Starting Your Own Business? - The #1 Mistake

[John Marty]

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[Andy Black]

OK, I'll bite.

You've done a great job speaking to the camera with barely any filler words. Well done.

Your YouTube channel is very slick too. Probably too slick for your first posts in this forum though? This is more of a community than a content marketing platform. On platforms we post and try and build an audience. In forums and communities we engage with others and join in the conversations.

People want to engage with other people on here. You'll do better once people get to know you first (as can be seen from the feedback on your other thread here: Career Stagnation - When Should You Make A Move?)


Personally, I do much better in communities than on platforms. I even created a thread on my learnings of how to best help others in communities:

• How to use forums (and Facebook groups)

The crux of your video is to know your audience and their needs first before pushing a product on them. I think you've maybe misjudged a little why people are on this forum, and the type and format of content that appeals to them? Video doesn't work great, with most forum members preferring to read. And what you've said has been said and debated many times already (see a few links below).

I 100% agree that most people spend too much time building stuff and not enough time working out whether they can add value. It's a massive problem:

• Stop Building Stuff

There's a few "idea extraction" threads in here already:

• Question for those running Idea Extraction
• A Question on Cold Calls and Idea Extraction (Dane Maxwell Foundation)
• Idea Extraction Targets

I personally don't like the notion of "idea extraction". I prefer try and help people one at a time, and not ask them what they'd do if they have a magic wand. Here's a thread I created to counter "idea extraction":

• Help one person at a time

TL;DR

• Welcome to the forum.
• It's a community and you can likely get a lot of value from it if you slow down and join in.
• We'd love you to stay and tell us how you're business is going and what you've done to create and grow your YouTube channel.

 

[TonyStark]

I’m sorry sir, who are you?