Re: [AGA-sc] [Fwd: FW: Greg Watson - new project]

["Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>]

I second!  Sounds like a fantastic opportunity!

Karen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cheryl Rogers" <cheryl@rightstuffwebsites.com>
To: "AGA Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 8:14 AM
Subject: [AGA-sc] [Fwd: FW: Greg Watson - new project]


> Another neat idea from Greg Watson. He has written a Guide to dosing 
> strategies and wants to offer it for $4.95. The cool part is that he 
> wants the proceeds to go to whatever forum the person came FROM, not 
> himself. He wants to test it with the AGA forum.
> 
> All we have to do is create a sticky with a link to the page he says 
> (see within). The page will have our e-mail address embedded, and 
> proceeds will go to our Paypal account. You can test this if you want.
> 
> If we do this first, it may mean increased traffic to the AGA forum, and 
> a boost in membership. That would be good. Of course, eventually he will 
> offer it to all the forums, but at least we would have the notoriety of 
> being first.
> 
> I think it would be a good idea if it's a good article. Notice the 
> Dennis Dietz mention within the text -- I think he has already sent this 
> to Dennis for editing.
> 
> He has also asked if I will edit it. I have said yes, if I get a credit 
> line with my name and Senior Editor, The Aquatic Gardener.
> 
> He wants to know soonest.
> 
> I officially move that we do this.
> 
> Cheryl
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: FW: Greg Watson - new project
> Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 15:48:17 -0600
> From: gw <gregwatson@gregwatson.com>
> To: <cheryl@rightstuffwebsites.com>
> 
> Cheryl:
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you for all of the help you always provide ...  I have a new
> project I am working on, but for background, I'd like to share a common
> email message I get essentially every single day:
> 
> 
> 
>>>I've read all of the forums and everyone says to go to you but I don't
> know what to do.
> 
>>>I have a 100 gallon moderatley planted tank. I currently have no co2
> but will be getting
> 
>>>it in a month or so. I was told once I go co2 to ditch the seachem
> line and go your fert
> 
>>>way. I am sure it should be simple, but nothing makes sense.  Do you
> have some kind of
>>>dosing schedule or what specific ferts I need or equivilents to
> Seachems ferts. I
>>>know I am asking alot but your help will provide some purchases. I am
> a complete
>>>newb so bear with me. Thanks for your help and patience
> 
> 
> 
> I get these kind of email messages every single day ... many (if not
> most) of these email messages are from people who are mixing and
> matching different concepts from different threads from different forums
> ...  and often by the time they get to me, they are confused and
> overwhelmed.
> 
> 
> 
> I have a couple special requests for you ... first, I want to ask for
> your help on a new project that I am working on.  I have written a
> preliminary (very preliminary) draft of a new eBook:
> 
> 
> 
>  Greg Watson's Guide to Dosing Strategies ...
> 
> 
> 
> I get 10-20 emails a day asking for help ... in most cases its because
> they read a thread in a forum where someone said get your ferts from
> Greg Watson ...  the typical email says "what do I need to buy" ...  and
> my traditional response is what dosing strategy do you want to follow
> <grin>... and I usually send them back to their "favorite online planted
> aquarium forum" with the recommendation to read about the various dosing
> strategies that are popular there and choose one that makes sense to
> them and matches their lifestyle ...
> 
> 
> 
> (There are lots of "right ways" to do things ... the Estimative Index
> may be popular (its my personal favorite), but if you hate doing water
> changes, you are doomed to failure - so it is very inappropriate for
> someone who hates water changes to be told to follow that method when
> there are other alternatives that are probably far more appropriate ...)
> 
> 
> 
> The second type of email that I get *all* the time is from those
> individuals who are just overwhelmed by all of the different threads,
> topics, and forums out there, that they just can't sort through all of -
> what to them - is noise and what seems like contradictory information
> ...
> 
> 
> 
> Thus I am writing a "Guide to Dosing Strategies" - The goal is twofold -
> and if you can help me, I would appreciate it in one or two of two
> different manners ...
> 
> 
> 
> * My "First Goal" - is to give novice aquarists who are just
> starting out a simple guide to different dosing strategies with the goal
> of helping them choose a dosing strategy that is right for them.... So I
> would appreciate it if you could read the first draft and offer a
> criticism, critique, feedback, or edits to it ... If you would be
> willing to help, I could send it to you in either a PDF format or
> Microsoft Word format or both ...
> 
> * There are a lot of great online planted aquarium
> resources out there ... but every day, I get emails from people just
> starting out that are overwhelmed by all of the noise, clutter, of what
> seems like contradictory information that is out there ...
> * I would like the guide to help people understand that
> there are more than one right way to do things, that you simply need to
> choose a dosing strategy that is appropriate for you and stick with it
> consistently week after week rather that "flitting" from one strategy to
> another to another ... you would not believe the number of email
> messages I get each week where someone tells me that they tried this
> strategy this week, then they tried another strategy the next week, and
> then they tried another strategy the third week ... and now they don't
> know what to do ...
> 
> To you ... that may sound silly ... but it is all too real ...
> 
> 
> 
> * Second ... I would like to discuss my financial goal for the
> eBook ... I don't have any personal goals to make any money personally
> from this guide.  But people usually will pay attention to something
> that they had to pay for ... it brings credibility ... so I have built a
> website that allows us to not pay me, but instead to send the paypal
> payment for the eBook directly to individual clubs or forum owners ...
> those are the people I want to financially support ...
> 
> 
> 
> So for example ... if we assume that your email address is the paypal
> email address for the AGA ... and we posted a link to Greg Watson's
> Guide to Dosing Strategies
> <http://www.aquaticplantnews.com/index.php?e=cheryl@wilstream.com>  ...
> payment would be made directly to the AGA paypal account (not mine) ...
> go ahead and click on that link and it will take you to my new website
> ... then if you click on the Buy Now button to order the eBook, you will
> see that it should take you directly to a PayPal screen that sends the
> payment to you (or at least your ddietz email address), not to me.
> 
> 
> 
> What I would like to do ... is have forum administrators create a Sticky
> promoting the eBook "Greg Watson's Guide to Dosing Strategies" on their
> forums with their link (which pays the money directly to them), so that
> novices can have an "authoritative" guide that can help them choose a
> dosing strategy that is appropriate for them - and the forums have just
> received a direct contribution to them.
> 
> 
> 
> What I would like to discuss with you ... is who and how to approach the
> AGA about this idea ... and testing it with you guys right now before I
> roll it out to other forum administrators ... and I think this may be a
> way to funnel more money directly to AGA ...
> 
> 
> 
> What thoughts do you have?  Comments, Opinions?  I'd like to roll this
> out this next weekend ... so I am kind of in a rush and any help or
> introductions you can provide would be greatly appreciated ... the guide
> is in its current *draft* mode and will continually be updated over time
> ... and people who buy it once will be able to have access to updates
> for free as the guide gets updated ...
> 
> 
> 
> If you would be willing to help me edit it ... offer comments, critiques
> ... that would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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