Daily Crushers
Come aboard, we’re expecting you
Love, life’s sweetest reward
Let it flow, it floats back to you
Love Boat soon will be making another run
The Love Boat promises something for everyone
OK, OK, so I’m hearing from the little birds around that we don’t look much like a tribe, more like a bunch on a vacation!! I’ll give you that, but you haven’t heard our calls where we do the war dance and light up the fires!!
Stick with me here…. I’m sure you’ll understand exactly why we ARE a tribe by the end of this post.
To begin with, by way of introduction……
We are a tribe, but not the kind of tribe that you are probably picturing. We have no feathers or war dress, and, to the best of my knowledge I’m the only one who rides a horse.
We are a Tribe of Entrepreneurs who are following a principal developed by Seth Godin in this book called “Tribes,” and we are combining the principles found in a book called Crush It! by Gary Vaynarchuk.
We’ll come back to this topic a little later on.
But first, I’d like to Introduce you to our cast of characters. You can further get to know us by clicking on the links below the descriptions. Please join us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg and YouTube!
Also, and this is most important, join our Fan Page on Facebook here:
So, without further adieu, [insert drumroll here] we are …..
THE CORE SIX
When you think of a tribe, who is the first person you think of with respect to that tribe? The Chief, right??
Every tribe MUST have a leader?? We are just a bit different in that respect because I believe for our tribe we are all leaders. We all have our own strengths and weaknesses and we compliment each other very well. However, if you look at the cast of the Love Boat, someone must be Captain Stubbing. Right?
So, I’m just going to make an executive decision (I’m allowed to do that I think) and elect someone to be Captain Stubbing.
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Our CAPTAIN MERRILL STUBING is most definitely Patrick McIntosh.
Patrick is a born leader. He has the enthusiasm and energy of a child and is leading us to heights that we can only imagine.
(OK, so I admit, he doesn’t look much like a sea captain here in this picture, but he does look like he’s a lot of fun right??? Truth be told, Patrick is a blast!) When he’s not meandering his way down the slopes on a snowboard, he’s blogging for the olympics or interviewing a rising sports star.
(Did I mention he’s a wine guy too!). Be sure to go to his blog and check out some of his videos. You will laugh a lot, I promise.
We depend on Patrick to keep our ship on course towards online domination!
Connect with Patrick Here:
YouTube
Linked InSkype: mcinpat
All right, on to the next member of the tribe…..
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There is no doubt about who Phil Jackson is in our tribe. He’s our Yeoman Purser Burl “Gopher” Smith.
Do you remember how easy going Gopher was?
Do you remember how he just got along with everyone and basically knew EVERYTHING. He was kind of like the McGyver of the LoveBoat, right.
Well, that’s Phil in our tribe. To know him is to love him. If you need the shirt off his back, it’s basically yours.
Connect with Phil Here:
Blog
YouTube
Linked InSkype Name: Phil Jackson
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Bruce Backman….. Well, his parallel character on The Love Boat is an easy one to spot. Did you ever think about what it takes to be a great bartender.
You have to deal with a lot of people, right?
Stay organized with crowds, right?
That being said, let me introduce you to our Bartender, Sir Isaac Washington, aka Bruce Backman.
You see, Bruce has SEVEN children (and let me tell you, they are ALL beautiful). You can check them out at his facebook page. Just click on the link below and go to his pictures. When we plan something in our tribe we have to make sure it doesn’t conflict with a birthday !!
In all of this posts on his blog, you can literally feel his heart, so go to visit his blog and start reading.
Connect with Bruce Here:
YouTube
Linked InSkype: Bruce Backman
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Glenn Arcaro is most definitely our Dr. Adam Bricker.
You see doctors must be precise and knowledgeable and Glenn definitely knows a lot about a lot of stuff. Being in the film business, attention to detail and a vast knowledge of a lot of subjects is a must. (Just like a doctor, right). But the cool thing about Glenn is that he’s just as comfortable in FRONT of the camera as he is working with the techie stuff behind it. His videos are always fun to watch. Check him out on YouTube below and see what I mean.
Every tribe needs a good go to person for the inner working of “things.” Glenn is definitely ours and we’re lucky to have him aboard.
He teaches us how to eat right too, which is very important, because without your health, you got nothin’
Connect with Glenn Here:
YouTube
Linked InSkype: filmcutter77
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, please, everyone help me give a warm Love Boat welcome to our cruise director Heather Taskovics, our very own Julie McCoy!
Heather is the perfect “Julie!” She’s always there, always up and cheerful, and always coming up with a solution to the questions we’re asking.
Heather is a mom, a wife, a daughter and a great Internet Marketer. Her knowledge of technology pretty much blew me away when we first started working together. When she talks about some of the things she does and her knowledge, it’s just fun to listen to.
Heather is also a musician and a member of the Fife and Drum Corp. You can learn a lot more about her by visiting her blog, and make sure to sign up and follow here on Facebook, etc.
Connect with Heather Here:
Blog
YouTube
Linked InSkype Name: Heather Taskovics
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Me (Debbie Wood) Well, I guess the only part left for me to play is Vicki Stubing, the Captain’s young daughter! [OK, I'll take the young part any day, but the minute Patrick asks me to call him Daddy, I'm done 
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I’ve always been labeled as the girl who just wanted to have fun, and I guess that goes with the territory of being the youngster [sidenote: I'm not really the youngster, but that's what makes it so fun here, you can dream up whatever you want]!!
I jump in where I can to help and do a good job of staying awake even though I’m on East Coast time and our meetings are very late for us!
Connect with Debbie Here:
YouTube
Linked InSkype: deb-wood
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So there you have it, our cast of characters, and yes, we are characters! We are not exactly a motley crew, but you can see we live a little on the edge and like to set our sails for the wild side of life.
Next, I’d like to explain to you a little about our philosophy. (Remember I told you we’d come back to this later).
Our Mission Statement, if you will, comes basically from two books, Tribes by Seth Godin and Crush It! by Gary Vaynarchuk.
We came together as a group and we are using the philosophies of both of these great books to build our tribe and get our name out on the Internet.
Our goal is to “Crush It” on the Internet.
Join us in our mission! Let’s just have a rockin’ good time.
Join us at our Fan Page on Facebook! We’d love to have you sail with us!
