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NEW Inventors Spotlight at the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show
by inventor-x » Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:14 pm
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Hi All
This is a post from Mark Reyland from the the topic thread - From the Inventor Blog - which some of you may not read.
It’s almost here. No, not Christmas or New years, I’m talking about something far more exciting to an inventor. I’m talking about the Professional Golfers Association Merchandise show in sunny Orlando Florida January 27-29th 2011.
The PGA show is a huge show where anyone who’s anyone in the sports industry shows up to see the latest in new merchandise and new innovation for both the Golf and Golf Support categories. From Clubs, Bags, and Ball, to Clothing, Games, Cleaning Supplies, and even Beverage products. This show has it all.
For the inventor community there’s even more to offer. The UIA is proud to announce the Inventor Spotlight section of the PGA show and the 3 great values participating inventors receive.
EXPOSURE! That’s right, exposure to buyers from major retailers like The Sports Authority, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, Golfsmith, and even Target. This is your chance to come face to face with the people who can catapult your product to huge orders. It happens at almost every show, an inventor shows his/her product to a buyer walking past the booth and the next thing you know it’s on a store shelf. Sometimes the buyer writes the purchase order on the spot.
EDUCATION! As we always do, The UIA offers an inventor education seminar the day before the show starts. The PGA inventor seminar is a chance to have professionals in the industry teach you about the processes involved with commercialization of a product idea. From developing an idea, to prototypes, sales and distribution, this is a FREE seminar packed with great information and you don't have to be an exhibitor to attend!
FORBES RILEY – Pitching your product on TV
MARK REYLAND – The UIA and changes in the inventing industry
JIM DEBETTA – How to prepare and sell products to major retailers
CHRIS HAWKER – When I first started inventing and what I learned
KENNY DURHAM – The many ways to sell your innovation
HASSAN ZARRABI – 3D Printing and other ways to prototype your product
ASHLEIGH SOTTIE – The process behind the scenes with your product on TV
AWARDS! You work hard to invent and develop those inventions into something that in one way or another benefits society - The UIA wants to recognize that hard. Our panel of industry professional judges will evaluate your efforts and award PGA Inventor spotlight awards to participating exhibitors in the following categories.
Best new overall product
Best Market Research
Best Product concept
That’s right, at PGA you don’t have to have a fully developed product to gain the attention of a major retailer, or to be recognized for your ingenuity and hard work. Many inventors use the spotlight area to show working prototypes and get feedback from the buyers, the consumers, and the UIA judges.
So don’t miss the opportunity to strut your stuff. Contact John Lederer at (203) 840-5381 for more information about how you can get involved in the 2011 Pro Golfers Show!
Link: http://www.pgashow.com/en/Special-Event ... Spotlight/
This is a post from Mark Reyland from the the topic thread - From the Inventor Blog - which some of you may not read.
It’s almost here. No, not Christmas or New years, I’m talking about something far more exciting to an inventor. I’m talking about the Professional Golfers Association Merchandise show in sunny Orlando Florida January 27-29th 2011.
The PGA show is a huge show where anyone who’s anyone in the sports industry shows up to see the latest in new merchandise and new innovation for both the Golf and Golf Support categories. From Clubs, Bags, and Ball, to Clothing, Games, Cleaning Supplies, and even Beverage products. This show has it all.
For the inventor community there’s even more to offer. The UIA is proud to announce the Inventor Spotlight section of the PGA show and the 3 great values participating inventors receive.
EXPOSURE! That’s right, exposure to buyers from major retailers like The Sports Authority, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, Golfsmith, and even Target. This is your chance to come face to face with the people who can catapult your product to huge orders. It happens at almost every show, an inventor shows his/her product to a buyer walking past the booth and the next thing you know it’s on a store shelf. Sometimes the buyer writes the purchase order on the spot.
EDUCATION! As we always do, The UIA offers an inventor education seminar the day before the show starts. The PGA inventor seminar is a chance to have professionals in the industry teach you about the processes involved with commercialization of a product idea. From developing an idea, to prototypes, sales and distribution, this is a FREE seminar packed with great information and you don't have to be an exhibitor to attend!
FORBES RILEY – Pitching your product on TV
MARK REYLAND – The UIA and changes in the inventing industry
JIM DEBETTA – How to prepare and sell products to major retailers
CHRIS HAWKER – When I first started inventing and what I learned
KENNY DURHAM – The many ways to sell your innovation
HASSAN ZARRABI – 3D Printing and other ways to prototype your product
ASHLEIGH SOTTIE – The process behind the scenes with your product on TV
AWARDS! You work hard to invent and develop those inventions into something that in one way or another benefits society - The UIA wants to recognize that hard. Our panel of industry professional judges will evaluate your efforts and award PGA Inventor spotlight awards to participating exhibitors in the following categories.
Best new overall product
Best Market Research
Best Product concept
That’s right, at PGA you don’t have to have a fully developed product to gain the attention of a major retailer, or to be recognized for your ingenuity and hard work. Many inventors use the spotlight area to show working prototypes and get feedback from the buyers, the consumers, and the UIA judges.
So don’t miss the opportunity to strut your stuff. Contact John Lederer at (203) 840-5381 for more information about how you can get involved in the 2011 Pro Golfers Show!
Link: http://www.pgashow.com/en/Special-Event ... Spotlight/
Re: NEW Inventors Spotlight at the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show
by StephenKey » Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:08 pm
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Thank you for posting this event, but I'm confused. UIA is hosting an event for inventors the day before the show ,but one of the speakers Ashleigh Sottie is the founder and president of The Product Network.See thread...
Just the latest one....
It happens all the time in this business, someone has a product, they have a little success, and now all of a sudden they are selling services to other inventors.
Let me paint the picture for you – Dad invents a little refrigerator product for organizing the junk on the refrigerator. Not a bad idea, after all we all have that refrigerator junk, so good for Dad for tackling the problem and designing a useful tool. At this point Dad has tasted the cool aid of people telling him he’s smart, and talented, and he’s invested a bunch of money in the project and all the while his daughter, who is, and should be immensely proud of Dad has been watching him make it all look so easy.
At one point the hours of discussion turn from "we could do this again", to "we should invent for a living", to "we should charge other inventors to do the things people charged us to do". Before you know it the plan is in place, the site is built, and “The Product Network” is born. Now I wasn’t there, and I don’t know for a fact that the process went the way I describe, but I do know after seeing many such efforts spring to life over the last 2 years that we as an industry have a major problem on our hands.
“The Product Network” (I don’t give you their link because inventors should not use sites like this) appears to simply be the latest in a long line of “ASOTV” focused, somewhat predatory companies who are now riding the wave of ASOTV popularity and designing creative ways to separate inventors from their money.
This one has it all, a monthly fee to be part of their “network” and list your products. (Information they later use to increase sales of these fees by giving higher paying members full access to your information). It has the full line of bogus ASOTV offerings, where they can produce, market, and test your TV spot; actually I suspect they have a nice Rolodex of “friends” in the industry to pass you around to for a fee. They have an “affiliates” program where you can make 20% for signing up other inventors, and they even have their own Tammy Faye Baker style professional pitch woman to make you feel successful. One stop shopping of people ready and willing to tell you how smart you are, tell you what a great product you have, take your money and send you on your way.
The bottom line is this – Real ASOTV companies don’t charge inventors a penny!. Companies, like AllStar, Telebrands, IdeaVillage….they are all professional ASOTV companies who regularly take product ideas from inventors and invest their money in the project. They are very selective about the product ideas they accept, because it’s their money at risk, not yours.
The growing problem in the industry are companies like “The Product Network” (and many others) who charge inventors for parts of a much larger process and could care less if the product ever sells - because at that point they have their money. What you are left with is a huge bill, a crappy commercial, and a bad taste in your mouth for the inventing process.
So be careful, I’m not saying these folks are crooks by any means, but rather that the Products, Services, and Memberships they are selling are not normally the best investment for inventors.
Here is a link to Dad’s refrigerator video – I think it speaks for itself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwqu81tr ... r_embedded
Be an Educated Inventor - Join the United Inventors Association of America
http://www.uiausa.org
Just the latest one....
It happens all the time in this business, someone has a product, they have a little success, and now all of a sudden they are selling services to other inventors.
Let me paint the picture for you – Dad invents a little refrigerator product for organizing the junk on the refrigerator. Not a bad idea, after all we all have that refrigerator junk, so good for Dad for tackling the problem and designing a useful tool. At this point Dad has tasted the cool aid of people telling him he’s smart, and talented, and he’s invested a bunch of money in the project and all the while his daughter, who is, and should be immensely proud of Dad has been watching him make it all look so easy.
At one point the hours of discussion turn from "we could do this again", to "we should invent for a living", to "we should charge other inventors to do the things people charged us to do". Before you know it the plan is in place, the site is built, and “The Product Network” is born. Now I wasn’t there, and I don’t know for a fact that the process went the way I describe, but I do know after seeing many such efforts spring to life over the last 2 years that we as an industry have a major problem on our hands.
“The Product Network” (I don’t give you their link because inventors should not use sites like this) appears to simply be the latest in a long line of “ASOTV” focused, somewhat predatory companies who are now riding the wave of ASOTV popularity and designing creative ways to separate inventors from their money.
This one has it all, a monthly fee to be part of their “network” and list your products. (Information they later use to increase sales of these fees by giving higher paying members full access to your information). It has the full line of bogus ASOTV offerings, where they can produce, market, and test your TV spot; actually I suspect they have a nice Rolodex of “friends” in the industry to pass you around to for a fee. They have an “affiliates” program where you can make 20% for signing up other inventors, and they even have their own Tammy Faye Baker style professional pitch woman to make you feel successful. One stop shopping of people ready and willing to tell you how smart you are, tell you what a great product you have, take your money and send you on your way.
The bottom line is this – Real ASOTV companies don’t charge inventors a penny!. Companies, like AllStar, Telebrands, IdeaVillage….they are all professional ASOTV companies who regularly take product ideas from inventors and invest their money in the project. They are very selective about the product ideas they accept, because it’s their money at risk, not yours.
The growing problem in the industry are companies like “The Product Network” (and many others) who charge inventors for parts of a much larger process and could care less if the product ever sells - because at that point they have their money. What you are left with is a huge bill, a crappy commercial, and a bad taste in your mouth for the inventing process.
So be careful, I’m not saying these folks are crooks by any means, but rather that the Products, Services, and Memberships they are selling are not normally the best investment for inventors.
Here is a link to Dad’s refrigerator video – I think it speaks for itself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwqu81tr ... r_embedded
Be an Educated Inventor - Join the United Inventors Association of America
http://www.uiausa.org
Award Winning Inventor Stephen Key - http://www.inventright.com
Stephen's new book "One Simple Idea" from McGraw-Hill is available in stores nationwide as well as online.
Stephen's new book "One Simple Idea" from McGraw-Hill is available in stores nationwide as well as online.
Re: NEW Inventors Spotlight at the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show
by Mark Reyland » Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:27 pm
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That's correct Stephen - you are confused 
I'm just kidding.
Ashleigh has a great deal of experience in the upper 1/2 of DR. We don’t agree with the current configuration of their site; however we don't ignore any chance we have to educate inventors with experienced people in the industry. I personally invited Ashleigh to come to PGA and speak.
As you well know Stephen, professionals may disagree with each other in one area and find constructive ways to work together in others. That’s what acting professional is.
You should come to PGA and hear Ashleigh speak – I’m sure she is going to do a great job!.
This is the only post I'm going to make on the subject, so please don't turn this thread into a circus.
Thanks
I'm just kidding. Ashleigh has a great deal of experience in the upper 1/2 of DR. We don’t agree with the current configuration of their site; however we don't ignore any chance we have to educate inventors with experienced people in the industry. I personally invited Ashleigh to come to PGA and speak.
As you well know Stephen, professionals may disagree with each other in one area and find constructive ways to work together in others. That’s what acting professional is.
You should come to PGA and hear Ashleigh speak – I’m sure she is going to do a great job!.
This is the only post I'm going to make on the subject, so please don't turn this thread into a circus.
Thanks
Re: NEW Inventors Spotlight at the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show
by StephenKey » Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:03 pm
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Mark,
Thanks for the clarification. Let me see if I got this right...
What you previously wrote...
“The Product Network” (UIA Speaker Ashley Scottie, Founder) (I don’t give you their link because inventors should not use sites like this)
predatory companies (Product Network) who are now riding the wave of ASOTV popularity and designing creative ways to separate inventors from their money.
We don’t agree with the current configuration of their site; however we don't ignore any chance we have to educate inventors with experienced people in the industry.
Will you be educating inventors on how to avoid companies like Product Network at your event? Or, will you be educating Ashley how to change her companies configuration to accommodate UIA's certification program? Or, will this give you a chance to publicly apologize for what you have said about her company.
Mark, I know you have a new responsibility at UIA as the executive director but I think you should be careful on your comments about companies, even if you agree or disagree with their practices. Your posts live on the internet forever.
Thank you for helping the inventing community. Hopefully we will all be more careful about what we post in the future.
Stephen
Thanks for the clarification. Let me see if I got this right...
What you previously wrote...
“The Product Network” (UIA Speaker Ashley Scottie, Founder) (I don’t give you their link because inventors should not use sites like this)
predatory companies (Product Network) who are now riding the wave of ASOTV popularity and designing creative ways to separate inventors from their money.
We don’t agree with the current configuration of their site; however we don't ignore any chance we have to educate inventors with experienced people in the industry.
Will you be educating inventors on how to avoid companies like Product Network at your event? Or, will you be educating Ashley how to change her companies configuration to accommodate UIA's certification program? Or, will this give you a chance to publicly apologize for what you have said about her company.
Mark, I know you have a new responsibility at UIA as the executive director but I think you should be careful on your comments about companies, even if you agree or disagree with their practices. Your posts live on the internet forever.
Thank you for helping the inventing community. Hopefully we will all be more careful about what we post in the future.
Stephen
Award Winning Inventor Stephen Key - http://www.inventright.com
Stephen's new book "One Simple Idea" from McGraw-Hill is available in stores nationwide as well as online.
Stephen's new book "One Simple Idea" from McGraw-Hill is available in stores nationwide as well as online.
Re: NEW Inventors Spotlight at the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show
by Gizmo » Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:22 pm
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StephenKey wrote:Mark,
Thanks for the clarification. Let me see if I got this right...
What you previously wrote...
“The Product Network” (UIA Speaker Ashley Scottie, Founder) (I don’t give you their link because inventors should not use sites like this)
predatory companies (Product Network) who are now riding the wave of ASOTV popularity and designing creative ways to separate inventors from their money.
We don’t agree with the current configuration of their site; however we don't ignore any chance we have to educate inventors with experienced people in the industry.
Will you be educating inventors on how to avoid companies like Product Network at your event? Or, will you be educating Ashley how to change her companies configuration to accommodate UIA's certification program? Or, will this give you a chance to publicly apologize for what you have said about her company.
Mark, I know you have a new responsibility at UIA as the executive director but I think you should be careful on your comments about companies, even if you agree or disagree with their practices. Your posts live on the internet forever.
Thank you for helping the inventing community. Hopefully we will all be more careful about what we post in the future.
Stephen
Stephen ,,,Ashley Scottie from The Product Network didnt speak at the show from what I remember. If she did maybe I just missed her .
Re: NEW Inventors Spotlight at the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show
by minnesotainventor » Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:27 pm
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We are going for the 2012 New Product of the Year!!!
I created the ad concept and product name, helped with packaging design, etc.
Let me know what you think! It is now sold on AMAZON.com Learn more about it at http://www.TwilightSUPERNOVA.com
I created the ad concept and product name, helped with packaging design, etc.
Let me know what you think! It is now sold on AMAZON.com Learn more about it at http://www.TwilightSUPERNOVA.com
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