Coronado, CA- DavidKamatoy.com first podcast via chroma-Key green-screen. This is a
test of a green screen format that intends to be a regular event. So
it's a little rough around the edges. Same babble as on the news
section of the LiveStream Show... Enjoy!
Hey so check this out... Looks cool and now we will improve the format.
San Diego,CA-Amy Wilkinson is authoring the book, "Rainmakers: New Paradigms for Next Generation Leaders" in the book she will discuss how new leaders in entrepreneurship are being influenced by globalization, technology and a shift in public service models. Masters Hall of Fame CEO Grandmaster Daniel Hect announce the new location of the 2010 Masters Hall of Fame event. David Kamatoy is a juggler both figuratively and literally the show covers entrepreneurship, entertainment and internet marketing.
4:00-5:00 p.m. pst: Amy Wilkinson is authoring the book, "Rainmakers: New Paradigms for Next Generation Leaders" in the book she will discuss how new entrepreneurial leaders are being influenced by globalization, technology and a shift in public service models.Ms. Wilkinson holds a BA in political science and English from Stanford University, an MA in sociology from Stanford, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. We recently caught here article in the USA Today entitled, "Entrepreneurial Nation" and invited her to talk with us about some of her work and hypothesis on entrepreneurship.
5:00-6:00 p.m. pst: Internet News and Trends: White House Sustainability Goals, Internet Addiction, Levi Johnston to do Playgirl.com,
6:00-7:00 p.m. pst: Masters Hall of Fame CEO Grandmaster Daniel Hect and V.P. Karate Grandmaster Eric "Lionman" Oneal, Sr. announce the new location of the 2010 Masters Hall of Fame event. Next year's event put's the organization 3 years ahead of schedule as they are announcing a martial arts competition as well as a a new venue.
MASTERS HALL OF FAME was founded in 1999 and was recognized as one of the premier Martial Arts events on the West Coast. In 2006 under new leadership of Daniel Hect the Masters Hall of Fame expanded the focus and operations to include the recognition of exceptional Martial Arts Leaders and Legends through Induction and Recognition in the Masters Hall of Fame an Academy of Masters.
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Here are Ten Twitter Tips, social media and it's best and worst. Hopefully this will inspire a few ideas on how to build and monetize your database using twitter. This post will be discussed on the David Kamatoy Radio Show.
Ten Twitter Tips, Successful and Unsuccessful
Examples with David Kamatoy and Morgan Westerman. Morgan Westerman
created one of the most successful viral videos of the internet and has
recently focused his energy on social media. In just a few short months
he has gathered about 25,000 followers on twitter. He is currently
working with entrepreneurs on best practices in sales conversion. He
can be followed @morganwesterman.
They rewarded dell followers by promoting refurbished gear specifically and have noted sales to prove it.
THE LESSON: They created a specific type of reward and message that was different from their other marketing. In tandem with the reality that most twitter followers will be a bit tech savvy purchasing online this was a good match.
The result would have been different if they didn't do the discounted and refurbished sales.
2. Steve Agee, The Sarah Silverman Project: Steve Agee comedian started off his twitter following by pulling off a stunt on Ustream.tv about reading all first 5,000 names live on air when he hit 5,000. He is currently at 863,420.
Really good example of someone in the public spotlight using that publicity to gather a following in a new genre. Dane Cook did it on myspace and now Steve Agee is doing it on twitter.
ENTERTAINER TIP: Remember that when your on a hit show or in the limelight. Use it to build your database. Anyone in this side of the business knows that you never know when your going to get your show canceled. In radio they often sell the station out from under you with very little rumbling. If they told you the advertisers would go away.
OWN YOUR OWN DATABASE AND GET THEM TO AM EMAIL LIST
4. Straight to Sales: Straight to SPAM! http://twitter.com/Wealth_Formula No Humanity This is perfect example of what does not work and will most likely be deleted as spam. Straight to a landing page with only one message. REALLY!!!
5. Good Porn Bad Porn: http://twitter.com/A_Dempsey While this may go straight to a porn link the good thing is the quotes and a varying message. Sneaky Porn Spam generally bad.
The Lessons: 1. Use a landing page as seen below. 2. Quotes can be quite useful if used correctly. Choosing quotes that are related to your subject matter and then either blogging about them or just reference them back to you is a good idea in creating an ideal emotion. 3. It's public people remember that journalists are now quoting "tweets".
THREE TWITTER TIPS
7. Customize your twitter page. I use Google's picassa to create a collage using pictures and logos. You have to play with the output settings to get it right but it's a great free application.
If you truly want to convert to sales or interactivity then you have to earn the respect of your followers through credibility. Therefore push content...
Blog postings- Like this one.
Press Releases-
Email Marketing: Jugglemail emails create unique URL's that can be easily posted onto twitter. We do it all the time with our press release emails.
Videos
Facebook
Other peoples content: rt someone elses tweet usually garners attention and is often reciprocated.
10. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery: Pay attention to who you and others pay attention to and then customize that style to your own.
BONUS Final Advice: Remember that ultimately you don't own your twitter,facebook or myspace profiles. They can be deleted at anytime for complaints, overuse, spam. To top it all off the parameters are constantly changing.
TIP: Covert to a real email and contact information as quickly as possible for real contacts.
We do this using the auto responders on our jugglemail system or just dropping them into the system upon approval.
David Kamatoy is a juggler both literally and figuratively. He hosts a show on Ustream.tv 2-5 pst on Entrepreneurship, Entertainment and Internet Marketing. As a co-founder of the email marketing brand jugglemail.com one of his goals is to share best practices on how to integrate social media, blogging email marketing with more traditional models. Join the email list to contact him directly.
The way we covered the Christian Hoff event is to me the future of the best use of some of internet technology that's available to us now.
Interviews and Excerpts that are important to a small group but done in an interesting way. Then posted to the internet using the current technology at hand.
At the same time I am able to connect with that niche group but through the power of networking you never know who is in that small group. I have seen it again and again that the raising of capital, the closing of a business deal, the distribution of a project starts with an introduction.
What we did was a notch up because of the kind of accounts that I have at youtube and viddler. I can post upgraded long form videos. I could have covered the same event by just snapping some photos, writing about it and maybe even use a flip phone but instead I used a baby canon HD camera and posted it in HD on youtube.
The video category is in the search engines is still a huge opportunity. We saw a few years ago that the video category would not just be about entertainment but about knowledge as well. FAQ's, How to's, podcasts, resume's are all being creating in a visual format as well as text.
The search engines are constantly looking for impressions and listings in separate categories of the web. At Kamatoy Media we mine blogs, video, news, mini-blogging which helps the main web search category.
The bad thing is that I have a mountain of video to go. While at the same time creating new and relevant material on the live streaming show
The hardest thing about the journey for me is to accept that every time we create something that I can see a better way to do it even with the limited resources that are available from event to event.
Anyway just some random thoughts on this whole SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE.
If you are interested in having us build an online presence for you and your project just email me by clicking the email me button on the right, join the email mailing list and or give us a call at the office at 619-573-9456.
San Diego,CA- Mark Christopher Lawrence and Warren
Lanier Jr. will be joining David Kamatoy today live on Thursday 17th,
2009 on Ustream.tv & DavidKamatoy.com from 5-7 pst.. David Kamatoy
is launching his new format based on what's possible in doing a talk
show based on Ustream.tv.
"I grew up in video and live performance. It wasn't until just a few
years ago that I picked up radio. The new Ustream.tv based show is a
hybrid of talk radio and a live streaming talk show taking advantage of
what technology is available to us right now." says, David Kamatoy.
5-6 pst- Mark Christopher Lawrence: Star of NBC's Chuck is on a train
up to Los Angeles to attend a party for the new CEO of NBC, Jeff
Gaspin. Mark will be catching his fans up on several items. Losing
weight, auditioning for Subway and recently becoming a spokesperson for
ACT for Autism.
6-7 pst-Warren Lanier Jr., BridgePoint Marketing is currently working
with various clients in internet and business development strategy. The
success of Warren's last appearance on the show warrants a continued
conversation about the constant challenge for entrepreneurs to adjust
to the new marketing challenges brought on by the internet, social
media and the recession.
The
show can be seen live on http://DavidKamatoy.com or http://Ustream.tv.
replays are available on ustream.tv. For more information please
contact David Kamatoy 619-573-9456 or email at radio@jugglemail.com
San Diego,CA-Burger Lounge is launching a FREE burger promotion today to it's twitter following.
Twitter followers were asked to follow @burger_lounge on twitter and prove that they followed by printing out proof.
My buddy at eCoronado told me about the promotion. As I sit here at the restarurant the people are pouring in. Proof that businesses cannot ignore Social Media.
By creating a memorable twitter promotion they are building there online presence and relationship with there following, by providing a "reward" for following they are creating clickability and credibility with their audience.
Burger Lounge is a hip natural Burger and Fry joint that has a healthy and natural spin. What's unique is that this restaurant is thriving and growing in spite of the recession.
My hypothesis is that they are satisfying the American Burger and Fry craving that fast-food is no longer satisfying. As we get older we realize just how nutritionally unsatisfying a fast food burger can be. That and add advertising to the fast food burger you can walkaway spending close to 10 bucks for a Fast-Food Meal.
Burger Lounge is fastly following the In and out model with a hip and satisfying upgrade.
Baby Boomers and Gen xers that are trying to save money can eat casually and somewhat healthy while satisfying the American Food Craving.
Gen xers and Gen Y and the the kids can experience the Same McDonalds craving in a healthier way. It's not a bad place for a teen-age date either without the intimidation or cost factor. Prices are median, service is casual, tipping is appreciative.
Congrats to Burger Lounge Team. Hopefully we can cover this on the show.
Irreverent New Radio Show Pokes Fun at Job Losses,
Fat Bosses and Anyone who Flosses
At
a time when the economy is licking its wounds; a little entrepreneurial
comedy relief hits the Internet radio airwaves in a bizarre blend of
business news, kitty juggling and marketing tactics you bank on. Or
laugh at… Or whatever tickles your Twitter.
At
a time when everyone seems pretty serious about the economy; comedian,
juggler, and entrepreneur David Kamatoy chuckles in the face of
downsizing danger. "Right now the country needs jobs. Jobs are created
by small businesses and entrepreneurs. Through our semi-entertaining
and fat-free radio show we intend to inspire that niche and in doing so
stimulate the economy in our own provocative and slightly irreverent
way.”
The
David Kamatoy Radio Show is now Streaming on UStream.tv on Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 4:00-7:00 PST. The shows will be made available for audio
and video downloads at www.DavidKamatoy.com. The show will focus on Entrepreneurship, Entertainment, Internet Marketing, and some unusually funny other stuff.
David
Kamatoy is a juggler both figuratively and literally. He’s a
professional juggler/comedian who has worked with start up and emerging
companies for over 12 years. His unique perspective as both an
entertainer and entrepreneur has allowed him to interview an eclectic
guest list over the years, including Dat Phan, winner of Last Comic
Standing, T. Harv Eker, bestselling author of Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, and Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora.
The “juggling act”part
of the show is to make it informative, inspirational and entertaining
without dropping the ball. Balancing the show's content from current
news items, inspirational interviews,business
tips and entertainment might be a challenge for some, but Kamatoy has
spent his career getting people’s attention with humor, slapstick
comedy, and a solid understanding of funding, launching, and growing a
wide variety of businesses.
Knowing
that small businesses and entrepreneurship are on the rise during this
recession, it only makes sense that a show like this would build a
loyal following.
“People are sick and tired of hearing the bad news about the economy.
They want to be inspired. They want to hear new ideas. They want to see
who’s succeeding in this massive time of opportunity,” says Kamatoy.
Kamatoy
learned that talking about business-plan writing for two hours may be
like Viagra to the venture capitalists out there but it’s a real
snoozer for the fast-paced, action-oriented entrepreneur. “Digging into
the stories of how successful business owners, entertainers and
entrepreneurs went from stinking thinking to launching and drinking
seems to be where the real interest is,” says Kamatoy.
The
program targets a unique niche because the core of Kamatoy’s team and
associates are entrepreneurs, entertainers, and Internet marketers but
not necessarily in that order. This unusual hodge-podge of talent has
done everything from musical theatre, television appearances, raised
seed capital for start-up companies and performed in a circus. Yes,
Kamatoy at-many-a-circus past, has been known to dress up like an
elephant and let people ride on his back.
The David Kamatoy Radio Show intends to take these same skill sets and
apply them to fascinating discussions with clients - liveon the show while simultaneously interacting directly with entrepreneurial listeners.
The
producers of the David Kamatoy Radio Show plan on taking advantage of
the high-speed Internet culture by directly interacting with listeners
via IM chat, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, iPhones, sign language, and
the occasional smoke signals.
The show is going after timely entrepreneurial news items as they come
out of news giant sites like TransWorldNews.com and Google news.
The
show will also integrate video interviews and stories recorded and
edited in between the live shows. Those videos will be shown during the
live podcast as well as posted on viral video sites like Viddler and
You Tube.
Voice-over
talent and social media correspondent Steve Dahl lends his voice to the
show's introductions and sign off's and will be part of the comedy
relief blended into this underpaid collection of funny people, money
people, and entrepreneurial people.
And
of course, David Kamatoy’s understatement of the day… "As soon as you
see a video or tune into the live show you’ll realize that these guys
don't take themselves too seriously but they still have a lot valid and
semi-useful things to say about starting, launching, and growing your
business.” Stay tuned. This will definitely be fun.
I use chrome for certain application especially when I want to run something fast and without the toolbars that have become cluttered on firefox.
I also have installed google desktop which is an application that allows me to pull up a google search boxb y double clicking my control button. google desktop also searches your browser history.
I have found this a valuable resource since more and more of my applications are web based.
I think targeting the netbook market makes good sense since the internet is there strong siut. This allows them to build an OS around the virtual desktop which is gmail. I see offline versions of google docs being able to be run offline in the native Chrome OS.
From the blog....
Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that
will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will
open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be
available for consumers in the second half of 2010.
Google voice is going after Skype. Just like the recent Palm Pre vs. iphone. I think this is a good thing for consumers. I just started using Skype a few months ago due to my own disagreement with Sprint. There are some really cool things about Skype and some weird issues thatI hope they improve on.
1. The texting option. you can text other people you get charged for it and they can't text you back on Skype. This is whacked because on AOL you can text back and forth for free with the caveat that it's not your phone number.
2. Call quality is suspect at times it reminds me of those old cell phone days...
Some of the features of google voice just seem way frickin cool.
Live Screening of the call.
True SMS rather than the challenge as listed above.
voicemail transcripts
I am considering using skype for it's multiple number ability and also considering using google voice in beta if they let me and play with this as well.
I will keep you updated. I don't know if there is a wrong answer as much as it's competition and competition means that skype will have to improve.
Competition gives us a choice in which tools to be most effective with.
Social Media is the buzz right now. Many professionals in the media world are being inundated with requests about social media. In fact many businesses are contacting professionals saying, "I only want to talk about Social Media"
Social Media is really the long tail of PR, PR builds a brand and so does social media. Here are some key points that I intend to elaborate on in the show and in our work.
Concept #1: Advertising and Marketing is the first thought of Entrepreneurs and Business owners when they try to develop leads and business, but there are some inherent problems...
a. Ratio 1:1 3:1- Your goal in an advertising budget is to create a 3:1+ ratio. In other words for every dollar you spend you get 3 back. If you create a 1:1 ratio it might be working and needs some tweaking but most likely you are doing something right. 2:1-3:1 is getting much better. Your going to profit from this if your margins are correct.
The problem with advertising is the INITIAL INVESTMENT....
You have to spend money to find the right formula in advertising. Each and every medium and category has it's own price point as well. In other words $5,000 dollars may seem like a lot of money to you but that's one ad in a publication for a week, a day, a month. $b. 5,000 can be spent in Pay Per Click in a an hour if you wanted in the right category.
The good news is that your response is usually immediate good or bad.
You have to be willing to invest the money into the test phase in order to find that ratio.
That investment should be based ultimately on how much money you want to make a month a quarter, etc. In other words If you want to create $10,000 in sales a month then you should consider a $3333.33 a month budget. Adjust the ratio accordingly to testing, market and category.
b. Because advertising is our initial response to more sales. We try to equate that same model to PR and Social Media. That is not going to work because Social Media is about long ball and interacting with your database to find out what they actually like.
THROW THE SPAGHETTI ON THE WALL AND SEE IF IT STICKS.
Social Media allows you to build a database and experiment with that database as you grow. Time and Money spent in social media can move you into a smart advertising campaign.
Social Media like Search Engine Optimization can have long lasting effects that pay exponentially over time.
The great thing about social media is that it is scalable. You can do it yourself for relatively low cost meaning that your going to put more time than money into it. However if your time is better served in running your business than getting a firm like ours to manage social media is a smart move. www.KamatoyMediaGroup.com can be reached at 619-573-9456
(This is a working concept and it shall be continued...)
San Diego,CA- These were taken at the Spring Buskers Festival 2008 at Seaport Village.
Charles Frey took these at one the better shows of the weekend. Charles has a great eye for capturing those moments. Thank you for these my friend...
Special Thanks to Charles Frey at http://www.freyphotos.com/
Dat Phan, Emmet Morgan and Martin Mansour threw an Industry Holiday Networking Party in Mid December before they left on a cruise ship.
The place was packed for 10 hours when one group left another group appeared. It was made up of industry people cast and crew.
4:00-5:00 p.m. pst: Amy Wilkinson is authoring the book, "Rainmakers: New Paradigms for Next Generation Leaders" in the book she will discuss how new entrepreneurial leaders are being influenced by globalization, technology and a shift in public service models. 
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