At 7 am, once a week, across New Zealand, a group of between twenty-thirty people assemble. These groups of people don’t belong to a sect. They have no secret handshake. No password or code. They’re simply networking. So what makes this group so interestingly different? The difference is insourcing. So what’s insourcing? Well, it’s kinda […]
Pre-Sell: How To Sell Something That Doesn’t Exist
Not one of us has ever been able to check in to our local airport, get on a rocket and zoom into outer space. Well, not yet at least. So for all practical reasons, the product/service doesn’t exist. But that doesn’t stop people from signing up to be on the first space flight. So how […]
There Is No Try
In the movie, Star Wars, Luke Skywalker and Yoda, the Jedi Master, stand near the edges of the Dagobah swamps. Luke is training in earnest to be a Jedi. Yoda turns to Luke and asks him to raise his sunken starfighter, which weighs several hundred tons, from the Dagobah swamps with the power of his […]
Outsourcing: When Do You Do It?
Most of us are experts at trying to fix problems at the last minute. It ain’t broke, so why fix it, we think. Well, how do you know it ain’t broke? And is it really important to become a jack of many trades, or just concentrate on your niche? Heck, that’s one tricky question… But […]
The Curse of Self-Edit
When we sit down to do a project, we never seem to see the end of it. Let’s say you want to create a simple information product such as a fifteen minute audio. Technically speaking, this audio should take you fifteen minutes to create. If you sit down and write an outline, it should take […]
The Choice Paradox: Why Customers Want More And Less Simultaneously
Take out that Nokia from your bag. And look at the features. It can tell time; it can be a stopwatch; it can keep diary appointments; it can help you pass time with ingenious little games; it can probably take photos; send text messages; maybe even double up as an mp3 player or a torch. […]
Why Pre-Selling Products Is A Sound Marketing Strategy!
It’s the centre court at Wimbledon. The big digital Rolex scorekeeper is blank.No linesperson peering whether the ball is in or out.No umpire somberly saying,”Quiet please,”And no, Maria Sharapova isn’t doing a practice run either. Heck, we’ve arrived at Wimbledon centre court a month too early Yes, we have. But those empty seats you see, […]
Why Chunking Down Increases Your Expert Status
There you are at check-in, about to catch your flight. And right beside you is your carefully packed carry-on luggage. In that luggage you have your clothes. Your shoes. Your toiletries. Your surf board. Your guitar. Your Christmas tree. Ah, but you think no one would be so fruity as to put their surf board, […]
The ‘Chocolate Theory’ of Creating Sequential Products and Services
Karate has a sequence. Dinner has a sequence. Religion has a sequence. Even good ol’ school had a sequence. And sequential empires, um businesses, work no matter if you sell a product, service or do some sort of training. But as a seller of a product or service, a certain question must cross your mind. […]
How To Ask Hundreds of Questions on a Marketing Topic (Without Paying Thousands of Dollars)
There’s a problem with the last page of a book or a course We all have this problem. When we get to the last page of a book or a course, we are enlightened, yet still confused. We’re confused because we know a fair bit about the material, but still have loads of questions that […]
