Private Reply to Sherry Simoes

One of our newest Ryzers and a member of this network, Elaine Marie of Spirit Lake, was actually on board for this idea before you had even put the site online, Sherry. Are you surprised?

I hope that from this effort we get more Lake County, CA folks on Ryze like Elaine Marie and more Ryzers collaborating with each other to make amazing things happen for communities around the world. All we have to do is plan the marketing effort and work the plan.

Anyone who goes to that budURL can see we have a good design. All that remains is the Caring and Connecting. I am confident we have the folks to make that MAGIC happen. And, should you not be one of the 12 chosen, don't worry. I feel there will be other opportunities right around the corner...maybe even in New York City.

Lamar Morgan
CDMM - Synergistic Business Marketing
707-709-8605
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Sherry,

I think it is important to point out that Elaine Marie of the Spirit Lake Bed & Breakfast here in Lower Lake, CA joined Ryze about the same time that she signed on for your dry eraser to-do-list board promotion. Believe it or not, your promotion has already brought at least one new member to Ryze before the board was even created. On Oct. 4th there is going to be a social media brunch/workshop at the Ting's Thai Kitchen Restaurant in the Hardesters Shopping Center of Hidden Valley Lake, CA. While I may not have the physical boards by that time, be sure to send me a photo of the actual board. I want to show it off at this workshop. I also ask that you publish it here on Ryze. People need to see what is actually being accomplished here and figure out for themselves the potential value of such a tool for their business. After all, I do believe with continued involvement from passionate people such a process can easily be duplicated all over the world.

Lamar Morgan
CDMM - Synergistic Business Marketing
707-709-8605
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Scott,

I think that is a great idea. From what I understand - this opportunity is open to any Ryze business - be it commercial or nonprofit. But, it is first-come/first-serve. If you snooze, you lose.

Keep in mind there are only 12 spaces available. One hundred dry eraser boards are being created. Those boards will be good for years. Those boards will come with dry markers. So, they will all be "good to go" right out of the "goodie bag."

Could something like this be done where you live - New York City by Ryzers? Of course. This is not just something that is designed to work in rural Northern California. Listen, if it can work where I live, I think it can work just about anywhere.

Lamar Morgan
CDMM - Synergistic Business Marketing
707-709-8605
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I would like to know if anyone is having trouble accessing this link - RyzeUplift. Now, that link is a budURL. It's actually an alternative link to the original. I use Firefox as my browser. I have no trouble accessing that link. However, I have heard from one other person who also uses Firefox tell me she cannot access that link. This I do not understand. How can two people using the same browser not access a web address? If one can access using a particular browser, should everyone else using the same browser be able to access the site? Is there anyone on this network who cannot access that web address?

Please advise.

Lamar Morgan
CDMM - Synergistic Business Marketing
707-709-8605
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Hey Kurt: .... I always liked place mat advertising because you have a captive audience and your ad is likely to be studied rather than skimmed over.

I can see these ads being a great list building tool. .... How is this vehicle working for you?

Would you care to share your costs, for this medium, with us?

FWIW ... I once did a promo using shirt cardboards for Laundry Operators. .... Had to discontinue because the ink was transferring to the shirts.

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Hey Kurt: .... Thanks for taking the time to provide us with a comprehensive overview of your promotion. .... Much appreciated.

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Guys,

Keep in mind that numerous things are happening here...and they are connected.

1) The Ryze Network is reaching out to Lake County, CA via the Coyote Valley Community Plaza Thursday Market in October. Ryze is doing it with those 100 to-do-list boards.

2) At the same place where the "goodie bags" are being handed out, I will be collecting business cards to send individuals invitations to the Ryze Business Network and the MATH Ning Network (for those who live in South Lake County).

3) Susanne LaFaver, professor of Public Relations for Golden State University, has put out a press release about my upcoming Social Media Workshop and Brunch where mover and shakers from all over the county are going to be introduced to the online world of social media by me. Ryze will be included in my presentation.

4) Gov. Schwarzenegger's Office of Research and Development is allowing me to help create buzz for the upcoming Second Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference.

5) I am a small business writer for the San Francisco Examiner. All that is happening with this campaign is not going to just "come and go." It is going to be used to build greater things.

Granted, those 100 to-do-list boards do not seem like much. But, I see them as breathing "new life" into Lake County, CA. I was at a meeting just today where someone from the county redevelopment agency was explaining how the process of redevelopment works. It is quite complex. But, it begins with feedback from a "caring community." My area of Lake County has yet to become a "caring community." My hope is that what Sherry Lynn Simoes and the 12 advertisers demonstrate by reaching out will give local residents a clue as to how they can make life in Lake County more prosperous.

Lamar Morgan
CDMM - Synergistic Business Marketing
707-709-8605
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I want to add that what Ryzers can do with goodie bag inserts in a shopping plaza in Hidden Valley Lake, CA can easily be duplicated elsewhere - in other states or nations. It simply takes caring people willing to work together to make the magic happen. I highly encourage folks do things like this elsewhere. It does not have to be goodie bags. There are many ways in which mutual collaborative effects can be implemented. I encourage some brain-storming be done with a small group of people over a Skype conference. I believe you can do a Skype conference with as many as nine people. But, I personally think a group of four or five is quite enough. That is what I consider to be a more manageable. I call it a "cluster."

Lamar Morgan
CDMM - Synergistic Business Marketing
707-709-8605
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Private Reply to Eileen Brown

Eileen,

I am in total agreement with you here. It makes no sense for a brick-and-mortar retail store that is not located in Lake County, CA to advertise on those to-do-list boards. But, for a business which "lives and breathes" on the Internet - this is ideal!

We currently have a wide range of folks already involved - from a resort, to a Ning network, to a web designer. Nothing quite like this has ever even been attempted in this county. And, that makes it special. That makes it newsworthy. And, since I happen to write for the San Francisco Examiner, I can personally see to it that it becomes newsworthy. Would you like to get news about your business in the San Francisco Bay Area? Well, Sherry Simoes and I are giving 12 Ryzers that opportunity in an advertising vehicle that lasts a lot longer than any advertising display ad ever could - 100 dry eraser to-do-list boards. Each board has a magnetic backing so it fits nicely on the front of a refrigerator. On Sunday, Oct. 4th, I am to be the keynote speaker at a workshop and brunch on social media in the new economy. Do you think I am going to mention what the Ryze Business Network is planning for my community? You better believe I will.

Ryzers have been reaching out to this community for FIVE LONG YEARS. However, there has never been a BIG PUSH where Ryzers left something behind in the community - with the exception of Althea Garner's vinyl tote bags - that the locals could actually use. But, with these to-do-list boards, not one but many advertiser are going to leave something behind of value to the local residents here. Will the residents here figure the campaign out and desire to get involved with Ryze? I think this time they will. And, here is why:

There has never been a physical training facility wherein the local public could receive hands-on training with regard to social media. But now, the Hidden Valley Food Mart has taken stepped up to the plate. This place looks like an ordinary convenience store that's located just off a major state highway. But, it's much more. How many convenience stores do you know employ a chef? You can stop off at this convenience store, go into a dining area, sit down and eat a thick steak - prepared by a chef. Amazing but true.

Ting's Thai Kitchen and the Hidden Valley Food Mart are engaging in mutual collaboration to help each other out. I want the Ryze community to have the same mindset toward helping each other out that these two restaurants have. See it as a win/win situation when you collaborate. Think "better together." It really does work...when you are willing to CARE, CONNECT...and have a GOOD DESIGN. I am convinced this time a GOOD DESIGN has been created.

For those Ryzers who have a business that "lives and breathes" on the Internet, this promotion is meant for you. Please do not pass up this historic opportunity. Help make historic marketing magic happen for your business and Lake County, CA simultaneously. Go to Ryze Uplift and sign up for one of those remaining display ad spaces on that magnetic to-do-list board.

Lamar Morgan
CDMM - Synergistic Business Marketing
707-709-8605
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Hi,

This is Elaine Marie of Spirit Lake in Lower Lake, CA. I just wanted to say I support what Ryzers are doing here with these to-do-list boards. I believe in this "mutual collaboration" stuff. It really does seem like a wonderful idea. I not only preside over a beautiful AND QUIET lake here in Northern California, but a real nice rental property in Hawaii. If any of you would like to take a look, go to www.oceanspiritvacationrental.com.

Is anyone here able to help me spread my message about a bed & breakfast that wants folks who want to "get away from the rat race" rather than bring it with them? I am pretty picky about what I want. No motorized boats on the lake. No large crowds. Instead, I want to preserve the wonder of nature that surrounds this wonderful place. But, I do want customers in some group coming. It is kind of a catch-22 situation. Any suggestions here on Ryze?

Elaine Marie
Spirit Lake Bed and Breakfast
www.spiritlakebnb.com
(707)995-9090

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Sherry,

It is now down to two available spaces on that to-do-list board from three. At the close of October 1st, whatever the total number of ad spaces, that is what we will go forward with for those boards. I would much prefer all 12 slots be filled.

A local Hidden Valley Lake, CA convenience store that is about to become a Wi-Fi hot spot has decided to join the throng of Ryzers participating. I have no doubt that these folks will become Ryzers once they get their wireless Internet access up-and-running. On Thursday they are actually to get their AT&T/Yahoo DSL model delivered to them. Cable was their first choice. There is actually a cable box right outside the convenience store on a telephone pole. But, neither one of the cable companies they contacted bothered to follow-up with them. However, it was a very different story with AT&T/Yahoo. The AT&T router was shipped out with the initial phone call.

Two cable companies lost out on a good customer. All they had to do was diligently return a phone call. But,they didn't and AT&T/Yahoo did. I have heard that in some parts of the country, DSL is faster than cable. I wonder if that is true where I live?

Lamar Morgan
CDMM - Synergistic Business Marketing
707-709-8605
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