This is Andrew Morgans, here with Marknology.
We're in the studio, it's the coldest day of the year
but it's been all about consistency here at Marknology.
I'm ready to drop our first vlog of the year for you
Watch Me Work.
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Welcome back to the studio guys. We're about to kick off vlog #1.
A lot of people have been asking me, why a vlog? why all this content?
What are you guys trying to do?
For me and my team... this vlog, the content we're giving you is really what we've already been doing
We're just documenting it.
We've already been helping brands on Amazon for years.
It's really exciting and I know when people realize what we can really do for a brand or a product it's going to be amazing for us.
We have exposure here in Kansas City but I'm trying to get national attention on Marknology and what we can do for brands on Amazon.
Our immediate goals, what drives us here at Marknology is freedom.
Freedom... financially
Freedom geographically...
Freedom of the mind. Freedom of the heart. Freedom in every way.
So for us, I want to share our story with you... tell you our why, show you our why...
Show you a lot of people out here in Kansas City, in the Midwest, that are doing amazing things and just take you through that journey.
Look, don't let me start slouching too much...
cause it is kind of uncomfortable...
so...
Just don't let me start doing this.
It's a bad look.
So January was an interesting month, it was the first month I've had David working with me.
Where he's following me around with a camera and a mic and we're recording a lot of our conversations.
December 2018 was a huge month for Marknology.
We grew, we signed quite a few clients and it was really the work up until December that led to us really launching a lot of clients that month.
And people getting ready for January 2019 and they're planning on Amazon so it makes a lot of sense...
What that did for January was really just set up a lot of phone calls, a lot of secondary, third meetings.
Since we had already launched a lot of clients and there wasn't a ton of information really,  or a ton of meetings where we were meeting face to face here in Kansas City.
A lot more digital and we're going to try and get some of those digital streams and digital conversations for the vlog as we go.
We met a lot of great people this month, had a lot of good conversations/
For me it was really just about getting started, getting comfortable with the mic and feeling comfortable enough to be myself when the camera is around me.
 
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wait, is it spanish in argentina?
I met with Joel Goldberg, the voice of the Royals.
We met, we had a couple of drinks, really we just hit it off kind of telling each other our stories.
He invited me onto his podcast, that was a lot of fun. We really talked about stories and he has a lot of great things to say. I really encourage you to check that out.
My story is on my first video on youtube, but I would love for you to check out this conversation with me and Joel as he gets into storytelling and what that's meant for him and his life.
100% Relationships make the world go round, storytelling makes the world go round.
I think I told you one of the previous podcast guests gave me my favorite sound bite or quote on here...
It was Matt Williams, I was down in Tampa with the Royals last August, I was able to connect with him.
He was in Orlando, drove over, he's the former general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers in Orlando Magic on top of drafting Charles Barkley.
And Shaquille O'neil that's enough on anyone's resume.
And sidebar even though it's been heard here...
One of my favorite stories, he said when he drafted Charles Barkley he said to him "You're going to need to get in shape,"
and Charles said "round is a shape."
So, I always liked that one.
He said to me...
The world is not made of atoms, the world is made of stories.
And that just was so powerful to me cause that's what you're trying to do, that's what I'm trying to do.
That's what I love doing. That's what I love more, I mean I love baseball don't get me wrong...
I love baseball.
They pay me to go to the stadium every single day.
And talk about it, but I get to share those stories with everbody else and I think that's what you're trying to do with Marknology.
Yeah, that's exactly right. My friends... they have to listen to me all the time and I'm long winded I'm like I come from a line of preachers.
And I just have a mind that's like holistic instead of just a direct line... so my stories can be long.
But I'm like hey it's a lost art because it used to be almost a career path, to be a storyteller.
And that's how we passed things on, that's how we passed on learnings, was through stories and I think that we have a great story here at Marknology.
We have a great story here in Kansas City.
And I'm just trying to get that out there and do it in a fun creative way sometimes.
And just share what's going on here I think it can be beneficial to people and then on the business side what we're doing is worth lots and lots of money to people...
I want to tell them that story too.
 
Hope you liked that video with Joel. We're going to jump into a conversation with me and Dom G. of Positive People Posse.
Another like minded guy in Kansas City that's crushing it and really has a desire to change the energy and the vibe of the city.
He's been all over. We talked about why he chose Kansas City and what he's trying to do here.
 
Positive People Posse.
Keeping it real basic.
You know this is very basic but it is still pretty complex.
There's a lot of strategy that goes into conveying a message but... you simplify it.
Dripping... just that one drip, for people to just see that one drop and that one ounce of everything else that we've been working on...
To simplify the process for people to understand and be inspired with positivity and creativeness.
You know, I think that there's a wealth of information just by watching people and how they interact, within their truth.
You know?
And that's what I like I mean that's what this vlog is about and I say it over and over and over.
It's not my life is so interesting that I want you to watch it.
It's that I've been a professional painter, a professional landscaper, security guard at Ameristar.
I've worked at Red Robin, Buffalo Wild Wings, Zona Rosa, um retail stores in Hawaii, a surf shop, a t-shirt shop.
I've done it all.
I didn't know what my passions were, I was going to school, I was playing in a band full time.
A lot of people don't know everything about me...
And there's been all of these, tried that, tried that, but what I do know about myself is that I wouldn't settle for something that didn't have passion.
I might try it.
But I'm going to recognize when it's not there and keep looking. For someone on the outside it's like oh he's bouncing around doing everything.
For me, for me I know exactly what I'm doing.
You know, not all who wander are lost. It's a cliche saying but just cause I'm wandering around.. I'm just trying to find my passion.
Instead of settling for something that's safe... but that doesn't fuel me.
You know and something I'm very passionate about is I wish that for everyone.
Yeah.
Cause honestly everyone can find that in their own way.
I really think that me and Dom are going to be great friends in the future and I'm excited to see what we can do together.
This next meeting is with AY from Aymusik and the BatteryTour.
We only really had a few minutes to connect he's a really busy guy as I am as well but we had to find time to connect.
I wanted to talk to him about his e-commerce and what his plans are for the future as his brands about to just blow up and the BatteryTour as well.
So this is our conversation, some of the things we talked about and what it looks like to work with a hip hop artist like AY.
 
Whenever you get people, as someone who owns an apparel company right like it really is about oh I saw that on so and so or what is that?
Oh I see Landlocked what is that business right?
And those are small things but just imagine it on a global scale.
Right?
So for the BatteryTour for me merch becomes essential.
Because there's no other way to advertise there's not a better way to advertise it then people that love it and support it and it's another way to give back.
Right? It's a way to fund what you're doing and it's a way to give back.
That's the things it's like now when we roll out you know we're going to launch a new website as soon as I get back from Honduras on the 7th.
Let's talk about that website.
Is the website about getting artists, having tour dates, are you looking to have it as like a shop portal?
Ok so this is what we have set up now but it can change and hopefully with your expertise... because  this is, this is what you do.
I mean if anybody knows...
Yeah so I have this model right? So I kind of understand this model that I want to talk to you about... I met this guy named Naveen, I wont say his last name.
Right? But he was someone I started working with maybe like three or four years ago and he owns a major conglomerate now. Ok?
Wow.
The way that he got started is... he had e-commerce skills ok? And he went and talked to someone like yourself.. okay a big band now that we would all recognize if I said it...
I just don't want to put him on blast in this video right?
But what he did is he saw somebody with talent okay and he was like look I have talent in this area...
And he was like let me run your merch.
He's like let me run your online presence, and the band at that time couldn't afford it.
Right? So he was just like let's partner.
And he ran that band's merch right their online presence their online merchandise, websites, whatever. And as they grew, they grew together.
Now he's one of the biggest people in music as far as running...
But that's the way to do it.
I think that's the way to do it.
He believed in the vision so you know actually that's why I'm trying to talk to you I'm trying to sell you on the vision.
But it's like everyone that's around me now is because they believe in that vision.
In regards to like logistics of merch, setting up, if we're doing like print on demand at the beginning and then what would be really cool is to go to one of these nations that you've worked with and have them start making the apparel.
I could see that down the road you know.
Crazy.
But at the beginning like trying to get started is all about having something available, having something where you're not having to front a lot of money.
Having something quality and if people get plugged in like they can get what they need.
Meaning... you might not have everything say at one of the festivals like live there but you have maybe paper that's even easier to bring or something like that.
Then it's like here's where you can go to find our stuff and support our cause.
Yeah.
You know that's how I would see it.
So I mean can you picture buying I mean the reality is buying a BatteryTour shirt is helping someone get access to electricity.
Right? Around this world.
I mean, who would not want to support that?
Well you know that like my team and my tribe are important to me right? And we grew up overseas, me and my sisters we grew up in Africa.
Right? So I was 16. I've lived without power. Legitimately lived without power
There's a whole lot of that you know around the world you have no idea bro.
I'm a white guy from Kansas City, this is home. But I have lived. I'm a person that's non military that has lived over a week without electricity and that's just a week right?
So I've lived in places that I know where these people have struggled and so that makes it real for me.
And one of Veronika's you know my main partner, my best friend and she has her master's in engineering in regards to environmental.. with water.
Clean water.
Yeah and so it's always been a passion of hers to deliver clean water.
And so these are the things that we're about. And I couldn't think of a better mission to get plugged in with.
Ayyyy plugged in you know what I'm saying.
So we have to carry that conversation further and we won't give everything on the vlog you know that we're going to do because I want to talk to you about what that looks like for you guys.
Thanks for watching youtube this is vlog #1 and we're excited to share it with you.
We're going to have a lot more for you this year. Meeting with some awesome people, working with some great brands, and sharing our story with you.
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