I started noticing that restaurants (food/drink) businesses struggle with their creativity. I don’t want to log on to Facebook and see a company I frequent at always talk about their specials of the day or what they sell. The more they open up and think outside of the box (Old Spice commercials) the bigger their reach would be.

For example: Pepsi does a good job about their customers sending images or creative marketing….whereas another company would be labeling each post with a sales pitch. I told the franchise owner at Chick-fil-A at Southlands to really build off their Cow mascot more and use that to entertain the social media side and post less “this is what we are selling and this is the price” (BORING) this is working out well for him as I have helped him be the #1 Chick-fil-a store in Colorado with Facebook likes.

I just love working with people that are so open to listening to my advice and seeing my advice be successful. I guess that’s why they call me Digi Jeff.

The pitch: A trusted name like Beckett buys real estate on every single card manufactured.  They simply add a QR code on every card which is unique to that card version. For example, every Bryce Harper BP1 Bowman 2012 has a unique QR code where collectors could scan with their smartphone. They are taken to Beckett’s site where that card is shown and comments can be made from other collectors.  Now, this also creates a HUGE marketplace for other collectors to find this specific card and a place to buy from.

I have collected baseball cards since I was a kid with my dad since the early 90s.  Looking back, the only big things that have changed is game memorabilia pieces put in the card and autograph cards. I think it would be great to bring my collection with me (smartphone).  Beckett could also create a collecting app where I scan the cards through the app and it adds to my collection digitally.

Selling on eBay is horrific, you spend more on shipping than the actual card.

Another idea is to use the same technology as a smart card: A smart card have an IC chip which can process the data and all other element that a computer have.

One important piece of keeping an independent music artist alive and known is their content.  Bill Gates first coined the term “Content is king” back in 1996 which I believe is a critical piece to success online.  To make your name valuable to your fans you must supply content.  If you’re a music artist for example, you should be delivering songs, mixtapes, albums, videos to your fans constantly.  I remember back in high school I would search the internet for a reliable site to download all the new Eminem freestyles and new album information.

Ribbon provides a great solution to sell anything online whether it be physical or digital.

Here is how the digital delivery process works on Ribbon and why I think it’s a great solution.

After a fan/user clicks on a Ribbon link they are shown an image of what is being sold ( item name, description and price).  Once they click on the “Buy Now” button on the top right, the payment screen slides down.

All a fan/user has to do is enter in their credit card information and email address! It’s that simple! Once the credit card has been approved they will get an email from Ribbon with the download link of the digital content they just purchased.

See how fast and easy it is to get paid? See how easy it is for your fans to buy?

Ribbon links are also mobile optimized so you can buy/sell in person or on-the-go.

If you are interested in more information about Ribbon please contact me at jeff@ribbon.co

What if there was a way to sell items in a fast, convenient way for the buyer and seller? Meet Ribbon.

Ribbon provides a way to sell anything whether it be physical or digital.

Within seconds you can start selling an item.  For example, let’s say you are an independent music artist and own all the rights to a mixtape or song you want to sell to your fans. Add the item to your Ribbon account and you will be given the Ribbon URL which you can post on Facebook, Twitter, email and your official website.  Sounds pretty easy for the seller right?  It’s easy for the buyer too.  A buyer will click the Ribbon link and be shown an image, item name and description of what’s being sold.  They click buy now and just need to enter their email address and credit card info.  After their payment has been approved they will instantly get an email with a download link to the digital content (the mixtape zip file).

I believe Ribbon is a great way for Photographers to sell their photo shoots to their clients.  After a photo shoot they zip the photos they want to sell to their client and send a Ribbon URL via email.  The client then purchases the photos and will be sent a link to download them.

Another way Ribbon can be useful is for local leagues or clubs, quickly set up a Ribbon link for members.

Tickets to a show or event as a 3rd party operator.

…………….the list is endless!

 
If you would like more info on Ribbon I would love to chat, shoot me an email jeff@ribbon.co.

I knew I seen this picture before and my first guess was it was the little girl that died in the Aurora movie theater shooting which I live 20 minutes from.  When that event occurred I paid attention to all the news coming through so I knew I seen that picture before.  I was right, it was a picture of Veronica Sullivan.

Article I found showing the exact image of Veronica.

http://fox8.com/2012/07/29/colorado-shooting-victim-suffers-miscarriage/

Twitter account  @Pray_Newtown made a fake image of Veronica Sullivan and said her name was Cindy Carter (hardly any names have even been released yet, fake name?) with a caption of her taking bullets for her baby sister and to RETWEET FOR RESPECT.  What would any person do after seeing an image like that? They would retweet it! This image has over 5,911 retweets and the account has boosted over 140,000 followers in just a few hours.  This was planned and calculated by the account owner, they are trying to boost their twitter following to make profit.  Why else would they have a fake image? This is what I speculate how this scam works, they boost the account up to as many followers as they can then they change the username. When someone changes their username and profile name on Twitter nobody gets alerted.  So if you were one of those 140k followers you wouldn’t know you are all of a sudden following @someotherusername who is promoting a link which generates money when users click on it.

This is such a scumbag thing to do after a horrific event.

Original tweet:

https://twitter.com/Pray_Newtown/status/279779490740178944

“Don’t believe everything you hear or see”

RIP Veronica and each and every person that passed away in this tragedy.

UPDATE: After further research of their tweets, almost everyone of them are FAKE pictures

Same account apparently posted this picture on September 12th

Then posted the same picture again today

Thanks to @burnSTYLEr for catching this

ANOTHER UPDATE:

ACCOUNT WAS SUSPENDED! Thank you for help spreading this blog so Twitter can stop this!

Another account was suspended:  @z0mb13d which was a fake account claiming they were a victim in the shooting simply to boost their following.

When you first login you are shown an easy way to switch between all the pages you manage. From there you can add your post like you normally would on Facebook with a link, they recommend you use an image instead of the populated link for more exposure. The really cool feature I noticed is the built in photo filter you can add on each image as an option.

PostRocket’s algorithm is brilliant because it calculates when to queue a post, this is different for each page based on the prior engagement.  Their algorithm works so well it got music artist Pitbull over the million mark on “people talking about this” (which is a combine total of fans interacting by commenting, liking, sharing). I have never seen anyone over the million mark until Tim posted about it, that’s when I became a believer in PostRocket’s ability.

I gave PostRocket a lot of feedback since I’m a developer, I look forward seeing big brands use their service!

Try PostRocket for free today. No Credit Card required.  http://www.getpostrocket.com/

I’m not a huge gamer but when I do play it’s Madden and Call of Duty for PS3.  I headed over to Gamestop at midnight to start playing right away, might not have been the best idea since I have a business meeting at 7am in the morning.Oh well that’s why we have Redbull and Rockstar drinks to keep us running. The intro includes Ray Lewis blowing smoke out his mouth in the cold locker room with him getting you pumped up and telling you to leave your mark, had to turn off PS3 and watch it again.  After the second time of watching it I wanted to run through my TV I was so hyped.  It takes a while to get started with the downloading of rosters so make sure to be calm for a few moments before you play your first game.

 

I think being able to share on social media was a great move by EA Sports. I’m a social media ninja so I really enjoy features like this.  I won’t be sharing every game but some of the good ones will be good gaining street cred playing with my Denver Broncos . Hopefully you won’t have that one facebook friend that shares every single game and it forces you to hide them.  Will be interesting to see how this plays on Facebook and Twitter. Curious to hear feedback on this.

I have been staying real busy with my new company I started ReturnMore.  I am trying to brand ReturnMore to do a multiple of things, right now I built a service called ReturnMore Offers where a business can offer deals and customers can unlock and redeem those deals on their smartphone or tablet.

One thing I have noticed while talking with several business owners is the lack of the way to go viral.  I met the owner of Toni & Joe’s Pizzeria in Pueblo, Colorado he mentioned he bought a pink gorilla suit and thought about using it once in a while to promote his Pizzeria shops on a busy intersection. After working closely with Chick-fil-A Southlands and launching ReturnMore, I immediately took notice of their mascot Cow.  The Chick-fil-A Cow is their “it” factor, it’s fun, kids love it and even adults don’t mind walking up to it and snapping a picture.  When Toni & Joe’s Pizzeria told me about this pink gorilla suit I immediately thought of the Chick-fil-A Cow and how huge that would be for him to promote his stores.

I took  several pictures of the pink gorilla so I could later post on their Facebook for them to generate more engagement.  There is only so many times a company can post about the same thing (i.e. Hey come try our pizza) before the audience is annoyed and eventually hides or unlikes them.  My goal with ReturnMore is to build quality engagement on Facebook for each client.

Within 10 minutes of shooting some pictures of the pink gorilla a car drove by and yelled out “I love your pink suit.”  Once this pink gorilla starts getting branded more and more on their Facebook I anticipate higher engagement from their users.

I recommended the Chick-fil-A Southlands location to make a twist on their next post.  I recommended them to have the cow look like he is baking some cookies.  The concept of the picture is to bring some fun to what they post as well as promote their cookies with a simple caption “We caught our cow baking cookies tonight at Chick-fil-A. Did you know we bake our new cookies and serve them warm?”.  After they posted, this made their engagement for the picture the highest.  The Chick-fil-A Cow is definitely the it factor for them.  Instead of posting a picture of dessert, have the cow interact with the promotion.

The Chick-fil-A Southlands location has went from 200 Facebook Likes to 950 in just two months!

I have a lot of exciting things that I am working on that I will share soon.

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AT&T Park
	Facebook check-ins: 536,059 Foursquare check-ins: 138,660 Total: 674,719
Yankee Stadium
	Facebook check-ins: 373,893 Foursquare check-ins: 174,560 Total: 548,453
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
	Facebook check-ins: 423,519 Foursquare check-ins: 65,091 Total: 488,610
Dodger Stadium
	Facebook check-ins: 350,251 Foursquare check-ins: 68,901 Total: 419,152
Fenway Park
	Facebook check-ins: 296,523 Foursquare check-ins: 99,500 Total: 396,023
Wrigley Field
	Facebook check-ins: 268,259 Foursquare check-ins: 113,996 Total: 382,255
Angel Stadium of Anaheim
	Facebook check-ins: 301,097 Foursquare check-ins: 56,451 Total: 357,548
Citizens Bank Park
	Facebook check-ins: 197,370 Foursquare check-ins: 96,085 Total: 293,455
Busch Stadium
	Facebook check-ins: 186,740 Foursquare check-ins: 75,688 Total: 262,428
Turner Field
	Facebook check-ins: 173,893 Foursquare check-ins: 71,988 Total: 245,881
Target Field
	Facebook check-ins: 149,738 Foursquare check-ins: 80,068 Total: 229,806
Citi Field
	Facebook check-ins: 140,858 Foursquare check-ins: 85,194 Total: 226,052
Miller Park Stadium
	Facebook check-ins: 97,423 Foursquare check-ins: 100,572 Total: 197,995
Safeco Field
	Facebook check-ins: 133,496 Foursquare check-ins: 49,069 Total: 182,565
Petco Park
	Facebook check-ins: 124,157 Foursquare check-ins: 56,868 Total: 181,025
Coors Field
	Facebook check-ins: 123,605 Foursquare check-ins: 49,199 Total: 172,804
Comerica Park
	Facebook check-ins: 105,716 Foursquare check-ins: 63,198 Total: 168,914
Minute Maid Park
	Facebook check-ins: 126,005 Foursquare check-ins: 25,720 Total: 151,725
Nationals Park
	Facebook check-ins: 55,212 Foursquare check-ins: 75,887 Total: 131,099
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
	Facebook check-ins: 64,100 Foursquare check-ins: 56,716 Total: 120,816
Kauffman Stadium
	Facebook check-ins: 78,847 Foursquare check-ins: 36,914 Total: 115,761
Chase Field
	Facebook check-ins: 66,064 Foursquare check-ins: 43,551 Total: 109,615
U S Cellular Field
	Facebook check-ins: 58,591 Foursquare check-ins: 49,669 Total: 108,260
Rogers Centre
	Facebook check-ins: 66,359 Foursquare check-ins: 31,690 Total: 98,049
Tropicana Field
	Facebook check-ins: 58,476 Foursquare check-ins: 39,555 Total: 98,031
PNC Park
	Facebook check-ins: 49,355 Foursquare check-ins: 40,414 Total: 89,769
Marlins Park
	Facebook check-ins: 61,708 Foursquare check-ins: 19,683 Total: 81,391
Progressive Field
	Facebook check-ins: 36,512 Foursquare check-ins: 36,297 Total: 72,809
Oakland Alameda County Coliseum
	Facebook check-ins: 22,966 Foursquare check-ins: 43,533 Total: 66,499
Great American Ballpark
	Facebook check-ins: 14,374 Foursquare check-ins: 40,320 Total: 54,694