What is your Authority IQ Online ?

Dear Friends and Partners in YORGOO,

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LATEST YCADEMY GOLD MEMBER

Akiko Sasaki
from London, UK
went for GOLD!

Well done Akiko-san… smart move and may your hopes be crowned by good Fortune and Success!

Akiko didn’t do this step light-heartedly… she’s questioned and doubted herself many times. However, with the support and care of especially her friend and sponsor Felisa Ryan from London, and the fact that she always got help and assistance exactly when she needed it… Akiko took heart and moves a step closer to her Dream of making it on the worldwide web! With YORGOO… YOU CAN!

Going for Gold…

It’s all a matter of Power… and while you may be wondering what exactly I mean… : my electricity is back and with it the Internet - so hallelujah! here we are, in the middle of a most delightful summer day with mysterious fog banks chasing each other across the Atlantic Ocean… and yes - it’s back to work! Or whatever you call what you do when you love doing it!

To do that even better… I am still counting on one of those beautiful VAIO laptops on DubLi Auctions - the $1000 Value to be snapped for 30% less minimum if not ZerO to start with… and then I have my eye on a Nikon D80 or a Nikon D 80 (see the space makes a difference here, at least on Google?) to take a picture to show you how life on the beach is like… not only in Vouliagmeni in Greece but also at the wild and wonderous tip of Africa!

However, I still prefer going to the beach without anything (or almost lol… one needs a hat under the African sun…) and then since I spotted the Nikon D90 I will go hunting for that one. I know I’m not alone … there’s at least Laetitia Paris from France who has the same in mind… so we go hunting together.

HAPPY HUNTING TOGETHER…

In fact, doing things together is not only much more Fun but much more rewarding over time. That’s just one of the reasons why you are so privileged as a YORGOO Member: you are part of a successful and proven Network firstly, and we are yctupusly spread over the net and… since Semiomantics XO and YORGOOblaster… especially on Google.

Actually, we are heavily involved in the Sports Business - be it in YORGOO or on GOOGLE. No wonder the skiing Elite from the Alps is so successful… if you know who I mean!
Although at the end of the day it’s all about the Amazones. Even the Greek Olymp gotta agree. . .

YORGOO builds on Credibility

While I have a light tone here, there is a very concrete background pointing you in the direction you need to go if you too want to be successful in your online business.

YOUR Business. Not someone else’s. An MLM Company is not your business… unless YOU own it.

Therefore… for the DAILY TASKS TODAY and to keep you active, inspired and reflective over the coming weekend, I warmly recommend you read the following article and, if you are a member of any MLM Company or planning to become one, put it into perspective for yourself - see where YOUR online Business is and what is acceptable and beneficial for you within that framework - and from there draw the lines and stick to them.

Here is the article - sharp and lucid as always by Yorgo Nestoridis:

Would you buy from someone with a lousy or no reputation?

What is your Authority IQ Online ?

So after you have read Yorgo’s eye-opening article on YORGOOpublishing, move on immediately to the Daily Surf Routine that keeps your fingers clicking while your brain can drift off to reflect on your current situation:

What’s your Purpose?

What are your Business Goals (to follow your Purpose above)?

What is your Business Plan (to achieve your above goals)?

What are your Means (to allow you to accomplish your above Plan)?

What are your 2 - 3 main Keywords (what IS your business online)?

Brief:

WHO ARE YOU AND WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE - ONLINE?

Building Authority on the Internet starts with providing the web with a short and distinctive idea of who you are:

1. What is your name and where are you from?
2. What are your professional skills, what’s your expertise, what do you bring to the table in terms of what you accumulated offline before you started online? Here you only want to include what’s relevant to your online business… the next point:
3. What do you offer online - what’s in it for a person looking at your ABOUT ME Page? Why should they want to look you up, contact you, want to be associated to you?
4. And… of course… you need to be reachable.
5. A photo helps… a sharp, friendly portrait.

Don’t just fly over this, do it.

Write it down.

Keep it short and to the point.

Your ABOUT ME Page is needed everywhere - and if you think this is not important, think twice. Seeing a good, brief and attractive ABOUT ME Page is rather the exception - so BE the exception, be PRO, stand out!

Your ABOUT ME Page helps you building Trust and Credibility - so take time to work on it. Weekends are perfect for this…

But… also do your 1001 clicks on the following Traffic Exchanges - just do your own daily mix as long as you get to 1000 a day:

TS25 (super x 3 still all day long today - profit from it!)

Traffic Splash

Fast Easy Traffic

HitPulse

Hit2Hit

IloveHits

TrafficRoundUp

TrafficEra

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Online Trading is all about Ecommerce, meaning where people buy and sell. if you’re in that business, you’ve gotta be there - just as you want to be in Ebay too. At least, learn about it so you know how to use it.

So, in your YORGOO Back Office, on the top left menu, click on DubLi FREE Auction Bids! DubLi is a Global Auction House which has just opened it’s portal in the USA after two successful years of development in Europe.

DubLi offers a unique set of auction types, where all products sold on the platform are Authentic Brand Products, put on offer by DubLi.

All sales are fulfilled by DubLi’s fulfillment centers in Germany (Berlin) and USA (Phoenix, Arizona). While Trading with DubLi, there is no risk to be cheated on a product or by a seller, as the company is responsible for the product availability and delivery.

Grab 3 FREE Auction bids now, by joining DubLi and then place your bids on Xpress Auction for example! Check how far the price went down for say a…

2008 Mini Cooper S Convertible

Louis Vuitton Designer Handbags

Games & Toys (brand-new… just added - WOW)

Laptops

Cameras

Perfumes

Walmart Gift Certificates

Nintendos

etc…

…and if there’s something you need anyway, get the best deal. Well… check it out… it’s REAL and even with your 3 Free Bids you can get what you need at YOUR price.

We don’t know how long the 3 FREE BID OFFER lasts.

But think about it… Christmas is coming and this year’s budgets are tight.
Why not get your Xmas Gifts at half the price or even better… ?

Check it out with the 3 free shots you get… in your YORGOO Back Office, left menu to the top.

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Use Internet Explorer and enter the Community Chat to be able to communicate with everybody from around the whole world.

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Warm Weekend Regards,

Bianca
YORGOO.COM

Your online Reputation builds … or kills your business

There is only one thing worse than a lousy reputation: that's no reputation at all! The idea is that if you want to sell, you need to have a track record, a profile and this is true for affiliate marketers who simply  drive traffic to the merchant as well as for networkers who pre-sell opportunity packs based on their personal endorsement or authority.

What and who makes your online reputation?

First of all your reputation is made by publications interested people will find online. If a person knocks your name or the name of the company into the Google Search Field, there is a return and what you get in the top 10 makes a big part of your reputation. (if you are not found, you are dead, inexistent and you reasonably cannot expect high returns and conversion).

This is namely true for situations where people don't know you and wish to find out more about you and the business you are promoting.

In your warm market, your behavior and the perception people get from that behavior are more important - forget Google there, it may help however in case of doubt.

Your reputation is made first by yourself and then by all those publishing about you and gaining high visibility online. Now here we are at the center of the point: the internet is a place where those with most publishing power get an edge over the competition when it comes to publishing, making or destroying a reputation, building or killing a business.

Why do Low-tech MLMs  not sell online?

This is obviously not true across the whole industry, but in general, MLMs don't sell their opportunity online and and all those who adopt low-tech MLM attitude are in the same case.

2 Examples: Herbalife and DubLi

Protectionism vs. Brand Identity

Herbalife protects it's brand by imposing it's distributors a certain number of rules to follow when it comes to publishing, marketing web sites and in general the way Distributors have to represent Herbalife. DubLi does the same and so do most MLMs. This is an understandable and logic rule, however in contradiction with the nature of MLM per se.

Part of the earning potential of MLM opportunities is linked to the fact that the MLM company often does not spend or only in a limited way on marketing, public image and global brand promotion: Herbalife decided for the first time about a significant Communication Budget in 2002 or 2003! During the first 20 years the idea was that the distributors spend on marketing which leads to the fact that no homogeneous Corporate Image is created as every Distributor, being Independent, builds his personalized version of the Business Image.

Online marketing is somewhat different from offline marketing in as much as you reach a global audience. If a distributor builds a negative image and gets high visibility on Google, then all distributors and ultimately the Business as a whole will suffer.

You may hold that eBay too is protecting its brand and imposing harsh rules on their Partners; that's true, however, eBay has been the largest Advertiser on Google for years and as an eBay Partner you don't have the MLM Handicap and pay a license fee for being allowed to promote the Company's business and profit from increased earning potential due to MLM leverage.

MLMs tend to neglect the product marketing and focus on Networking, whereas it is assumed that in the end most of the members of the network will be the consumers of the product; the proportion of Networkers/Consumers is extremely high in MLMs while on comparable non MLM companies it's exactly the inverse.

Take eBay: less than 100 000 partners for 200+ million of Consumers! In Herbalife I would assume that 90% or so are Networker/Consumers.

The Problem for Distributors

As a distributor you want to promote an opportunity with a clean image. The first reflex is Google: what does Google return on the name of the opportunity you promote?

If you look at online pros like eBay or Google, they monopolize the top 20-50 positions of their brand name. If you look at the low-techies, they believe by being restrictive and protective they build a positive image without however investing into what it takes to protect their brand and brand perception efficiently.

Example: Check out eBay or Google vs. Herbalife or DubLi

eBay and Google are in control of their name. Herbalife and DubLi are not. Why? Probably because the two MLMs have a low-tech marketing and branding plan and or they are not ready to spend the money necessary to build their online image daily.

MLMs have a problem and that's the public controversy about the legality and legitimacy of MLM. It is therefore extremely difficult to build a 100% clean top 10 on Google.

Take Herbalife: if you search Herbalife, you get 30% to 40% negative entries, and surprisingly on DubLi you get the same since DubLi has gone after Associates who have been using Domain names including the word DubLi. 

In MLM it is a typical pattern, that business opportunities cannot be successfully promoted using the business name; it's all based on pre-selling and that's true off-line and online, or have you ever seen an add: Join my Herbalife MLM Business?

Distributors or Associates are handicapped: the name protection on domains works to the largest extent only in-house where the company has a certain power over its network and imposes more or less restrictive rules. How about people who are not associate with the brand?

Distributors using Brand related domains to get easier on top of Google are usually enthusiasts, publishing a heck of a lot of positive stuff about the company and best of all: they occupy space on Google. 

It's a lot easier to get on Google's top if you post an article at scam.com or such like. It's easier to post negative stuff and get visibility and it's easier to harm a reputation rather than to build it.

After the big flop in 2003 and having frustrated most of it's successful online business builders, Herbalife had about completely abandoned online Network Building except may be for some team leaders (Presidents) who stimulate their troops to waste their money on Google Ads (it's not a waste to spend on Google Ads but it needs to be done in sufficient numbers to get a personal result; otherwise you are just a water carrier for your uplines, who will get the cumulated result of all those small budgets and you are just part of someone else's success).

As a Distributor you are handicapped by your company and maybe one should suggest one day a fresh concept for MLMs who wish to build their business online; the low-tech approach does not work as the last 8 years prove.

Why you must hide the MLM Business Opportunity's Name?

The reason is simple: first because most any MLM suffers from a mixed profile and image, partially caused by the negative perception MLM gets in widely published circles and partially because the perceivable  online  reputation of these companies' business opportunities is mixed as well, to say the least.

The general transparency online does not allow promotional transparency unless the Company is in control of its brand and name online, which is costly and requires professionalism; why do you think big companies spend 10thousands per month to build and maintain only their perceivable online image?

The mixed reputation of MLM as such makes things more difficult: take a DubLi Competitor Swoopo for example, two years back known as Telebid; they are not an MLM but they had from the beginning an affiliate program. So, they have not to carry the burden of the reputation as an MLM Company. Swoopo is heavily advertising it's auctions on TV, on very popular channels, daily and in prime time. They spend the money on customer acquisition for their platform and they have the money since they don't have to distribute it throughout an MLM network, counting on Associates to market the company's image. 

Herbalife to a certain extent has the same problem and it took them 27 or 28 years to finally throw a lot of money at Celebrity based Marketing. How long will it take Herbalife to get a positive public perception online? Frankly, I don't know but for the time being I cannot see a big difference, rather some Articles about David Beckham where the fans don't understand his association with Herbalife.

In fact: Herbalife or DubLi are not any worse than their competitors, to the contrary, but for online purposes they have the handicap of being an MLM.

eBay and Swoopo both did something similar: they outsourced the Affiliaite Program. Until recently eBay was the largest customer of Commission Junction. Swoopo has a similar structure. These companies focus on their core business which is their market place and don't have to worry about a network. The reputation of the Affiliate Program, Manager such as Commission Junction inspires confidence, much more than a new company or its website.

I don't say that the do-it-your-self method does not work, but in the end it's costlier and more difficult.

You are a Networker or an affiliate Marketer

What applies to companies applies to you. If you are in an environment where you have to pre-sell, then your reputation is what's actually selling. It means that your prospects must have trust and respect your authority in the concerned matter. They believe you, not the Company you are promoting. They thank you for a good deal and they blame you if and when things turn sour.

Number one therefore: build your reputation.

Number two: associate your name and home business to companies who can live up to that reputation.

Number three: the MLM or Affiliate program is your Hen with the Golden Eggs; your behavior will build or harm the company's reputation. Once you have decided to market and to promote the products and opportunity from a company called XYZ, contribute to the positive public online perception,  mainly by publishing. And don't forget, you must publish where the readers are, where people are looking for information. Scam com and similar seem to be better at the task than networks and networkers.

Your Claim as a Distributor or Associate

In as much as you are handicapped by the Company and eventually by the MLM connection, you have a due claim against the Company, that it does everything possible to keep a clean reputation and to invest into that reputation; after all, you have paid a license fee. Have you ever read in General Terms about the Company's obligation and responsibility in this respect when it comes to the online public image?

For further reference you may read selection criteria for your Affiliate Programs in YAM Affiliate Mastery.

The Solution: 

Read our other articles about Marketing, Publishing, Branding and how to build your Reputation at http://yorgoopublishing.com.

Join YORGOO's daily calls and work with us together on your online profile.

Spend money on selling YOUR-self and YOUR business rather than on selling third party business.

Ycademy the online Business Education and Development Center for small business is a great training ground and a place where you get the real stuff from real people who have been building real success for years and who have a visible online track record - how is that for a change?

Yorgo YORGOOpublishing 

Credit crunch economy,

but it may be good for you.

As the saying goes, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. Source:Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969), the father of (U.S.) President John F. Kennedy.
When recessions hit, people begin to rethink their circumstances, get motivated and look for alternative sources of income. New entrepreneurs are born.

Looking back in history, to the great depression in the 1930’s thats the time when new MLM opportunities first began to emerge. The first MLM’s like Wachters began to appear. Then again towards the end of WWII Nutrilife took off, Mary Kay in the ’60’s, Herbalife in the ’80’s. People begin to be creative, to find new ways to make money, to survive.

Today, The security of a paid JOB does not exist any more. That is the reality.

The future is always uncertain.

So what is the alternative?

A change - Change from dependecy to being independent. Taking control - control of your own future. The time has come to invest in yourself in order to improve the life of your family, control your own financial future and control your destiny by taking action. Actions speak louder than words.

Today, we are facing a global recession - now is the best time to start a home based business. Today the internet offers the average, ordinary people countless opportunities to improve their financial situation. More and more people are turning towards working from home, creating a home business, developing another income stream. Starting small, with a small budget, there are endless opportunities. But, the bottom line is - it all starts with you, your drive, ambition and goal. There’s new been a better time to start a home business than now.

If you have the motivation to take control - Opportunity knocks. Take it.

Zo Nicholas

Tao Berman goes for a Mini Cooper S - what about you?

The athlete that USA Today called the “world’s foremost extreme kayaker” and Sports Illustrated called “the best-known kayaker on the planet” has his eye on the Mini Cooper S.

Tao Berman: I’m thinking of getting a Mini Cooper S. Along with being an athlete I’m also running for a State Representative seat. I figure the Mini will be a good car to campaign in because it gets good gas mileage and is still fun to drive. I love cars but I also care about the environment so I try and keep the environmental impact to a minimum.

Now this is no cheap car… however, if this is your dream car too… how about getting it at Best Price - namely YOUR PRICE?

At DubLi Auctions you can… look :

WHAT IS YOUR PRICE ???

Testimonials: MAD ABOUT MY MINI

Once you go MINI, you won’t go back!

by Kellie from Homestead, FL (11/06/08)

Pros:
FUN TO DRIVE! Excellent MPG & total Head-Turner!

Cons:
None that matter.

Since test driving my first MINI Cooper over a year ago, I was hooked. Spent a year saving and deciding what I wanted …

I Love My Mini Cooper S Convertible!

by Eric Haims from Bronxville, New York (9/02/08)

Pros:
Fun to drive; fuel economy; Fun to drive; styling

Cons:
None

I love my Mini Cooper S Convertible. It is the most fun car I have ever owned. It puts a smile on my face everytime I …

Motor on Mini Cooper, you rock like the big dogs!

by John Namisnak from Scottsdale, AZ It’s 110 in the desert, but it is a dry heat! (8/09/08)

Pros:
Killer sports handling, great mileage, fantastic dealer follow-up, lots of great features little $$’

Cons:
None yet found.

Wow what a cool ride, Having bought a new Cooper 08 Conv. with Supercharger. What a little tiger! Sporty handling!, …

2008 Mini Cooper S Convertible - Product Description:

2008 Mini Cooper S Convertible

Use this chance to take part in a great auction for a new car. We’re offering you a 2008 Mini Cooper S Convertible valued at $29.050 (total MSRP as configured, incl. $650 destination & handling charges).

After the end of the auction, the car will be ordered from a dealer in your vicinity. As this is a new vehicle, you have the opportunity to determine the final color design (see ‘Colors’ below). DubLi is not responsible for he delivery time. After delivery, the car can be picked up at your local Mini dealership.

 
Eventual incidental duties and taxes (particularly sales taxes) shall be the responsibility of the buyer. The suggested retail price was calculated in US dollars.

We can locate your nearest dealer or you may choose a dealer within the USA or Canada at your convenience.
Transportation to and from the dealer is at your expense.

Specifications:

- supercharged, intercooled 1.6-liter overhead cam (OHC), 16-valve inline 4-cylinder engine
- 168 horsepower @ 6000 rpm
- 162 lb-ft torque @ 4000 rpm
- 6-speed manual Getrag transmission
- sport suspension

Colors:
- pepper-white body color (also available in: chili red)
- black top (also available in: dark green, dark blue)
- body color mirrors
- brushed alloy interior surface
- black bonnet stripes (also available in: white)
- sport seats leatherette black (also available in: leatherette: gray; fabric: space gray)

Features:

Premium Package:

- chrome line interior details
- automatic AC with active carbon filter and air-recirculation
- center arm rest
- 3-spoke w/cruise and multi-function
- AM/FM CD audio system with 8-speaker Harman Kardon sound system
- on-board computer with trip odometer, avg. speed, fuel consumption, distance on remaining fuel, outside temperature

Sport Package:

- dynamic stability control (DTC) with electronic differential lock control (EDLC)
- xenon headlamps with power wash
- front fog lamps
- 17″ crown spokes (performance run flats)
- sport seats
- all-season traction control (ASTC)
- anti-lock braking system (ABS)
- driver and front passenger airbags
- park distance control
- power front windows with ‘one touch’ up and down operation

Warranty:
- a high-tech car requires high-tech service - and MINI is no exception!
- includes new passenger car limited warranty
- no cost maintenance is standard for 3 years or 36,000 miles.
- 12-year/unlimited-mileage warranty, cover for rust and corrosion protection
- 24/7 toll-free roadside assistance program. Extended to: entire U.S , Canada and Puerto Rico
- includes towing and lock-out service
- on-site assistance.
- custom computerized trip-routing service
- lifelong service card - fee applies.
- for a list of terms and conditions, visit WWW.MINIUSA.COM
The official configured Mini Cooper S Convertible data sheet is available here: open PDF data sheet

Have a Super Fun Shopping Day!

The Dublicator

A case is not a case - although Louis Vuitton makes an exceptional case for everything!

It may sound funny… but the fact is that Louis Vuitton makes a case for every situation. No matter what you want to carry or take along when you travel to any destination - be it in the middle of the hot Gobi Desert, on top of Mount Everest, the icy North Pole or the Moon -, you will find a perfect solution within the large array of Louis Vuitton designer trunks, cases or luggage… and if not, they will make one for you!

As Patrick-Louis Vuitton, a fifth-generation member of the founding family who oversees all of Louis Vuitton’s custom projects said recently in an Interview with Men’s Vogue:

“The only criteria - strictly enforced to honor the original spirit of the 150-year-old company - are that the item is portable and that its raison d’être is transport. We are in the business of movement… A special order is a compromise between desires and needs from the client and our aesthetic and technical requirements.”

In their workshop in Asnières, France, la Maison de Louis Vuitton makes about 450 ’special-order’ cases per year. While the process of manufacturing the optimal LV case for a client and his or her specific needs and requirements can well take four to five months, it’s Louis Vuitton policy to keep it strictly within eight months as an absolute maximum.

Given the amount of detail and commitment to perfection put into each item and the materials used this shouldn’t be surprising.

Above you have a look into the Louis Vuitton workshop in Asnières, France. (Photo: Henry Bourne)

Bearing the above in mind, Louis Vuitton has designed cases for almost everything… from hookah pipes to a portable altar for a French priest travelling to Africa in the 1920’s.

On the other hand, Louis Vuitton protects its brand and chooses carefully who it associates with and which order can be accepted or must be refused following strict LV principles - be it of branding, ethics or design.

It seems that if a special request is not acceptable - like covering the interior of a car with little LV monograms - Louis Vuitton will offer a polite suggestion that a client may choose to follow - or forget the idea. We have seen celebrities like Britney Spears being taken to court - and lose the case (… another Louis Vuitton case this…)  as the brand was used without authorization by Louis Vuitton.

So all famous Louis Vuitton lovers: think twice before you include your favorite LV case or LV bag or any label or logo of the exclusive Fashion House in your next record-breaking video!

And here’s the fascinating story of how it all began which I snatched up from a brilliant article by Hudson Morgan in Men’s Vogue… and it sounds a bit like my great-grand-father who was one of the first to travel from Prussia to Egypt… long ago:

“Before Italian explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza embarked on his first African expedition in the late nineteenth century, he asked a trunk-maker named Louis Vuitton to design an extra-long foldout bed to ensure restful nights on his journey. One hundred years later, the luxury-luggage house still customizes gear that makes life on the road less like life on the road.

More distinctive than the oft-knocked-off bags on Canal Street are the specialized pieces to carry all of your goods and chattels, from backgammon sets, architectural tools, stereo equipment, and computers to wardrobes, safes, and even collapsible desks. The only criteria—strictly enforced to honor the original spirit of the 150-year-old company—are that the item is portable and that its raison d’être is transport.

“We are in the business of movement,” says Patrick-Louis Vuitton, a fifth-generation member of the founding family who oversees all of LV’s custom projects. “A special order is a compromise between desires and needs from the client and our aesthetic and technical requirements.”

Louis Vuitton fills 450 off-the-menu orders each year from its workshop in Asnières, France, a metal-and-glass space that’s like a Santa’s workshop for the well-accoutred. Once a client has expressed his vision — as well as the travel conditions and hazards that his piece must endure — the product slowly takes shape through stages of detailed sketches and prototypes. This process can take four or five months (but no more than eight, as a policy), and it reflects LV’s mastery of both old-world craftsmanship and technological trends in travelware. And in an era of mass production, Patrick-Louis maintains a personal touch by assigning as few as one worker to each custom item to see it through from the first stitches to the final product. Price is determined by size, materials (e.g., crocodile versus, say, Epi leather), and the overall complexity of the piece: A chess set, for example, made of inlaid lacquered wood, Madagascar-ebony-and-maple pieces, and a russet leather case costs around $21,000.

Patrick-Louis calls his clients “aesthetes of travel” who are on the road 100 to 200 days per year, but he’s mum about who’s ordered what—and rightfully so, as the custom-order paperwork promises confidentiality. But if you’re desperate for inspiration, LV’s PR department was willing to provide a few semi-anonymous precedents.

• There’s the European president who ordered a small case with just two compartments—for a watch and a bottle of cognac—which he gifted to an Asian head of state;
• the CEO who ordered 20 differently lined valet boxes (one for each member of his executive board);
• the Saudi prince who ordered a travel case to protect his expensive hookah;
• and the American businessman who ordered a Taïga Ardoise leather bar trunk outfitted with enough compartments to turn the mildest of picnics into an all-day rager—it stows a bottle of champagne, two flutes, a whiskey decanter, four glasses, an ice bucket, and a full cabinet of other bar equipment.
• Even men of the cloth have exercised their right: In the 1920s a French priest—apparently also something of a paleontologist—requested a special altar trunk so that he could give Mass during an archaeological dig in the desert.”

Hudson Morgan concludes on the same point we made earlier…:

“Of course, for every commodity there are those who abuse it, which is probably why Vuitton reserves the right to modify a request if it’s too outlandish, showy, or impractical. When a particularly earnest customer recently asked LV to decorate the interior of his sports car in the signature canvas—a novel interpretation of the portability rule, to say the least—he was politely informed that the company would be happy to make him suitcases for the trunk of his car instead.”

And here’s the absolute optimum of  “Travel Aesthetics”… I can see it featured in the Sahara Desert… all sandy colours, grey stone and blue sky, the colour of heat and fata morgana… and there within it all… the life-giving oasis: a Louis Vuitton portable shower!!! And within it… Madonna? Britney Spears? ET?

“As for what’s next in the annals of custom orders, LV is currently developing a prototype for a trunk that transports your very own personal shower. A wonder Pierre Savorgnan never asked for that.”

As Albert Einstein said well before my time:

“Imagination is everything.
It is the preview of Life’s coming attractions.”

Life is exciting! Life is constant Change!
Be a person on the move, on the go - Travel with your LV case, with or without shower!

Have a great LVday!

Bianca Gubalke