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In this episode, we start off by welcoming new All-stars and expressing our gratitude for their support. I then provide an update on the development of our new product, number nine. I explain that I have been working on making my own vegetable stock as a key ingredient for this batch. I express my excitement about the outcome of number nine with Uncle Brother's Vegetable Stock and the addition of smoked and roasted chilies and garlic. I mention that there are still a few steps left to complete before transitioning to the commercial kitchen.
Next, I apologize for the delay in shipping out the last few orders and thank everyone for their patience. I assure them that the shipment will be sent out as soon as the batch is finished. Furthermore, I give a shoutout to a customer named Bill P. who suggested reducing the packing materials in our shipments. I share the story of how I obtained recycled materials from a local co-op, highlighting our commitment to the environment.
Moving on, we discuss our efforts to promote eco-friendly shipping practices. We have been using plain boxes and taping over the branding on Amazon boxes to make them more sustainable. I express my desire for Amazon to reconsider their branding on shipping boxes, and suggest starting a campaign to encourage other shippers to use plain boxes as well.
Afterwards, I give a shoutout to Ms. Blatt, our first employee, and a long-time subscriber Jeff H. who upgraded his membership to a two-bottle plan. I also acknowledge Rashaun F. for joining as a new all-star and bringing in five more people to sign up. As a result of Rashaun's efforts, we have created a reward program for our all-stars. Referring five people who sign up within six weeks will earn an upgrade or a free bottle of our sauce, and referring ten people will result in the all-star's next payment being covered by us.
In the next part of the conversation, I give a special shoutout to my dear sweet auntie, Diane, who is celebrating her birthday. I mentioned that I need to wrap up the conversation quickly as I have to attend her birthday celebration. Before ending, I announce that we have reviews available for all-star sign-ups and share a surprise for those who leave a review. I express deep gratitude to everyone who has joined and supported our efforts.
Finally, I mentioned that I have a special task to complete and need to get back to work. I assure listeners that I will finish up a batch and send out the samples by the end of the week. I sign off as Uncle Brother, the maker of award-winning all sauce and a radical self-care extremist.
0:00:00 Confusion over Amazon branding
0:00:27 All-stars welcomed, update on the ship
0:02:04 Smoked chilies and garlic, upcoming steps in the process
0:02:58 Finishing batch, shipping out pending orders
0:05:03 Reusing boxes from Co-op and Amazon branding concern
0:07:51 Embracing Eco-Friendly Packaging
0:08:42 Advocating for Plain, Unmarked Shipping Boxes
0:09:57 Ms. Blatt - Uncle Brother's First Employee
0:10:54 Early Subscribers and Shoutouts
0:11:25 Early Subscribers: Jeff H and Reed Stonecipher
0:12:09 Reed and Jeff's All-Sauce Experience
0:13:39 Extra Special Shout Out to Rashaun F
0:13:55 Reward Program for Referrals
0:15:55 Next Payment Free for Ten Referrals
0:17:28 Special Shoutout to Auntie Diane's Birthday
0:18:33 The Ownership of the Rock
0:18:52 Excitement and anticipation for something new
0:19:59 Introduction and Support for the Effort
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Uncle Brutha is a health coach, radical self-care extremist, and the mastermind behind UncleBrutha's™ ALLSAUCE™ DC's Original Award Winning Gourmet Hot Sauce. In the health and wellness industry, Uncle Brutha has helped countless individuals create personalized health plans to enhance their overall well-being. His approach is rooted in the belief that true health starts from within, and he encourages his clients to prioritize self-care and make educated eating decisions.
Beyond his work as a health coach, Uncle Brutha is also a culinary genius. His legendary hot sauce, ALLSAUCE™, has won countless awards for its flavor including multiple 1st place trophies in the Fiery Food Challenge. This has earned him a loyal following across the country. Made with a secret blend of all-natural ingredients, ALLSAUCE™ is the perfect addition to any dish and has been recognized with multiple awards for its exceptional flavor.
Whether he's coaching clients or concocting new culinary creations, Uncle Brutha is committed to spreading the message of radical self-care and healthy living. His passion, expertise, and unique perspective make him a true force in the wellness community, and a beloved figure to all who know him.
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Branding all over the box. I mean, we don't really need to see the Amazon,
Speaker:Thing what is that Amazon?
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Music.
Speaker:What's up, everybody? I'm Uncle Brother. I make award-winning allsauce, and I'm a radical,
Speaker:self-care extremist Okay, it's time for another update.
Speaker:And of course to start things off Welcome and a huge. Thank you,
Speaker:to all of the newest All-stars, and I'm going to flash some names right along here of all the all-stars
Speaker:and you'll see the newest ones have been included in there. So thank you, thank you, thank you. Now.
Speaker:Okay, so now it's time for an update on the ship. Still a few waiting for samples of number nine
Speaker:to be ready. Since getting them out is pending completion of the development batch that of
Speaker:number nine that's currently underway. As I mentioned last time, I was talking about,
Speaker:I might go into something that I was working on. It was a development of one of my key ingredients.
Speaker:So, as you may notice on the label of number nine, one of the key ingredients is a vegetable stock.
Speaker:So, as I mentioned before,
Speaker:that was something that I had been purchasing. So what I thought I would do is make a go of it myself,
Speaker:coming up with a stock.
Speaker:So that's what I just finished, working out a process for, another step in the process,
Speaker:was a process for the vegetable stock.
Speaker:So that went very well.
Speaker:And I'm very pleased with that.
Speaker:So I'm excited to see now the outcome of number nine with, you know, Uncle Brother's Vegetable Stock,
Speaker:as part of the recipe, this go-round.
Speaker:And chilies and garlic.
Speaker:Whoa, look at that. I've all been smoked and processed and on standby.
Speaker:So shout out to Maria Washington for contributing a couple of pounds of her little Pikmi Serrano.
Speaker:Yes, it's the cutest little Pikmi Serranos I've ever seen. But you know, thank you very much, Maria.
Speaker:Long time member of the Allsauce Village.
Speaker:So yes, the serrano chilies and garlic have been smoked and roasted.
Speaker:So we've got a couple of more steps to go still, a couple of more steps that I still have yet to map out.
Speaker:So this week, I should be able to finish out the last couple of steps that I'm going to be needing,
Speaker:as I transition to the commercial kitchen.
Speaker:Please continue to be patient for a few more days, a few more days while I finish up this batch.
Speaker:As I said, it should be by the end of this week.
Speaker:And again, I apologize, but thank you.
Speaker:Thank you so much for your patience in allowing me to push my estimate a little bit,
Speaker:before getting these last couple of shipments out.
Speaker:So as I mentioned, there's still a few shipments pending that are in need of number nine samples.
Speaker:So as soon as this batch is done, those shipments will be headed your way.
Speaker:So if you've gotten an email from me already, You're pushing back my estimate just a little bit, but it should be this week that I get the batch finished and then I'll be shipping them out.
Speaker:Just a few orders here to ship out. So now I want to give a shout out to Bill P.
Speaker:Bill P. reached out to me and said, You got to cut down on all that packing material that you're putting in your shipment.
Speaker:Said, but Bill, it's precious cargo.
Speaker:He said, you be.
Speaker:The UPS driver could have thrown that box like a football and those bottles wouldn't have broke.
Speaker:All right, I couldn't help but LOL, laugh out loud behind that, Bill P.
Speaker:Because, yes, I was thinking about that. I said, yeah, I'm putting all this packing in here,
Speaker:but I can afford it. How can I afford it? I'm always, look, I got to keep expenses down,
Speaker:getting this thing off the ground. Why am I putting so much packing in this.
Speaker:Shipment? It's recycled. Shout out to Tacoma Park Co-op, TPSS. I don't know how
Speaker:many years ago I saw bags and bags of packing materials sitting out on a you
Speaker:know that they were I don't know if they were getting rid of it or you know I
Speaker:said so I asked I said what's going on with this stuff outside? They said oh
Speaker:well it's just there you know anybody wants they can have it or whatever. I,
Speaker:I said, really? How often do you do that?
Speaker:They said, oh yeah, pretty frequently.
Speaker:So I said, well tell you what, call me when you have it, I'll come get it.
Speaker:I was getting packing materials, I started this back in the first cycle.
Speaker:So, they graciously called me every time they had sat something out and I built a stockpile.
Speaker:As a matter of fact, when things shut down, I still had that stuff
Speaker:and I held on to it. So now some of the boxes that are coming are in this type,
Speaker:of box. Okay this is a box one of the boxes that I get from Co-op. Now you see
Speaker:it has a you know some writing and writing sticker they wrote my name on it
Speaker:Okay, but this comes from the.
Speaker:Ogaia, Gaia T. So I Like this box. You see I can recycle and reuse. This is perfect, but some of you,
Speaker:Have received your samples in a recycled.
Speaker:Amazon box Okay, so last time I was up at the co-op picking up the recycled shipping materials,
Speaker:I was talking with the lady shout out to Jane and check thank you so much for being so thoughtful when it comes to,
Speaker:You know recycling the shipping materials and allowing me to be a regular,
Speaker:Recycler of your shipping materials. How about that?
Speaker:So I have been sending out though some of these Amazon boxes and I was up there the other day to pick up some shipping,
Speaker:materials and And I said, you know, I was thinking about, I said, what do you call that? A ballot initiative.
Speaker:Maybe, you know, one of these days I may get around to doing a ballot initiative or something.
Speaker:I said, I don't know.
Speaker:But I want to, I want to like reach out or get Amazon to consider some kind of way.
Speaker:They'll put all this branding on.
Speaker:We don't need the branding on the box. You know, just use the tape, you know, just the branding tape.
Speaker:Branding on the tape is a great idea, but branding all over the box, I mean, we don't
Speaker:Really need to see the Amazon.
Speaker:Music.
Speaker:Use these boxes. Now they proudly stay on here made with less material. Great, I love that.
Speaker:That's fantastic. But so many boxes go out. I mean over the time period that I was, you know,
Speaker:off for a while, you know, put everything on pause, I started realizing that I should be
Speaker:saving these boxes because one of these days I'm going to be shipping sauce out to folks,
Speaker:and I'm still going to use recycled boxes.
Speaker:Even before I realized that all of you were out there longing for the return of all socks,
Speaker:I just had the feeling that I would be doing this.
Speaker:So I had stockpiled a bunch of Amazon boxes.
Speaker:And you know what I'd do? I think I even started this before the break, but I would just tape over the branding.
Speaker:Okay, well that's cool, but that's a lot of material to put. I got to put all the tape.
Speaker:Just do a plain box. Everybody that's shipping, we like to guide your company.
Speaker:They do organic herbal teas, and so they're very conscious. See, this is no,
Speaker:this is a label. I could peel this label off or put my shipping label over this
Speaker:label and we're good to go. Nice and recycled. Isn't that wonderful? Nobody has to have it.
Speaker:You talk about climate change and reducing impact on the environment. What's wrong with that?
Speaker:Maybe I could do a Change.org. Is there still a Change.org? Somebody, you know, maybe in the
Speaker:comments tell me, do we need a campaign to get shippers to send out plain boxes unmarked with
Speaker:things.
Speaker:Music.
Speaker:Yes, I heard Ms. Blatt was Uncle Brother's first employee. Ms. Blatt was just graduating from University of Maryland,
Speaker:and she interviewed and came to work for Uncle Brother.
Speaker:So, shout out to Ms. Blatt. So happy to hear from you.
Speaker:Okay, also wanna do another special shout out to long-term subscriber, Jeff H.
Speaker:What's up? Shout out to Jeff H. I heard from Jeff, who wanted to know how he could post his rave reviews.
Speaker:He tried to get into the membership area and it didn't work.
Speaker:And he wrote to me and said, hey, I'm gonna leave my rave reviews. How do I do it?
Speaker:Now, I don't know if you remember or if I've really mentioned this before.
Speaker:Music.
Speaker:And to send in, I know I've talked about ReadStoneCypher and Jeff H was another subscriber who jumped in early and you know.
Speaker:Oh Lord.
Speaker:Wait a minute.
Speaker:Trying this new setup today.
Speaker:Music.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:All right, so I think where I was is saying that Jeff H was also one of the first subscribers
Speaker:to come on board along with Reed Stonecipher.
Speaker:And when I got my first research batches completed and was sending out samples to the Pioneer All-Stars,
Speaker:all-stars, the early the early adopters who got on in.
Speaker:Music.
Speaker:Jeff and Reed, you know, Reed, we saw Reed get his all-sauce from me, but I sent Jeff,
Speaker:his all-sauce for being an early subscriber, and so I wrote back to Jeff,
Speaker:and I said, you know, I let him know, I said, well you could upgrade to an all-star
Speaker:membership and membership comes with free shipping as well, plus it comes with,
Speaker:sauce! Yes, that's what everybody's talking about. And then there's gonna be you know there's the VIP access and VIP perks and and other delights,
Speaker:that will be coming and so Jeff wrote me back and said oh well UV not only am I,
Speaker:gonna upgrade to a two bottle membership I'm gonna upgrade to the 12 ounce two
Speaker:bottle membership all right that's what I'm talking about thank you so much Jeff,
Speaker:okay so here's the extra extra special shout out Rashaun F shout out to Rashaun
Speaker:F not only did he come on board as a new all-star with a two-bottle five-ounce
Speaker:membership I get an email from Rashaun saying keep an eye out for boom boom
Speaker:boom boom boom five names they're gonna sign up too I said wow look at that.
Speaker:Shout out with Sean for out there recruiting I said man if everybody did Did you get that?
Speaker:Music.
Speaker:What can I do? I got to come up with a reward. Not only to thank Rashawn, but if I got everybody involved,
Speaker:with referring people, that's what, yes. So,
Speaker:Rashawn, because of Rashawn, I have come up with a reward program just for all stars at the moment.
Speaker:If you send me Five people who all sign up in one cycle six weeks.
Speaker:I'll upgrade your membership So Rashaun if all his five people sign up that he told me to watch out for,
Speaker:By the next by his next payment. I'm gonna send him 12 ounce bottles instead of five,
Speaker:That's a $15 value Wow, okay so,
Speaker:If Rashaun was that excited that he got five overnight I wonder if he could get another five oh I bet you he could what,
Speaker:would I do for ten send me ten people within a cycle not only do you get an
Speaker:upgrade to the next size if you're already at the 12 ounce 5 12 ounce 2 bottle membership I'm gonna send you an extra bottle of your choice how about
Speaker:that. So five referrals that sign up in your current cycle, in your current six,
Speaker:weeks, I'll give you an upgrade either to the next size or a free bottle. If you're,
Speaker:a five ounce two bottle, you get a 12 ounce two bottle. If you're already at a
Speaker:12 ounce two bottle, you get a free bottle for five new people. Okay, that sign up
Speaker:within your six-week payment cycle. If you get 10 people to sign up.
Speaker:That next payment is free. How about that? So in six weeks get 10 people to sign up.
Speaker:For a membership. That doesn't matter which one as long as it's a membership and they sign up,
Speaker:within your six weeks your next payment your next payment will be free. Five friends and these are,
Speaker:friends of all stars now okay. Five friends who sign up in your before your next payment in your
Speaker:six-week cycle and you'll get a free upgrade either to the next size if you
Speaker:already have a 12 ounce two bottle you get a free bottle okay so if you add a
Speaker:12 ounce one bottle you get a free bottle if you add a two bottle five
Speaker:ounce you get upgraded to the 12 okay here's how it's gonna work give your referral your email address that you signed up with when you got your
Speaker:all-star membership. From the ampersand on, just replace that with 23. So your
Speaker:email address and from the ampersand, from the at sign on, replace that with
Speaker:23. Got that? Alright, pretty simple I think. I hope so. It's not too complicated
Speaker:is it? Anyway, that's how we're gonna do it. So let me know what you think about
Speaker:about that. All right, now I've got an extra, extra, extra special shout out.
Speaker:This one is to my dear sweet auntie, Diane. Diane D. Why am I shouting out my
Speaker:extra sweet special auntie? It's her birthday. That's right. And that's why I
Speaker:gotta hurry up wrap this up, because I'm about to run her little, little birthday.
Speaker:Music.
Speaker:That's my rock.
Speaker:All right, okay. Well, I think that's gonna about cover everything.
Speaker:Music.
Speaker:You think because I'm excited my stock came out off the chain so you know I
Speaker:think we're gonna I want to see if you notice anything different about number
Speaker:nine this time okay I'm gonna see if I notice anything different I don't even
Speaker:know yet wait a minute oh dude we got reviews if you're an all-star sign it to
Speaker:your account, there's now a link for dropping your reviews. Absolutely. And,
Speaker:when you do that, a little surprise for you. I dropped a little surprise right
Speaker:there for you where you can drop your review. How about that?
Speaker:Alright everybody, I just have to take this time right now, as I always do, to
Speaker:make sure that I express my extreme gratitude to everyone, everyone, who has.
Speaker:Music.
Speaker:Come on board and is supporting this effort and you know what, love all y'all.
Speaker:Okay, let's see what else we got going on. I think that just about covers it. So
Speaker:like I said, gotta dash, gotta run over here, got a special little run to make.
Speaker:So let me get that knocked out and then I got to get back to work because I'm
Speaker:gonna finish up this batch so I get these samples out by the end of the week.
Speaker:How about that? Alright it's all appreciated. It's all love. I'm Uncle Brother. I make award-winning all sauce and I'm a radical self-care extremist.
Speaker:I'll catch you next time. Peace.
Speaker:Music.
