Last week I had my body composition tested in a BodPod at BodPod Bellevue or Vitela Health, owned by Brent and Jan Mathew Stahl.  It was a pretty cool experience and I was fairly happy with my results.  I’ll blog about the entire experience a little later over at Joe Abs, but I will say that I was able to get my body fat percentage even lower than the 8% I was hoping for ….

Also last week I finished up negotiations to head up a tech start-up called Text Retriever.  Text Retriever is a really cool text marketing solution to enable real estate professionals to win more listings, meet more buyers and make more sales.  My marketing strategy is to first approach a top tier of a handful of potential huge partners that could easily help us start off with good market share.  If I’m not able to create a mutually beneficial partnership with any of the top tier potential partners, I move down the list to national real estate brands, then to those who already market a complementary product to real estate professionals and then the regional MLS, Boards of Realtors and real estate brokerages.

I’m thinking that Text Retriever could make a huge splash with the right partner and it could happen very quick.  Stay tuned and see what I am able to put together.  I’m hoping to be able to announce at least one major partner at Inman Real Estate Connect in San Francisco August 1-3.

I also asked Jeffrey Gitomer and his crew to help me come up with a Gitomer-ish job title.  They came back to me with “Big Dog”, which had previously been suggested, but I had decided to go with “CEO / Alpha Marketing Dog”.  It’s all about sales – and in this case, that means it’s all about finding the right partner who markets to real estate professionals and can help us reach a huge number quickly.  I’m not greedy.  I’m not asking for anything out of reason, I simply want 1% of market share in our first year.  With approximately 2.3 million listings across the country, that is about 23,000 listings that we are going to be helping get sold.  (BTW Jeffrey Gitomer is coming to Bellevue for a couple of special events on March 22nd and 23rd)

Appreciation:

I have so much to be thankful for, but today I especially appreciate having an awesome girlfriend like Stacia Loo.  She puts up with so much BS from me and deals with all of my baggage with zero complaints.  I am also very proud of her for the changes she’s been making in her nutritional intake and attempting to get to the gym more often.  I’m still hoping that she will learn to like to sweat (sweat is fat crying!).  I’m very lucky to have her.  Happy Valentines Day Baby!

I’m also appreciative of and thankful for my daughter, Jacqueline Nataliya Kennedy.  She also puts up with a lot from me and is smart enough to know when to leave me alone or stay out of my way.  She is a very caring and focused person, who gets a lot of pleasure out of helping people and draws inspiration from real life heroes like Bethany Hamilton.  Jackie is currently helping to raise money for the Friends of Bethany Foundation through a page at Deals4Dreams.com.

Intentions:

1. Get Text Retriever deal signed – secure major partner

2. Be ready and show at Inman Real Estate Connect in San Francisco the first week of August.

3. Sell 10 listings in the Eastside Business Directory each and every week.  Promote the hell out of all members, include social media posts, e-newsletters and daily Eastside Business of the Day.

4. Continue to rebuild Eastside Business Journal news site, get the traffic back up and support with local and national advertising.  Goal:  $3k per month by June 1st.

5. Spend more time writing Joe Abs nutrition book and collecting recipes – need to get a lot more done on this.

6.  Continue 2 am workouts until I can work a deal to trade advertising for membership at a good gym (think David Barton Gym, Bellevue Club or Pro Club) 0r until I can afford to pay the price.

7. Goal 8% Body Fat – I’m really excited about getting my body fat tested tomorrow at Vitela Health Bellevue with Jan Mathew Stahl.  I’ve been a bit injured and a little under the weather, so my workouts have not been that good for the past couple of weeks, but I’m still hoping to be under 10%.

Delegation:

I am directing the Universe and my subconscious mind to work together to help me help as many people as possible while making all my intentions reality in a very short span of time.

Thank y’all for taking your valuable time to read!  Skidoodleski!

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502 - the Pinterest version of the Fail Whale

Pinterest has been gaining huge momentum with large numbers of new members, and growing time spent on site among existing members.   Savvy social media marketing strategists (I like to think I am) are including Pinterest and other tagging sites like Fancy in a growing and varied number of ways in their social media marketing strategies.

The other night I was involved in a long thread on Google+ where most of the participants either 1) do not look at themselves as marketers or 2) Just don’t get the possibilities of Pinterest and similar sites.   There were several people who said they did not need another time suck – and that they would NEVER use Pinterest.  Very close-minded I think.  I think it is a great way to not only share content amongst friends and those with similar interests, but it helps us marketers in SEO for our websites, and is a great way share products and services that we create, market and sell.

This afternoon I got an email from a good friend in San Diego who is an awesome event artist (all of his art is great, but I know he especially enjoys doing events).  Tom has a new website and is pretty proud of it – it does look great – don’t you think?  He wants more people to see it.  I want to help him, so I “Pin” some of his art to a board I’ve called “Art” so that anyone following my boards will see it and can link directly to Tom’s website if he sees a painting he likes.  I don’t think that Tom or his new customer would think that Pinterest is a waste of time at all.  What do YOU think?

Oh – by the way.  The photo of the 502 error was a screen I was faced with this afternoon.  I guess 502 is Pinterest’s version of Twitter’s fail whale.

I will paste the text of my AID statement for today below in case you missed any of it in the video.

AID – Joe Kennedy, January 28, 2012

Appreciation:

That I have re-started tithing 10% and saving 10% of all my income

I feel like I becoming nutritionally-enlightened and in much better tune with my body.

There are good things happening all around me.

I will soon be working out at a much better gym, during more normal hours.

I am very happy for Tiger Budbill, who got famous from the X-Factor and just released his first single.

Intentions:

Write out goals – review daily.

Write JoeAbs nutrition book during the month of February 2012.

I Blog on LuxuryFitnessFun.com, JoeAbs.com and JackiesCelebrityGossip.com daily

I have a wonderful place to live with plenty of room and awesome views.

I drive a brand new 2012 BMW Active Hybrid X6

Delegation:

I ask the Universe and my subconscious mind work together to quickly and immediately generate $5000 by February 1^st to put out immediate fires and monthly incomes of at least $10k.

Tithing: $8 (1/27)

Saving: $8 (1/27)

I will paste the text of my AID statement for today below in case you missed any of it in the video.

AID – Joe Kennedy, January 25, 2012

Appreciation:

Having learned the right kinds of foods to eat to feel good and obtain maximum fitness.

A loving, caring girlfriend who is taking positive actions in her life.

That Jackie Kennedy really respects Bethany Hamilton because of the way she overcame tragedy.

Having the right tools to create content, promote people and their businesses.

Intentions:

Write out goals – review daily.

Write JoeAbs nutrition book during the month of February 2012.

Learn what it takes to gain weight while eating clean.

Write review on Cedarbrook Lodge

I Blog on LuxuryFitnessFun.com, JoeAbs.com and JackiesCelebrityGossip.com daily

I have once again started applying for jobs and am certain that I will have some interviews and employment offers next week.

I will arrange a media trip to review Salish Lodge in the next couple of weeks.

I have a wonderful place to live with plenty of room and awesome views.

I drive a brand new 2012 BMW Active Hybrid X6

Delegation:

I ask the Universe and my subconscious mind work together to quickly and immediately generate $5000 by February 1^st and an income of $10k a month.

I will paste the text of my AID statement for today below in case you missed any of it in the video.

AID – Joe Kennedy, January 23, 2012

Appreciation:

Getting back on track with workouts and good nutrition after snow and weekend media visit

Seeing Stacia again and getting to spend some quality time together

Jackie and Makaya seem to get along well

Unlimited opportunities.

Intentions:

Write reviews on Cedarbrook Lodge and Copperleaf Restaurant after weekend stay.

I Blog on LuxuryFitnessFun.com, JoeAbs.com and JackiesCelebrityGossip.com daily

I have once again started applying for jobs and am certain that I will have some interviews and employment offers next week.

I will arrange a media trip to review Salish Lodge in the next couple of weeks.

I have a wonderful place to live with plenty of room and awesome views.

I drive a brand new 2012 BMW Active Hybrid X6

Delegation:

I ask the Universe and my subconscious mind work together to quickly and immediately generate $5000 by February 1^st and an income of $10k a month.

I will paste the text of my AID statement for today below in case you missed any of it in the video.

AID – Joe Kennedy, January 18, 2012

Appreciation:

Having a roof over my head and a warm bed.

Getting in a workout before the BIG snow.

Hannah Montana Kennedy seems to be growing up and behaving better.

Intentions:

I Blog on LuxuryFitnessFun.com, JoeAbs.com and JackiesCelebrityGossip.com daily

I have once again started applying for jobs and am certain that I will have some interviews and employment offers next week.

I will arrange a media trip to review either Cedarbrook Lodge or Salish Lodge in the next couple of weeks.

I have a wonderful place to live with plenty of room and awesome views.

I drive a brand new 2012 BMW Active Hybrid X6

Delegation:

I ask the Universe and my subconscious mind work together to quickly and immediately generate $5000 by February 1^st and an income of $10k a month.

I will paste the text of my AID statement for today below in case you missed any of it in the video.

AID – Joe Kennedy, January 16, 2012

Appreciation:

Overnight snow.

Seeing Jackie, Amelia and Hannah so happy to be playing in the snow.

Hope for more snow and sledding.

Stacia making me a Holy Sh*t tasty and healthy lunch and buying groceries.

Unlimited possibilities and opportunities.

Intentions:

Get a source of income FAST – ads, biz directory, JOB.

Clean up garage.  Finish going through cables.

REST – get a lot of sleep.

Work on the JoeAbs.com site – check rss, analytics, email sign up, etc.

Blog at LuxuryFitnessFun.com – start list of “luxury events”

Delegation:

I ask the Universe and my subconscious mind work together to quickly and immediately generate $5000 by February 1^st and an income of $10k a month.