Comments on: Can You Survive In An Online World? http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/can-you-survive-in-an-online-world/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Larry Parsons http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/can-you-survive-in-an-online-world/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Larry Parsons Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:49:33 +0000 http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/?p=22#comment-161 This is in reply to BigJim and his statement; "Once this happens, email will probably then be truly on its way out as a marketing medium". It has already happened. And it's really great. You can now use RSS eMail Autoresonders just like you do ProAutoresponder or any of the popular email autoresponders. Plus, educate your readers and help them get on the RSS bandwagon by showing them how to get a news aggregator (RSS reader) of their own and subscribe to your feed and never miss information you want them to get. The great thing about it is, 100% of your emails, eZines, newsletters and publications are delivered. Go ahead, check it out BigJim @ www.rss-email-autoresponder.com This is in reply to BigJim and his statement; “Once this happens, email will probably then be truly on its way out as a marketing medium”.

It has already happened. And it’s really great.
You can now use RSS eMail Autoresonders just like you do ProAutoresponder or any of the popular email autoresponders.

Plus, educate your readers and help them get on the RSS bandwagon by showing them how to get a news aggregator (RSS reader) of their own and subscribe to your feed and never miss information you want them to get.

The great thing about it is, 100% of your emails, eZines, newsletters and publications are delivered.

Go ahead, check it out BigJim @ http://www.rss-email-autoresponder.com

]]> By: Nathan Hampton http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/can-you-survive-in-an-online-world/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Nathan Hampton Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:42:03 +0000 http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/?p=22#comment-160 Jim, thanks for backing me up. My MAIN point was that the first successful business experience is what gets the mind and body ready for what you're trying to do. After that, it goes faster as it's all about memory and adaptation. That's why I (and most people) have such a HARD time learning the ropes ... we have no prior business success to remember or adapt from. This, I think, applies to ALL businesses: MLM, franchise, flea market booth, or eCommerce. The banks know who'll win and who'll lose so they won't bankroll a conventional business if it's your first time at bat. You've gotta PROVE by your past experience that you know what you're doing. As the prices get smaller and smaller, the risks becomes less, and the "barriers to entry" are also reduced. Online, as you said in the more recent blog, with a little money and a good idea, you can get begin to learn and get success. The HARD part is thinking of a legitimately good idea. The other hard part is being willing to put your own money where your mouth is. I'm, slowly, getting ideas that are, I think, fairly original, but whether they're good or not is for someone more experienced than me to determine ... or better yet ... teach me how to determine. This is where the REAL teaching ($$$) opportunity lies: teach us how to determine for ourselves whether our ideas are any good. I'm sure, with your experience, you could look at all my ideas and instantly know (maybe with a few keystrokes) which ones are garbage, which have potential, and which are glowing from the fire inside. Your experience & pulse on the markets give you this advantage. How am I to learn this skill without spending 10+ years in the business? Even the most neophyte emergency assistant can learn to check the vital signs. Jim, thanks for backing me up. My MAIN point was that the first successful business experience is what gets the mind and body ready for what you’re trying to do. After that, it goes faster as it’s all about memory and adaptation. That’s why I (and most people) have such a HARD time learning the ropes … we have no prior business success to remember or adapt from.

This, I think, applies to ALL businesses: MLM, franchise, flea market booth, or eCommerce. The banks know who’ll win and who’ll lose so they won’t bankroll a conventional business if it’s your first time at bat. You’ve gotta PROVE by your past experience that you know what you’re doing.

As the prices get smaller and smaller, the risks becomes less, and the “barriers to entry” are also reduced. Online, as you said in the more recent blog, with a little money and a good idea, you can get begin to learn and get success. The HARD part is thinking of a legitimately good idea. The other hard part is being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.

I’m, slowly, getting ideas that are, I think, fairly original, but whether they’re good or not is for someone more experienced than me to determine … or better yet … teach me how to determine. This is where the REAL teaching ($$$) opportunity lies: teach us how to determine for ourselves whether our ideas are any good. I’m sure, with your experience, you could look at all my ideas and instantly know (maybe with a few keystrokes) which ones are garbage, which have potential, and which are glowing from the fire inside. Your experience & pulse on the markets give you this advantage. How am I to learn this skill without spending 10+ years in the business? Even the most neophyte emergency assistant can learn to check the vital signs.

]]> By: Llewellyn http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/can-you-survive-in-an-online-world/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Llewellyn Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:43:27 +0000 http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/?p=22#comment-159 I feel that to market any product online, it is probably best to know how to integrate an email newsletter in combination with a blog. Both have search engine strategies that you can use to promote each medium. However, email gives you better monitoring and control of your subscriber numbers, while blogs are a better means of communicating. Thus using both in some way is probably a necessary new skill. I believe that there will one day be something that combines the autoresponder features of a newsletter but using RSS or something similar.Once this happens, email will probably then be truly on its way out as a marketing medium. I feel that to market any product online, it is probably best to know how to integrate an email newsletter in combination with a blog. Both have search engine strategies that you can use to promote each medium. However, email gives you better monitoring and control of your subscriber numbers, while blogs are a better means of communicating. Thus using both in some way is probably a necessary new skill.

I believe that there will one day be something that combines the autoresponder features of a newsletter but using RSS or something similar.Once this happens, email will probably then be truly on its way out as a marketing medium.

]]> By: Ron Rink http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/can-you-survive-in-an-online-world/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Ron Rink Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:49:55 +0000 http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/?p=22#comment-158 I was delighted to see you mention RSS and "news aggregator" in your article. That IS the direction that those of us who want to communicate using the Internet will have to go. More and more people are using blogs, and there are many avenues now to make adding these blogs to our "news aggregators". It's great for the reader (we get to read only what we choose to read -- and when we choose it, we actually get to see it--- what a concept!) and it's great for the writer of the article or newsletter (read blog) because they know that the people who want to read it will actually get to read it. (Again, what a concept!!) I just added you to my "news aggregator", Jim. Thanks so much. Ron Rink I was delighted to see you mention RSS and “news aggregator” in your article. That IS the direction that those of us who want to communicate using the Internet will have to go.

More and more people are using blogs, and there are many avenues now to make adding these blogs to our “news aggregators”. It’s great for the reader (we get to read only what we choose to read — and when we choose it, we actually get to see it— what a concept!) and it’s great for the writer of the article or newsletter (read blog) because they know that the people who want to read it will actually get to read it. (Again, what a concept!!)

I just added you to my “news aggregator”, Jim.

Thanks so much.

Ron Rink

]]> By: BigJim http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/can-you-survive-in-an-online-world/comment-page-1/#comment-157 BigJim Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:45:52 +0000 http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/?p=22#comment-157 You guys make some great points, and NH, I agree with you and already have plans in the works to start diversifying what I teach as the gang grows more eliterate. The challence I face is how to help a wide range of people with divergent skills to move along. I segment the group as much as possible, but sometimes I fall victim to the old WWII convoy maxim of "You're only as fast as your slowest ship in time of war." I think an online AND offline mix is a good idea... but you should try to have it as closely related as possible... otherwise you're too divided. It's fine to have multiple streams of income, but they should all flow off the same mountain. Jim You guys make some great points, and NH, I agree with you and already have plans in the works to start diversifying what I teach as the gang grows more eliterate.

The challence I face is how to help a wide range of people with divergent skills to move along. I segment the group as much as possible, but sometimes I fall victim to the old WWII convoy maxim of “You’re only as fast as your slowest ship in time of war.”

I think an online AND offline mix is a good idea… but you should try to have it as closely related as possible… otherwise you’re too divided. It’s fine to have multiple streams of income, but they should all flow off the same mountain.

Jim

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