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Bark For Awareness Give Away Winner For Week 12

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Welcome Back Official Vick Dog Chew Toy Fans!

Once again an NFL weekend is behind us. That brings us to our weekly update on the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy Bark For Awareness Give Away!

Again, a solid week for votes and participation. I greatly appreciate your interest and your commitment to raising awareness and utilizing the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy as a catalyst for your efforts. It seems that this week has been one of our busiest in the way of interest. Hundreds of messages, offers, questions, and just general interest is helping us provide this product to you. The ending piece of this excellent opportunity lies with each of you! I really encourage you to put a cap on this opportunity by utilizing the interest and the dog chew toy to help you generate success.

Now, one to WEEK 12! Another very close week. Could our newest winner continue their winning ways and take the contest two weeks in a row? Would our previous winners step back up to the top spot? Would we have another first time winner? In week 12 the Eagles were matched against my mighty REDSKINS! Could the Eagles score against a defense that held the hated Cowboys to just one TD? Could my Skins get out of their offensive slump that could not produce a touchdown versus the hated Cowboys in week 11? Would Michael Vick get out of the dog house, get off his dog bit butt and contribute?

The Eagles were able to squeak out a win against their NFC East opponent (BOOO!). The Eagles scored without the assistance of Michael Vick. And once again a former winner stepped up to the podium. RRRRRUUUUUUGAAAAZZZZZ Rescue took the win! Congratulations! TWO FREE Official Vick Dog Chew Toys are on their way to you great organization!

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Thanks again to every great organization that continues to participate in the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy Bark For Awareness Give Away. Remember, get out the vote, get out the word, advertise and raise awareness! Utilize the exposure and the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy to help with your promotional and fund raising efforts. This is the reason for the promotion.

I appreciate your interest and participation. Now, GO WIN!

First Public Reaction to the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Got to have a site. Got to have a site! Additionally, if you want to sell online you also need a store and a payment processor.

Fortunately, we were good at establishing both a site and a store. As we quickly built both, we found the interest was REAL. Within one hour of publishing the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy website we had 100 visitors. Within hours of offering a purchase option for the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy, (which keep in mind did not yet exist), we had several buyers that paid up front. At this point, we were completely honest in our website communication; product delivery date was set for October 2007. Despite the long wait time for a product, the orders poured in.

It was not until this time that I realized that my mission, objective and plight was not restricted to just me, but was also a source of public outcry and shared by so many. This was a very pleasant awakening for me. If you pay close attention to previous entries, you will notice that my opinions and feelings were generally my own. I had no reference point, beyond those I was working with, that others shared by disgust and mission. When I saw so many willing to purchase the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy based on our mission, their desire to have a physical symbol that represented their outcry, I was overwhelmed. It resumed my faith in human beings and rekindled my feelings that those who love animals are truly special people.

Very popular topic and concept. Dealing with the media, radio, newspapers, journalists, and charities, on a local and national level, will be the topic of the next blog.

I appreciate your interest in my story.

How did you secure the domain name for Vick Dog Chew Toy?

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Having a mission, concept, goals and a name for your product are all good things. Having an actual product is critical. So how do we evolve the idea to a marketable product that supports the mission? Interesting story.

I thought the story, idea, mission and product were all good ideas. But if I was the only one, I would not have accomplished much. The first step was to identify the advertising and sales channel for the product. Brick and mortar locations are expensive and difficult to get in a moments notice. The internet offers a public stream of information that can quickly advertise your idea and product and offer you the opportunity to sell and ship without having to secure office or warehouse space. Here is the story of how we went about gauging public response to the idea of the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy.

First, you have to have a domain name. A quick search found that others had a similar idea as I did based upon the domains that were already secured. Domains such as, dogslovevick.com, dogsbitevick.com, and vickdog.com were already secured. The individuals that secured these names are called, “Squatters”. These are people that search the internet for interesting stories, stories that they feel are going to be big topics, then secure domain names based on what the media is sharing. Most squatters never build an actual website with their new domain name. They secure the name for the purpose of selling their newly acquired domain name to others that are interested in creating a website. Squatters buy the domain name for little money and then sell the name to you for hundreds of dollars. There is a very real marketplace for squatters and you might even call them “day traders”. As a domain squatter, you have to be on your game and be constantly informed and act quickly to turn a buck.

The ultimate goal is to outsmart these squatters. That is exactly what I was able to do. A quick check for vickdogchewtoy.com and I found that it was available. I grabbed it immediately. A mistake that I will regret and will detail in future blog entries.

So, you have a domain name. No one ever succeeded in business with just a domain name. What next? An INCREDIBLE burst of activity and very high level attention. Oh, and sales as well! That story is next.

I appreciate your interest in my story.