Results of eBay Auction for Joe Kennedy Are In; During the Month of August I Work for Glass Gardens NW and Smiley Dog

The results of the eBay auction where I auctioned myself off for the month of August were final some 10 days ago.  I've wanted to write about it ever since, but just haven't had the time and the opportunity to do it - that and my laptop blew up and my only option for writing now is here in my cave (or shudder to think of using a pen and paper) - and not so inspirational.  Even though the auction did get a small amount of local press, I didn't do a very good job of marketing it - and at the same time, there apparently aren't a lot of people who want the help of someone who has a greatly varied background and multiple talents. The was only one bidder - the team of Barbara Sanderson, owner of Glass Gardens NW and Craig Weindling, owner of Smiley Dog.  Their winning bid was the starting bid of $1000.

I'm still not totally sure of their plans for the month, but if they have me work even just 40 hours a week, I'll be working for $6.25 per hour, far less than minimum wage.  Still the same, I am very thankful for the work and for an opportunity to help both Barbara and Craig and their businesses.  It's my goal to make their investment in me pay off at least ten fold and I am going to write about it here all along the way.

VIDEO: Workout Update, Blended Health Drinks with VitaMix and Bid for Me on eBay

Here's a 7:11 video where I talk about my workouts this week, blending healthy juices with my Vitamix and how you can bid for me on eBay ...



Also if you are interested in trying some of the healthy smoothie recipes that are going to be in my new ebooks, you can check them out for free at HealthyEaters.org.

Hope to See YOU at the Badgeville Summit Engage 2012 in San Francisco Aug 8 & 9

Yesterday I attended a very professionally run event with some seriously interesting speakers with great information.  It was the Seattle stop on the Badgeville Engage 2012 tour, held at Pravda Studios.  There were tv type video cameras and a crew still photographers everywhere.  Fellow Eastside Entrepreneur Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing was the MC of the event and did an admirable job.

Speakers at the event included Badgeville's SVP of Field Operations Kevin Akeroyd, Jim Petty of Bazaarvoice, Bill Piwonka of Janrain, Dawn Wolfe of Autodesk, An Le of Yammer and the very entertaining keynote was delivered by Sean o'Driscoll, Co-F0under & CEO at Ant's Eye View.

Buy Your Own Joe Connector for the Entire Month of August

It sure took some nerve for me to list myself for sale on eBay.  It's making me more than a little nervous that there are no bidders so far - although there are almost 5 full days left in the auction.  If you were the winning bidder, what would you have me do for the entire month of August?  I'm wishing it would be help you party on the beach in a tropical location and you would have won me through the Buy It Now price of a modest $50k, but my gut says I'll be digging ditches or washing dishes - if anyone will even bid at the starting bid of $1000.

Regardless, I am not resting on my laurels hoping the the auction is a way out of a jam.  I'm actually assuming nothing will come from the auction - except someone new will notice my talent of being able to create noise.  After all, I was the World's First 24 Hour Realtor (with Overlake Realty in Bellevue during the 80s) and was a part-owner, and chief publicist for a company called Aerial Burial in Houston, Texas during the 90s.  Even if I don't immediately find work as a noise maker, PR person or community builder in the near future, there are some cool things coming up.

1. I'm waiting on my initial samples from Chosen Foods in San Diego and then I will be able to take them to some great local markets and health food stores.  I cannot wait to be able to provide them with awesome values on high quality Chia Seeds (which has long been known as a Superfood), Avocado Oil which is specially filtered for the optimum cooking conditions and also Nopal powder, which has many health benefits including weight loss and digestive health.

2. "The Lane" opened up for Solevei and I am excited about the possibilities.  They apparently still have an NDA in place so I cannot tell you anything about this unless you contact me and I send you a link with the NDA so you can sign it electronically.

3. I've started writing about clean eating and my journey in nutrition and fitness over at TheJoeKennedy.com.  There's probably going to be a lot of personal 'crap' flowing out of me on occasion so I hope it doesn't bore you to tears.  I guess if it pissed you off, that is ok by me.  Much earlier in the day, I wrote about my Monday 2am workout (which turned out to be a 2:30am workout) - and a bit about nobody bidding on me too.

Wanting to Connect with Grocery Store and Health Food Buyers and Purchasing Agents in the Pacific NW

It looks like I am going to be repping a small line of health products called Chosen Foods.  I will be selling chia seeds, avocado oil for cooking and nopal powder - and will also be looking for other lines of nutritional products to offer buyers and purchasing agents of grocery stores, health food stores, smoothie shops and more.

Today I was able to get the contact information of a buyer for PCC Natural Foods and I'm also looking to talk to purchasing people at Whole Foods, Jamba Juice, Emerald City Smoothie, Fred Meyer, Safeway, QFC and even WalMart and Costco (although I'm not sure we are quite ready for that yet).  Thank you for any help you can give me in connecting with buyers and/or purchasing agents at these companies.

Since Chosen Foods currently only has three products, I'm also looking to rep other, complementary, health/nutrition products that I could sell to the types of stores listed above.  Do you know any nutritionals companies out there who need help with sales in the great Pacific Northwest?  I can help - please send them my way.

Great Start to the Week, but Nobody is Bidding on Me ...

I had a great start of the week this morning, waking to my alarm at 1:20am.  I spent a little too much time answering emails from people who want to get into The Lane with the Presidential Team at Solevei, so I got to the 24 Hour Fitness on 140th almost half an hour late at 2:30am.

After a pre-workout drink of N.O.-Xpolode, I had good energy and did a good chest workout, whaled on the abs for awhile (just over 1000 crunches), did 22 minutes of cardio on an elyptical machine and then swam 20 lengths of the pool, before sitting in the jacuzzi for just a few minutes.  I got out of there just after 5am, when the morning crowd started showing up.

One area of concern is my weight.  I'm back down to 162 lbs for two days in a row and since I started making fresh green juice twice a day.  I find myself now craving vegetables, which is crazy - especially considering that two months ago I rarely ate any.  So I have to work on eating more - maybe adding in a cheat meal or two.  I might actually have to go back to drinking milk again, or ...?

Another area of concern is that nobody has bid on me yet!  There are just over 5 days left in the auction, so I hope that people start bidding.  As my friend Volodymyr said "I hope you find a job and maybe some good adventure".  I agree Mr. Volodymyr, I agree.

BTW - I will be attempting to chronicle more of my workouts here now, as well as trials and tribulations of eating clean and building abdominal muscles.

Finally Did It - I Posted Myself For Sale on Ebay

Back in June I wrote about an idea I had to list myself (well, at least my time) for sale on ebay during the time that my daughter is in Kiev Ukraine this summer.  She left last week and I finally listed myself on the auction site today.  So far the page hasn't received too many views, but I'm hoping that will change real soon - I'm about to call in the media ...



As it says in the listing, I am willing to do anything legal, as long as it doesn't involve hurting myself or others.  I have one good friend who is a former officer in the Soviet Military who told me he laughed when he saw one of the job descriptions as "slave", but that he hopes that I'm able to find a winning bidder and a gig, as well as possibly a great adventure.

Who knows, I could be somebody's assistant while traveling the globe or I could be clandestinely carrying out secret projects under the dead of night ...  Wish me luck - and make share to share this with as many people as you know.

World Trade Center Once Again Tallest Building in New York

Here are some pretty cool pictures of the World Trade Center being reconstructed in New York City.  It's nice to know that World Trade Center One is once again the tallest building in New York.  I think I will pin these photos on Pinterest.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you connecting with your readers?

It's easy, if you run a blog, to claim that you're connecting with your readership. A few comments here and there in response to theirs, the odd reader profile post, and it seems like you've got a good enough back-and-forth. Well, unfortunately, this isn't the case - not in the era of the most connectivity we've ever had access to in the history of the human race.

Twitter, Facebook, forums, Skype - there are so many ways to connect with the people who involve themselves in your content and contribute to its publicity and credibility through their recommendations of and comments on it. If you're curious as to how to generate a real bond with your community whether you're running a partypoker tactics blog or talking about fine Italian wine, then you need to gather your tools.

Revolution About to Hit Cell Phone Market - Prices to Be Driven Down Hard

There's a huge new network of cell phone customers being built by a mysterious start-up in pre-launch mode.  They are truly aiming to save consumers money and promising complete cell phone service, texting and data for $50 a month - as well as other ways of saving money on things you are already buying.

If you are interested in finding out about this service, please send your full name and email address to JoeConnector(at)gmail.com.  This is a network marketing opportunity in pre-launch mode - spots at the top are being awarded July 16th - reserve yours now.

1,603 LinkedIn Connections Link Me To 14,773,112 Professionals - Can ONE of Them Help Me Get a Job?

When I just stopped over at LinkedIn to do a bit of research on a couple people and their companies, my home page says my LinkedIn network has 1,603 connections which links me to 14,773,112+ professionals.  That is almost 15 MILLION people I am linked to - one of them should surely help me find a job?

If anyone needs any assurance that I could help their organization, they could surely check out the 22 recommendations that have been given to me on LinkedIn.  These are purely unsolicited and hopefully heart-felt statements about me and some of what I can do.

By the way, my offer of paying my first week's salary to the person responsible for getting me a job is still good.  You can read the article "Help Connect Joe 'The Connector' Kennedy and Be Rewarded!" at BellevueBusinessJournal.com.