We think it’s time to extend Kokopelli’s presidential campaign to non-Musers. (Among other things, that may be the only way Musery for Company will ever make a profit.) So when you’re out and about on the Web, please consider dropping a word in potentially receptive ears. There’s no need to say very much — just “Kokopelli for President!” and the URL of the relevant CafePress shop should draw in the curious. And who knows? Maybe they’ll wind up subscribing to Muse. For example:
Unity through chaos.
KOKOPELLI FOR PRESIDENT!
http://www.cafepress.com/musery/2141657
I can not do this because I am not on any other websites.
That’s fine. We’re not trying to saturate the Web and certainly don’t want to encourage MBers to go places they ordinarily wouldn’t.
I have a henna of Koko on my ankle with KfP written above it. Hopefully it will draw some questions at school.
I already have Koko for Pres in most of my sigs, but I’ll add the link. It could help us.
Oh, also, I may take a piture of my henna later and send it in.
Can you track who buys stuff from Cafepress?
For example, would you be able to tell if it was purchased from a MBer’s computer or a non MBer’s computer?
(4) If we ask, CafePress will tell us names on credit cards used to order things from Musery Loves Company. We don’t know the names of most MBers, however. We have no information about the computers the orders come from.
I have Koko for Prez logos on my binders, though at my school it will get people to make fun of me and not care to hear me explain it. My school is mostly a bunch of lazy bums who don’t care about education.
I did the google image labeler and guessed koko for president.
Aaaand I put a link.
I put it on my sig on DevART, ^_^
I’ve been wearing my “Koko for Pres.” button I got at the Kokon every time I go in public, pinned on my purse. (Not the pie one, though.)
I’ve also put up a few hand drawn posters up in various places, like the lake cabin my extended family has, with the Musefanpage adress. I kinda hope they don’t find me though, since I’ve complained a bit about some of them….and I’ve left a few hanging around our church, too.
I’ve gotten some questions, too. Coale was convinced by his chrming cousin (me, ha!), to vote for Koko; a guy at church expressed an interest in Muse magazine; I’ve talked and wheedled a few other people into joining the cause as well.
Use the google image labeler and use slogans as guesses.
Did you get my e-mail, o GAPA?
The cafepress website doesn’t have a link to MuseBlog, does it? Because, even though they might be nice people (if they were interested in Kokopelli), do we really want so many non-musers on the blog?
(13) Don’t worry, Purple Panda, there’s not a link to the blog. The fan page address is listed on the store front and on various products, but even though one can link to the blog from there, I think the fan page itself would effectively
terrifyscreen out most unMuserish persons.(12) Nice work, Cappy! I like how you turned the pie crust into decorative elements. What graphics software do you use?
That is so cool!
Does Cafepress have posters? If they don’t, they need to make them – K4P posters would be awesome!
(14) – That’s a good point. And, if they came to the blog we’d probably scare them away anyway
I wear my Koko button a lot. I don’t think anyone has said anything, except a few friends, and it just seals the fact that I must have gone completely insane. Oh well, I’m assuming the other people don’t say anything because they’re afraid of me and whatever secret plot I’m a part of!
Awesomness
Cool! Yes! I try to tell people about Muse, but I’m really too shy. My sister would do the best job, because she doesn’t mind babbling on about Kokopelli and hot pink bunnies. It can get a little awkward.
I shall make stickers, if nothing else.
13-14- Well, C++D isn’t a muser, but he’s muserly.
I’m going to buy a shirt, and I take a computer graphics class. I’ve already made a picture of a cat leaning over a computer mouse, and the computer is saying, “Warning: Will self destruct in five seconds…”
17~ And for good reason!!
It’s funny, most of the people that have asked me about the various Muserish stuff I have are people that would fit in pretty well with the Musers. It’s nice, since it make the explaining a lot easier.
It’s great that you’re spreading the word about Muse. Right now, though, I think it makes sense to try to sell Musery products to non-Musers. Here’s why:
Datum: The current circulation of Muse is about 40,000.
Datum: At any given time there are about 40 active MuseBloggers.
So if each MBer recruits one new subscriber, circulation will rise by 40/40,000 = one-tenth of one percent.
New datum: To keep Musery open, we pay CafePress about $8 a month in rent.
If every month 10 percent of MBers buy something from Musery Loves Company, then our income is 4 purchases times $0.25 = $1.00. That’s less than $8, so Musery loses money.
Another datum: In North America there are roughly 400 million non-Musers.
If we go on the Web and persuade one ten-millionth of the non-Musers to buy “Kokopelli for President” buttons, then our income is 40 purchases times $0.25 = $10. That’s more than $8, so Musery makes money — so much money, in fact, that after two years all four of us GAPAs will be able to buy “Kokopelli for President” T-shirts for ourselves. (Of course, the election will be long over by then, but there’s always 2012.)
So you see, it’s all a simple matter of arithmetic.
Aha! Right. I shall start advertising.
AAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! To much math.
But I have to convince my parental units to get me something for me from there. Or I could get something myself, except for the problem of not getting my allowance since last April, and when I do ever get it it’s going towards a concertina……ah well. I don’t even have a birthday coming up. Drat. I guess I could remind them that I barely asked for anything for my birthday.
The GAPAs don’t have any Musery products?
I just made a signature for my email.
Kokopelli for President!!! “Two Pies, in Every Face!” Vote Kokopelli, it’s Mostly Harmless.
I may be recruiting a potential subscriber. My wonderful friend Amy. If she really loves it, maybe I can transform her into a blogger. You guys would like her, and I think she’d like it here.
So shall I. One of my friends always reads my old Muses when he comes over. I’ll try to convince him.
How big are the messenger bags? i might ask for a muse academy one for my b-day…that or a pwt pwns. or mebbe a hat.
27~ My friend steals my Muses and ignores me whenever she comes into my room….such a charming girl.
11- Doesn’t the other person have to agree for google image labeler? (I’ve only used it once or twice, I don’t really remember it that well…)
I don’t think most people in my school would go for Muse, though.
I will try to convince my parents to let me buy something. When I’m not completely broke.
Could you make a Kokopelli for President shirt that’s just a big picture of Koko with the words underneath?
Okay, we are going to try to rally more people to the Musery Cause. Then they can help us campagin for Kokopelli as President. Is that right? In any case, I will try to get my pen pal to join the cause. I have a plan all worked out. I’ll use “Kokopelli for President” as my complimentary close, then explain about Muse to him when he asks about it. Then I’ll get him a gift subscription. Other MBers with pen pals can do the same thing. Try it. It will work.
I’ve really tried to tell others about Muse – but it just doesn’t work. They just think I’m insane and don’t listen…which isn’t surprising, but still…
And I would get them gift subscriptions, but then I would have to pay for it, and I don’t really have the money to pay for several subscriptions. Usually I tell them to get them from the library, but they never do…
*sigh*
Word-of-mouth is hard to manage and probably won’t make a huge difference to Muse‘s circulation. If you’ve got Muserish cousins, you might recommend it to your grandparents. Grandparents love to give presents but have trouble figuring out what’s appropriate. But MBers’ impact is likely to be in the dozens — just a blip among the tens of thousands of people already subscribing to Muse.
Really, I think the best tactic at the moment is to get non-Musers interested in Musery Loves Company. That will help support the blog and build an online community of Musers — things that are bound to help the magazine in the long run. As Purple Panda pointed out, however, we don’t really want hordes of non-Musers poking around MuseBlog.
15- CorelDraw photo paint!
It came with a package thing, but I also used MSPaint.
I’m gonna print a few out and put them up, random places. People love it when they have URLs!
Mmm. I met a girl who subscribes to Muse today; that was cool, but I don’t see how it helps in the long run. I’m too shy to even mention my favorite magazine to someone I just met, much less the magazine’s online fan community’s adult member’s store. I should have tried to get Phareby interested.
(28) Ebeth,
You saw me carrying one at the Kokonvention and can see it again on the Kokonvention video. Rebecca has it now and can gauge its capacity (e.g., in number of books that can be stuffed into it) if you like.
Robert
30- You’re randomly paired with a partner, and if you guess the same thing, you move on. I used slogans and links as guesses, which they saw at the end. I didn’t label the pictures, though. C++D and I should go on at the same time.
37-oh yeah, there’s a great shot at the end. very helpful, thanks. idk if i’d use it for school or anything, but i could see it being useful in college or on vacations.
We should all get about a dozen Koko 4 prez buttons and hand them out at school.
What happened to the other muses who were running for president? Or did you already have the election while I was gone? I don’t remember when it was supposed to be…
22- yes! 2012! more musers will be able to vote then.
40- Yes.
I have told my friend about Muse, but they all think I am crazy and keep insisting that Kokopelli does not exist. The nerve!
22- *does double take* OMG! I knew something big was going to happen in 2012! Kokopelli will be voted president!
Actually, I think that Mimi would make a better president, no offece to Koko or anything, but she’s better at getting along with people. [obvious, I ask you, why do I even post?!]
45- Yeah, definitely.
I thought of the perfect running mate! Larry gonick!
I had a conversation with C (the flute next to me in band) about Koko today. She saw him on my ankle
She had him on a neclace all last year (she wears several all the time) She knows him more as the native american god though (he’s god of fertility. She’s also, um, pregnant). She says her aunt has a tatto of him and her uncle made a cool sclupture thing of Koko too. She’s cool.
48- Pregnant!!!?? How old is she?
I asked a friend if he would vote for koko, and I e-mailed Mr. Gonick.
I just wanted to say that I got the junior’s t-shirt of kokopelli for president in gold and yellow and a mini campaign button. I wore both proudly today in school and got asked about several times (by the dodos who don’t know what muse is).
48- PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! geez
She’s a senior, 18 I think. Not the point really, she’s a cool person. Just fertility=koko in Native American lore and all, thought I’d mention.
I recruited another. I’m on a roll! We should be official volunteers!
Anywho, whaddya think about the Koko/Larry idea? Robert could be secratary of state!
Uh oh, Larry Gonick turned down the offer! Think, people, think!
52- no! mimi!
54- Same problem. SHE’S INANIMATE!!!
55- but so is koko!
Which is why his vice president should be a real person! As his cartoonist, Larry Gonick is ideal.
Mom just agreed to order me a KfP hoodie. Guess what’s going to be the hoodie of the year, I dare you.
my agenda and drama folder now show my loyalty.
One of my best friends, Hannah, is now reading Muse. She posted a while ago as Blue Folder or something like that.
If I had my allowance I might be able to get something, but it’s been since April…..
HELLO! HELLO! THIS IS IMPORTANT!
62- I’m well aware. I’m sort of saving my nonexistent funds for a Shakespeare festival in April, for which I need 240 (!) dollars, but after then I will buy stickers to advertise. I’m supposedly going to find a job sometime in the next year, too.
Guess what?!? I got my friend to subscribe to Muse!
She was at my house yesterday helping us make apple pies, and she saw all the muse stuff I have pinned to my bulletin board/taped to my wall, and asked me about it. So I lent her a copy, and she loves it!
She’s also probably going to buy some sort of HPB apparel, becuase she likes HPBs
this is a sorry campaign. Gonick turned us down, and no one’s postin.
HELP!!! MY HEAD’S EXPLODING! AAAH! BOOOOOM!
That should attract attention. No, l’m not paying th popopo
I know! I’ll put the url in my NaNo signature! And can I use the little logo as my icon? Please?
If your head is exploding, then why are you still posting?
l can’t answer you. My head blew up.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Geez, you’d think that would only happen once!
Time to reinvigorate that lazy bum’s presidential run. We’ve got to get out on the Web and spread the word. Let’s give it three weeks and see what happens. New buzz phrase: “Remember, remember the Fifth of December.” It worked for Ron Paul!
Will Do!
Will try– *ducks fifteen pies* do!
now it is the fifteenth! comeback!
haha…now it’s the 24th!
No kidding *eye roll*
Ooo, it’s getting tight! We need to run those television ads!!! Quick!
Red-tailed HAWK
Google found 459 results for “Kokopelli for President” in 0.34 seconds.
I already had Koko for president as the signature for a math website I’m on. Unfortunately, I’m not allowed to have external links in my signature there.
I have two things:
1. For our secret sign, we should print “HPB” and the pink bunny on our knuckles.
2. I have now placed a curse on this and the last thread. Anyone who has posted anti-koko will get three pies in the face for each anti-koko post they posted. Also, from now one, anyone who posts anti-koko will instantly get 3 pies in the face. In short, DON’T DO IT!
POTTER FOR PRESIDENT!
POTTER FOR PRESIDENT!
POTTER FOR PRESIDENT!
POTTER FOR PRESIDENT!