Stop watching others succeed--be your own hero

By John McGory

Stop watching others succeed-be your own hero

Local Matters held a fundraiser last week at Rockmill Brewery that I attended.  They are a local organization all about growing and eating healthy foods, supporting our farmers and reversing the trend of obesity and diabetes.

It is a great organization with laudable goals. I sent them a second check after my modest contribution at the fundraiser because I believe they are doing good things.* 

I’ve been working for the past year on another idea to support local people and healthy ideas.  Orbit Ohio is my new company with the same general goal.  We seek to promote local people and businesses that bring active joy into our lives. That get us off the couch and out enjoying life with those we love.

Why?  Not only do we put too much junk into our bodies, we fill our heads with it as well.  We all spend too much time watching others enjoy life through television, movies, the Internet and sporting events.  We get our “joy” watching others succeed.  It is an unhealthy and disturbing trend.

Orbit Ohio is a free-to-join membership organization that wants to change that trend.  We believe you should be your own hero.  We are building a list of 27 categories of great things to do by talented local people. 

Check us out at www.orbitohio.com and learn more how you can start changing your life.   Or take a look at our vide on Youtube

Don’t waste your life watching others live.  Be your own hero.  Go to our web site and join Orbit Ohio today.  It is free and will only take a few seconds to get active.  Send this to your friends who need to be their own hero as well.  

Let’s help each other find true joy and excitement in life.  Thanks.

Orbit Ohio is a membership organization located in Columbus, Ohio.  It is free to join.

*This blog is not intended to infer that Local Matters endorses Orbit Ohio.

 

  

Orbit Ohio launching August 20, 2013

Add some excitement

Finding great local things to do can be overwhelming.   The Internet is impossible with millions of hits on “finding fun things to do in Columbus, Ohio” and small talented Ohio businesses and artists unable to afford the marketing muscle to attract new customers.  The answer?  Orbit Ohio.

Orbit Ohio, an exciting new concept in entertainment and communications, is set to launch tomorrow, August 20, 2013. 

The company is a membership-based organization that acts as a talent scout, entertainment organizer and scheduler for its members. 

Here are the main components of Orbit Ohio:

1.      It is a membership organization that is free to join.  People can join by going to www.orbitohio.com or learn more by watching our Youtube video  

            http://youtu.be/C3853tOc_TM

2.      It is a talent scout looking for great local experiences throughout Ohio.  The organization finds and markets unique, interesting and fun experiences to its members. 

3.      It negotiates with vendors to get the best prices on experiences and markets them to its members.  The vendors pay a small service fee to Orbit Ohio when members use their services.   

 

4.      It puts the experiences into 27 separate categories that make it easy for members to find local things to do covering a wide-range of experiences.  Go to www.orbitohio.com for a complete list of the 27 categories.

5.      Members sign up for experiences through Orbit Ohio’s easy-to-use scheduler. It allows members to set a date, time and the number of people attending.

6.      Members can review and share experiences with one another.

 “Orbit Ohio’s goal is to be a useful resource by saving our members’ and vendor partners’ time and money.  Our service locates, negotiates a price and markets unique, fun and local experiences to our members.  Our vendors save marketing dollars by having access to our growing membership,” says John McGory, founder of Orbit Ohio. “We want to drive down the cost on both sides of the equation while creating awareness of Ohio’s talent.”

Orbit Ohio’s focus is now on signing up members.  Orbit Ohio has approximately 100 members in its young existence. It is giving away 20 experiences to winners of its “Tell Us What You Want to Do” contest.  Everyone who signs up for a free membership between now and September 30, 2013 is eligible to win.

“We are giving away the types of experiences our members can expect to find at Orbit Ohio.  These will include experiences from Orbit Ohio categories such as Rekindle the Fire, Journeys with a Purpose, Exploring Ohio Cities, Get Your Roar On, The Eye of an Artist and Wow Your Clients,” says McGory.

He is very encouraged by the early response to Orbit Ohio.  The founder believes people are looking for help in finding really unique, local things to do.

“Ohio is full of great local talent who can entertain through culture, food, music and many other ways.  People have a hard time finding great local talent due to all the clutter on the Internet.  We will make it easy for our members and Ohio’s talented artisans to find one another,” remarked McGory.    

McGory says Orbit Ohio’s web site is now a membership recruiting tool.  In early September it will starting listing experiences and allow members to schedule experiences.  He says once it is up and running, Orbit Ohio will be a valuable tool for members and small Ohio businesses.

“People want to enjoy life now. Connecting people looking for fun with those talented people who create fun makes a lot of sense in today’s insanely-busy world.  That is Orbit Ohio,” says McGory.

 

Membership to Orbit Ohio is free.  If you have ways to entertain people and want to be a vendor partner then send us an email at orbitohio@gmail.com.  We are looking for Ohio-based experiences that are unique and fun.  For more information go to our web site at www.orbitohio.com.