Comments on: What Should I Sell?

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:47:37 +0000

My girlfriend bought that book for me it is a great book.
But sell poscard, mug, pets thing I going to make only few bucks for so much work. Can you told us where we can find good thing we can make big cash quickly.

By: Howie Jacobson

Howie Jacobson — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:15:23 +0000

Meeven – thanks for your comment. It’s an easy mistake to make; when I feel desperate I focus on my needs rather than those of my market.

As Groucho said, “If you can fake sincerity, you’ve got it made.”

Much easier, though, to actually be sincere about service. Once you commit to making lives better and to listening to your market rather than telling them what they need, the rest is just details.

Here’s a marketing formula I’m working on:

Love – your intention to serve
Empathy – understanding your market’s psychology and situation
Attention – being interesting enough to break through their filters
Feedback – paying attention to market response to make sure you’re on the right track

Cool, it’s an acronym! More on this as I develop it further.

By: Meeven

Meeven — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:04:27 +0000

I own your book too and this article has come at the right time for me – I was about to make the same mistake (thinking of products first, rather than markets) in my desperation to succeed in affiliate marketing.

Thank you for the timely reminder:-)