Preston Parker talks about achieving financially independent
LOGAN, Utah- Financially independent has become a large concern over that last few years.Most people do not know how to achieve it nor what is exactly is.First, you must start with passive income, passive income is when your income that you have already worked.You do not have to think about it anymore.Then you can live off the interest. Simple, you can achieve financial independence when your passive income is above your expenses.This gets confusing.
This is why of the Cache Valley Area Investors Association was created two years ago, to solve problems such as this. President Preston Parker, “you want to do the job you love, not the job that pays you”
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Sept. 22, 2009 Mr. Hans Ketchup, VP of Communications Burger Planet
Fitness Expert Teams Up With Burger Planet Jayne Peterson and Corny the Clown Bring Healthy Back
LOGAN, Utah- Jayne Petersen, President and CEO of Looking Glass Inc., teams up with the chefs of Burger Planet to create a healthier menu. Petersen, a returning guest know as a fitness guru, has helped celebrities such as Opal Whitcomb, host of Opal Speaks, lose weight and keep it off. “Women can have a burger and fries now and then as long as they are active and also try some of Burger Planets exciting new menu choices such as the fruit packages,” said Peterson.
The new menu choices added this past year at Burger Planet include white chicken breast, bananas, pineapple, grapes, apples, and peaches as well as gourmet salads. Along with these new menu items, a customer can order one of the original Saturn or Venus burgers with the Hemisphere fries and make it a low-carbohydrate meal, by substituting the bun and wrapping it in lettuce.
In addition to healthy options, Petersen is developing a new adult Smiley Meal including an ankle weight, fruit package, and a white meat entrée. She also plans to create new tray liners that offer nutritional advice. “I want our customers to realize Burger Planet is committed to offering healthy choices on its menu,” said Muellenbach, President and CEO of Burger Planet.
Petersen and mascot Corny the Clown will be making a special appearance at Burger Planet in Time Square, New York on May 12, as well as other locations throughout the summer. In July, the first mall appearance will be held at the Mall of America in Minnesota, where they will be providing nutritional packets and advice to customers on the new menu items for Burger Planet.
Burger plant, headquartered in Gary, Indiana, was founded in 1934 by James E. Muellenbach I. It is the leader of the Quick Service Restaurant Industry and has served over 52 billion customers. The company currently has 8,921 franchises in 17 countries, and employs 48,272 people.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 15, 2009
Social Media Club of Cache Valley
Preston Parker, President
851 N. Main St., Logan UT 84321
Phone: 661-772-7537
http://www.smccv.net/
CACHE VALLEY GETS SCHOOLED
The beginning of a Era
LOGAN, UT- There has become a growing need for knowledge in technology based communication.For those who are “addicted to Facebook” or those want to learn how to blog, this is the club.The Social Media Club if Cache Valley is to help inform the public expand their media literacy.
President of the Cache Valley chapter Preston Parker knew there was a need for this organization in Cache Valley.Parker and two others were traveling back and forth from Logan to Salt Lake City for meetings and thought it is was necessary to have one closer to home, which was formed in June 2009.
SMCCV holds meetings every 2nd Thursday from 7’00 PM -8’00 PM.Anyone can go on their website at http://www.smccv.net/ to see where the next meeting will be held.Their member rate is growing, anyone can join who wants to learn or discuss what they know about social media.
The Social Media Club is a global organization which started in San Francisco three years ago.Since then other chapters have formed and grown.The club provides an outlet for those interested in expanding media literacy, networking opportunities, or those who want to learn more.
For Immediate Release Date: Sept. 8, 2009 Contact: Preston Parker E-mail:www.prestonparker@aggiemail.usu.edu Social Media Club of Cache Valley The beginning of an Era The Social Media Club of Cache Valley is the beginning of social networking through out Cache Valley
History-the global club in san Fransisco started three years ago Other locations started own chapter jan. 2009 in Salt Lake City have their own chapter. There are three in June that went to the meeting from Cache Valley and wanted to have own chapter in Cache Valley versus driving down to Salt Lake City. Aug. 13 was the first meeting for the Social Media Club of Cache Valley, they had members go to different stations to learn social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter. September 10 is their next meeting and they will have guest speaker Loralie Chout who is a big blogger that was viewed by the white house and now will be going there to visit.
Dave Carroll would never have guessed that when flying with United Airlines in March 2008 his $3500 710 Taylor guitar was forever going to change.Carroll and his band were flying to Nebraska to for a one week tour, they were flying United from Halifax to Chicago with a connecting flight to Omaha, Nebraska.When they arrived in Chicago and were waiting to de-board the plan the woman sitting behind them said,
“My god they’re throwing guitars out there”.
They looked out the window at that instant to see his band mate’s guitar being thrown.
When Carroll got off the plane in Chicago, he went to three different United Airlines employees describing what happened and asked who he needed to get in contact with to get his guitar fixed.They kept telling him he needed to talk to a different United representative.When all was said and done Carroll arrived in Omaha, his guitar was broken and there was no one to assist him in getting the problem solved.
On the way back from his tour he tried to get a number or a name that he could contact to get compensation for his broken guitar.After much effort, Carroll finally received a number that should assist him, after nine months of being transferred and told to call a different number he felt he was losing a losing battle.Finally, he asked if he could be compensated $1200 in flying vouchers (which was the amount it cost to fix his guitar) he was then told “no” and that there was nothing else they could do for him.He then told the employee he was a musician and that he was planning on writing three songs about United’s customer service, and would post them on YouTube letting everyone know about his horrible experience with United.The organization did not take the threat seriously and three months later, Carroll had posted his first of three songs on YouTube titled “United breaks guitars”.
Over the following weekend the video had over one million viewers.His video received many comments such as
“Revenge is a dish best served with country accompaniment.”
“United Sucks”
Though that was just the tip of the iceberg for what happened next; in four days, United’s stocked had plummeted over $180 million dollars due to this video Carroll and his friends produced informing the public of United’s customer service. He was able to take his musical ability and create a message that appealed to different audiences and demographics.United could have solved the issue in the beginning by reimbursing Carroll $3,500 for his broken guitar, but with their negligent and dismissive behavior tarnished their reputation and lost a large sum of money.
This story is social media at its best because there are so many different factors that go into it.Without social media Carroll would not have been able to share his experience with the viewers and see the effect of what his story has on the public and the organization.Since posting his video on YouTube he as be asked to appear on several different new stations commenting on his video and the affect that it has had on the viewers.Not to mention by being on the news he was then able to open to another social media outlet.
Carroll’s “United breaks guitars” now has had over five million views and has posted his second song “United breaks guitars 2.”He has even created a website where it explains in detail what happened and his personal feeling on the issue.The public is also able to get into contact with Carroll by his Facebook, MySpace andpersonal website dave@davecarrollmusic.com.
Today, social media is in Web 3.0, which means our world is connecting in ways we have never seen before, websites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.These social networks are becoming so powerful, and so large they now have the power to create trends and affect the public’s thoughts for the good or bad.To be given this power means that every person has a voice and is able to make their opinion heard by persons across the world.Ten years ago this would not have been possible. The fact that in a single day, a person can upload a video and have over a million views is astonishing.Web 3.0 is a rapidly growing trend because with this technology comes knowledge, and with knowledge comes the potential for power.Let us all hope that individuals use the power for good instead of bad.
It was too bad that United’s public relations were not informed of the issue earlier; otherwise the issue would have been solved by flying vouchers leaving the customer a little disgruntled, but none the less satisfied that he received compensation for his mishandled guitar.Instead, they let the issue spiral out of control making it a crisis management problem.This shows that within United’s own organization there is a communication barrier between departments that obviously needs to be resolved so they do not lose out on more money and become the forefront of humiliation, once again. Though, in the end United did offer Carroll compensation, which he kindly turned down telling them they should give it to a non-profit organization instead.
It is amazing that in this scenario all Carroll needed was a video camera, creative acting and a catchy tune to make this video viewed and reviewed.This story created a phenomenon that will happen again and again because with the endless possibilities of social media; this will not be the last of it.
