App & Social Platform Truth #238 People Want Utility, Entertainment Or Community. What Are You Going To Give Them?

If Your Brand Was A Character, What would he or she look like? Vinnie BumSki shows up quite frequently  on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Whisper, Polar and YouTube to sell specific things to specific types of skiers. Vinni BumSki skiers ski (or imagine themselves skiing) at places like Crested Butte, A-Basin, Telluride, Squaw, Alta, Taos , Stevens Pass and Jackson Hole. They backcountry. Some go to Japan, Alaska, Chile and Canada. Some end up in Chamonix. They buy duct tape. They drink beer-craft, micro, discount, "whatever's available." They live to ski. They are college educated and college dropouts. Many work in the building trades. Some are 30-year-old wealthy corporate/Silicon Valley dropouts. They are searching. They are independent spirits. They are rugged individualists Many do not wear ski helmets.. Some are dirt bags. They are communication influencers. They are locals. They are guides. They are leaders. They get other skiers to buy lots of things.

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Vincent Carriuolo

Interests: breathing, music, literature, golf, art, snowshoeing, writing, kayaking, meditation, skiing, walking/hiking, theatre (preferably drama), comedy clubs, concerts, art museums, poetry readings, working out and elephant polo at tiger tops, nepal (just seeing if you're still reading). some favorite films: the bicycle thief, dr. strangelove, 81/2, the diving bell and the butterfly, babette's feast, being there, city lights, everything is illuminated and life is beautiful. favorite reads: 100 years of solitude; the short stories of raymond carver; the divine comedy; the power of now; j. krishnamurti's the book of life; the short stories of eudora welty and ethan canin; the poetry of t.s. eliot; matsuo basho and robert frost; the odyssey; the secret language of symbols; a path with heart; zen flesh, zen bones; gift from the sea; siddhartha and anything by: j. krishnamurti; eckhart tolle; jack kornfield; anthony demello s.j.; thich nhat hahn; thomas merton; shunryu suzuki, : meister eckhart; emmett fox and ram dass. play blues harmonica. like color: cobalt blue. like flower: paper white narcissus. last read: one hundred years of solitude (again), quotes: just this. --anon. we don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. --anais inn, a friend of bill w.