Business Poems and a song for NatPoMo: "Sales Calls," "It used to be Made in America" & "Big Bucks"

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Feb. 17, 2015 - PRLog -- HOW CAN THE BUSINESS DESK CELEBRATE NATIONAL POETRY MONTH?

WITH TWO GREAT POEMS AND A SONG ABOUT MONEY AND BUSINESS...

It is not too often that you see poems and songs about money and business, but here is some information about two poems and a song that your editorial department can do some very interesting things with, now, and also during National Poetry Month (April) as well as for World Poetry Day (March 21st).

The poems are called “Sales Calls” and “It used to be Made in America.”

The song is a song about money called “Big Bucks.”

Here is some more information and some suggestions on how to get a lot of mileage out of these items, according to Robert Barrows, author of these poems and co-author of the song lyrics.

1) A poem about business called “SALES CALLS”

“Sales Calls” is a never-ending poem about the process of trying to make contact with potential buyers.

Every salesperson in the world will identify with it and here are some story ideas that might make for some very interesting articles and interaction with your readers.

Plus, here are some things that you can do with this poem called “Sales Calls.”

A) First, call Robert Barrows at R.M. Barrows Advertising & Public Relations in San Mateo, California at 650-344-4405 and he can email you a copy of the poem.

Next, after you read it...here are some things that your company could do with it:

I) In addition to using the poem in a story about making sales calls, you could also set the poem up to be an interactive item with your readers.

You could set it up on a dedicated web page and people could add in a few lines or verses of their own and it could become the longest running poem in the world.

It could also be done simultaneously in many different languages and all these web pages could also generate advertising revenues from all over the globe.

II) Then, you can have even more fun with it if someone wants to turn it into a hip-hop song. (Just send me a portion of the royalties.)

III) You could also publish the final poem as a book, along with some other articles relating to sales and selling.

IV) Then, you could start “Sales Calls - Part 2”

(Again, to see the poem, please call Robert Barrows at 650-344-4405 and I can send it to you by email.)

2) A song about money called “BIG BUCKS”

“Big Bucks” is a song about the hopes of pulling down big money.

Some of the lyrics go like this:“It don’t take brains. It don’t take brawn.” I only hope it don’t take too long.”

“Everyone who is on the wrong side of the Income Inequality numbers will be able to relate to this song" says Barrows.

You can hear a free clip of “Big Bucks” at www.barrows.com/music.html and there is also a link on that page where people can download the song for 99 cents on iTunes.

Here is some background and information on the song and its airplay:

Robert Barrows originally wrote “Big Bucks” as a poem in the mid 1980s after some second-string second baseman, who seldom hit over .200, got a multi-million dollar deal just for playing baseball.

Then, in 1998, Barrows teamed up with a musician named Gary Warren, of Sacramento, California, and they co-wrote the song version of “Big Bucks.”

The song was released in 1999 to radio stations that played rap and hip-hop. “Big Bucks” and another song on the CD called “Run For Office,” a satire on politics, both got some airplay.

3) A poem called  “IT USED TO BE MADE IN AMERICA”

(www.itusedtobemadeinamerica.com)

'"It used to be Made in America' is a poem about the loss of jobs and the consequences of the outsourcing of jobs and manufacturing to other countries, says Barrows, and it paints a vivid picture of conflicting economic forces.”

The poem can be seen online at www.itusedtobemadeinamerica.com.

The website currently just features the poem and pitches for the
commercial development possibilities. There is also a companion website called www.madeinusa.us.com. (At the moment, the content on both websites is identical.)

Barrows hopes to be able to develop the poem into a series of projects such as songs and television programs that could help bring more attention to the need to start manufacturing more things here in America, and he hopes to be able to develop the website into a series of moneymaking directories that could help create a lot more business that would be made in America.

The directory part of the project would be on www.madeinusa.us.com and it would include a series of directories of:

A) Products that are made in America
(and products that used to be made in America)

B) Manufacturers that make things here in America

C) A directory of jobs in America

D) A directory of requests for proposals for projects that would make
things here in America

E) A directory of sources of financing possibilities, including venture capital
funds, mutual funds and micro-lending funds that would concentrate on
companies that would produce and provide goods and services that would be made in America.

As a directory where companies would pay to list and promote their
products that ARE made in America, the website could offer tremendous
revenue producing opportunities for companies and organizations that wish to become involved with it.

Plus, as a powerful advertising vehicle and a dynamic directory
resource, it could also help create additional jobs and additional revenues.

PLEASE NOTE:  These kinds of directories would also be fantastic for media companies.

The directories could generate tremendous revenues on an ongoing basis and they could also give media companies access to hundreds of thousands of potential advertisers, and they could easily promote these directories with ads in their own media.

Media companies could also set up this poem to be an interactive poem and people could add in verses of their own.

In addition to doing poetry, advertising and songwriting, Barrows is also an inventor, author and sculptor.

The invention is a video tombstone called the Video Enhanced Gravemarker (U.S. Patent #7,089,495) www.barrows.com/invention.html.

He is also the author of a book called “Cemetery of Lies,” www.barrows.com/novel.html.

You can see some of his sculpture at www.barrows.com/gallery.html and you can see some more of his poetry in an ebook called “Crazy Robert’s Poems and Potential Song Lyrics” which is available as a download for a dollar on Amazon.

...And of course, Happy National Poetry Month (April), and Happy World Poetry Day (March 21st).

For more information, and to arrange an interview with Robert Barrows, contact Robert Barrows at R.M. Barrows, Inc. Advertising and Public Relations in San Mateo, California at 650-344-4405.