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Mark Christopher Lawrence, Christian Hoff & David Kamatoy Present at YAA 41st Annual Young Artist Academy™ Awards

I have the honor to participate as presenter this year along side my good friends Mark Christopher Lawrence and Christian Hoff. Great to inspire the next generation of entertainers. Hoff and I used to run around the halls of San Diego Junior Theatre as kids and it's great we are still running around the halls. lol. 

San Diego, CA (For Release) -  The 41st annual Young Artist Academy™ Awards presenters will include NBC star and comedian Mark Christopher Lawrence, Tony Award winner Christian Hoff and television producer David Kamatoy on Saturday, November 21. This year, because of the ongoing restrictions for the Covid-19 pandemic, the event will be presented virtually with live audience engagement via Zoom and YouTube Premieres beginning at 2:30 p.m. Hollywood time. (YoungArtistAcademy.org)

Mark Christopher Lawrence is the recipient of the 2012 San Diego Critics Circle’s Craig Noel Award – Outstanding Actor Of The Year. He is an international headliner who has worked with the likes of Sinbad, Jerry Seinfeld, Rodney Dangerfield, and Jeff Foxworthy. Mark is best known for his series regular role as Big Mike on the NBC TV series CHUCK and has a recurring role on The PureFlix.com comedy hit, Malibu Dan, The Family Man. A strong supporter of youth actors and previous host of the 38th Young Artist Academy™ Awards, Mark will present the award for Supporting Role by a Young Artist in a Feature Film.

Christian Hoff is a Tony Award-winning native San Diego entertainer whose early training through the San Diego Junior Theater program set a course to Hollywood and Broadway. He has recorded two Grammy Award-Winning original cast albums for “Jersey Boys” and “The Who’s Tommy.” Christian’s resume is highlighted with originating the voice of Hanna-Barbera cartoon “Richie Rich.” This will be Christian’s first invitation by the Young Artist Academy™ where he will present the award for Supporting Role by a Teen Artist in a Feature Film.

David Kamatoy is host of The DavidKamatoy.com Show. As a television producer, he has been responsible for hundreds of episodes of business and lifestyle talk shows seen on BizTV and Youtoo America. David has worked closely with both Mark Christopher Lawrence and Christian Hoff over the years on a variety of entertainment and business projects. While he has been involved behind the scenes with the Young Artist Academy™, this will be David’s first invitation as a presenter. He will present the award for Leading Teen in a Web Series.

Established in 1978, the Young Artist Academy™ is Hollywood’s first and longest running youth awards and has honored many young artists who have gone on to become internationally acclaimed adult actors. This list includes such luminaries as Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Ryan Reynolds, and Michelle Pfeiffer. The list of presenters this year will include  Daily Show Host Trevor Noah, academy alumni Scarlett Johannson and Mario Lopez, Sir Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings, X-Men), Star Trek legend George Takei, and creature character actor Doug Jones (Shape of Water, Star Trek: Discovery). For more information about Young Artist Academy visit YoungArtistAcademy.org.

For more information about Mark Christopher Lawrence, visit MarkChristopherLawrence.com, Christian Hoff, visit ChristianHoff.com, David Kamatoy, visit DavidKamatoy.com. Media inquiries please contact KamatoyMediagroup.com

Networking in Covid-19 with Steven David Elliot - DavidKamatoy.com Show 2020.10

(Blog) Steven David Elliott joins me from Florida, Coast to Coast via Skype to talk about Networking in and out of the Pandemic. This is 2 TV show segments together. 

Networking in Covid-19 with Steven David Elliot - DavidKamatoy.com Show 2020.10 from David Kamatoy on Vimeo.

 

Here are a few personal takeaways from this interview...

1. Steven David Elliot and Rockstar connect reinforce the importance of being an extrovert at times in order to promote yourself, your brand and your business. This is hard in a pandemic and even harder for introverts. But Steven David Elliot and I both are introverts and extroverts. The trick is to just do it, fake it even if its just for 20 minutes or a networking event or a social media post.
   
   
2. Relationships, Building relationships is extremely important for business but also for referrals. Helping and connecting people creates a Karma like effect. Relationships in and out of Covid can be  reinforced now by picking up the phone, sending an email and just checking in with people.
   
   
3. Want to network? Check out Steven David Elliot's RockstarConnect.com, he hosts a virtual session on Tuesdays as well as in person events where events can happen safely in Covid-19. Network with us by joining the email list / database and fill out your profile, we will be in touch.

(Press Release) Multi-creative entrepreneur and television host and producer David Kamatoy has released his latest video from The DavidKamatoy.com Show on networking in the era of Covid 19 with author and entrepreneur Steven David Elliot. In the segment, “Networking in Covid-19 with Steven David Elliot,” the two discuss the creation of Elliot’s networking program, Rockstar Connect, and the challenges of networking in the coronavirus era.

After beginning a career in social work with the elderly, Steven David Elliot became interested in marketing after learning sales technique from a cousin. Remembering what his elderly clients had often said to him while in social work about regrets for things they had not done, Elliot decided to follow a dream and open up a bookstore. Eventually he had four successful bookstores, two each in North Carolina and Miami
, Florida, which he ran for 15 years. Even in an era of growing online book sales, Elliot’s stores thrived because of his emphasis on networking.

“It’s not about what you sell; it’s about the people,” Elliot explains in the interview. “I would help people, and they would reward me by doing business with me.” This focus on networking continued to grow and developed into a consistent networking event that provided the help he needed in his business. “I’m not a small business when I have a networking event, because I have that big tribe, a nation of people who are around me.”

Elliot goes on in the interview to explain how this networking event then grew into what today is the Rockstar Connect series of networking events. His theory, which he has shown to be quite successful, is that if people did a consistent networking event every month, they would never have to do any other form of prospecting. This is the power behind Rockstar Connect events which focus around an event host who is featured through social media pushes. By building an event designed to provide attendees with what they need to be successful, the host earns their gratitude and their connections. Many times a person who was never at the event is inspired by an attendee to connect and do business with the host.

The interview concludes with a discussion on the continued importance of connections and networking during the current Covid-19 era and beyond. Kamatoy points out the challenges of the new generation placing an inordinate emphasis on social media connections in contrast to tried-and-true methods such as phone calls. “That’s something we need to reinforce again, that it’s so strongly about relationships first.”
David Kamatoy is a multi-creative entrepreneur - a juggler both literally and figuratively. His mission is to support and inspire like-minded multi-creatives in taking their projects to the next level. With a background in entrepreneurship and entertainment, he has produced hundreds of nationally syndicated Radio and TV episodes. He works in media and business development for clients via KamatoyMedia Group and is co-founder of Jugglemail.com, a CRM, Email Marketing Web Platform. Juggle your business with jugglemail.com

For more information about David Kamatoy, visit DavidKamatoy.com or DavidKamatoy.guru

Networking #Entrepreneur #StevenDavidElliot #CRM #MCE #MultiCreative #Rockstar #MultiCreativeEntrepreneur

Kumu Lua Michelle Manu Interviews SahyunNim Victor Teran at the 2019 Masters Hall of Fame

Costa Mesa, CA (For Release) - SahyunNim Victor Teran, a 7th Dan Black Belt in Taekwon-Do, was inducted into the Masters Hall of Fame at the 20th Anniversary Awards Banquet at the Hilton Orange County Costa Mesa. The event featured Dr. Robert Goldman as Grandmaster of Ceremonies and action film star Sifu Cynthia Rothrock as Keynote Speaker. Following the induction ceremony, Master Teran spoke with Kumu Lua Michelle Manu, a Senior Black Belt and instructor in Hawai’ian Kaihewalu Lua, on the red carpet.

A combat veteran and trainer for the United States Marine Corps, Master Teran also spent more than a decade working for the U.S. State Department in the Diplomatic Security Service before returning home to open the International Taekwon Do Academy in New Jersey. His experiences teaching, especially with young children, inspired Teran to write the first of his three children’s books, Landon’s First Taekwon-Do Lesson. The book recounts the experiences of his own son at his first lesson.

SahyunNim Victor Teran

Masters Hall of Fame Red Carpet 2019

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“I can see a lot of difference in the kids when they practice the martial arts, especially a lot of positive changes in their bodies and mentally as well,” explains Teran. “I decided to share my experience with what I see with all the children.”

The Masters Hall of Fame was founded in 1999 and is recognized as the premier Martial Arts event on the West Coast. The association recognizes exceptional Martial Arts Leaders and Legends through induction into the Masters Hall of Fame. Honorees are chosen for their dedication to and support of the martial arts and their work in the community. 

For more information or to contact Master Teran, visit his website at internationaltkdacademy.com. Find more information on the Masters Hall of Fame at mastershalloffame.org.

Victor Teran and I having fun on the Red Carpet. 

Special Thanks to Kumu Lua Michelle Manu for being our on camera talent. She has knowledge, appreciation and talent that goes beyond martial arts. Bringing great depth to the Red Carpet Marital Arts interview.

CES 2020: Mark Christopher Lawrence & Jonathan Winbush Awarded DreamlandXR “Best Director

_{Congrats to Jonathan Winbush, Mark Christopher Lawrence and Hugh Hou on this VR Win. Such a fun project, when technology and comedy meet...}

San Diego, CA (For Release) - The creative team behind actor and producer Mark Christopher Lawrence’s virtual reality (VR) comedy special, “Live at the Mad House Comedy Club,” has been honored with the Best Director Award at the 2020 DreamlandXR Festival. The Festival took place in Las Vegas January 6-10, 2020, in connection with the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES). In addition to Lawrence, the team included award-winning motion graphics artist Jonathan Winbush and immersive technology guru Hugh Hou.

DreamlandXR Red Carpet

DreamlandXR Red Carpet CES 2020 SHOW. 

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The DreamlandXR Festival brought together the best and newest in virtual reality and augmented reality entertainment, music and E-sports. The organization is dedicated to being a driving force in the immersive technology industry. “Live at the Mad House Comedy Club” took honors alongside such industry giants as the Cartoon Network, The Lion King Movie, CNN, and Lego Batman. The judging panel included experts from HTC, Paramount, Dell, Google, Lenovo, and HP. A full list of DreamlandXR winners can be found at dreamlandxr.com/voting.

The project began more than a year before, when the VR360 technology it featured was still new. Merging the 360 and 180 formats used required a number of platforms and some creative mixing of the 8K footage. Because it was filmed in an actual comedy club, lighting presented an additional challenge. Adding to all this was the fact that, as a stand-up comedy show with a live audience, the team had only one chance to get it right. 

“Filming VR in the dark usually is very costly,” explained Hou, who is a Co-Founder and Creative Director for production studio CreatorUp. “We had to be very creative on camera placement and remote monitoring to make the camera angles feel like an audience so viewers can feel like they are really there.”

“This is a big win because we did create something that's the first of its kind, being a standup comedy special in VR,” said Winbush, who has been rated as one of the top 25 artists in Hollywood by Inferno Development. “Since releasing the project we've been invited by Chinese VR company VeeR to do a virtual Q&A about the project, we've had the project featured by software company Mettle, and it was FireFox's VR pick of the week for December.”

“Working with Jonathan and Hugh on this project was just amazing,” said Lawrence of the collaboration. “These two guys simply worked magic. It was an honor and a pleasure to put this show together.”

Mark Christopher Lawrence is available for media interviews on his current projects. For more information about Mark Christopher Lawrence, visit markchristopherlawrence.com. Learn more about projects by Jonathan Winbush at winbushimmersive.com and by Hugh Hou at creatorup.com. Media and PR inquiries please contact KamatoyMediaGroup.com by clicking here. 

Tip: Keep your Trackball Mouse Dust Free with a Swiffer.

(Blog, Tip) Using a Trackball Mouse comes with the inherent problem of dust blocking the sensors and then suddenly you lose the ability to move your onscreen pointer horizontally or vertically. This is typically followed by some sort of expletive before you realize what the problem is.

Air cans, blowing on your mouse, cleaning your trackball is the next obvious step. 

Tip: Place a Swiffer Duster sheet below your trackball mouse to keep dust at bay.

After a few days or a week lift it up and you'll see all the wonderful dust collected and then maybe you'll buy a HEPA filter as I did.

Also now you have easy access to a Swiffer Dust Sheet to keep the rest of your workspace dust-free.

"TMI Baby!"

Translated, "Too Much Information hip person."

 

• Did you know that the original trackball was invented in 1946, patented in 1947 and was actually a military secret?
• The original Kensington Trackball Mouse used a Billiard Ball. Love to get one of those, I would think about rotating the ball and then end up using the 8 ball. 

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackball

#Tip of the day, although I do not think there will be one tomorrow.

#Kensington #Actorlife #Actorslife 

David Kamatoy, Multi-Creative Entrepreneur. A juggler figuratively and literally has blogged since 2005. A juggler comedian, producer of nationally syndicated TV/ Radio, etc. He is the founder of Jugglemail.com a CRM, Email Marketing, Web Platform. For media and business inquiries please contact us via email, KamatoyMediaGroup.com. 

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Congrats to Hanshi Dan Cliff Belschner, Shichidan Michael Gregson and Shichi Dan Jacqui Wendling Inducted in Masters Hall of Fame

Congrats to these three incredible martial artists who over the years have inspired and taught generations the values and discipline of the martial arts.

Costa Mesa, CA (For Release) -Grandmaster Darryl Vidal, a 10th Degree Black Belt (Ju Dan) in Chinese Kenpo Karate, honored three members of his own dojo with induction into the Masters Hall of Fame at the 20th Anniversary Awards Banquet at the Hilton Orange County Costa Mesa. Hanshi Dan Cliff Belschner, and Shichidan Michael Gregson and Shichi Dan Jacqui Wendling joined the ranks of such martial arts luminaries as Don “The Dragon” Wilson, Cynthia “Lady Dragon” Rothrock and Dr. Robert Goldman.

“In order to be nominated and inducted [into the Masters Hall of Fame], we’re looking for twenty to thirty years of teaching and training experience,” explains Vidal in a red carpet  interview he conducted with the inductees following the ceremony. In addition to experience, candidates are nominated for their work in and contributions to their communities. 

Hanshi Dan Belschner is one such example of inspiration and contribution, having continued to teach following an accident that confined him to a wheelchair. “I think it made me a stronger teacher,” he tells Vidal, “to show those students you just need to overcome. You can rise.”

Shichi Dan Wendling, who has taught high school chemistry in addition to Kenpo, explains the similarities between the two endeavors, saying, “Once you have the basics, you can build off of the basics. And that’s where the confidence comes, the ability to think on your feet and respond to uncomfortable situations.”

The Masters Hall of Fame was founded in 1999 and is recognized as the premier Martial Arts event on the West Coast. The association recognizes exceptional Martial Arts Leaders and Legends through induction into the Masters Hall of Fame. Honorees are chosen for their dedication to and support of the martial arts and their work in the community. Find more information on the Masters Hall of Fame at mastershalloffame.org

Press release by Stephen Prendergast, Kamatoy Media Group

David Kamatoy inducted to the Masters Hall of Fame in 2013. Kamatoy Media Group has been working with Masters Hall of Fame for several years. Media and Red Carpet inquires please contact us via this website or KamatoyMediaGroup.com 

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Check out Jill Lublin's Crash Course in Publicity

If you are interested in getting Media to cover you, your event, your company then you have to understand PR, Public Relations. It's that simple.

One of the ways to do that is to learn as much about PR as you can and Jill Lublin, Co-Author of Guerrilla Publicity is a great way to do it. 

Click here for more information & to register for Jill Lublin's Crash Course in Publicity.

As a TV producer of hundreds of TV and Radio talk shows. I can tell you that understanding PR, Public Relations how it relates to marketing is constantly misunderstood.

PR is one of those strange gigs in the business world that almost every business needs to understand at some level and at the same time its a job that requires no degree and no certification.

As an entrepreneur, I try to learn as much as I can about something before I hire someone to do the job. 

Click here for more information & to register for Jill Lublin's Crash Course in Publicity.

Do you need a PR person or can you do it yourself? My answer is YES! Both are true. 

As a producer I can tell you straight out that the best guests are typically represented and pitched by an agency. Why? because they are prepped, the understand the format. 

We get things like

• Press Releases
• Interview Guides
• Question Suggestions
• Talking Points
• B-Roll
• Images
• A media friendly website
• A simple pitch or CTA and if its appropriate for the show.

That being stated, that does not mean that you need PR Agency to prep the above but the truth is that most who approach me without a PR Agency are not prepped correctly.

My other reality is that many of our regular guests are not attached to a PR Agency and have not been for years. 

So how does that work???

The simple answer is that they are great guests and they know how to prep, are media coached, media friendly and can carry a conversation on air.

Start Tasking with a No Brainer... #ManageFlitter

(Blog) When I need to start tasking and getting something done there are a couple of tricks that I use. 

I will undoubtedly write about these again in more depth but... 

1. I set a 20 minute timer, either on my phone or on my computer...no egg timer. 
2. I delete non-followers using Manage Filter

Check out Manage Flitter here

Build your Twitter account with ManageFlitter

Mange Filter is an award winning Twitter management tool. I used to use another service which decided to close it's doors and so I needed to find another solution. I am new to this system and even though I use systems like SocialOomph, Hootsuite I still find that each system even though they share similar functions, each one does things better than the rest. 

Manager Filter helps me delete and sift through non-followers that I follow. Those of you who are actively growing  your Twitter base and are not a celebrity realize that the strategy is typically to follow people and they follow you back. But once you get past following 5000 accounts then the system will regulate you based on ratio of followers to following and you get an error stating that you can't follow any more people.  Thus the need for a service like Manage Filter. 

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Just a quick tip and Ideally I can do a more in depth interview and ideally even talk to someone from Manage Flitter. 

As an example of productivity, my 20 min. timer lead to deleting 100+  Non-Followers and writing a quick blog post...DONE!

Now! Back to doing a more involved project.

OK back to it...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top 5 Reasons why Twitter should keep the 280 limit and Trump is not one of them.

San Diego,CA-(blog) Twitter is experimenting with expanding the 140 character limit to 280. I am excited to say that I was lucky enough to be included in that beta group, and I dig it.

Back in the day when Twitter launched, I remember trying to explain what Twitter was. We used to say it’s mini blogging... which then led to the question...what is blogging? Well it's writing on a blog. OK what is a blog, etc. etc. etc. The explanation I like to give now is that it’s more like texting to the public. A normal tweet has 140 character limit, a text has 160 the new beta Twitter is 280.

TOP 5-10 Reasons why Twitter should keep the expanded 280 character limit.

1. Express Yourself : With the 280 character limit, I find it easier to craft a more natural complete thought. I also find myself actually being able to use adjectives rather than sacrificing them for brevity. This according to Twitter’s blog post is exactly the reason for the expansion, “9% of all Tweet in English hit the 140 character limit.”.

2. Quicker learning curve for beginners : For those new to Twitter or who never got quite started on Twitter, the 280 character limit will help attract a new or renewed audience.

3. Better Grammar: Speaking of using adjectives, you also get to write in multiple, more correct sentences. I find myself being able to express a complete thought and then add #hashtags. Yes, I am still including some of the text within a sentence structure #hashtagged, but it’s a lot more forgiving and interesting.

4. More characters means more #Hashtags: If your goal is to be read or seen and grow your Twitter following and increase your brand, then the consistent use of #hashtags helps.For example, #actorslife #setlife #entrepreneur these are hashtags I use often, and because of it I get new followers and traffic from those consistent and expanded hashtags.

"Twitter's new 280 limit means more characters which means more #hashtags which means more traffic." -DavidKamatoy.guru

5. Twitter is relevant again: Social media has a tendency to be quickly generational. (Those damn kids on MySpace. Back in my day we used Compuserve and we liked it.) This current generation has a tendency to move towards Instagram and Snapchat vs. Twitter and Facebook. I tell people of all generations that we must communicate with people on whatever platform that they are on. So while your friends are on Instagram, the people hiring you might be on LinkedIn and the people you need to impress may be on Facebook. That and posting a resume on Snapchat doesn’t make a lot of sense.

Twitter has a tendency to be more in the middle and have the best of both worlds. Which is why I focus my efforts here and I try get my clients both in entertainment and business to do the same. Even if you have a dominant presence on other platforms, I still have people focus on Twitter.

Many of the early adopters have a strong presence on Twitter: popular entertainers, business people, platforms, and yes even President Trump is part of the reason that Twitter is relevant. You can be as light or as heavy as you would like, but the fact that the platform allows that lean towards the intellectual makes a lot of sense. Also, Twitter algorithms are a lot less restrictive than Facebook. In Facebook your posts are extremely limited and you often need to pay to play for more exposure. In Twitter your tweets and interactions have a better chance of being seen, and vice versa. Especially now with the character expansion..

Also Twitter has been the most open towards API integration, it seems. The ability to use programs like Hootsuite, Socialoomph, Klout and Manageflitter to manage the data and build a following is exciting.

Random points: As a reference point you can read the blog post about their reasoning for expanding the character limit here.

https://blog.Twitter.com/official/en_us/topics/product/2017/Giving-you-more-characters-to-express-yourself.html

Not everyone has the 280 limit (including President Trump), and so popular programs that allow you to post from their sites are still using a 140 character default. So I am actually copying and pasting into Twitter natively so I can expand my message.

Financially: Let’s face it Twitter is still trying to figure that one out. But they continue to hold their insane evaluation. So hopefully this experiment will be fruitful to them. If Twitter ever wants to fly my team in to brainstorm on how this thing can make money, I would love to do that.

Conclusion: I hope it sticks. I think it helps the English language. I think it helps us express ourselves, and finally I think that we as users get more out of it with the ability to add #hashtags and be seen by more relevant viewers.

Written by: David Kamatoy Editor: Stephen Prendergast

David Kamatoy is a juggler literally and figuratively. A Nationally Syndicated TV/ Radio producer known for The Big Biz Show and Sully’s Biz Brew. He host’s his own show, “David Kamatoy Blog Show” a magazine style format show covering entertainment, entrepreneurship and e-marketing. He is co-founder of Kamatoy Media Group and Jugglemail.com a CRM email marketing company As an early adopter to social media he understands the long term benefits of self-branding and content creation. 

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Q: What the heck is Workflowy? A: Recommended

Workflowy is an online list-making / brainstorming tool. If you've brainstormed using bullet points on a Word doc, Google doc, Powerpoint, etc. Workflowy takes this idea to the next level in a surprisingly elegant way.

Check out Workflowy by clicking here.

Writers, creatives, brainstormers, entrepreneurs, jugglers (both literal and metaphorical), I highly recommend Workflowy.

Workflowy is like an online Google doc that is stuck in bullet mode. It forces a list making linear perspective for brainstorming allowing for both linear and non-linear thought.

It does this with the ability to easily shift away from stepped bullet points, which is always annoying on every other program. Any one bullet point can be clicked on and ZOOMED, essentially creating a new document that is connected to the master list or document or workflowy, whatever you want to call it.

Additionally, you can organize via #HASHTAGS and those tags become clickable.

If the process works for you, it becomes a great tool for organizing and brainstorming. I use it in tandem with my other physical and virtual tools.

This is how I am using it...

I am using it as a daily success journal. I have created a #SuccessJournal hashtag.

• #SuccessJournal INSERT DATE
• I will then create thoughts and ideas as I normally would create lists.
• 7:00 a.m. Wake up, shower, caffeine
• I add bullet points that are assigned times. This helps me track what I am doing. I use a 20 min. timer to help me stay on task, but if I lose a block of time it’s usually because I have gone off on a tangent or taken a nap.

Additionally - I use workflowy to work on projects. For instance my book,

• #MYBOOK - I create a hashtag and then I can tangent off into working on the book idea for a time.
• #Hashtag - Write a chapter or a blog post or a book (that would be annoying) on #Hashtags.
  

The system uses the comfortable bullet point brainstorming format that many of us use in Word documents, Google documents, Powerpoint and hand written or printed lists. The real value comes from the ability to zoom into any bullet point and brainstorm out. Also great is the ability to hashtag categories.

Workflowy is a linear and non-linear creative system. An online bullet point based brainstorm tool similar to that of Google Docs, Word 365 or Google Keep.

Back in the day, client and Maverick Publisher John Perkins taught me that he did a lot of work using index cards. He would carry them around and write down ideas and organize his thoughts for his next books, using them for notes, contacts, etc. The tool was visual and tactile; also from an organizational perspective you can easily rearrange and move an idea around. So if you were working on a book or a paper, you can take a quote or idea and move it around in front of you. Workflowy is a similar tool.

I actively use index cards in addition to tools like Google docs,  Jugglemail.com, my phone, a physical notebook and now Workflowy.

I am using it right now. As an example, I am on my laptop connected to my OnePlus 2 hotspot. My open tabs include, Google drive / docs, Workflowy, Google Hangouts, Twitter and of course our own Jugglemail.com. I also have an index card in my pocket with a list of stuff to buy at the store when I’m done.

PROS / CONS / BOTTOM LINE

• PROs
• Constant brainstorming mode.
• Ability to create beat after beat, idea after idea.
• Mostly linear but is also non-linear. By simply copy and pasting elements around it's quite useful.
• #Hashtag becomes very practical once you learn how to use it.
• Non-linear perspective. Since it’s relatively one really long list, you end up with the ability to create a " Brainstorming Journal".
• CONs
• Free but not free. 250 bullet items which I have gone through pretty quickly and you can buy or earn more bulleted items by sharing and referrals. Or you can just subscribe for  .
• Not as common as Google Docs. Copy and pasting into another application works.
• Also there is a collaborative mode. I just have not used it yet.
• Cloud based - You can work offline with a Google doc and then sync. Not so with Workflowy
• Bottom Line: Recommended for writers, brainstormers and creatives. Try it and you may like it. I am now using workflowy as my online journal and list maker/brainstormer. I am still using Google docs in tandem with this tool and of course Jugglemail.com.

Cost: Free or Pay

Free Option - You get 250-500 bullet points a month. If you people you recommend sign up you earn an additional 250 bullet points a month. 

Pay Option: $4.99 a year or $49 per year they also have a Workflowy for teams option. Workflowy for teams is a better deal but you have to sign up for 2 accounts at the same time.

Additional Notes: A couple of weird things, There is no homepage. The homepage is the application, so try it by clicking here. However, there is a Workflowy blog and you can read it by clicking here. And finally  you can check out their youtube video here. 

Kudos to the Workflowy marketing strategy as well. It is as elegant as the application itself. You get more bullet points by sharing the application. The application is the homepage as you may have already seen. You can either recommend it or buy it. In a new media world where we are constantly creating visuals it's nice to see a copy based marketing strategy that's working. I wish some of our own products had such a simple sales funnel. 

Please use this link to sign up as I actually get more bullets.. WHOO HOO!!! Check out Workflowy by clicking here.

Written by: David Kamatoy Editor: Stephen Prendergast

David Kamatoy is a juggler literally and figuratively. A Nationally Syndicated TV/ Radio producer known for The Big Biz Show and Sully’s Biz Brew. He host’s his own show, “David Kamatoy Blog Show” a magazine style format show covering entertainment, entrepreneurship and e-marketing. He is co-founder of Kamatoy Media Group and Jugglemail.com a CRM email marketing company As an early adopter to social media he understands the long term benefits of self-branding and content creation.