PARTNERS  NEEDED...
...for The Ebon Run...

...and for much, much more.
by Keith B. Anderson

(Note. This page is, and will always be, in the developmental stages...because ideas will never cease to be created...and will never cease to be improved.)

Greetings all,

   The next revolution is in the mind.
   There is a saying: "Man plans; God laughs." My comment: We fail to plan; our enemies laugh.
   God laughs--that's OK. Our enemies laugh, and we get a proverbial noose around the neck and a ticket to the back of the bus and bottom of the heap.

   Plans cannot work without allies joined together working for a common cause. And objectives pursued collectively are goals met with speed, efficiency, and with benefits materializing on a geometric scale.

   My objective is to locate, tabulate, and orchestrate the resources and talent of the Black community of Earth into a harmonized unit working together for the purpose of acquiring the economic resources necessary to construct an evolved socioeconomic model that leads us onto a higher road of human existence.
   Rather than continuing on the philosophical track--i.e. acknowledging the fact that this present inferior and exploitative system has kept you very busy just trying to survive--I will now shorten your reading and delve into the actual components associated with my plans for elevating--and liberating--ourselves and our allies.

   The three main components my plans will revolve around are media, industry, and leadership.
   A penetrating, virtuous and pro-active media produces a populace informed, united, and active for themselves and their allies and against their enemies--their true enemies.
   An industry is the economic lifeblood of a people and the backbone of their ability to resist all outside influences that can lead them onto a dependent/destructive course.
   And leadership is the central glue that holds the populace's body together in a cohesive unit and that guides the masses across the field of landmines and toward the accomplishment of preplanned objectives.

   The issue of leadership is addressed in Mission #1, Electing a Leader for Black America--and will proliferate with a special edition of The Ebon Run which officially kicks everything into high gear.
   The industrial component will be initiated in the fourth edition of said publication in the form of FREEDOM INDUSTRIALISTS, a consortium of Black-controlled manufacturing firms working in unison for product production.
   The media agent is active now in the Ebon Run itself. And it is for the expansion and development of this media outlet that I send out the call for partners who will aid me in this process.

Partners Needed for Ad Spread Collective

   Ad Spread Collective (ASC)--maybe later to become Adspread.com--will be the umbrella company that controls various publications and services. Along with publications, its services will include printing, marketing, and massive advertising, with the advertising expanding into publications offered by other companies. In time, advertising mediums will include those other than just printing.
   All partners will be paid the same regarding all Ad Spread projects, with each project promoting and benefiting from the other. Twenty-five percent of all after-tax proceeds will be saved toward the expansion and development of Ad Spread Collective.

Examples of Future Ad Spread Titles and Services:

Open Eyes

   A monthly magazine exposing historical, universal, and cosmic truths concerning humanity as well as the universe. It will contain a generous amount of Black-oriented content as well as any content on all peoples that helps us learn more about our existence. This will be an especially great media outlet for exposing hidden history. It will also feature columnists commenting on the true motives behind the global powers who shape current events. They will give deeper and more personable explanations.

Buy-Black Calendar

   A calendar published annually completely loaded with photos and info concerning Black businesses, Black-produced products, business conventions, and Black spending statistics.

Deep Star

   Since so many are mesmerized by celebrities, why not approach it from a constructive angle? We'll publish articles allowing the stars to voice their opinions on the various issues affecting people and the planet. We'll set up printed debates where they take on opponents hostile to their causes. Well help them promote progressive projects. Like The Ebon Run, we'll let them write their own stories in their own way. We'll promote their products and events if they donate adequate proceeds to good causes. We'll do all sorts of things with these fun people, except get into their personal business--unless they beg us to get into it.

Massive Insert-Advertising (service)

   This is how Ad Spread Collective got its name. I originally intended for the "ad spread" to be a full-page newspaper page composed of ads sent in by various advertisers. The ads would be spread collectively across the sheet.
   I would negotiate a full-page discount with various newspapers with the intention of sending them a camera-ready sheet of ads that they could just print and insert. I would charge advertisers a fee that would earn me a profit. Advertisers would save money, while, at the same time, I would make money.
   My first attempt at this didn't get off the ground. But, in the future, this project will be initiated again. My strategy for then will be to print the sheets and truck them to the newspapers for insertion--granting advertisers an even lower price.

Ad Spread Marketing Networks:

Ebon Run Business Network (ERBN)
Unlimited Business Network (UBN)
Evolved Enterprise Exchange (EEE)

   These networks function in the same manner: Suppliers of products offer them to merchants, who in turn advertise them to customers in exchange for a commission on sales. Visit any one of the networks for details.
   The only difference between the networks is the cause they represent. The ERBN is for Black suppliers only but also for merchants of any race who support Black progression. The UBN is for everyone. The EEE is for ecological and human-rights activists wanting to raise funds for their causes as well as for themselves.

   More Ad Spread projects will be announced in time.

The Ebon Run is one of the coming many publications that will fall under the ASC umbrella. It will be the first project the partnership will develop before moving on to others. Regarding the other projects, the partnership will either recruit employees or will contract the labor out to other firms, with each partner serving as supervisor of his/her department.

Ebon Run Partners will perform the following functions:

1) Publisher/Editor-- I (Keith Anderson: ebonrun@excite.com) will handle these positions. My job will be to determine the categories of content, select the best articles, and to supervise the overall look of the Run as well as to supervise the printing and shipping process.

2) Content Manager/Assistant Editor-- Will conduct content research--finding vital news and info, as well as persuading individuals to submit articles regarding their experiences. Will seek to verify the accuracy of the content. Will also help edit the content so that it fit's the publication's available space.

3) Graphic/Layout Director-- Will give the Run an artsy, sophisticated, professional look.

4) Circulation Director-- Will work to expand the Run's circulation and distribution network.

5) Business Director-- Will handle the business transactions and taxes associated with the publication; should also be able to give tax advice to the other partners. Will also serve as the customer service and public relations representative. (Note: Before the ASC partnership can become formalized and begin normal operations, this position must be filled because taxes are always a factor and must be managed. The other partnership positions can be filled later, after operations begin.)

6) Director of Advertising-- Will solicit advertising sponsorship. Must also have graphic and computer skills allowing him/her to design as for advertisers.

7) Website Manager-- Must make the site professionally appealing, as well as electronically and lucratively interactive--allowing the partners and visitors to make and spend money by the click. Manager will seek out money-making opportunities to post on the site than can help the partners and visitors earn extra cash.

   The ultimate goal will be to get a copy of the Run into every hand that wants one on a weekly basis--as cheaply as possible, as efficiently as possible.

Ebon Run: Basic Step-By-Step Development

   As stated, because of the need for tax management, a Business Director must be found before the partnership can be formalized.
   Once the ASC partnership is legitimately established, the existing partners can, if necessary, handle all tasks until any remaining partnership positions are filled.

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