Who else wants
to be featured as "the company that climbed to the top of the world?"
If you answered "Yes" or "Me" to the above question, keep reading.
Note: The arrow has
been added to this picture for effect! It's not actually
a REAL arrow
floating above Kilimanjaro.
Mt. Kilimanjaro is the mountain you see
above. Please note the floating arrow.
That arrow will become important for you!
Kilimanjaro is in
Tanzania, Africa. It is the highest point in
Africa, and it is the tallest free-standing volcano in
the world. The mountain is known by many names,
including "Great Sky Mountain"
We will stand at
19,340+ feet at the summit! We can tell you that
this will be quite a journey!
I am 26, and
Carrie will turn 25 while we are on our trip.
About the trip
We will leave (from Colorado)
on June 8, 2006. We are going to New York
and Washington, D.C. to visit friends, including one
who is currently in the Broadway production of
Mamma, Mia!
We will spend approximately 12
days in New York, and in Washington, D.C.
Sites we plan to visit in and
around Washington, D.C.
include:
The Washington Monument
The Jefferson Memorial
The Vietnam Memorial
The U.S. Capitol
The White House
Arlington
Sites we plan to visit in and
around New York
include:
The Village
Times Square
Liberty Island
Ellis Island
Ground Zero Rebuilding
Central Park
And we'll head to
Tanzania, Africa on June 21st.
We then begin our climb and on June
27th, we will reach the summit of the tallest mountain in Africa, Mt.
Kilimanjaro.
We didn't know this before,
but the only way to go to Kilimanjaro is via
Amsterdam. So,
we'll travel into Amsterdam, and stay for a couple of days, on the way
back, July 1-4.
Between buying gear, airline
tickets, immunization shots, and costs of the travel
itself, we will easily spend over $10,000 getting both of
us to Kilimanjaro and back.
In other words, the cost of our
Kilimanjaro expedition is rather expensive.
That's where you come in.
There are the costs for:
This trip will definitely cost
more than that above figure. That's just a
starting point for us.)
At this point, you might be
saying, "Why don't these guys just pay for their own
darn trip?"
Well, before we answer that,
let's talk about what you're going to
get!
What if
your company became
"The company
that climbed to the top of the world?"
Your company can choose to have as many
sponsorships as you like. Each sponsorship spot costs $100.
So, what will you get for your
bid?
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We are people who like to
have a lot of fun! We work hard too! We
are currently kicking our own butts (it's difficult,
but we somehow manage), getting in shape for our
travels to the beautiful continent of Africa!
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You can be
the beneficiary of our butt-kicking!!!
It's like hiring someone else to work out for you,
while you get the benefits!!!
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While we're working
out (1-2 hours/day for the next 2 months), we will
wear workout clothes marketing your brand.
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Both of us are fortunate
enough to have been to Europe, and I have been to
China, but we have never been to Africa, so we are
VERY excited!
It will be our first time out of the North
American continent TOGETHER!
Scroll down
and read
"#2 Internet Placement!"
and "#3 Your company in the pictures"
to see what getting "US" means
Jonathan works in Internet Marketing,
and search engine optimization (SEO) (i.e. getting web
sites placed well in Search Engines). By becoming
a sponsor, here's what you will get:
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Placement on a well ranked
web site (Kilimanjaro2006.com)
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A text link, using text of your choice, will
be placed on every current page of our
Kilimanjaro2006.com web site. We will link to you using your logo, text
links, or any combination thereof.
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You will receive
advertising and links from our kilimanjaro2006.com web
site!
(Kilimanjaro2006.com will be online for a minimum
of 3 years, so you will own advertising space on the
site until May 30 2009. We don't have any plans
to ever take it down, so as long as the Internet stays
stable, Kilimanjaro2006.com should be alive and well.
You agree
that we will make every reasonable effort to keep our
site actively online, and we will do our best to achieve
a consistent 99.9% uptime, for at least the next three
years. You also agree that you will make every
reasonable effort to keep your site online, so that the
traffic we send you will be well-received.
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As an example of Jonathan's
search engine marketing experience, go to Google,
and type in "Make an International Phone Call."
You can see that Jonathan's site ranks very well for
this term - usually between #1 and #3.
(Strive4impact dot com is his web site.)
This screenshot
is actual traffic statistics for this term (and a few
related terms) from February 2006.
You can see
from the screenshot here that Jonathan knows how
to get a healthy amount of traffic to a web
site, based on a specific search term. If
you need further proof of effective Search
Engine Optimization, please email Jonathan, and he
will get you more terms for which he ranks
highly, as well as overall site statistics for some of his projects.
Since Kilimanjaro2006 dot com is a new site, it hasn't
gotten ranked in the search engines just yet, but we will have it there quite
shortly!
However, it has already started to
get some visitor attention:
Just 9 days after the launch of the site (the real
launch was on March 13)
on March 21 we had 24 visits in one day.
NOT THAT
IMPRESSED?
We
weren't either. So, we got to work.
Here's
what happened next.
Nearly 1300 visitors
(one-day unique
visitors) on a page that could be featuring your company!
Here's what the traffic levels look like
through April 29.
Here's the traffic update
through the morning of May 15th
On
average, we are getting (at present) 170 visitors/day!
Here are our monthly
statistics (as of May 15) from launch day
This above traffic was NOT paid
for. It was achieved using a simple and unique, but
effective, marketing method.
Because of Jonathan's knowledge of Search Engine
Optimization, www.kilimanjaro2006.com will come up in top search results for
people traveling to "Kilimanjaro", "Tanzania", and may also rank highly for
search terms related to "Washington D.C"., "New York", "Mamma Mia", "Amsterdam",
"Europe", "Africa", "hiking", "mountaineering", "camping", "safari", etc.
This means excellent traffic to your company's web site from our site, for the
lifetime of our site (minimum 3 years).
Your company featured in OUR pictures.
We both really enjoy taking
pictures, and we are both very good at taking pictures!
You can see a variety of pictures we've taken in the
past, featured on our sites.
We have had pictures we've taken
on our other travels used by a variety of organizations,
including the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
If you would like to see the quality of pictures that we
take, you may be interested in checking out some of Jonathan's favorite pictures
from China.
https://strive4impact.com/china/pictures_of_beijing.html
The pictures at the above link were taken almost
three years ago, and our skills in taking pictures,
as well as in Search Engine Optimization - have definitely improved since then.
Here's how #2 works.
You will be responsible for
getting us your company logo(s). You can either email us the logo,
or send it to us in the form of
stickers/patches.
(Patches for our cargo pants,
backpacks, water bottles, etc...)
We will be taking hundreds (and perhaps thousands) of
pictures on this trip. As a result, your company will be featured in many
of the pictures on our web site, with your logo being attached to our gear.
When people come to
kilimanjaro2006.com to look at our pictures, they will see your brand in our
pictures.
Additionally, at the conclusion of the trip, we will also
email you all of our pictures (and video if possible), for you to use in
whatever promotions you want.
Which brings us to your earlier question...
Why don't
these two just pay for their own darn trip?
We can and will pay for this trip ourselves.
In other words, we're
going on this incredible expedition regardless of your
sponsorship.
However, we would
like to give your company a sponsorship opportunity (and offset some of
our costs as well).
Who should sponsor?
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Any company/individual
that wants prime exposure from a unique sponsorship opportunity
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Any company/individual
that wants their web site to have links from a web site with great
levels of traffic.
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Any company/individual
that want exposure from the press and media attention we are
receiving.
What companies/individuals should
NOT sponsor?:
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Adult-oriented companies
(sorry - keeping this expedition and web site family
friendly)
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Racist, discriminatory, or
vulgarity oriented companies
(Keeping this expedition friendly to the development
of humanity)
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If you are the winning
bidder, but you market products/services we
ethically or morally disagree with, we reserve the
right to refuse your sponsorship... we will just
select someone else.
Also, your company will be doing a great service toward a
worthwhile charity!
10% of what we receive will be donated to a
Kilimanjaro-related charity..
Make your company the one that climbed
"Great Sky Mountain!"
So, to recap... When you sponsor, here is
what you will get:
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#2 Internet Promotion
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#3 Photo promotion
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You send us patches,
stickers, logos, clothing, emblems.
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We will do our best to
incorporate all of this into our gear, so that
your company will be featured in as many of our
pictures as possible.
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You will be featured in the
pictures that everyone will view on
www.kilimanjaro2006.com
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You will be able to have
pictures of your company logo, in New York, for
use in whatever promotional materials you
produce for your company.
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You will be able to have
pictures of your company logo, in Washington,
D.C. for use in whatever promotional materials
you produce for your company.
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You will be able to have
pictures of your company logo, on Kilimanjaro,
for use in whatever promotional materials you
produce for your company.
Best of all, you get to use our bodies
(for your brand - meaning, on our clothing)!
Cost:
You get EVERYTHING we just talked about for only $100.
We are happy to speak on the phone or via email
with any sponsors or members of the media.
Please
contact us with your
questions.
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