Be Your Own Brand.
It’s time to express your creativity.
b-y-o-b is a teaching community where you learn how to make your own branded garments & gear and you are shown how to purchase it at Insider’s Secret pricing!
The Personal Brand Revolution
It’s here! Are you getting the benefits of it? YES, now you are. Modern technology allows us to create almost anything, almost any way we want it. Oh, it can be done at just one item at a time. This means that any of us can have almost any type of garment, accessory, gadget, or other gear — made to order, made to our own specifications. With your b-y-o-b membership, you can do it, too!
Become a member of the b-y-o-b community and in approximately no time flat, you will be designing, personalizing, and receiving your custom branded merch — beautiful, high quality items*, bought at Insider’s Secret pricing, and that feature brand: YOU!
*See the ever-growing list of items below. (Click here to scroll to bottom of page for a partial list.)
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Be Your Own Brand! This new community is being established to guide you through the process of finding quality merch, getting it designed and personalized to your liking, and then buying it at Insider’s Secret pricing. You will do all of this through monthly lessons that are short, fast, and very easy to follow.
Another feature of the lessons that you are going to love is that they also teach you about several different secret product sources...and each source has a bunch of merch items that you will be able to pick, decorate, and buy at Insider’s Secret prices!. Once you learn how to use each merch source for one product, you know how to use it for all of their listed products.
Invest in Yourself
You are worth it! Yes, Jordan Brand is worth 5.1 billion dollars. To Nike. You can keep making these other folks famous, or you can be your own brand.
Look through the Top 10 Uses shown below. If you find yourself in more than one of these use cases, then go you need to join the community fast!
Top 10 Uses
(find yours)
The following 10 use cases are sure to be familiar to you. In fact, if just 2 or 3 of them fit you, you are in a prime position to benefit from your b-y-o-b community membership. However, I will wager that no fewer than 5 of these speak directly to you!
Click the plus "+" sign to open the box and read the content.
Mine looks like this [CLICKTOVIEW] but you can make yours how you want it to be. You are only limited by your imagination...and, perhaps, the rules & regulations that govern individual member activity in your organization.
Whatever you choose, I will be able to help you accomplish it!
Become a b-y-o-b member and let's get going...
My line (way out west) was only three people. But I see lines of well over 100. What we all have in common: gifts to get and/or times when we all want to get the same item...such as our Greek-aversary. (Alphaversary for me; April 29, in case you are wondering.)
But it can't just be a ________ (shirt, item, et cetera). It has to be personalized. For me, this means chapter (Xi Rho, 'cause I know you want to know), perhaps institution (SFSU, 'cause now you're wondering where a ΞΡ could possibly be), and how about name (Eric? Big Brother Captain AmErica? — I just made that up...but you see where I am going with this)?
Plus, you want it customized. A customized design means that you get to use the colors, patterns, images, placements that you want, and as you want.
Customization + personalization = $$$$$....
Not any more. Your b-y-o-b membership gives you the three keys that you need to change the "this is too hard and too expensive" narrative:
- The items. More than 3,700 of them to pick from. Somethings for everyone.
- The decoration (customization + personalization). I give you the know-how in short, fast, easy-to-follow and implement lessons. Like doing a Faith Ringgold by numbers.
- Insider’s Secret pricing. I have been doing this stuff for over 30 years, and I know where, how, and when to get the pricing that has heretofore been the private domain of a very private industry.
In summary: Join the community and get everything that you need for high quality gear, made the way you want it, at price savings you can't even imagine. More importanly, you get that success feeling — accomplishment — because you will do it all yourself.
Your b-y-o-b community participation is not just for D9 members. There are many school related uses that will draw you to it. Which is a natural fit, since I know from our historical sales data that about 40% of you work in education. For the sororities anyway, I do not have data for the dudes.
Like many of you, I have worked a long stretch in the field of education. But my point is, if you are a D9 member working in the field of educaton, or if you are an educator and not a D9 member — or if you are a parent of a school age child — you will get tremendous value as a b-y-o-b member.
Administration
Student Activities
This has always been my favorite. Student activities is the home of school spirit. If you are involved in this area — or you are the Student Activities Director at a middle school or high school — then you want to jump into the b-y-o-b learning community yesterday! There are about 7,000,000 ways for you to use these resources to enhance your school, build school spirit, and day-in-day-out outclass your cross-town rival (I'm looking at you S.I.!). Okay. Fine. Let's name a few:
- School gear/spirit wear
- Class shirts/class colors - AND let your students come up with any (allowable) design
Athletics
We are talking team unity, recognition, off-the-court (or field, etc) game-day wear, fan ware, Proud Parent of type stuff...and so much more.
Band
If you are involved in band in any capacity, you already know where this is going. Suffice it to say, that trip to [wherever you are going] is in the bag (once you put the b-y-o-b resources to work).
Fundraising(!!!)
If you want to get the maximum justification for your stakeholders giving you a lot of money for your fundraiser, just put their name on the item — all of a sudden, it's a must-have item. The classic example is the person's name on back of a shirt/jersey/etc., but in these b-y-o-b lessons you will end up with about a billion other options to use.
Yep. You need this. Now. Right now. Stop playing around and go sign up.
There are a bunch of different angles to look at when talking about how your b-y-o-b community membership will benefit you when talking about business.
Let's explore some of these:
Solo-Operator or Small Team
Whether it is for a Handy Person or a Cake Baking Side Hustling Sunday-after-church selling grandmother (EXAMPLE), everyone does better when they have that look of the ultimate professional. Some branded gear gives them this.
Promotion
Every business needs cheerleaders. The b-y-o-b lessons, community, and resoures puts you in the position to help your business (or someone else's) to get their messaging and branding out into the world.
I have worked with small ones, just 30 people or so, and I have worked with big ones, 300 people or more. You know what? They all have the same challenges (regarding the merch):
- They all need gear.
- They need sizes from infant onesies to a 5x for Uncle Joe.
- Your reunion coordinator has to wait and hope that everyone sends their fees.
- And their sizes.
- It gets really expensive ordering garments that require different size designs printed on them.
- One way to keep costs down is with a single color for the design.
Once you are a b-y-o-b member, you have the tools to overcome all of the obstacles. In fact, if you are the coordinator for a future family reunion, this alone will justify the investment that you make to become a b-y-o-b community member.
You get the idea by now, and it all applies here. You know that there are 17 different ways to use your b-y-o-b learning for your church. We're talking everything from youth ministry to choir to building fund to evangelism. The list goes on and on. Probably way past 17 (please let me know your list if it goes past 17).
Ditto here, too. If you read anything in any of the other boxes, apply it here, too.
One benefit of the community is that myself and the group that we elvolve will be able to help you with anything you need in order to be successful with this.
No limits, but this includes getting and using the correct colors, allowable-use images, suggestions for items, feedback on what you are planning to do. Of course all of the branding, fundraising, and personal expression that comes with it.
Check out my personal Raider Fan gear (and hate me for it if you must) and consider what you can accomplish with the aid of your b-y-o-b lessons and community. Imagine what fun it is going to be when you roll into the (you-name-it) game, with your very own personal (you-name-it) team alternative fanware! (Remember, b-y-o-b is about making our own statement, never seek to profit by way of someone else's intellectual property...'specially if that "somone else" is big enough to crush you like an ant under its cleat bootheel).
This category really does apply to all of the other ones. These days, every type of organization needs to raise money and awareness. Branded merch provides a way to do both. What you learn through your b-y-o-b community membership, particularly about how to get the goods at Insider’s Secret pricing, position you to get the maximum of both awareness and money raised.
Nurse, emergency responser, medical office, care facility, dental office, eye, ear or other office — there are a bunch of different ways to use the b-y-o-b resources + training. Let's talk about nurses...
Imagine, if you will, that you are one of the many nurse-heroes who likes to pub the nursing profession through your own personal expression. Well, if you are, you can take it to new heights with the personally branded lineup that you can accomplish with what you will garner from your b-y-o-b membership. Check out this sample lineup of personally branded (that means, designed and personalized any way you want them done) garments & gear:
- scrubs(!) — that's right, your scrubs, your way
- crocs — not real ones, but maybe better because they are custom
- backpack — you can make this all a matching set, if you like
- blanket — for those rare occasions when you actually sleep (maybe just a hooded blanket, since there's no telling where you next nap will be)
- sleep mask — helpful, since there will probably be lights on
- lunch bag/cooler — your best chance at getting a non-vending machine meal (although some of the options in the cafeteria are worth the trip)
- travel bag — because you know why, that's why
If you are a nurse, the b-y-o-b investment should be automatic.
I have built my business and lived my life around creating products like these for folks, more-or-less focused on these "Top 10 Uses" listed here.
I do not recommend doing this (so, so, so many hurdles to jump), but it is accessible — using the same 3 simple steps I talk about. Your community membership will give you what you need to make cool stuff for any person, event, or occasion...but selling it? Such a headache! I forbid it. Even as a hobby/side hustle. Nope. Just stick to giving gifts, creating smiles, loading up on THE BEST GEAR (at the RIGHT price) and having fun.
What you are fixing to get:
Step-by-Step Lessons
Short, fast easy-to-follow lessons. The lessons have video and text components, each is concise and to the point, with clear action steps.
Each lesson covers:
• Introduction to the product source and the product that it has available (and any Insider’s Secret pricing that it offers).
• How to register as a user for the product source
• Choosing your item/s
• Decorating/coloring the item
• Adding branding/personalization to the item
• Checking out and completing the purchase with the source
• Need to know — any special considerations with this source
Live Group Sessions
The live group sessions will take place 2-4 times per month in a Zoom style online meeting (I don't actually use Zoom, but everyone in probably familar with the term by now). These live sessions will consist of covering topics that are important to the community and will feature:
• Introduction of new or interesting products or sources
• Optional Member Spotlight — an opportunity for a member to get 1-1 live mentoring
• Q&A Session — get any and all questions answered live
Free Design Resources
In addition to showing you where andhow to get designs, design elements, and the logos/images that you want to use, I will also provide a members download area where you can take what you need, and use it as you choose. These elements will be added by member request, or just when I think of something cool or useful to add.
Interactive Community
You will have the opportunity to interact with other members. You can get feedback. You can give it. You can encourage, support, and cheer on other folks who are out there accomplishing with you. Share ideas, insights, inspiration, motivation, and see how it all comes right back to you. Or not. Totally optional. (You might be like me and prefer to sit in your cave and not be bothered by anyone most of the time.)
Office Hours
You will always have access to email (and scheduled chat) support for answers to any questions to make sure that your projects are successful.
Contests | Prizes | Rewards | Recognition
To help the community stay lively and keep growing, I encourage your participation and interaction and I have about a dozen cool/fun/interesting ways to make you want to make contributions all of the time. Watch.
There will be 2 - 4 new lessons added each month during 2024, then as needed or requested after that.
You will see what products you can use (there are many examples on these pages, there are many more that do not fit!
You learn some simple short cuts to making a really cool custom designs.
You then get to brand it — that means that you add personalizations to make the item even more uniquely yours: this is the names, words, logos, dates, locations, and so forth that make it special.
My Personal Guarantee
I have been learning this stuff for over thirty years. I guarantee you that by following the lessons you will be confidently making your own branded merch or I will work 1-on-1 with you until you have it.
Not ready to take the plunge??
That's okay. For a limited time, you can take my Starter Lesson free of any charges.
Sign up here:
FIND THE GEAR
There are many options and your lessons, along with your community membership, will get you to the best of the best
MAKE IT YOUR WAY
Even if you are completely new to designing and personalizing, the short, fast, easy-to-follow lesson will guide you right.
MASSIVE SAVINGS
You will be shown how to access Insider's Secret pricing and save hundreds to thousands of dollars on custom merch.
I guarantee that you will be creating items such as these shown above, and you will be sharing in that takes-your-breath-away feeling of euphoria that comes with accomplishing fun, new things that we did not know we could do!
3,700+
COOL PRODUCTS
2-4
NEW LESSONS EACH MONTH
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brand: YOU.
Join the b-y-o-b Community
Annual Membership: $297 /Year (or $997 Lifetime)
In short, fast, easy-to-follow lessons, learn how to make anything. D9 gear, school gear, ____ gear. Make stuff for your church, your business, your kid's school, your event. We are talking garments, gear, accessories — thousands of different items...but you can make just one: decorate and personalize it — brand it — to match your individual tastes and desires.
When it comes to birthdays, anniversaries, special events, gifting of any sort, matching outfits or accessories for any occasion, you will be able to supply the goods and be able to enjoy savings of hundreds to thousands of dollars (the more you gotta get, the more you're gonna save) in the process.
Express yourself in all your multi-colored fabulousity.
b-y-o-b. Be Your Own Brand... and take your friends and family along with you for the ride.
Limited Time Introductory Special Offer:
Pay the annual investment of $297 to become a Lifetime Member — and never have to pay the annual renewal!
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Partial List of Available Merch
Garments
- Bathrobes
- Bikinis
- Boxer Briefs
- Cardigan Sweaters
- Crewneck Sweatshirts
- Crewneck T-Shirts
- Down Coats
- Dresses
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- Jeans
- K
- Leggings
- M
- N
- O
- Pajamas
- Pullover Hooded Sweatshirt
- Q
- R
- Shirts
- Sneakers
- Tank Tops
- Underwear
- V-Neck T-Shirt
- Windbreaker
- Zip Front Sweatshirt
Gadgets
- Cell Phone Covers
- Earbuds
- Drone
- Headphones
- Journals
- Lamps
- Portable Power Supply
- Wireless Headphones
Gear & Accessories
- Apron
- Bandana
- Baseball Cap
- Beanie Cap
- Bucket Hat
- Checked (Large) Suitcase
- Clipboard
- Cosmetics Bag
- Cufflinks
- Desk Calendar
- Dopp Kit
- Duffel Bag
- Gift Wrap Paper
- Ice Bucket
- Jewelry Box
- Keyring Tag
- Luggage/Suitcases
- Necklace
- Neck Tie
- Ornaments
- Passport Cover
- Pillows
- Rugs
- Scarf
- Toiletries Bag
- Umbrella
- Wall Calendar
- Water Bottles
- Weekender Tote Bag