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Full disclosure…my wife and I are part of The Rippln launch. We dig it. In fact we love it.
If you don’t know what Rippln is, you can go CLICK HERE to get some more information.
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Yes, it is a page we use to promote our business. If you use that link and sign up, you will be in our “Ripple.”
How much attention is Rippln getting at the moment? I don’t know when you’re reading this post. Right at the moment I’m writing it…
Rippln’s worldwide Alexa rank is 15,196. Two weeks ago it was over 10,000,000.
In other words, right now it’s the 15,196th most popular website in the world. Considering there are over 25,000,000 ranked sites, that’s a big deal.
There are 150,000 people who have registered. That’s up from NONE two weeks ago.
I’ve never been involved in a major launch before. Everything Diane and I have done has either been with an established company or our own training and development program we’ve begun ourselves. But we’ve been pretty successful.
(Google Diane Hochman if you want documentation of that.)
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So this is the first thing we’re in on the “ground floor” of. And I gotta tell you…it’s both an adrenaline rush and an eye opener.
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THE STONETHROWERS: I Tweeted something that promoted a blog post about The Rippln launch, and some of the negativity that’s going on around it. Because let’s face it…there are people – many good ones – who simply have a hard time being anything other than critics.
One guy in particular was funny. His Tweet back to me…
“It is an illegal pyramid scheme.”
And he linked to an article that was keyword loaded and had links to a business opportunity. That’s a trick product and program “reviewers” use to get people to their site and promote whatever their agenda is.
Well, setting aside the fact that it is not illegal, I looked at the guy’s stats. He has over 2200 tweets and only 70 followers.
A professional stonethrower who hasn’t figured out how to add value to anyone or anything. So in the meantime he’ll attack.
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Because as we all know, it’s easier to throw rocks at a house than to build one.
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Or another cool little phrase I heard today…
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“There’s no statue built for a critic.” (Thanks, Jonathan Budd!)
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THE ADRENALINE RUSH: It’s a major buzz running with something I feel good about. I love the idea of it. I love the ability to monetize your influence, and not just give it all to companies, who up to this point are having you pay them to promote their stuff. (When was the last time you paid for an article of clothing that had a sports team, musical performer or some corporate logo on it?)
I’m finding myself fearlessly contacting people I’ve known for a long time who I’ve never approached about business before. It’s not something I have to get up the nerve to do.
It’s natural. It flows. It’s…BAM!!! An adrenaline rush.
And gosh darn it, the same thing is happening with many of the people we’re introducing to it.
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So that at this moment, we’re coming up on 7000 people in our “Ripple.”
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And maybe that’s the thing I love about this…
The forces of optimism, fun and prosperity are having a Battle Royale with the forces of pessimism, fear and scarcity.
I know who my money is on!
Look, I don’t know that Rippln is going to dominate the e-commerce industry for the next five or ten years. I don’t even know it’s going to be around for five or ten days.
For that matter, I don’t know that I will either. 😉
What I DO know is that this feels right. After some due diligence and listening to my instincts, I decided to run with this full blast.
And I never represent this as right for everyone. Some people are in programs that will boot them out if they promote anything else.
I’m all about multiple streams of income. But hey…that’s my choice. This fits, and it feels good.
And that’s the thing…if you’ve got something you dig like that…keep doing it!
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