"What have you been up to in the big city of Las Vegas? Shit, I can remember when we were kids in Madison throwing apples off your apple tree at the cars passing by. Damn boy, I would have never taken you for a Vegas guy back then. I'm surprised you got out of Greenwood County. Remember that time we got so drunk and passed out on your front lawn? Your mother came outside and threw a bucket of cold water in our face to wake us up." I've got to admit something, being on FaceBook and living in Las Vegas has put me face to face with a couple of people I never thought I would see again in my life, and I like it! Stanley Smith, is a Greenwood County legend. Back in the day, the two of us had more fun growing up in a small town than should be legally allowed. Nowadays, you would go straight to jail for some of the antics we pulled.
"Stan the Man, how has life been treating you?" I was meeting my old friend for the first time in the lobby of the MGM. Stan the Man was his nickname in high school.."I haven't been called Stan the Man in 20 years. Thanks for the memories. Life has been treating me OK. Lets get drunk!" The two of us headed to the nearest bar and proceeded to down a number of drinks and reminisce about the old days..After the 5th round he asked me this.."What is it with you and the Chinese? Some of your posts are crazy. A reality show about the Chinese with you in it, organic growth strategies? I knew you were crazy back then, but I don't exactly get what your talking about. I know they're taking over, but why would they mess with some dumb shit white guy from Kansas? Explain that to me."
Nothing makes me happier than explaining an idea of mine to a person who is actually listening..So I told my old friend this.."Stan, this is how it would work..Their is a huge population of Asians in this town and their tentacles reach far! I'm friends with a number of them! That section is under served in terms of marketing strategies! What I would like to do is create a marketing gimmick that would bring attention to them. Use your imagination a bit and picture this. A hybrid site would be created. The site would concentrate on Asian consumers. Creating the site would be the easy part, getting attention to the site is the trick, but I have a plan for that as well!" Stan is a pretty sharp guy, but he doesn't know the first thing about marketing or how to be creative in today's economy.."Listen genius, I'm just some hayseed from Kansas, how are you going to create the 'buzz' needed for people to pay attention. I agree with you about the Chinese and their purchasing power, I mean if you find something they like? Maybe you could hit that 'mother load' that we always talked about when we were young?"
"Here's what I would do Stan, I would round up a bunch of nice looking people in Las Vegas and work out a deal with a couple of my Chinese friends. Now, I would take it one step further and hire a crew to film are adventures. Las Vegas is a big-time reality town, and that's what people want to see. If the Asians take a liking to it? Who knows what could happen?" I've shopped the idea for a reality show around to a few of my friends without any success, but I refuse to waiver on it..."So basically your telling me that you would hire a bunch of these hot girls that you always blog about, spread them around Chinatown, and try to spur up some attention with a reality television concept." Leave it to a hayseed from Kansas to hit it right on the head! "Yep, you basically summed it up Stan. One last thing, It wouldn't be total reality, I would approach it with a coached mentality, meaning I would be responsible for creating the dialogue and the situations. The goal is to make it funny and interesting. That's what people want to see!" By the time I was finished with my spiel, we were on our 7th round, so I'm not sure how much of it stuck with my old friend from Kansas..Although, he did tell me this.."Boy, that is the craziest idea that I have ever heard, but I got to give you props for being creative."
I like to end every post of mine with a thought I'm having..Call it the village idiot thought of the day.."If you want to be successful in today's ever changing world? Thinking 'outside the box' is a must! Now, thinking outside the box is easy. It's acting outside the box that is challenging."
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