So i am still waiting for trade my 3 pack of cards. I have had a few offers but none that I really wanted to make. I'm still taking offers so don't be shy!
On another note, you may have noticed I changed the blog around a bit and added a few things to it. I will start with the other night. I was having one of those nights where you lay in bed and just think. For anyone who knows me they know I think a lot, I guess it's a good thing sometimes! Anyways, I was thinking of ways I could market my trades and sorta think outside the box of just using the obvious, twitter, Facebook, and word of mouth. So after thinking about some of the networks that I could branch out to, I had a light bulb moment.
I am an athlete rep for Canadian Athletes Now. Its a non-profit organization that helps amateur athletes with funding so they can achieve they're dreams. Check out the link, www.canadianathletesnow.ca . Anyways having CAN FUND in mind, I am always thinking of way that I can help them raise money for canadian athletes. This is where the light bulb moment comes in, why not make this a fundraiser for Canadian Athletes Now. Why not try and trade up for something really awesome, auction it off, and give the proceeds to CAN FUND. Brilliant! Brilliant!
So I called the peeps at the office (Canadian Athletes Now) the next morning and pitched them idea. I think they liked it! I've embraced their idea that athletes can work together and magic can happen!
Now you're probably thinking, what if you trade up for something really big. For example a house, that's what the guy of the original paperclip challenge got at the end of his "trading up". So, what if you get a house? That's a good question and don't think I didn't think of that. The peeps at CAN FUND even brought that up to me. This is what I think... Truth is if I get a house that is worth $200,000.00, I really don't have anywhere near that amount of money and could probably use it for myself. But this is sorta how I see it. First of all, my initial investment was only 1 cent on the original paperclip. So if if I keep that in mind then I couldn't care less the value of the final object because I'm not loosing anything. The other reason is that I know how much more it could help athletes all over Canada. I know how much they need it because I am one of them. The thought that if I could even just trade for something that is $6000.00 and help out 1 athlete then I think I feel better about that then having a house. Believe it or not, but I know what it's like to receive that funding and the weight off your shoulders getting the fund is so relieving. The idea of having a dream means that's you want that more than anything else, and I want my dream way more than object that I could trade for. Therefore I want my final trade going towards someones dream. Way more meaningful!
Just a quick not before I explain whats next. For all you marketers out there. By having gone to Canadian athletes now, I have hit a huge market. I've been able to go to my contacts and network out my product. I guess the idea of this could also be taken by the athletes. Market and network the message of CAN FUND. We will see how far this goes, but I reached out to my contacts and got a bite! Athletes you can do the same thing!
So what is next?
I am putting out the challenge out there to everyone. Anywhere and anyone in Canada, email me, call me and make an offer to trade something. Heck, ive had views from 10 countries so far, if your are in China, Australia, Sweeden, France, or Mexico. If you have something that you think is worthwhile trading, and worthwhile shipping to me (keep in mind if you're from somewhere where I am not, these items have to get to me. I would be better not to pay for 100's of $$'s of shipping cost.) But if you have a tickets for an event that could be emailed to me, airline points, something redeemable over the internet, then let me know and I will use my discretion to see if it's worth the trade. Another note for you internationals, you probably think about why would I support Canadian athletes. Well keep in mind, this is still a competition again Una Lounder thelittleredpaperclip.blogspot.com hehe, i still need to trade for the best item!
So I will narrow down what I am looking for. For all international people, be creative and offer me something! For all Canadians, be creative as well, but also know you're trade is going towards helping your canadian athletes. You're trade could be the reason why John Doe from swimming gets a silver medal at the olympics or why sally from sailing gets her gold medal!.You can be apart of our success. I challenge anyone out there (specifically) Canadians to raise the bar with an awesome trade! Let's make this big! Let's show the rest of the world how much our country, Canada, supports our amateur athletes.
No comments:
Post a Comment