MJ DeMarco
I followed the science; all I found was money.
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If I'm being honest, I never understood your business ideas and their business models.
I would find it terribly difficult to spend a lot of time marketing something where the immediate, best case scenario is someone subscribing. For me, a strong enough feedback loop just isn't there-- and won't be there for what, months? Years?
I'm not suggesting that you can't make a fortune with a newsletter, however you have to "know yourself" (you and I are very similar insofar as our cynicism) and realize that the "commitment" of money is very important for motivation and emotional dynamics, especially when it comes to time and money spent.
I built this forum FIRST before my book. But I also had a product that was in the pipeline. I would have NEVER started this forum without knowing first I was going to be an author, and that I could leverage that forum.
That said, I'm all for building an audience, even if you're not quite sure (yet) where it's going to go.
Someone who spent 2 years researching and finally discovers the perfect product might not be better off than the guy who spent 2 years building a YouTube channel with 1M subscribers. The latter likely has a distinct advantage.
I would find it terribly difficult to spend a lot of time marketing something where the immediate, best case scenario is someone subscribing. For me, a strong enough feedback loop just isn't there-- and won't be there for what, months? Years?
I'm not suggesting that you can't make a fortune with a newsletter, however you have to "know yourself" (you and I are very similar insofar as our cynicism) and realize that the "commitment" of money is very important for motivation and emotional dynamics, especially when it comes to time and money spent.
I built this forum FIRST before my book. But I also had a product that was in the pipeline. I would have NEVER started this forum without knowing first I was going to be an author, and that I could leverage that forum.
That said, I'm all for building an audience, even if you're not quite sure (yet) where it's going to go.
Someone who spent 2 years researching and finally discovers the perfect product might not be better off than the guy who spent 2 years building a YouTube channel with 1M subscribers. The latter likely has a distinct advantage.
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