Blu Frog Motorsports kicked off its 2009 season throughout Speed Week with a bang at Daytona International Speedway, introducing our new brand in America’s biggest week of NASCAR racing!

Our exciting Blu Frog Motorsports week started with past Daytona 500 Champion Derrike Cope driving the No. 76 Blu Frog Energy Dodge in the Gatorade Duel Twin 150 race on Thursday 2/12, showcasing our brand to a National TV audience of millions … and a huge track full of excited NASCAR fans! Derrike has been running NASCAR for over 20+ years and his fans are everywhere … and while giving autographs all week long, Derrike further boosted our brand to all of NASCAR Nation!

The excitement continued under the lights on Friday 2/13, as our No. 74 Blu Frog Energy Dodge driven by Larry Foyt ran way strong in the Camping World Truck race under, coming in 20th … and we were in position to finish a lot higher if we hadn’t gotten collected and all tore up during one of those inevitable NASCAR crashes. Larry and his team made us proud by getting the truck fixed as best they could and coming back out to finish the race on National TV … talk about exposure to millions and millions of people!

Finally, we almost had ANOTHER car in the race on Saturday, when Larry Foyt finished just five one-hundredths of a second behind in qualifying for the Nationwide Series in the No. 56 Blu Frog Energy Chevrolet Monte Carlo. And we actually should have BEEN in the race, because our car ran faster than 6 other cars that got in the race based on last year’s owner’s points! Larry did a great job in the 56 and can’t wait to get back on the track with Blu … we can’t either!

By the time Speed Week was over, Blu Frog Energy was known by everyone at Daytona! Not only did we have THREE great-looking Blu frog branded vehicles all over the track and garages the whole week, we were featured on National TV on three different days and three different networks … that’s brand exposure and visibility no other energy drink in our industry has, and it’s Blu Frog that’s catching the eye of the entire racing world!

Look for even more Blu Frog Motorsports news in the coming weeks … because racin’ is in our blood big time!

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Love Blu Frog? Love YouTube? Interested in putting an extra $10,000 in your pocket? Check out the Blu Frog YouTube video contest!

Blu wants it this way

• Video must feature Blu Frog: grab graphics from our website.
• Video can be up to 90 seconds long. C’mon, get our attention!
• Video must be your unique creation, no swiping copyrighted material.
• Video must be submitted in DVD format, no trashy VHS tapes allowed.
• Video must not contain inappropriate content. No nude frogs!

Blu’s Big Prize

Every month Blu will select his fav video and handout $2,500 cold hard cash for the most ribbitingly creative show. Your video will be featured on the Blu Frog website and all of our social sites – the whole world can see.

At the end of 12 months, Blu picks the best of the best from the past winners. And that lucky frog will win an unbelievable $10,000 bucks and a 3-day all expenses paid Cancun vacation.

Important!

• All videos submitted become the exclusive property of The Limu Company.
• Blu reserves the right to broadcast, edit, or redistribute your video any way. Those are the rules, dude.

December 2008 Blu Frog Video Contest Winner

January 2009 Blu Frog Video Contest Winner

For full details and the video contest fine print, head over to BluFrogEnergy.com.

I got home tonight to find my very first shipment of Blu Frog Energy on my front porch.  You all know I’ve been drinking Blu Frog since the January 2009 launch—I brought home four cases from the launch and I’ve purchased three additional cases since—but this is the first shipment delivered directly to my door.  I got so excited, I whipped out my Flip and my camera so I could share it with you.  Enjoy!

A Louisiana artist, Linda Rambin has been painting for approximately six years. Unfortunately, her painting career has been postponed indefinitely due to the extremely aggressive form of brain cancer she is currently fighting, glioblastoma multiforme. Diagnosed in early October 2008, Linda has had brain surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, and she is currently participating in a clinical trial that is causing her a great deal of fatigue and a host of other side effects.

Best Friends by Linda Rambin

The cost of Linda’s treatment and care are exorbitant. Just one of the medications for the clinical trial costs $4,500 per month, and that’s the co-pay! You can help support Linda and the Rambin family by spreading the word about Paintings by Linda, a collection of Linda’s original paintings on Etsy.com. The more people that visit Paintings by Linda, the more of her paintings will sell, helping the family to defray the cost of her treatment. (If you’re sharing about Linda’s store on Twitter, please use the hashtag #charlysmom. Linda’s daughter Charly has worked tirelessly on both Linda’s Etsy store and Linda’s Caring Bridge website.)

Moon Glow by Linda Rambin

If you are interested in learning more about her story, please visit Linda’s Caring Bridge website. There you will find a more detailed account of her struggle, a daily blog, a guestbook for comments, and a photos page.

Please keep Linda in your thoughts as you enjoy her unique and vivid paintings. They have brought her much joy, and we hope they will do the same for you.

A friend and I were discussing social media last night and how to share social media with marketers in our company.  What is social media?  How can they use social media to grow their business?  We started talking about the popular “Social media is like a party” analogy, and then it struck me: social media is exactly like real life, just faster and more intense.

If social media is exactly like real life, then I should behave myself just like I do in real life.  It’s not OK for me to try and sell every person I meet in life, so why is it OK on Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace?  The answer is it’s not OK, but plenty of people do it. I know I’ve been guilty.

My best advice to new marketers in any company, and to myself, is to follow real life rules when you take the social media plunge.  The rules that I learned in kindergarten—to share, to play fair, say I’m sorry, to live a balanced life—they all apply online.  And if “living” online is a faster and more intense version of real life, those rules become even more important.

Before you tweet, before you post that Facebook update, before you create a profile on MySpace or join a network on Ning, think about those important life lessons you learned in kindergarten.  Follow them and you’ll be highly successful.  Ignore them at your peril.

Looking for a great way to get started with social networking? Created yourself a Twitter account and dive in by participating in “follow Friday!“

Blu Frog Energy is the best tasting energy drink on the market. It’s packed full of natural goodness, has fewer calories than the competition, and it kicks like a mule!  Here are five reasons that you should be drinking Blu Frog Energy.

Blu Frog Energy Does a Body Good

No added flavors, no added sugars, and two ounces of Original Limu in every can means that Blu Frog is not just good for you, it’s great! See “What’s in Blu Frog?” for more.

Blu Frog Energy Gets You Through the Afternoon Slump

I don’t know about you, but I usually have a little energy slump around 3pm every day.  Long days at the office spent in front of the computer can be really tough – draining both physical and mental energies.  A can of Blu Frog helps me get through that slump and keeps me going strong until quitting time.

Blu Frog Energy Tastes Great

Blu Frog is full of delicious, natural fruit flavors.  Mango and papaya puree, combined with pear juice and apple juice concentrates, create a delicious mix of flavors that make drinking this energy drink a truly enjoyable experience.

Blu Frog Energy Pays You to Drink

Yes, you read that right! All you need to do to earn is purchase some product for yourself and share Blu Frog with your friends! Blu Frog will provide you with your very own marketing site (here’s mine), and every time your friends buy Blu Frog from your site, the company sends you a check! See “Seven Ways to Make Money Sharing Blu Frog Energy” for more.

Blu Frog Energy Helps You Stick It to the Tax Man

Let me tell you how it will be,
There’s one for you, nineteen for me.
‘Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.

– Taxman by The Beatles

A lawyer friend of mine once told me, “Tax evasion is illegal.  Tax avoidance is the American way of life.”  I agree wholeheartedly, and there’s no better way to stick it to the Tax Man than by starting your own home-based business. Don’t take my word for it! Check out “Let the tax genie out of the bottle” from MarketWatch for further details.

Wrapping Up

There you have it, five great reasons to drink Blu Frog Energy! How can you go wrong with an energy drink that tastes great and is great for you? And while the home-business aspect of Blu Frog certainly isn’t for everyone, it really sweetens the pot for me and for many of my friends.

Ready for some Blu Frog of your own? Go ahead and grab a case or two. Questions, comments? Drop me a line at jeremy at gimmeblufrog dot com or leave me a comment below. I look forward to hearing from you!

The U.S. economy is in tough shape right now, and consensus opinion says things are going to get worse before they get better. A lot of people are cutting back, considering a second job, and working hard to make their income stretch as far as possible.

For me, an extra $500 would give me a lot of extra breathing room in my monthly budget. It would go a long way towards achieving my goal of total financial independence. In short order, I would be free and clear of my credit cards and my car payment, allowing me to start saving all that money I’m currently throwing at monthly debt payments. I can’t wait for that day to come!

How about you? How would your life change with an extra 500 bucks per month?

A southern city with a rich cultural heritage, Memphis, TN is the Home of the Blues, the best BBQ in the world, Elvis Presley, Sun Studios, and Stax Records. I’ve started a series of series of photos of Memphis landmarks, snapshots that present some of the best of Memphis, new and old. From the instantly recognizable to the hidden gems, I’m proud to share the beauty and history of my fine city with you, my loyal readers and new friends. Enjoy.

Make sure to bookmark this post as this is an ongoing project. I’ll be adding new photos on a regular basis, and I’d hate for you to miss any of them!

The free case of Blu Frog Energy Giveaway is over, and a winner was picked at random today from the more than 175 entries received over the past two weeks. Congratulations to Gimme Blu Frog! winner Julie Vazquez of Julie’s Journal!  Julie will receive a full case of Blu Frog Energy Drink delivered directly to her door.  Julie, I know you’re going to love it as much as I do.  Please drop by and let us know what you think.

The reaction to the contest was overwhelming, and we’ll definitely do more contests in the future. Thanks to Heather in BC for hosting the contest at her blog Beautiful British Columbia. In addition, this contest wouldn’t have been the great success it was without all the support and promotion the contest received on Twitter.  Special thanks goes out to all of the entrants, and especially to all of my new friends on Twitter.