10 Questions with JR
I sat down with Loren‘s husband and my close friend, JR Ridinger, to chat about the latest news in my life, and talk a little bit about becoming an entrepreneur. Make sure you check out his website! #1 You have 3.7 million followers on twitter, how has social media changed the way you do business and how has it affected your personal life brand? I am almost at 4 million! Hoping to get there this week! I really believe I have a brand for my fans and tools like twitter have allowed me to connect and communicate directly with my fans! I get to hear what my fans are asking for an I make sure I can provide them with a product or information. #2 Over the past few years reality TV has taken over television, practically anyone can become a celebrity without having or needed the experience. Did you ever expect for your show “Keeping up With the Kardashians” to become this successful and what have you learned from it? We had a fun idea to share our lives on TV and in no way did we ever think it would elevate to this level. We definitely share our craziness and family feuds but there is so much love and heart in our family, I just think people can relate. We have grown closer as a family from this experience and bottom line we love what we do. #3 What are the biggest issues facing your generation today? There are so many different issues my generation is facing. This certainly is not a huge issue but being the hopeless romantic that I am, I find that old fashion love is hard to come by now in days. Too much communication… no more sweet letters and cards, it’s all e-mails and texting, so impersonal. I do know that life was definitely more simple even when I was growing up. No cell phones, myspace, facebook. Seems like monogamy is an issue. Read the rest of my Top 10 with JR after the jump!
#4 You live on a plane, what keeps you motivated? Have you ever felt like giving up? I feel so blessed to be able to travel the world. It’s truly a dream come true. I rarely get sick and when I’m taking lots of redeye flights I get sick which makes me want to take a few days off… other than that I would not give this up for anything! #5 What 3 pieces of advice would you offer entrepreneurs starting out today? #6 You are the branding queen, everywhere I turn I see your name, poster, perfume ect… What or who do you attribute your branding success to? When did you realize you were a household name? I really attribute my parents, my father especially for teaching me to have a strong work ethic. I worked in my father’s office for 6 years and he taught me so much. I really think having goals and working hard to achieve them takes you a long way. The first time I realized I was a household name was when I read people magazine today and Elizabeth Edwards mentioned my name! #7 What has been your most effective marketing tactic or technique? Just being true to myself and fans. I don’t endorse products I don’t use or love. People can sense if something isn’t authentic. #8 What are you doing to give back to your community? I was raised to always give 10% of my earnings to charity. I support and belong to many charities, e-bay auctions and I am heavily involved with the Dream Foundation, an organization that grants wishes to terminally ill adults. #9 Your mother Kris is your manager and a great one too! What has she done to help you along the way and what do you think she got her negotiation skills from? My mom is the key to my success! We think exactly alike and are always on the same page. She’s a better negotiator than I am, so I learn so much from her! I think she learned a lot from my dad as well. #10 Who is the smartest person you know and why? JR Ridinger!!! Do I even need to explain? DUH
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All smiles Gurl go check for check Kim k
Kim, I love this! I love the way there is still some Ol’ fashion in you!I love your morals, i just thing that You are am amzaing we can learn so much from you!Since i do “follow” You i did acomplished many things my self,on my own level.Even I do look much better and my self confidence jumped much higher!Thanks to you! And i know that we will keep it that way, together!Your BIG FAN!!!Mary-anne
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now this is wat i call a woman…love is fasinating when the couple does old fashion stuff for each other n i find it really cute.they can b rili gud memories :D
kim, ur a great woman n don let ny1 or nything drag u away frm wat u do n change u frm wat u r.i love u sooooo muchhh mwaaaah!!
Chandni
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KIm my love ALL the was from AUSTRALIA… xxxx mwaah!!
hey kim, im Fauzia from South Africa and i just wana let you know that you have fans here too! cant wait for the next season of keeping up with the kardashians… :-)
Hi Fauzia!! And hi to all my fans in South Africa, I love you dolls! xo
hay kim AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH i cant believe im sending you a messeg i love you and your family when are you ganna come to south africa
SO TRUE i also live in south africa i love KIM KARDASIAN
http://famousplastic.com/2008/06/09/kim-kardashian-had-her-nose-done/
luv u doll
Farzeen………….I have already nominated YOU as Kim’s Number ONE fan……..
Go look at the most recent story about Mason ….
Kim, you really need to give Ms Farzeen special recognition. She IS your number ONE fan!
hi kim love you doll you seem to work very hard
wow I love it! ur amazing!u look really cute and I velieve that ur really a hard worker person u made me believe more in myself! thnx Kimmy xo love u
HELLO KIM! I am your big fan. i am from serbia ,I am 15 and i wanna let you know that people from here really love you! sorry if I’m bad at english :))
You are BEAUTIFUL and my dream is to be so beautiful and popular just like you. You’re my idol. Please,let me know if you read this. :) It is really important to me and I would love to have an answer from you! Love from Serbia,Jovana
I did read this :) Be condident… know you are beautiful inside and out :) xo