My name is Josh Anderson and I am a morning radio DJ in Greensboro NC. I have been a part of many radio stunts in my life. I have stuffed potatoes in my pants and thrusted my pelvis in peoples face while I asked for directions on NATIONAL POTATO day. I have been in the car with a P.I while he caught cheaters in a hotel in Greensboro. I have been stuffed into a WWII plane and done loops and stalls to raise money for hurricane Katrina. But this is the first time that I have ever tried to turn my actual life into a stunt. Actually, to call it a stunt is kind of cheap. Let's call it a social experiment. Let me start by telling you the premise behind my idea.
I was driving home from work the other day thinking about the video of the day on our radio stations website. If you aren't a listener to our show, our website, www.1075kzl.com , has a video of the day. It is normally of a guy that has fallen off of something, or been kicked in the goody sack, or of a robbery gone bad. Anyway, I was thinking about how these videos get so many views. It was pretty obvious it was from word of mouth. Then I started to think, "What if people reacted in real life like they do on the internet?" "Could you make a part of your real life go viral?" That is how my website www.myvirallife.com came to be. At the moment, the website isn't ready, but it should be soon, so keep checking back.
Here is what my plan is going to be. I am going to start off this experiment with only a pen. Nothing special or gold plated, JUST A PEN. From there, I will trade for something bigger or better, in hopes that I can trade that pen, for a car or a house. I will only trade with people that have heard about it through word of mouth locally, through my site, or on facebook. I will also being shooting videos of my endeavors all the way though the process. You will be able to see what I traded for when and where it happened. Later on down the road, I have some more ideas for the website, but for now I am just going to try and do it this way. Do YOU have any ideas that I may have missed? If so, I would love to hear them and maybe incorporate them into the plan.
TALK TO YOU SOON!
Thats an awesome idea Josh. I hope I'm one of the people that gets to trade with you on your way to something amazing. I bet it will have a lot of people copying you. A month or so ago yahoo had a story about a kid who'd traded ( I forgot what he started with, something small) and ended up with an ipad that he traded for some sort of car, and kept going until he traded down from an 80's Bronco to a 90's porsche. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThis is so exciting.......I'm hooked and you're not officially started!!! Good luck and I want to trade something with you!
ReplyDeleteThanks guys! The trading starts tomorrow! I will go over the process as soon as I figure out what the process will be. lol
ReplyDeleteNot to be a downer, but this is not very original. Kyle MacDonald did this in 2006.
ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to see how far you get with this. Good luck.
Not a downer at all Man. I know it isn't a new concept, but what I plan to do afterwards will be.......hopefully.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to watching your progress. Will support you any way I can. Maybe I could trade something! Best of luck!
ReplyDeleteJosh~ this idea is going to rock your world. My dad started out with a hand gun-which turned into a mobile home, camper/trailer, huge ass boat, then his first "real" house (not on wheels) and eventually enough cash was generated to start the chain of retail sign shops back in the 80's. Your idea will flourish, you have a dynamic personality, a large listener base and you have what it takes to turn that pen into something HUGE. I can't wait to see this journey of your!
ReplyDeletesounds like the one red paperclip guy who i think ended up with a house! good luck
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