VIDEO: I Got Rid of My iPhone and Now My Cell Phone Pays Me!

I want to quickly tell you why I am so excited to be involved with Solavei, a new social commerce company that is providing unlimited voice, text and data cell service for only $49 a month.
I should first let you know that I am in Solavei as a Founder and am registered as member 1311. The name of my team is the PresidentialTeam and I have some really good people involved. I purchased my new Solavei HTC One S phone about a week ago and it showed up at my door a couple of days later. I was more than a little apprehensive about giving up my iPhone and service from Verizon – but am actually liking the One S more than the iPhone – and the service (on the T-Mobile network) has yet to let me down. It is much improved over a couple of years ago when I had tried T-Mobile service – the 4G is AWESOME!
The main reasons I got involved with Solavei are:
1) To save money on my cell bill.
2) To help others do the same.
I am even more excited about it now, because it is almost certain that I will be getting FREE cell service and getting paid by the launch date of September 21st. It is so cool to be in a company PRE-LAUNCH – we are breaking new ground!
Today is Saturday August 25th. If you want to be guaranteed to be in pre-launch, you must be registered in The Lane by tomorrow at midnight. Admission to The Lane is by invitation only so if you need an invite, call me on my Solavei phone at (586) 457-8064 or send me an email to Joe(at)49DollarCellService.com.
I would love to have you on the Presidential Team – and hope to hear from you!

Almost Halfway Thru August, Needing to Make Some Magic for Smiley Dog and Glass Gardens NW

Sitting here on the morning of August 15th, thinking that we're almost half way through the month working for Smiley Dog and Glass Gardens NW.  I'm feeling a bit stressed, as I'm not sure I've been able to help Craig and Barbara as much as I thought I could.  I'm finding it a bit difficult to strategize, plan and implement for two businesses at once in such a short period of time, but I do know that I have been of some benefit.

My eBay Jobs Project: Media Release Goes Out Tomorrow

One of the things that is real important about this project to Craig and Barbara is to generate some media publicity about My eBay Jobs Project so that I can find permanent employment.  I really appreciate that A LOT.

I Sold Myself on eBay! Update August 10th My eBay Jobs Project

Here's a quick little update on the past few days of my eBay Jobs Project working for Smiley Dog healthy pet food delivery service and Glass Gardens NW.

July 8 - Scheduled fan inspection for Barbara Friday 12-2pm.  Met with Craig at Smiley Dog warehouse from 10am - 2 or 3pm. Finalize plans for ShoreDOG's DogFest on Saturday August 11th (that's tomorrow) 11-3pm at Hamlin Park.  Worked on FB accounts, ads, strategy.  Invited a few hundred friends to like the Smiley Dog facebook page.  Not many have yet.  :-(  I posted some pictures of the Glass Gardens NW booth last weekend at the Anacortes Arts Festival and there were a good number of likes.

July 9 - Delivered approximate 150 door hangars for Smiley Dog in Shoreline / Highlands Heights.  Continued researching more influencers to send gift bags.  Starting to post on FB page and try to engage clients and potential clients.

July 10 - a 7:30 breakfast meeting with Craig and Barbara at Maltby Cafe.

BTW - a few things that have happened recently on the employment front:  1) I am still being approached about a Marketing Director position with a non-profit, but I'm not sure it's a good fit because it is affiliated with a real estate company that I do not want to promote.  2) A friend of mine who owns a marketing company is looking for a social media manager for one of his clients and has once again started asking me about it.  It could be a very cool job.  3) I've been offered a founding member position in Solavei.  Not sure I can take advantage of this because it means I have to buy a $578 phone - and that is $578 I don't have.

Joe Kennedy's eBay Jobs Project Update August 7th

Here's the latest update from my eBay Jobs Project where I was 'won' on an eBay auction for the month of August.  The winning bidders were the team of Barbara Sanderson of Glass Gardens NW and Craig Weindling of Smiley Dog reliable and healthy pet food delivery service.

Day 1 - August 1st - Met with Craig at Smiley Dog warehouse at 10:30 am in the morning to discuss the project and tasks, and learn the Smiley Dog story.  Had a dinner meeting with Barbara and Craig to discuss the project.  I was issued this ID card (thanks Barbara!)

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Day 2 -  Aug 2nd - Met with Craig and local publication advertising rep at 10am in the morning, then met with Craig to discuss dog show at Hamlin Park on August 11th - where I will be having a booth.  Met Barbara at her studio in Mulkiteo to help her load trailer, drove with her to Anacortes to help set up her booth for the Anacortes Art Fair.  Home around 11pm.

Day 3 - Friday August 3 - Met with Craig at the warehouse at noon to discuss show, marketing ideas, etc.  Starting putting together goodie bags for "influencers".  Took a goodie bag and yard sign to my parent's house in Green Lake.  Got them set up on the automatic pet food delivery program and planted the yard sign (hoping that Smiley Dog starts getting lots of calls for their automatic pet food delivery service.  Calls to Grainger about getting a replacement fan for Barbara's "glory hole" in her glass blowing furnace (it gets really hot in there even with the proper ventilation).  Started searching for Seattle area pet lovers to connect with on Facebook.

Day 4 - Saturday August 4th - Started contacting local dog meet up group organizers, doggie daycares, etc to introduce the Smiley Dog pet food delivery service.  Find a vendor to check out the rooftop ventilation fan on the top of Barbara's studio.  Went to check out/scout Glassybaby.  I really liked the simplicity - only two different pieces - each in 40 million different colors. Each different color was matched with a non-profit which receives 10% of sales of that color - cool idea that could be utilized in many different types of businesses - and help lots of great non-profits.

Day 5 - Sunday August 5th - Met Barbara at her studio at 7:15 am, spent all day at Anacortes Art Festival, scouted vendors, helped take down and pack up booth.  Home around 8:30pm.

Day 6 - Monday August 6th - Blogging about the project, recontacting fan vendors (neither bothered to respond), continue contacting influencers and start help connecting new fans to the Facebook pages for Smiley Dog and Glass Gardens NW.  Write first draft of media release about My eBay Jobs Project.  Start building national media list targeting business and employment editors.

Day 7 - Next draft of national media release, continue building national media databases - one to specifically target garden/home/arts editors.  Write "goodie bag" letter for Craig to approve.  Get more bids for vent fan service call for Barbara's shop.  Get info about her show in Alexandria in November.

BTW - yesterday I was called by someone saying that they'd like me to consider a Directory of Marketing position with a local non-profit.  I told them that I it sounds interesting and I would be interested in finding out more.  Still do not have the link to their website (or any other info).

My eBay Jobs Project: Feeling the Pressure to "Make Magic"

I'm really liking being able to help out two different small business owners during the month of August, but sometimes feel like I may not be working on what is most important to the businesses, where I can make the biggest impact or doing exactly what Craig and Barbara think I should be working on at any given time.  I may be feeling a little stressed, no matter what I've done so far, or what we have planned, I don't feel like I've done nearly enough.

Then I saw this post on the Smiley Dog blog called "Magic for a Month".  Talk about pressure ....  I just hope I can provide both Barbara and Craig a lot of help this month - and that a positive impact is felt from this project for a long, long time.

My eBay Jobs Project Update from August 2nd

Here is a short 2 minute video that I recorded in the car on August 2nd detailing some of the tasks that I have been working on as part of the eBay Jobs Project where I was won for the month of August by Glass Gardens NW and Smiley Dog reliable FREE delivery of healthy pet food in the greater Seattle area.



I really need to come up with a better name for the project than the eBay Jobs Project.  Do YOU have any suggestions?

I Auctioned Myself Off on eBay - See the Results!

A couple of weeks ago, I auctioned myself for the entire month of August off on eBay.  You can read the complete story and follow along with my month of working for Glass Gardens NW and Smiley Dog - all month long over at TheJoeKennedy.com.

I'd love to hear your thoughts, so please make sure to leave a comment!  :-)