Kona Inspired Results 4/20/2012 - Kona Inspired Is A Full-Time Job

This has been the first time since Tuesday that I have had a time to sit down long enough to update you on what is going on with the Kona Inspired views as we see it. Kona inspired has become a full-time job, and I really need help from some of you to further succeed with the mission.  See below for specifics.

First off , I wanted to let you know that I received some information about the voting process that has reassured me that getting votes the right way is going to pay off.  Here is the confirmation:

Please be advised that while the view count is public, the vote count is kept private so that we can closely monitor (fraudulent voting) situations. The vote button is set to only count one vote per user per video in a 24 hour time frame, this setting was chosen so that we could get an accurate representation of the reach of the video.

I also want you to understand that this means that we can't get discouraged if our view counts are not as high as some of the others. We must keep on keep calm, keep voting, and keep sharing.  You are doing a great job!

Since those view counts are the only way that we can see how our progression is, I or a volunteer, will try to keep updating with daily results.

Here are the results:

		Views	Daily Views
1	IRONMAN-BAWDO	58857	13578
2	Fireman Brian's Mission	58418	12203
3	Jacob Fuka_Kona Inspired	50375	7144
4	Kona hopeful F16 pilot	21469	3424
5	I'm Dean Bullock, I Have Brain Cancer	20161	1540
6	Boudousa Brain	20097	2457
7	Dr. Martin Jay Hernandez Motivational Specialist	8304	3097
8	Suck It Cancer	6437	774
9	Kona Inspired, Ironman retun…Heart Condition	5821	1464
10	Clarissa Alba	4843	1076
11	Shawn's Ironman	4303	135
12	Green Dot (Henry Tolstedt)	3229	193
13	Kona for the Kids	2841	394
14	PROJECT GIVING: IRONMAN JOURNEY	2488	2108
15	From the Bathroom to Kona	2314	290
16	My Life is full of possibilities	2107	2107
17	The Quadfather (Nick Tieney)	1732	91
18	Eric Yollick (Team Yollick)	1431	17
19	MAKING POSSIBLE THE IMPOSSIBLE	1411	186
20	Spirit of Hawaii (Anja Kraft)	1315	90
21	Dad's Great Day	1087	51
22	Kevin Hickey's Submission Video	920	859
23	4 the NEXT Generation	855	855
24	The Journey-Quadriplegic to Ironman	801	761
25	Isabella' Legacy	763	28
26	Paralysis to Ironman - Brad Kelley	715	211
27	Operation Brain Tumor (Ted Pepenhagen II)	652	27
28	Happy Birthday Ironman	566	15
29	Choose to be well!	502	32
30	Iron driven lifestyle	467	24
31	A race for the women in my life	403	21
32	The Opportunity	392	14
33	Life Long Journey	389	39
34	I am ... "Anything is possible" (Milan Dubravka)	382	18
35	Crash To Kona (TychoRiis Weiche)	350	14
36	my biggest dream (Christian Schon)	320	14
37	My thanks to ironman	316	54
38	Dean Kashlan Mantra (Dean Kashlan)	272	12
39	Double disabled Inspiration	243	243
40	Family strength	180	98
41	Flatline to Finishline	65	65

As I have said, even though we are not in 1st place in views, we are WINNING because the word is getting out.

One of the main reasons that I have not been able to keep you updated is because I have been all over the great state of Texas telling our story to organizations and groups.  This helps because every time I get to tell our story, we are completing the mission of providing education, hope, and help to families affected by congenital anomalies.  This is VERY exciting, but it is also very demanding on my time.  Some days when I come home I pass out on the couch because of exhaustion.  It is hard for one guy to keep up with.

Several of you have asked me how you can help me with this journey.  Of course voting and sharing has been great, but now there are some specific things that some of you can help me with:

1. Getting publicity in the media has been a huge way to gain support for the Kona Inspired video and reaching out to other families that need support.  The publicity is not just here in Houston, but all over the US. In public relations it is said, "If it is new, it's news" and what we are doing for families is new and fresh, so we have a great chance of getting coverage. It is very rare for a media channel to find interest in a story after just getting a press release, but when it is followed up with a phone call and email, the chances of them wanting to tell the story goes up dramatically   We need someone that can help us follow up with phone calls and email to the media channels that we send press releases to.  If you can help me with that maybe just a few minutes a day, I would really appreciate it.

2. The greatest impact on our mission is when I get the chance to tell the Shawn's Anomaly story to a new audience through speaking engagements.  Several have found it to not only be informational but entertaining, motivational, and inspiring for their own lives.  I have been fortunate to speak at some great places in the past couple of weeks, but I would love to do more.  If you are a part of group that has an upcoming meeting, a teacher or principal that is looking for speaker, or a company that seeks motivational speakers, please contact me if you think that your group would benefit from hearing this story.  I have all the equipment and ability to provide a presentation that is informative and motivational.  The presentation is tailored to your group and has received a great reception thus far. Here is an example of one of the recent speeches:

3. Researching, preparing and speaking has become pretty time consuming and I would like to maintain my focus on trying to cater my presentation to the group that I would be speaking to. If you are willing to help me locate other venues to speak by calling schools, churches, business, civic organizations, etc., I would love to receive your help.

4. Keeping people updated daily on the Kona Inspired results has been a huge succes in getting votes.  If you have a love for writing, and I am sure are better at it than I am, I encourage you to contact me if you could help by providing a small daily Kona Inspired update similar to this one.  I have created a spread sheet that I used to tally the views place in the videos in rank according to views, so if you have Excel experience, that would be great too. I can add you as a contributor to this blog and you can start writing from your own computer.  

This is a community effort, so we others are willing to step up "march on" together for the mission, it grows faster and stronger.  I don't normally do this, but I am going to provide my email in a blog because I desperately need your help.  Please contact me at shawnsironman@gmail.com if you are willing to provide any assistance regarding the specific areas I am needing help with.  Don't talk yourself out of contacting me because you feel that I may have been contacted and receiving help, more than likely everyone feels the same way that you do, and I am never contacted.  

Thank you again for all of your support!  It means so much to me!