Master Marketer: Just suppose our newest member was a fly on the wall? What fun he'd be having right about now. Members turning against other members, members threatening to leave the club by not renewing their memberships. My what power we have given him! Some say, they don't have anything against the man, just what he does for a living. Then some say, they don't know him. He might be a nice man. He might even be a kind man. How may I ask you can you separate what he does for a living and who he is as a man??? He shows me what kind of man he is by how he makes his living!!! How could we even consider that he can be a nice man trafficking in puppies? And is he a kind man because he has a incinerator on his property? He CHOSE the profession he is in! Kind? Nice?? I think not! No one who does what he does for a living is kind or nice! PLEASE!!! I can assure you he doesn't care if we like him or not. I think he's used to controversy. And to know that he's stirred up all this friction from one of the largest and most respected breed clubs........well how delicious! From what I've gathered by reading all the many e-mails, this man has a lot of charisma. Some of the most wicked people that I know have a lot of charisma also. They suck you in pretending they're sweet and they care about you, and then get too close and BAM, they'll sting you like a scorpion. Some of the most horrific and wicked people in history had a lot of charisma also. That's why they were so successful at what they did. They suckered people in to believing them!!! They're at the top of their game when they cast their spell of manipulation on an unsuspecting public. Quit MY club?...........hell no. I was here first. I hate that my country is at war also, but I'm not leaving the United States to go live in another land. Master Advertiser: We all know that he can now put on his web site that he is a member of the GSDCA. How cute! This is a proud moment in our clubs history. That's for sure. Let's role play here for a moment...........John Q. Public goes into the pet store. "Hi how much do you want for that cute little GS puppy?" The sales clerk answers him saying that he's $2,000. Johnny boy says, "What? $2,000? Are you crazy? That's a heck of a lot of money! What makes this puppy so special anyway? She'll give him the usual sales pitch about he's had all his shots, and has a health certificate. Look at how fluffy his coat is. Just look at that bone, etc.,etc., etc. "Gee, I don't know", Johnny boy says. "Oh yeah, and our puppies have got the stamp of approval by the GSDCA. They're one of the most respected dog clubs in America, you know"...................and yada, yada, yada!!!! And if she's a good sales person, she closes the deal. Then John Q. Public brags to his friends and family about the puppy that he just bought at that pet store and our Master Advertiser has got what he set out to do. Word of month is the best advertising!!! Now in John Q. Public's eye, the GSDCA has now embraced this man as one of their own. And if he's good enough for us, well then he's good enough for John Q. Public as well! Puppy mills are no longer looked down on........hey, the GSDCA just voted in the biggest distributor of puppy mills puppies! Seems plain enough to me! Joined our club because he has a love and the betterment of our breed at heart? Sounds more like to me that he joined our club because he has a love and a interest in bettering his company and what better way than to go after one of the largest and most respected clubs in the country? Marketing + Advertising = Sales!!! Pretty simple arithmetic. He knows the dog world is watching and because he's a Master Marketer and Advertiser, he just made one of the best deals of his career! Always JMO, Barbara -- Barbara J. Galasso CHIEFTAINS GERMAN SHEPHERDS Visit my website at http://chieftainsgermanshepherds.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================