The other days post Comments are your Currency sparked a good debate about comments and the reality that people who comment will never be customers. A couple offered a different view point and those people are making serious money, so they hold weight when they say that commenters aren’t necessarily going to be your customers.
Now I respect Mike and David’s views enormusly, they know what they are talking about because they are actually doing it and while some people may take the comments as a little bit negative, I take them as constructive. This to me was really interesting, as I clearly admit I’m no marketing expert or guru, but I do have a want and need to start making money online to free me from my 60hr working week. Can fans ever become customers?
- Teams
Interestingly as soon as I heard David and Mike talk about the reality of their own business, I started to think well fans can become customers, just look at any major sports team. Now I know, before people disagree with this analogy that this site isn’t a superbowl contender, neither is it sponsored by an energy drink or fashionable, but sports teams get a lot of income from their fans. Fan’s of the teams buy tickets to watch them play, buy the DVD’s, t-shirts, even subscribe to their services. Fans becoming customers.
Can it be done on a website run by one person? Can active readers really be classified as potential customers? Ray agreed it was a great way to see what your readers are actually interested in and need, by being active in the comments and actually getting to know them, however, Mike suggested comments don’t reflect the majority of people who don’t comment. Remember Mike is making a great deal of money online so he is well placed to offer an opinion, but;
- Silent Majority
Yeah I get there are more people who read this site than comment, which is fine, but is the feeling or attitude of that silent majority and different from the active readers who do comment? Is there anyway of gauging this? How do you analyze the invisible data?
I suppose one way of doing it, is actually to do it. If you actually start to sell a product and providing it is a good product and all your commenters say they think it’s great and wish you good luck with, but you don’t actually get any sales, then maybe you have your answer. Not every one is going to comment on your site, while not everyone is going to agree with you, but if no one is buying your products or services including your readers, you may have to concede that the silent majority may rule.
- Friends
Another really good point Mike brought up was a friend of his who used to run a bike shop. I say use to because that business ran into a wall because the owner was too focused with his friends in the shop who only rarely bought products from him and any new potential customers didn’t get dealt with properly.
Now there is an amazing community here and that has now spread over to the forum, so things are happening at an amazing rate here currently Alexa has this site ranking 18,000 in the US which I’m extactic about, so why can’t our community be turned into a business later down the road?
David said I’m treating this as a fan base and not a business, but surely the two can co-exist quite happily. Now I’m going to stand by my values and the readers and still refuse to screw people over for a quick buck, but why can’t you have a business that involves your friends? Is it impossible?
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Twitter: plantingdollars
February 11, 2010 at 06:38
I think the team concept works if you have an active, obvious competitor who your readers don’t like. This would create an us vs them mentality, but for what you’re selling would that really work because each similar site is essentially trying to help the reader. The Yankees versus the Dodgers is much more clear cut due to geographic location and distinct players. Maybe you could start blogging competitions so you could sell theinfopreneur T-shirts and have blogging battles that you charge subscription fees for.
I think if you’re still getting a big enough readership from the silent majority you’ll still hit what they desire. Much like the only kid who raises his hand in class typically asks the same question everyone else is thinking, but doesn’t have the guts to say. Short surveys and polls on the side of your site might also trigger feedback from the silent majority since they don’t have to show their face.
The friend idea seems a bit harder because if your product stinks you’re stuck with unhappy friends. I’d much rather sell to 1,000 good acquaintances who trust me than 1,000 close friends simply because it clouds the water… I may be wrong though.
Good thought provoking questions.
Ryan @ Planting Dollars´s last blog ..Hiking Diamond Head and Snorkeling In Waikiki
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 19:10
Hey Ryan,
Good to have you here brother. How would blogging battles work?
Yeah I think you are right about the kid at school and polls would be a lot easier for people to sign up to as well. Good point Ryan.
Anyone reading this, watch out for a guest post from Ryan soon
Twitter: plantingdollars
February 11, 2010 at 21:32
Not exactly sure how the blogging battles would work… However, considering your quick success with this site you could have several bloggers or just 1v1 try to build a niche website about a predetermined topic and whoever has the higher alexa rank after about 1 month or something would be the winner… would make a good case study and I’d be willing to compete… (or battle, rather)… You could then analyze why one guy beat the others so everyone could learn from it to see the best strategy for building a niche site quickly.
Ryan @ Planting Dollars´s last blog ..Hiking Diamond Head and Snorkeling In Waikiki
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 22:27
That’s a clever idea brother …. maybe we should talk!
Twitter: BuildThatListCo
February 11, 2010 at 06:55
I definitely think you have have it both ways! Some of your fans will be customers while others will just come for your content and the community. However I think the key is to not let the accolades of your fans drown out your customers.
Tom | Build That List´s last blog ..Do Your Dreams Pass The ‘Wet Manure’ Test?
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 19:11
That’s a fantastic point Tom, don’t let the cheers of the fans drown out the concerns of the board!
Absolutely love that
Twitter: KiwiGordie
February 11, 2010 at 08:28
Hey James,
I think it’s quite possible that one of the main reasons many (not all) commenters are here commenting on your awesome blog is because they want exposure and traffic. Many of these commenters are bloggers who also have a dream of monetizing their blogs one day, but may in fact may currently have little to no income being generated from their blogs. Many of these commenters are probably looking at selling products in future, rather than buying from you.
I don’t think that it’s not impossible for you to have some of your commenters become your customers, but I still wouldn’t reject or try to rationalize away Mike CJ’s and David Risley’s opinion too quickly in regards to you perhaps relying on the wrong people to buy your products later on.
Dave and Mike are actually really looking out for you and are offering you their free advice which has come from their experience of making money successfully through blogging. They both would love to see you succeed and make a fulltime income online. They just want you to really focus on the non-commenters as well, where most of your future sales will probably come from.
P.S. I hardly ever write comments this long, James, so it shows that you’re writing and topics are great at stimulating discussion.
Keep it up, brother!
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 10:43
hey brother yeah I absolutely get that they have my best interests at heart like a couple of big brothers lol, it’s why I was complimenting them in the post and have done in reply to Mike.
gordie you are one of the ones who understands this from the off, remember I’m a dumb ass and often learn the hard way.
I do stand by a lot of what I have said but now, as I said to Mike really start to understand the point.
TheInfoPreneur´s last blog ..Can Fans Become Customers?
As I said in the comment on the last post – of course the different groups need to exist on your blog, and you need to nurture each as much as you can, but in very different ways.
The football team analogy makes my point. It’s estimated that more than 500 million people around the world describe themselves as Manchester United fans. But less than a million buy any merchandise or match tickets each year, which is 0.2%. They are currently in debt to the tune of 669 Million GBP, and other football clubs are in big trouble as well – Portsmouth have just gone bust.
If you focus your blogging business model on creating a tight and solid community of fans, then that’s what you’ll get. All your posts and comments will go around in a circle re affirming each previous post and not adding anything to the mix.
The post above is a classic example of what I’m talking about. It’s inward facing, and is aimed at your current readers totally.
Imagine someone new to the site stumbling upon it three months time (although I can’t begin to guess how anyone would find it on a search!). They’ll read about David, Mike and Ray and they won’t know who they are. Maybe they will click the forum link and see it goes to a post where a bunch of people were invited to join your forum. Their name won’t be on there of course, so where next? Back to Google?
If you look at recent posts, you’ll see that many have been focused that way. And that’s the danger of basing your business decisions on the fan base.
Of course you should work with them, advise them, have good banter with them, and welcome them to your community. But if that’s all you do, you will crash and burn.
Remember 90% of your readers are not fans, so 90% of your posts should focus on those people, and give real value to THEM. They may never comment, they won’t join the forum, but if you keep giving them useful stuff, they will keep coming back. And when you make an offer of a product, some of them will buy it from you.
Anyway, enough of post writing in comments. I need to work on my own blog now. I did write about this a couple of weeks ago, so here’s the link for anyone who would like more: http://www.mikeslife.org/content/traffic-plateau-and-one-dimensional-blog
Mike CJ´s last blog ..What is an autoresponder series?
Twitter: NotAProBlog
February 11, 2010 at 13:31
Rarely do you ever find me speechless… but Mike’s comment/advice here is *ridiculously* valuable and can’t add a single thing to it.
This sums up in a nice way exactly what I meant when posed the question “Are your blog readers you customers?”
Jordan Cooper´s last blog ..Confessions Of A Free Addict
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 13:52
hey Jordan, yeah I agree Mike has really given some great advice.
It’s really good to see such valuable information and discussuion going on from such a different bunch of people.
Thanks for the tweet too Jordan
TheInfoPreneur´s last blog ..Can Fans Become Customers?
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 10:39
hi Mike great advise and I’ll certainly takie that on board. I’m going to start implementing your strategy and see how it works for me and the site.
Your like a master stats guy, love it. Just out of interest how long did it take to learn to do it this way on your site?
Now I think I’m starting to understand the importance of the bigger picture. A Lesson for us all here
How long did it take? It didn’t to be honest. Don’t make the mistake of thinking I’ve cracked it, because I haven’t. Our travel blog is doing a great job – growing steadily and producing a rick solid income. The Mike’s Life blog goes from rags to riches and back again, on almost a weekly basis. Very much still a work in progress.
What I’m doing is concentrating on adding as much content of real value as I can, with the focus on increasing the search traffic. Gradually, as that goes up, the business peaks and troughs seem to smooth out. I track people through Performancing metrics. so I can see the ones who come in via whatever search. I can see where they go, and I can see what they do. It helps me learn what the people who do buy from me actually search for in the first place. So I write more about that and get more of those people to the site.
It’s long, it’s slow and it’s hard work, and like I say, there’s a long way to go for me. I’m well behind Risley and a whole world behind Rowse, so whilst it’s flattering to be in the same sentence, it’s a bit unfair on them to categorize me along with them. I have learned a great deal from both.
Mike CJ´s last blog ..Giving the finger to the naysayers. Free mentoring for a year.
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 11:57
Mike great inspiration, modest too. I think we can all learn from each other here, motivation and business models.
Mike do you find you have to keep changing the way you approach your readers to keep it mixed up and fresh or do you you stick with what you know? I noticed your post on the light box, not had chance to check the reply yet.
Do you find it best to test your own way of doing things in business or find the tried and tested ways of doing things the best way of doing it?
Twitter: Bigredtomato
February 11, 2010 at 11:03
As I said on my recent guest post here, your website as a business, you need to think of your blog as if it were an business whether or not you intend to make money from it.
James, you’ve never really said how you’re intending to replace your 60hr week job with income from here, however what you’re building has a lot of benefit to it’s readers, as referenced by the number of visitors.
The trick will be how to capitalise on these number of visitors. Mike’s right. Friends and Fans aren’t the same thing, and whilst the anology of the football team are worth noting, the finances don’t apply here. I’m guessing you aren’t in debt by millions!
The fans that Mike mentions who spend money, spend big and you need to think about how you can convert your traffic to true fans.
Twitter: ShirleyOM
February 11, 2010 at 12:18
I agree totally with your points, James. For me I think fans can be turned into customers, and I think that it’s mostly fans who become customers of your business or blog, and they become loyal ones to be precise. So I’m with you on all that you’ve said, James
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Shirley´s last blog ..How To Change Your Trending Topic On Twitter From Worldwide To Local
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 19:18
hey Shirley thanks for the support, definately an interesting discussion going on here
Twitter: segedoo
February 11, 2010 at 13:21
It is the fans that ultimately do the buying. So the business is the fan base building.
Keep on man.
Olusegun´s last blog ..10 Commandments of Change
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 19:23
Hey Brother, do you still that after all Mike and David have said? I agree that your business initally is helped (although I haven’t turned this into a business yet) by a fan base, but maybe the fan’s aren’t going to be those cusomers in their entiraty, what do you think?
Twitter: theblog_log
February 11, 2010 at 13:32
So, if I understand Mike correctly, we’re back to the keywords and Google ranking for monetization. Is that right, Mike? What I am asking is, for successful monetization, do we need traffic from the search engines? Traffic that followed a link to your product, or whatever you are selling is more likely to spend money with you, than someone who is just there to read articles or posts. Those who I have referred to as tourists in some of my posts. Agree?
Ray´s last blog ..The Man Behind The Curtain
It’s about numbers Ray. Simple as that. This site has a strong and loyal fan base. But when you really break it down, those fans number, what? 50?
So let’s imagine James launches his planned book next week, and let’s say every single fan buys the book at $10. (They won’t all buy it, of course). So James will earn $500. That’s this week’s wage paid. What happens next week? Maybe he can add 10 new fans a week. But even if every single new fan buys the book, he can’t live on $100 a week.
So the answer is yes, concentrate on the 93%. Focus on getting search traffic and increasing overall traffic. That’s the way to achieve a long term sustainable income. In short, keep writing posts of value to THOSE people.
Now, I’d like to withdraw at this point please, and actually concentrate on my 93% , so forgive me if I don’t come back and answer any more questions. But feel free to post them on my blog, and I’ll help out. Of course, you could dramatically accelerate your own learning of all this by investing in a superb 250 page E Book on the subject, which you might find in my online shop!
Mike CJ´s last blog ..Using lightboxes without Aweber
Twitter: kookieskrumble
February 11, 2010 at 14:29
THE SUNSHINE AWARD FOR YOU ON MY BLOG….CONGRATS!
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 19:24
ha ha hey Winnie,
Thanks for the support
Twitter: AlbanyInsurance
February 11, 2010 at 15:05
This is a thought that has no factional backing what-so-ever but I would like to hear people thoughts…
Are Search Traffice visitors more prone to become customer than Referral Traffic visitors?
My thought is that search traffic visitors searched a term for reason. Referral traffic visitors are often just “surfing the web”
Thoughts?
Ryan Hanley´s last blog ..Prospecting Is the Lifeblood of All Businesses
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 19:25
Hey Ryan,
That was in my mind as I was writing this comparing the differences between fans and customers. If referal links or search engines bring them in, as this isn’t a business yet, I will have to wait till one of the pro guys replies
Twitter: segedoo
February 11, 2010 at 15:31
No fans, so ticket sales, no sourvenir sales, No Players’ salaries paid, No advertisements, No league!!!
Imagine the Superbowl or even the Ultimate world Sport – the world cup without fans.
Build you readers into fans but evolve your fast into buyers. At this point, I’d like to say Kudos, to Allyn, David, Yaro and Darren.
Olusegun´s last blog ..10 Commandments of Change
Twitter: travisamorgan
February 11, 2010 at 17:34
For you, are loyal customers and “fans” one in the same?
Personally, I’m a fan and when your product comes out, it’ll be in my hard drive in a jiffy. I honestly don’t think this is a subject that can be rigidly defined. I really believe this is something that has so many factors, it’s nearly random.
You’re right about there being sports teams that have tons of fans and buy apparel and such to represent and I really think it’s all part of the human desire to be a part of something bigger than yourself. That’s the main reason (in my opinion) people buy fan-apparel to support their team. To be able to look behind you and see 1000 others dressed just like you, screaming for the same cause is moving. And I know this has got to be part of the market behind team products–whether subconscious or not.
As for an online blogging business, I suppose there could possibly be the same effect, but to me, it would end up being more of “loyal customers” than “fans who buy.” I know personally that when I find a dude or a gal who is legitimate in their offers and in their content, I’m ready to dish out anything if it suits my budget. David Risley has a couple AMAZING products. His 3Day Money course has passed my “approval” test with flying colors. I loved it so much that I wanted to be a part of the blog masters club. I simply couldn’t afford it. But just because I didn’t buy in, doesn’t mean I didn’t want his product.
And I’m a huge fan of his.
Anyway, I won’t take up tons of space on the comments. Thanks dude, your posts are definitely thought-provoking.
Travis´s last blog ..The End Justifies the Means
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 19:28
Hey Brother,
Use all the space you need man, I agree I would love to buy some of the products and actually try them for myself, but simply too expensive for me to afford.
That said, having a fan base is great but as mike said, it’s customers that pay the bills.
Twitter: ralphcarlson
February 11, 2010 at 18:20
OK. Where can I buy The Infopreneur T-Shirt? A coffee mug would be good too.
Ralph´s last blog ..Flibbertigibbet and other tongue pleasing words
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 19:28
Ha ha I would love that, if I thought it would take off I would set that up!
Twitter: TylinaVespart
February 11, 2010 at 20:25
You know you COULD James – Cafepress is a wonderful place
Heather´s last blog ..Sunshine Awards – Congratulations Everyone!
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 22:30
Ha ha would you really want a T.I.P coffee cup?
Twitter: TylinaVespart
February 11, 2010 at 22:34
… Maybe? >.><.<
Heather´s last blog ..Sunshine Awards – Congratulations Everyone!
You’re getting some great advice here in the comments. When I first found your blog via Allyn Hale (I think), I immediately thought of your blog as a Social Blog. Not a money making blog, where your post titles and keywords bring in search traffic looking for an answer to their problem (whatever it is), followed by inserted links to products or items where you make money while also solving the problem of search readers.
Having a fan base is great. Fans and friends will read, comment and keep coming back for more wit. But. If you’re not focusing your time and energies on bringing in search traffic visitors/readers looking for a solution to their problem, you won’t make much money at all, or any money for that matter.
Current, subscribed readers/fans/friends etc may also be helped by providing solutions to “problems” or needs of some kind too. Social blogs typically do not bring about earnings where you can eventually leave your job. Search traffic, every day internet users who arrive on your blog and posts due to keyword rich posts, SEO and correct post titles etc will and DO make money. I know, I’m doing it.
Some posts may not receive any comments at all, or very few, and that’s fine. I provide solutions to people’s problems on various topics via search engine traffic, and it’s the search engine visitors that buy stuff or click on ads that make me money. I haven’t quit my job. Yet. It’s coming though and I can hardly wait.
Lin´s last blog ..Chicago Vacations – Things to Do in Chicago
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 19:30
Lin,
Fantastic point it’s the customers who pay the bills, yeah it’s amazing to have the community that is here, but that won’t pay my mortgage.
I need to speak to Allyn!
Twitter: AndBreak
February 11, 2010 at 19:45
I dont think its impossible to build up a business solely based on friends. But if you want to make money through it you need the “right kind of friends”. Think about it this way. You are not going to sell a lot of products if have mostly people that already have their own blog or web site. In order to make money I think you need friends who haven’t created a web site yet or some who haven’t already bought the products you are recommending.
Julius Kuhn-Regnier´s last blog ..The Lost Art of Failure
Twitter: ralphcarlson
February 11, 2010 at 20:12
Just to take of from Julius about a business based upon friends. Customers may not all be friends but you do develop a relationship with each of them. What that relationship is and how you nurture it will define your business and it’s success. Along the way friends may happen but it is the value proposition that you try to define as a businessman. Friends can help you figure that out. Friends can make referrals and recommendations. Friends can encourage you. But business-wise you want to provide value and figure out a way to demonstrate that value to people that don’t know you.
Ralph´s last blog ..Flibbertigibbet and other tongue pleasing words
Twitter: TylinaVespart
February 11, 2010 at 20:28
All in all, I’m of two minds here. On the one hand I can see that having friends that happily come and comment is a really important addition to any blog… but on the other I also agree with the others that you’re more likely to make sales from the other readers.
That said the second your ebook comes out I’ll be ordering it
Heather´s last blog ..Sunshine Awards – Congratulations Everyone!
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 22:30
Hi Heather,
Thanks for the support! Good to see you so active on the forum too
Twitter: TylinaVespart
February 11, 2010 at 22:35
No probs! And I think the forum’s great; though it’ll be better when more people come along
Heather´s last blog ..Sunshine Awards – Congratulations Everyone!
Not sure if I agree with ya….not sure if I don’t.
The part that disagrees with you is the fact that I know that there is a large part of the community (especially in the blog about blogging or make money niches) that comments with less than altruistic motives…you know…to try to leech traffic from your site or for the link juice (in the case of do-follow blogs).
The part of me that agrees with you is because I know it is much easier to sell someone that has already earned your trust. I think that that goes without saying though.
The hard part when it comes to pushing products via a largely social blog (as opposed to a blog that gets the majority of traffic via organic search) is that the “need” of the visitors isn’t really defined.
In other words, I know that if I am ranking for “how to remove a skin tag”, that the traffic that comes to me will likely want to know “how to remove a skin tag” and all that is left for me to do is to figure out how to match the right product with the majority of visitors.
This is hit and miss with social blogs because they typically rely on impulse spends.
Leo Dimilo´s last blog ..Online Marketing is Not Just about Making Money Online
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 11, 2010 at 22:29
Interesting slant on it Leo, in fact you are spot on I think. Analysing what the search engines are sending you is a great way of actually pre-defining what you can sell. Fantastic idea but like you say much harder to do with social type sites
Twitter: successpush
February 11, 2010 at 22:56
While I am new to this blog and to blogging in general I have been in the Business and Retail Consulting for a long time and I focus a lot on customers. It’s not a surprise to anyone that customers make you the money, but you have to look at what gets you those customers. The people already reading your site can be some of that driving force. Those are your friends and clients. When others see they are here; it eases the mind and lets them trust you more. However the silent ones (or customers only) need to be getting something for coming here and that is what I think Mike is trying to say. One of my best friends owns a several very successful restaurants and he is always saying to his managers. “Greet every friend with a pat on the back and every customer with a handshake.” That means, that you have to have both like it or not. Just don’t get lost taking care of friends when 20 people are standing at the door waiting to get a seat. I can tell already that you have a great friend (community) base here. Now that those people are helping show others how to find you, I think you need to find a way to incorporate the advice your getting and start turning it towards new customers that will buy from you.
Twitter: robsellen
February 11, 2010 at 23:58
This has turned into an interesting discussion.
Mike made some good points, hard to disagree with them.
My thoughts, worthless as they are…
As we all no already not all traffic is equal, more importantly nor is any two of those readers who find you, however they find you.
I personally start to think you should be writing for them all, the trick is weaving the suitable stuff for them all into one unit of content… Grizz I think does this perfectly.
If you write for them all, you are giving some form of value to them all but your main thrust should be aimed at those who end up paying the bills, so in that sense you are writing for… SE’s readers, the SE’s themselves, friends (fans), and anyone else.
Grizz for example, although he writes mainly for SE’s as to getting ranked, he also writes for those visitors from SE’s, ie, he bores (think he said this once) them into clicking an ad, then also for the “fans” (prefer friends) who want to learn from what he is doing.
I think they are all separate things and its important to cater for them all but wrapped around the main “bill payers” needs, wants.
But they are all important, you can’t ignore any one part of it as they all effect each other, which I feel is probably why you should cater for them all, friends contribute to building you up, leading to more reach, that reach leads to more traffic, rank, authority, which leads to more friends, fans, customers… etc etc… it’s all perpetual if done right.
So, to say “can they co-exist” is the wrong notion, they have to co-exist, you can’t afford, in the long run, to ignore any one part.
I am not an expert any on of this shit by any stretch, but you know… I did say at the start, my thoughts, worthless as they are…
I might be wrong and Grizz see’s it differently.
Rob.
PS. The rewards are also different… I get a bigger buzz from someone sending me a beer via the beer mug on my blog, no matter how small, big, it is just sent for the simple reason that “they wanted to” than I do from say a sale of a product I link to. Not that it happens often, it’s still a nice appreciated feeling, I am grateful for it.
Rob Sellen´s last blog ..A-listers? No thanks, what I read and you should too…
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 12, 2010 at 09:11
Hey Rob,
Yeah I love reading Grizz’s stuff and only came across him recently via Allyn. Do you know how much he makes a month?
Twitter: robsellen
February 12, 2010 at 13:09
More than enough I bet
Rob Sellen´s last blog ..A-listers? No thanks, what I read and you should too…
Twitter: bluepop13
February 12, 2010 at 07:51
I feel it’s possible to have a business that involves friends. After all, you have to build up a good following of people who you communicate with on a pretty regular basis and build a trust with in order for them to want what you are selling once you start working to make actual money from it.
Not everyone, friends and newcomers, are going to want to buy from you but it all depends on the quality of products, who wants what you have to offer and the relationships between you and the customer.
What do you think about this?
Eric´s last blog ..Real Or Robot
Twitter: theinfopreneur
February 12, 2010 at 09:20
Hey Eric,
It’s interesting this topic has created so much debate and it’s obvious that people are thinking about this. I’m going to do a follow up post on this soon
Twitter: AgentDeepak
February 12, 2010 at 13:53
When you ask a can question, the answer is always yes. What we need to answer is if I can do so.
Thats the question which need to be answered.
Agent Deepak´s last blog ..Interview with Jim the Net Fool Guy