next stock purchase.
Seriously, I just now reserved it! That's how it works folks. Peapod and the branches of our armed forces are up and working in part because of what I've read on this board.
I chose the key words show on my list. Some are obvious brands.
I pick companies systematically by industry and by 'stream of consciousness'. I see a TV ad, a delvery vehicle on the street.
One search for companies stimulates another. When I talk with the prospects I'll simply indicate that "this is what is working for you now. Do you want different wording? Let's see if that's availible."
One year contracts as of right now, payable up front. I expect that terms and conditions will evolve as we get feedback from prospects.
Mick, board assistants, will you please 'sticky' this post?
Board members, kick start our 'personal economy' and start texting some orders to these companies! Give me some feedback and I'll post some of my other companies.
One AMBASSADOR'S VIEW:
Yes, these are some of my 'reserved' key words/brands. They are designated as "active status" on our data entry site, which means they should work.
With 50 or more of us, and with 1000 big brands 'reserved, I felt that it would be a race among many Ambassadors to 'lock up' for ourselves the companies that we want to 'work' over the weeks leading up to contractual status. That's why you're seeing the list expand rapidly.
I have NO illusions, nor should any of you, that all of my listed companies, or those of other Ambassadors, will become paying
customers. I expect for some it will be a no brainer and for others it will be wait and see.
I don't expect Ihub board members to do the Ambassadors work. That said, if any of you are customers or would like to buy something from the companies below, by all means text them! If the course of your conversation allows, mention how you connected with them. Give them the keyword/brand and 46800 and suggest they use it and tell their coworkers/management about it. Describe the mobile device you used and entry as you made it as well.
Lastly, I remain long GOIG because the future pps is partly in my own hands. I suspect the drop this morning may have been a nice 'reset' for those who want to ride it back up on the strength of new pr's.
No, I don't know a thing about either the timing or the content of any announcements.
Did any of you reload @.0196?!
AMERICANEAGLEOUTFITTERS
DIRECTTV
EDDIEBAUER
FARMERS
IONICBULB.....Please buy some!
LA-ZBOY.........Kick back
MACYSFURNITURE
MARINES......Enlist!
NEWBALANCE....They really are a VERY comfortable fit!
NIEMANMARCUS
NORTHWESTERNU.....Enroll
PEAPOD........Order some groceries
PETMEDS......Get fido treated
PETSMART.......Buy him some toys
SPORTSAUTHORITY......Get outta the LA-ZYBOY and start moving!
GIBSONSCHICAGO.......Mmmmm look at that meat tray!
ANNTAYLOR......Don't you look nice today!
AMERICANMATTRESS .....You've must be exhausted from all the pps ups and downs, take a nap.
One AMBASSADOR'S VIEW:
Yes, these are some of my 'reserved' key words/brands. They are designated as "active status" on our data entry site, which means they should work.
With 50 or more of us, and with 1000 big brands 'reserved, I felt that it would be a race among many Ambassadors to 'lock up' for ourselves the companies that we want to 'work' over the weeks leading up to contractual status. That's why you're seeing the list expand rapidly.
I have NO illusions, nor should any of you, that all of my listed companies, or those of other Ambassadors, will become paying
customers. I expect for some it will be a no brainer and for others it will be wait and see.
I don't expect Ihub board members to do the Ambassadors work. That said, if any of you are customers or would like to buy something from the companies below, by all means text them! If the course of your conversation allows, mention how you connected with them. Give them the keyword/brand and 46800 and suggest they use it and tell their coworkers/management about it. Describe the mobile device you used and entry as you made it as well.
Lastly, I remain long GOIG because the future pps is partly in my own hands. I suspect the drop this morning may have been a nice 'reset' for those who want to ride it back up on the strength of new pr's.
No, I don't know a thing about either the timing or the content of any announcements.
Did any of you reload @.0196?!
AMERICANEAGLEOUTFITTERS
DIRECTTV
EDDIEBAUER
FARMERS
IONICBULB Please buy some!
LA-ZBOY Kick back
MACYSFURNITURE
MARINES Enlist!
NEWBALANCE
NIEMANMARCUS
NORTHWESTERNU Enroll
PEAPOD Order some groceries
PETMEDS Get fido treated
PETSMART Buy him some toys
SPORTSAUTHORITY Get outta the LA-ZYBOY and start moving!
"I saw in a previous post yesterday, that some company is going to advertise go800 on their trucks."
It was a reference to Peapod.com.
As soon as I read it I checked my Go800 Keyword Management System
and found that no keyword for peapod had been entered. I entered it immediately. It's part of the data base. Give it a text!
"can someone post L2 now"
You realize that request is like asking the TV news channel to keep replaying the traffic accident or the bear falling out of the tree, don't you?
Bud Fox: Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel.
Hyman Roth:
"Good health is the most important thing. More than success, more than money, more than power."
I'm going out for a bicycle ride. When I come back if the pps is recovering I know I have an investment, if it isn't, I know I don't.
Actually I added some shares @ .0252, so I'm not setting too high a bar for them. However, it appears the only fun I'm going to have today is playing around with GF II quotes!
But I do think some people on this board are taking MM's too personally. It's just business.
"I'm going in to take a nap. When I wake up if the money's on the table I know I have a partner, if it isn't, I know I don't." Hyman Roth
"Needed the money nothing to do with the stock, family stuff."
Then that should have guided you to not mention that you "were out". You saw how many people were hanging on the hope of a hugely influential pr kicking up the pps.
Instead they're left, rightly or wrongly, with the impression of an 'insider' dumping.
I throw out the 'highs' and the 'lows' RE the comments on this board and I have no real idea of what today or tomorrow holds for GOIG pps. I doubt that you do either, which is another reason you should just not have remarked about being "out" in your post.
Comparing the economy of 1920 to that of 2008 is absurd. Your 50/50 formula was proposed by exactly zero people on the right or left this time around. And there's this:
"... Not to mention that in 1937, when FDR, under pressure from the Blue Dogs of his time, cut taxes and spending, it deepened and prolonged the Depression by driving unemployment back into double digits - and led to a major defeat in the 1938 mid-terms for the Democrats."
http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/2004/1004/essentials/p36.htm
capital gains tax cuts in '03
"Economic effects. Past capital gain tax rate cuts have increased revenue to the federal government in the first two calendar years after the cuts, yet lost revenue thereafter. Some observers speculate that the increase in revenue arises from the unlocking effect of taxpayers who wished to sell their assets and invest in an alternative financial vehicle that might yield a greater return.
The responsiveness to lower capital gain tax rates declines as taxpayers’ marginal tax rates decline. In addition, according to Congressional Research Service Report of Congress—Economic and Revenue Effects of Permanent and Temporary Capital Gains Tax Cuts, Updated January 29, 2003 (issued February 26, 2003), the amount of tax revenue decreases as the capital gains are taxed at lower rates. Finally, a capital gains tax cut induces stock sales, which causes downward pressure on stock prices in the market."
Supply-side Spin
June 11, 2007
Sen. John McCain has said President Bush's tax cuts have increased federal revenues. But revenues would have been even higher without them.
Summary
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has said that the major tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 have "increased revenues." He also said that tax cuts in general increase revenues. That’s highly misleading.
In fact, the last half-dozen years have shown us that we can't have both lower taxes and fatter government coffers. The Congressional Budget Office, the Treasury Department, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers and a former Bush administration economist all say that tax cuts lead to revenues that are lower than they otherwise would have been – even if they spur some economic growth. And federal revenues actually declined at the beginning of this decade before rebounding. The growth in the past three years that McCain refers to brings revenues back in line with the 40-year historical average as a percentage of gross domestic product.
It’s unclear how much of the growth can be attributed to the tax cuts. Capital gains tax receipts did increase greatly from 2003 to 2006, but the CBO estimates that they will level off and decrease in the next few years. The growth overwhelmingly resulted from a sharp rise in corporate tax receipts, the cause of which is a topic of debate.
Maybe I'll text Gov Perry: secedealready46800
So YOU say. Where are your countervailing facts? Look at the graph and tell me what about it is in error.
Straw man arguments. NO proposals are on the table for tax rates anything like you mention. But for that matter check what they were during the Eisenhower years and what the economic growth rate was.
The appropriate comparison would be the rates in the Clinton years. And no the employment and new job growth were not due mostly to IPO's.
By the way, middle class tax cuts went in to effect exactly one year ago and the Bush tax cuts on the upper income levels have remained in effect.