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The Empire Avenue Manifesto

Posted By: Randy GageMay 27, 2011

Okay let’s start with a disclosure:  I won’t join your Mafia family, I don’t spend my money buying virtual farm animals, and I’m not going to water your God damned plants.   I don’t have time to play Internet games.

But I’m all over EmpireAvenue.com, and I suggest you do the same.  Why?

Because it’s about your prosperity.  It's much, much more than an online game and it has a great deal more value than as simply a pleasant diversion.  It can actually help you monitor your brand, and cultivate business.

So that’s the next caveat...

If you’re looking for gaming tips, this is the wrong article for you. There are plenty of places to get that info.  This Manifesto is to tell you how I use Empire Avenue to grow my business, and how you can grow your own business.  So let’s start with…

What is it?

Glad you asked.  EA combines the buying and selling  mechanics of trading stocks with the connections of a social network.   The best way I can describe it is Monopoly meets social media, RISK meets the stock market.  You set up your account (which is free), and then connect it to all your social media profiles like Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and your Blog.  Then EA will show you and your mother just how influential you REALLY are.   (I love Klout and what they’re trying to do.  And they’re especially near and dear to my heart because I’m rated high enough there to get some swag now and then.  They also have a new beta version which looks promising.  But so far, EA has been much more current and helpful showing my reach.)

With EA, you "invest" in people and their stock rises or falls, based upon their social media presence.  (Either by their activity on EA and/or their activity on social media sites.)  So by grabbing shares in people that really get social media, you build your portfolio.  In the future, you will even be able to trade your virtual shares to buy some stuff in the real world.

You buy and sell with virtual currency, known as “eaves.”  While they hold no monetary value yet at Pizza Hut, they’re everything in relation to how much you can invest in other stocks.  Eaves are like money – you can never have too much.  But they lose value if they’re just sitting in your account.  You want to invest them to grow.  And the more you have, the more shares you can buy to increase your portfolio.  The key is don’t buy people: invest in the value their shares will have.

It’s much more than a game.  It’s actually a fascinating way to track your social media metrics, and see how the serious players do it.

Even more intriguing, I believe it provides some fascinating lessons on investing and prosperity.

Curiosity got the best of me when I started seeing lots of buzz about EA from some savvy social media players and early adopters.  I think it has the possibility to be the next really BIG thing in the space.  It’s very sticky, the programming is brilliant, and it has all the psychological factors of inclusion and social proof that make this kind of site do well.

Now to be fair, not everyone feels that way.  I suggested Scott Stratten (a/k/a Unmarketing) reserve his name and he replied it was a total waste of time.  But I’ve been impressed with how many serious players in the dot-com space are on the site.  Not a few of which, are quite active.

Now by most accounts, I have a very successful social media presence for my own business.  I have loyal followings on my Twitter and Facebook feeds, and more than 300,000 upload views on YouTube. But I actually joined all three at least a year too late.  I promised myself that when I spotted something that could be the next breakout in social media, I was going to jump in early.  (And have lost some time getting on platforms that didn’t ever take off.)

So what’s so sexy about Empire Avenue?  And why should you jump on it now?

First, it doesn’t cost you anything but a little time.  In all sites like this, it’s better to get on, set up a profile, and reserve your name.  Otherwise you may have squatters trying to sell it to you later, or people whoring out your name to sell their crap.

Imagine my surprise when I first went to get on MySpace, Facebook, and some other sites and found profiles with my name and photos, put up by a lady selling some renegade marketing drek.  The profiles made it look like I was offering it, complete with fake endorsements from me!   It’s always best to protect your image, trademarks and reputation.

The next reason is it can provide you with some great lessons on saving, investing, and creating wealth. If you’re a parent, encourage your kids to set up an account.   Make it a family activity and get together once a month and check everybody’s portfolio.  They’ll learn that it’s not about buying shares in people they know or like, but actually doing some critical thinking about why the shares they are considering to invest in will go up or down and pay dividends.

I went from zero to millionaire in six days, using the philosophy that I would invest my eaves exactly as if they were real currency.  So there are some great lessons for the real world.

Which leads us to what may be the sexiest part of the site…

The social media marketing benefits.  These are three-fold:

1)   You can see exactly what kind of reach and influence your social media accounts are actually getting;

2)   You can monitor what’s being said about you or your business in the social media space; and,

3)   You can actually increase your fans, followers, and website or blog traffic.

Which leads us to the fourth auxiliary benefit: turning that exposure into a better connection with your tribe and ultimately more business.  This is not to say you won’t get the benefits of meeting people, making connections, and enhancing the pleasure you get from your online presence.  You will.  But you can do those things on Facebook, Twitter and other sites.  The difference with EA is those first benefits I mentioned.

So what follows are some suggestions of how you get more shareholders, make your stock price rise, and increase you virtual wealth.  Some of these will help you do good or “win” in the gaming aspect, but that not my purpose here.  There’s nothing wrong with playing online games for diversion, bragging rights, and fun.  Just not my thing.  The purpose here is so you can:

  • Connect with some interesting people;
  • Learn some investing strategies which can translate in the real world;
  • Safeguard your brand;
  • Increase your influence;
  • Gain more followers and fans for your social media accounts;
  • Increase traffic to your blogs and websites; and,
  • Turn all this increased exposure and traffic into sales.

So how do you do all this?

Well it’s getting old school to say this, but like most online initiatives, it still goes back to the three C’s of content, community and commerce.  Provide feeds with stuff people find interesting, engage with them instead of broadcasting at them, and then provide some opportunities for them to throw cash at you.

As far of the mechanics of EA, here’s how you add to your value:

  • Your dividends rise when you are interactive, on EA and your social media feeds.
  • The exact formulas are secret, but blogs seem to get you the best scoring from EA.
  • Your stock price goes up when people buy your shares.
  • Your stock price goes up by social activities.
  • The serious gamers will decide to buy you based on the dividends your stock is paying, not as much by the price.
  • You increase your share percentage for your shareholders by providing higher dividends.
  • You collect the best dividends from stocks with a higher daily yield percentage (dividend per share / share price)*100] also referred to as ROI (Return on Investment).  I don’t have a freakin’ clue what the Hell this means, but Chris Pirillo says it, so it must be true.
  • If your stock price is high but your dividends are low, the gamers will drop you like yesterday’s garbage.
  • If your stock price starts dropping, gamers will sell you off, which will make your price drop more and could create a run on you.  You’ll need to get active and increase your dividends to bring them back.
  • The number of shareholders you have has no bearing on your stock price, except to raise it when they buy you.  If you want them to hang around, you need to produce good dividends.

How do you do this all without making it a full-time job?

I only spend about 10 or 15 minutes a day on EA.  Truth is I don’t really understand all the dividend tactics yet and don’t pay much attention to all that.  You’re better served to not let the tail wag the dog:  I don't blog and do social media well so I get a good score on EA.  I get a good score on EA because I blog and do social media well.

And the reason I blog and do social media well is to better connect with my tribe, increase my following, and turn that into money so I can feed my cat.  If I was going to waste two or three hours a day online, I would be looking at videos of birds flying into mirrors.

The bottom line on EA is when you are active on the site and in social media, your share price goes up.  That makes you a good investment to people, so they buy and recommend you, and your shares and dividends go up more.  This gives you mores eaves to invest, which can raise your profile more.  You get more shareholders and more traffic, your price goes higher and you pay more dividends...

It can become a self-perpetuating cycle of steadily rising price and exposure.   What I’ve seen so far is that this has translated into a lot more web traffic for my blogs and sites, and this has led to more sales.  And I like more sales…

Now a couple things to know:

If you just use this exposure to pitch people for your amazing jungle juice, they’ll bail on you fast. If you follow my feeds, you’ll see I almost never talk about the products, consulting, or seminars I offer, other than the occasional launch announcement.

My blogs offer real value to people, so they recommend them and stop back often.  And a lot of them then explore around my site, see some of the resources offered, and then whip out a credit card.  And I like it when people whip out credit cards…

The other thing to be aware of is what you’re actually doing on your social media feeds.  If you’re just broadcasting at people instead of talking with people, they’ll get tired of that right pronto.  If you actually engage with them, you make some real connections and strengthen your business.  (Not to mention have a lot more fun at all this.)  If you haven’t read The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuck, you’ll find that book really helpful in this area.

Now there are all kinds of secret tricks and tactics to increase your share price.  Groups are developing with strategies such as all agreeing to buy each others’ stock, recommend each other, and clicking “like” on each others’ Facebook posts.  If you’re a shareholder of mine, be warned I’m not doing any of that.  In fact, I’m not doing anything different on my social media accounts than I was doing before EA.  I try to provide good content and let it create demand.

You can try to game the system with tactics to increase your share price a little short term, but it kind of defeats the purpose if you’re really looking to track your metrics and develop real connectivity.  You can also buy eaves, but again I think that kind of takes you off track.  (Now if you’re a gamer and looking to “win” for ego or bragging rights, game away!)

Likewise I’m not giving prizes, bribes, and awards for people to buy or recommend me.  I want my work to stand on its own.  If you read my blogs and find them helpful, please endorse them.  I do the same for the blogs I like.  But don’t beg people or pay them off if you want to see your real results.

And please don't beseech for a reciprocal buy back when you purchase someone’s shares.  It’s not like Facebook where you are friending people.  People will buy your shares based on the return they can expect.  Work your social media accounts the right way, and you will become a good investment and people will find you.

And don’t bother sending me threats that if I don’t buy some of your shares, you’re going to sell mine.  Sell off to your little heart’s content, Homeslice!  You can use the money you get back to buy some more farm animals.

The Commons Mistakes…

1)   Buying people because they’re your friends.

2)   Getting guilted into reciprocal buy backs.

3)   Buying big brands just because they’re household names.

4)   Holding every stock you buy regardless of what the price and dividends are.

5)   Buying only low priced stocks.

6)   Buying only high-priced stocks.

7)    Not buying the maximum shares of (e) RGAGE!!!!

Just because your 97-year-old mammie has a Flickr account to post pix of her cats doesn’t mean you should invest in her on EA.  If she doesn’t really do other social media, her stock will go down, your share price and dividends will drop, people will sell you off like you’re a Godless Communist with AIDS, and next thing you know, you’re sleeping under a bridge!

Just send her a card and some flowers on Mother’s day.

Same thing with your Facebook friends:  Remember, you don't really like those people anyway; you just went to school with them.   The same goes for your real friends:  you can chat with them on Twitter, friend them on Facebook, and help them move a sofa on the weekend.  But don’t buy their stock unless they get social media.  It’s a bidness!

If a big brand opens an account, that doesn’t mean anything, unless they actually get and engage on social media, which very few actually do.

Get Communal…

There are lots and lots of communities and interest groups on EA.  It certainly does help you to join the appropriate ones.  You’ll connect with like-minded people and they’ll get better exposure to you.

Buying Eaves and Luxury Items…

I haven’t bought any eaves because I’m just letting my social media actions speak for themselves.  But you can buy some exemptions for instance that let you join more groups and even invest past the 200 share limit on people you want to invest big in.  I noticed quite a few serious players on the site bought 500 shares of mine, so they must have handed over some cash.

As far as the luxury items, they seem to be more of an ego thing and take money or eaves you could be spending on growth stocks.  However, I will confess to purchasing a castle (for $100 real US smackers), and a sports car 2 for ten real bucks.  That was at the suggestion of Chris Pirillo because the Castle produces an extra 25,000 eaves for you a week, and a net wealth increase of 4,000 eaves a day.  The car is another good luxury pick because you get 1,000 eaves net wealth increase per day and 2,500 eaves per week.

That makes sense to me, because it gives me more eaves to buy grow stocks and increase my worth.  But if I start buying farm animals, just kill me.

So what to do now?

If you’re not on yet, go to: http://empireavenue.com/?t=exxb7lwe set up an account, and reserve a good trading name.  If you move fast, you can probably still get your name or initials.  That link will give you some eaves to start trading.  Then hock your lungs and buy all of my stock you can grab.  Thanks, I need the money.  Search by my name, or stock symbol is (e)RGAGE.

If you’re already on, make sure you max out on my stock.  I’ve gone up every day since I joined so far.  I just broke the millionaire twice over mark and the 111 mark.  The club can’t even handle me right now!

Seriously, you may want to send out a shareholder email linking to this blog.  The more your shareholders understand what to do, the better it will be for you.

If you find this blog helpful, or are into prosperity and self-development (which is my usual topic, without so much snark), please endorse it on EA.

Also buy stock in (e)JONAK because he’s cute, really gets social media, and has been begging all week for me to put him in the article.  Another sleeper at a lower price is (e) MIGUELIN

Finally, Chris Pirillo wrote a great article on his EA strategy that influenced me greatly for this post.  You can find it here:

http://chris.pirillo.com/my-empire-avenue-strategy-and-tips/

Okay kids, that’s all for now.  Got some other tips and comments?  Please share below.  Next post we’ll be back on the self-development topics.  Until then have fun on the Avenue!

-RG

106 comments on “The Empire Avenue Manifesto”

  1. I enjoyed this post Randy. It was very well thought out and I agree with you that more and more people will be joining Empire Avenue in the droves, especially professionals/entrepreneurs/technology folks.

    I have been on board for just under 2 weeks now and I was able to generate 2.5m of net wealth, and cross the 100e/share mark and become part of the Century Club. (Can you tell I got addicted?)

    I can proudly say that I am a shareholder of (e)RGAGE and I look forward to continuing to get great ROI over the next several months.

    See you at the top of the EAv Leaderboards!

  2. Very good post Randy, I totaly agree on your first lines: "Because itâ��s about your prosperity" and "It can actually help you monitor your brand, and cultivate business." ! 🙂

  3. Nice piece Randy, well done. One correction though - your share price and dividends won't drop if you hold on to your stock in your 97 y.o. mammie. But, you won't make as many eaves as those who drop her for a better deal.

  4. Randy! This was a fun post and you nailed all the key points for getting started or maintaining. Your shareholder mail is also inspiring and I see why you are in the business model of prosperity. Kudos!

  5. Epic "I don’t blog and do social media well so I get a good score on EA. I get a good score on EA because I blog and do social media well."

    I agree with most of what you said. I think a lot of "gurus" and marketing people are shying away from it because they tend to put their focus in one social media network/blog rather than being balanced. EA - when it comes down to it - is about making sure you have balance in your online marketing efforts.

    Since EA only considers your top 5 scores - it doesn't mean you need to be a wonder-person who is extremely active on every network and blogging. One solid score, 2-3 medium ones and 1-2 low ones are enough to get a great share price.

  6. Great tips Randy! One thing I don't understand though is how do you know when to sell a stock? What is the average it should be paying you?

    1. Like I say, I don;t even know about all the dividend formulas. But if someone isn't really interacting on social media then their stock will go down.

      -RG

  7. Great post, Randy. You explain this as well as I have seen anyone do it yet, and provide excellent reasons for getting involved. I'm thrilled I got in early and it's definitely showed me how to close the gaps in my social media program. Cheers -

  8. I only started playing this thanks to you - and I'm amazed how it works. It really shows up my weaknesses and strengths, and helps me to see how to imrpove my social media presence and develop my message. It's made me more aware of what is touching people or not!

    It's got me to see where I need to step up in service - for instance doing video, and blogging. I USED to write a blog a day on facebook - and stopped. And have so many things going down around doing videos - tho do this I will probably start doing video's... so a full embodied approach to get the message out about Love - a luscious love!

    xox

  9. It's a little cut throat is it not? (your example) So, tomorrow you will be talking love again? Well are you for making love or money, that is the question? Business games like that make me uncomfortable. I like games where everybody wins. Is their something like that? Or what can you learn if your really not a business person at all?

    Hope your soft ball game went well or goes well. Catholics believe heaven is all around us, everywhere. I believe then, that your coach will be with you or was with you at your game. Hope you can feel his love and presence all around you.

  10. Great post and explanation.

    Where did you get your version of the share the love buttons.. That's the coolest set up I've seen.

    Here's to your continued success.

    John

  11. Thanks for such a helpful article. I joined EA about 3 weeks ago and have spent a few minutes on the site here and there but wasn't really sure exactly how to use it.

  12. Never heard of it until you mentioned it now, but I'm not interested, didn't like Monopoly or Risk games so this isn't something I'll pursue.

  13. Ive been on about a month. The problem with this model is that it gets boring. It's kind of up there with Foursquare for me but it's more time-consuming. What are the rewards? Fake status symbols? I know some people are into it but to really succeed in this game, and it is a game, you have spend a lot of time on it (which I don;t have) and do quite a bit of self-promotion (which is uncomfortable) to get fake status symbols (which don;t really interest me). Having a hard tom with the real benefit but appreciate this view!

    1. To me the rewards are the extra traffic and connections. Which leads to more sales. But for someone that doesn't have ways to monetize their site, it would be more of a game.

      -RG

  14. Empire Avenue has been amazing for me, I have met some really wonderful people and learned so much from them. I absolutely agree with everything you stated in this post. As soon as I get some eaves, I am most certainly going to be investing in (e)rgage! 😀

  15. Great article! Empire Avenue is such a powerful social media tool. I was surprised to learn it'd been around for many months. More people need to jump on the bandwagon!

    I like using it more to build contacts and keep track of peers in my niche, but yours looks like rock solid advice for maximizing ROI!

  16. I have to ask where you discovered the 3 Cs? I first used the phrase in a speaking tour back in 1998 and I'm delighted to see it someone making use of it today.

  17. Hi Randy

    Thanks for v helpful post. Why does EA reward peeps with cashflow for buying luxury items? If it's teaching us real investing surely that's not helpful?

  18. Best and "most funnest" description and inspirational piece I've read so far on EA.

    Thanks, Randy. May the Schwartz be with you.

    Cheers,

    Rich at EARTHPM. Looking forward to your guilted buyback....

  19. I pretty much agree with the whole story; I gave up on Mafia Wars, The Fish Tank, and ALL of The Games... Sticking with Empire Avenue for the long term!

  20. I pretty much agree with the whole story; I gave up on Mafia Wars, The Fish Tank, and ALL of The Games... Sticking with Empire Avenue for the long term!

  21. Great review of Empire Avenue, Randy.
    Love the way you started the post, LOL.
    I have found that I have been able to save for the pie upgrades to buy up 600 now, so you don't even need real cash for that.
    Thank you for sharing this!

  22. Great review of Empire Avenue, Randy.
    Love the way you started the post, LOL.
    I have found that I have been able to save for the pie upgrades to buy up 600 now, so you don't even need real cash for that.
    Thank you for sharing this!

  23. Wow: you really took time to set up this article, thanks for the great info!!
    I understand EAve the same: learning how to grow into prosperity. And how to do deal with money - its not really what women learned during their childhood 😉
    I myself have trouble "understanding" abstracts when not having a picture of what happens to numbers e.g. how they´re connected and how they feed each other to be push "up" from one another - so I will have to sit down again over this article and draw your hidden messages until it´s visually clear to me -
     
    Damn good job!!!!
    thx. ******

  24. Wow: you really took time to set up this article, thanks for the great info!!
    I understand EAve the same: learning how to grow into prosperity. And how to do deal with money - its not really what women learned during their childhood 😉
    I myself have trouble "understanding" abstracts when not having a picture of what happens to numbers e.g. how they´re connected and how they feed each other to be push "up" from one another - so I will have to sit down again over this article and draw your hidden messages until it´s visually clear to me -
     
    Damn good job!!!!
    thx. ******

  25. Color it however you want. EA is still a game. It is another way that people are trying to rank companies and people to determine their value. Call it Klout. Call it EA. People are desperately trying to come with ways to measure their influence. EA is just another game to do that. 
     
    People should stop spending so much time playing games and use that time to improve their own company or help create solutions to help other. At the end of the day the only person who is going to care about your Empire Avenue score is other EA users. 

    1.  @patrickallmond patrick - to me it´s pure training and a "keep going" which is comparable to a new programming.  it´s a fun way and doesn´t hurt but rather motivates to start a business and get into the real game.
      Yes, I am a woman and mother nature did not install a rational program in my brain. :))

      1.  @Leeloo I'd never question your female. And there are plenty of people on both sides of the chromosome that are not rational. 
         
        Keep up the good blog 🙂 

        1.  @patrickallmond you mean, being rational as a man isn´t a natural thing/gift for all men? well, that explains a lot.....that´s new to me. thanks for the "secret" 😉
          interesting, so there are only a few elopers ... THANKS. That´s really interesting! 
          ...and YES I will.

  26. Color it however you want. EA is still a game. It is another way that people are trying to rank companies and people to determine their value. Call it Klout. Call it EA. People are desperately trying to come with ways to measure their influence. EA is just another game to do that. 
     
    People should stop spending so much time playing games and use that time to improve their own company or help create solutions to help other. At the end of the day the only person who is going to care about your Empire Avenue score is other EA users. 

  27.  @patrickallmond patrick - to me it´s pure training and a "keep going" which is comparable to a new programming.  it´s a fun way and doesn´t hurt but rather motivates to start a business and get into the real game.
    Yes, I am a woman and mother nature did not install a rational program in my brain. :))

  28.  @Leeloo I'd never question your female. And there are plenty of people on both sides of the chromosome that are not rational. 
     
    Keep up the good blog 🙂 

  29.  @patrickallmond you mean, being rational as a man isn´t a natural thing/gift for all men? well, that explains a lot.....that´s new to me. thanks for the "secret" 😉
    interesting, so there are only a few elopers ... THANKS. That´s really interesting! 
    ...and YES I will.

  30. Yes, I have been with this for a little while- less then 6 months and I have noticed many leads come in through this then any other social media I do. I am not doing as well as you Randy but I am steadily growing and I do spend some time on this since there is some value there for me. I do appreciate how you have increased your stock very quickly and I am proud to invest in you and I know you have invested a ton in me. Thanks for all you do. Thanks for the great article.

  31. Yes, I have been with this for a little while- less then 6 months and I have noticed many leads come in through this then any other social media I do. I am not doing as well as you Randy but I am steadily growing and I do spend some time on this since there is some value there for me. I do appreciate how you have increased your stock very quickly and I am proud to invest in you and I know you have invested a ton in me. Thanks for all you do. Thanks for the great article.

  32. I have found EA useful in getting quick exposer to my social media post that I want people to see. I always seem to get 10-15 new followers on twitter every time I post a mission. EA is my "go-to" social media marketing tool. Great article Randy!

  33. Leeloo "And how to do deal with money - its not really what women learned during their childhood". Maybe not what YOU learned during childhood but fortunately you're not typical of all (or even most) women. Speak for yourself, but please do not try and speak for 51% of humankind.

  34. I joined #EA in April 2013 ... and it's an amazing community! One of a kind.
    and bought stock in both of you boys 😉 Looking forward to match upto 3900 shares in anyone who's investing in me: http://www.empireavenue.com/rhyker2u also checkout my free #EA missions at http://empireavenue.com/missions?u=rhyker2u

  35. @Derek you can't ... yet. But you can turn your eaves into missions aka free advertising; which saves $1000s in less effective facebook advertising.

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    1. I enjoyed this post Randy. It was very well thought out and I agree with you that more and more people will be joining Empire Avenue in the droves, especially professionals/entrepreneurs/technology folks.

      I have been on board for just under 2 weeks now and I was able to generate 2.5m of net wealth, and cross the 100e/share mark and become part of the Century Club. (Can you tell I got addicted?)

      I can proudly say that I am a shareholder of (e)RGAGE and I look forward to continuing to get great ROI over the next several months.

      See you at the top of the EAv Leaderboards!

    2. Very good post Randy, I totaly agree on your first lines: "Because itâ��s about your prosperity" and "It can actually help you monitor your brand, and cultivate business." ! 🙂

    3. Nice piece Randy, well done. One correction though - your share price and dividends won't drop if you hold on to your stock in your 97 y.o. mammie. But, you won't make as many eaves as those who drop her for a better deal.

    4. Randy! This was a fun post and you nailed all the key points for getting started or maintaining. Your shareholder mail is also inspiring and I see why you are in the business model of prosperity. Kudos!

    5. Epic "I don’t blog and do social media well so I get a good score on EA. I get a good score on EA because I blog and do social media well."

      I agree with most of what you said. I think a lot of "gurus" and marketing people are shying away from it because they tend to put their focus in one social media network/blog rather than being balanced. EA - when it comes down to it - is about making sure you have balance in your online marketing efforts.

      Since EA only considers your top 5 scores - it doesn't mean you need to be a wonder-person who is extremely active on every network and blogging. One solid score, 2-3 medium ones and 1-2 low ones are enough to get a great share price.

    6. Great tips Randy! One thing I don't understand though is how do you know when to sell a stock? What is the average it should be paying you?

      1. Like I say, I don;t even know about all the dividend formulas. But if someone isn't really interacting on social media then their stock will go down.

        -RG

    7. Great post, Randy. You explain this as well as I have seen anyone do it yet, and provide excellent reasons for getting involved. I'm thrilled I got in early and it's definitely showed me how to close the gaps in my social media program. Cheers -

    8. I only started playing this thanks to you - and I'm amazed how it works. It really shows up my weaknesses and strengths, and helps me to see how to imrpove my social media presence and develop my message. It's made me more aware of what is touching people or not!

      It's got me to see where I need to step up in service - for instance doing video, and blogging. I USED to write a blog a day on facebook - and stopped. And have so many things going down around doing videos - tho do this I will probably start doing video's... so a full embodied approach to get the message out about Love - a luscious love!

      xox

    9. It's a little cut throat is it not? (your example) So, tomorrow you will be talking love again? Well are you for making love or money, that is the question? Business games like that make me uncomfortable. I like games where everybody wins. Is their something like that? Or what can you learn if your really not a business person at all?

      Hope your soft ball game went well or goes well. Catholics believe heaven is all around us, everywhere. I believe then, that your coach will be with you or was with you at your game. Hope you can feel his love and presence all around you.

    10. Great post and explanation.

      Where did you get your version of the share the love buttons.. That's the coolest set up I've seen.

      Here's to your continued success.

      John

    11. Thanks for such a helpful article. I joined EA about 3 weeks ago and have spent a few minutes on the site here and there but wasn't really sure exactly how to use it.

    12. Never heard of it until you mentioned it now, but I'm not interested, didn't like Monopoly or Risk games so this isn't something I'll pursue.

    13. Ive been on about a month. The problem with this model is that it gets boring. It's kind of up there with Foursquare for me but it's more time-consuming. What are the rewards? Fake status symbols? I know some people are into it but to really succeed in this game, and it is a game, you have spend a lot of time on it (which I don;t have) and do quite a bit of self-promotion (which is uncomfortable) to get fake status symbols (which don;t really interest me). Having a hard tom with the real benefit but appreciate this view!

      1. To me the rewards are the extra traffic and connections. Which leads to more sales. But for someone that doesn't have ways to monetize their site, it would be more of a game.

        -RG

    14. Empire Avenue has been amazing for me, I have met some really wonderful people and learned so much from them. I absolutely agree with everything you stated in this post. As soon as I get some eaves, I am most certainly going to be investing in (e)rgage! 😀

    15. Great article! Empire Avenue is such a powerful social media tool. I was surprised to learn it'd been around for many months. More people need to jump on the bandwagon!

      I like using it more to build contacts and keep track of peers in my niche, but yours looks like rock solid advice for maximizing ROI!

    16. I have to ask where you discovered the 3 Cs? I first used the phrase in a speaking tour back in 1998 and I'm delighted to see it someone making use of it today.

    17. Hi Randy

      Thanks for v helpful post. Why does EA reward peeps with cashflow for buying luxury items? If it's teaching us real investing surely that's not helpful?

    18. Best and "most funnest" description and inspirational piece I've read so far on EA.

      Thanks, Randy. May the Schwartz be with you.

      Cheers,

      Rich at EARTHPM. Looking forward to your guilted buyback....

    19. I pretty much agree with the whole story; I gave up on Mafia Wars, The Fish Tank, and ALL of The Games... Sticking with Empire Avenue for the long term!

    20. I pretty much agree with the whole story; I gave up on Mafia Wars, The Fish Tank, and ALL of The Games... Sticking with Empire Avenue for the long term!

    21. Great review of Empire Avenue, Randy.
      Love the way you started the post, LOL.
      I have found that I have been able to save for the pie upgrades to buy up 600 now, so you don't even need real cash for that.
      Thank you for sharing this!

    22. Great review of Empire Avenue, Randy.
      Love the way you started the post, LOL.
      I have found that I have been able to save for the pie upgrades to buy up 600 now, so you don't even need real cash for that.
      Thank you for sharing this!

    23. Wow: you really took time to set up this article, thanks for the great info!!
      I understand EAve the same: learning how to grow into prosperity. And how to do deal with money - its not really what women learned during their childhood 😉
      I myself have trouble "understanding" abstracts when not having a picture of what happens to numbers e.g. how they´re connected and how they feed each other to be push "up" from one another - so I will have to sit down again over this article and draw your hidden messages until it´s visually clear to me -
       
      Damn good job!!!!
      thx. ******

    24. Wow: you really took time to set up this article, thanks for the great info!!
      I understand EAve the same: learning how to grow into prosperity. And how to do deal with money - its not really what women learned during their childhood 😉
      I myself have trouble "understanding" abstracts when not having a picture of what happens to numbers e.g. how they´re connected and how they feed each other to be push "up" from one another - so I will have to sit down again over this article and draw your hidden messages until it´s visually clear to me -
       
      Damn good job!!!!
      thx. ******

    25. Color it however you want. EA is still a game. It is another way that people are trying to rank companies and people to determine their value. Call it Klout. Call it EA. People are desperately trying to come with ways to measure their influence. EA is just another game to do that. 
       
      People should stop spending so much time playing games and use that time to improve their own company or help create solutions to help other. At the end of the day the only person who is going to care about your Empire Avenue score is other EA users. 

      1.  @patrickallmond patrick - to me it´s pure training and a "keep going" which is comparable to a new programming.  it´s a fun way and doesn´t hurt but rather motivates to start a business and get into the real game.
        Yes, I am a woman and mother nature did not install a rational program in my brain. :))

        1.  @Leeloo I'd never question your female. And there are plenty of people on both sides of the chromosome that are not rational. 
           
          Keep up the good blog 🙂 

          1.  @patrickallmond you mean, being rational as a man isn´t a natural thing/gift for all men? well, that explains a lot.....that´s new to me. thanks for the "secret" 😉
            interesting, so there are only a few elopers ... THANKS. That´s really interesting! 
            ...and YES I will.

    26. Color it however you want. EA is still a game. It is another way that people are trying to rank companies and people to determine their value. Call it Klout. Call it EA. People are desperately trying to come with ways to measure their influence. EA is just another game to do that. 
       
      People should stop spending so much time playing games and use that time to improve their own company or help create solutions to help other. At the end of the day the only person who is going to care about your Empire Avenue score is other EA users. 

    27.  @patrickallmond patrick - to me it´s pure training and a "keep going" which is comparable to a new programming.  it´s a fun way and doesn´t hurt but rather motivates to start a business and get into the real game.
      Yes, I am a woman and mother nature did not install a rational program in my brain. :))

    28.  @Leeloo I'd never question your female. And there are plenty of people on both sides of the chromosome that are not rational. 
       
      Keep up the good blog 🙂 

    29.  @patrickallmond you mean, being rational as a man isn´t a natural thing/gift for all men? well, that explains a lot.....that´s new to me. thanks for the "secret" 😉
      interesting, so there are only a few elopers ... THANKS. That´s really interesting! 
      ...and YES I will.

    30. Yes, I have been with this for a little while- less then 6 months and I have noticed many leads come in through this then any other social media I do. I am not doing as well as you Randy but I am steadily growing and I do spend some time on this since there is some value there for me. I do appreciate how you have increased your stock very quickly and I am proud to invest in you and I know you have invested a ton in me. Thanks for all you do. Thanks for the great article.

    31. Yes, I have been with this for a little while- less then 6 months and I have noticed many leads come in through this then any other social media I do. I am not doing as well as you Randy but I am steadily growing and I do spend some time on this since there is some value there for me. I do appreciate how you have increased your stock very quickly and I am proud to invest in you and I know you have invested a ton in me. Thanks for all you do. Thanks for the great article.

    32. I have found EA useful in getting quick exposer to my social media post that I want people to see. I always seem to get 10-15 new followers on twitter every time I post a mission. EA is my "go-to" social media marketing tool. Great article Randy!

    33. Leeloo "And how to do deal with money - its not really what women learned during their childhood". Maybe not what YOU learned during childhood but fortunately you're not typical of all (or even most) women. Speak for yourself, but please do not try and speak for 51% of humankind.

    34. I joined #EA in April 2013 ... and it's an amazing community! One of a kind.
      and bought stock in both of you boys 😉 Looking forward to match upto 3900 shares in anyone who's investing in me: http://www.empireavenue.com/rhyker2u also checkout my free #EA missions at http://empireavenue.com/missions?u=rhyker2u

    35. @Derek you can't ... yet. But you can turn your eaves into missions aka free advertising; which saves $1000s in less effective facebook advertising.

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