Can't sell without a funnel.
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Free registration at the forum removes this block."After I wake up at 4 PM, I'm going to optimize my website. Then I'm going to write down my list on what I'll do tomorrow. After that, I'm going to watch TV."
*Looks up idea competitors*
" There's too much competition; no point in trying to sell my product now."
Or
"This market is over saturated, my product will never sell."
(I've been guilty of both of these.)
Start a daily progress thread and fill it with garbage bullet points such as "cleaned my desk today".
Start a daily progress thread and fill it with garbage bullet points such as "cleaned my desk today".
On my 20th birthday I will get after it...
On my 25th birthday I will get after it...
On my 30th birthday I will get after it...
On my 35th birthday I will get after it...
On my 40th birthday I will get after it...
Starting a brand course - Done
Starting a business course - Done
Coding Course - Done
App Course - Done
Oh look! A course on how to make money selling courses! - In Progress...
I'm pretty sure this has to be one of the top 10 BEST action fakes."Let me read all of the Gold/Notable threads in this forum before I take action".
On my 65th birthday I will ge-*dies*On my 20th birthday I will get after it...
On my 25th birthday I will get after it...
On my 30th birthday I will get after it...
On my 35th birthday I will get after it...
On my 40th birthday I will get after it...
"Not worried about money at this point."
Yea I agree - probably should have clarified. There are times where money isn't the goal at the moment, but your goal should always be to be profitable as soon as possible. Can't deliver value to anyone without being able to fund your business.There's definitely a time and place where money doesn't need to be worried about.
Let's say that you have an idea for a niche piece of software that will save a certain niche category of businesses a lot of time/money. The problem it would solve is too small for established software companies to take notice of it, but you're confident that you can bang out the solution in about 500 hours of coding. Since you've worked in the industry for ten years, you don't need to worry about logos, marketing or other games, since you're on a first name basis with about 50 people who will gladly pay $2000+ for a solution this problem, which is costing them $5000 in man-hours to deal with each month, and they've told you as much. And you can count on word of mouth reaching another 200 people. You have a means of ensuring that no one just shares your software around for free, so you don't need to worry about only selling a few copies of the software and having the rest ripped off.
This is a good time to not worry about money. You've got all the tools you need to see this through to the end.
However, this isn't usually the case. When I was younger, I had a number of really great ideas that really could have been something. Unfortunately, I never got anywhere because I needed help from others to act on the ideas (as I lacked all the necessary skills and knowledge to create the value I believe was necessary) and I had absolutely no money to pay them. Very few people are motivated by profit sharing schemes, so I got no where.
Thinking back, I should have been doing two things.
(1) Putting all my free time into earning as much money as I could (I already was earning my income freelance and could have easily increased my hours with a little effort) and
(2) Put in the work that I was personally able to with my skills and knowledge, so at least some of the value was created while I was earning money to pay others.
In actuality, I did neither of these things (until years and years later) and as a result, failed to meet my goals. Fortunately, I learned from my mistakes, and was eventually able to overcome the things that were holding me back.
Starting tomorrow, I'm going to start doing........
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