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You don't owe anyone an apology. You accomplished something great and you're doing us a favor by giving us this case study. Thank you. So, I think you should
by Sukotto 15y ago
You don't owe anyone an apology. You accomplished something great and you're doing us a favor by giving us this case study. Thank you.
So, I think you should re-write the first paragraph...
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FROM:
I really have to apologize for leaving you guys hanging on the first part of this story. I was undecided on whether or not to break the article up into 2’s and after some feedback on Twitter I decided to. Below are the middle and the ending. Again, I was undecided on whether or not to break this part up but I left it whole. Theirs 23 paragraphs, double the original. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, this is the 2nd part on a story I posted yesterday. You can view the original here. By the way, this is the first time I’ve ever told this full story.
TO:
This is the second part of a 2 part series describing the rise and fall of my first business. Click here for part 1 where I describe how it all started.
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I look forward to hearing about your next business. Please consider posting about it as you go along.
[edit to add]
... come to think of it, I think you're in a position to emulate patio11 here (if that interests you).... creating a series of these kind of killer blog posts to help drive interest in your next business. I kind of imagine you spinning it as "Scrappy young person running a microbusiness".
Some post ideas that come immediately to mind:
- Go into detail about "I did research into growing markets and trends. I looked into manufacturing prices and retail prices"
- Finding suppliers
- Marketing research
- The mindset of "I want to convert this exposure to money"
There seems to me like there's a lot of potential meat there. Especially since very few (if any) people are posting about starting businesses around physical products. Everyone's talking about web-based SaaS or B2B or whatever... there's a juicy niche there if you want it.
And you can use the street cred the OP article gives you to get the initial velocity.
Actually, you might want to look at polishing up the story into a 10 or 20 min presentation and seeing if you can do a talk at a small business conference. That gives you additional exposure, and organizers often let you attend for free if you're part of the show.
[One last Edit]
So your next business is "to document our journey of making money online while also showcasing interviews with other successful entrepreneurs, display case studies that work and also give out material that our users will find helpful.". So it looks like my comment wasn't really necessary. I'll leave my comment as-is though. Good luck, and I hope it works out for you guys.
- JonnieCache 15y agoI think that's just in response to the various complaints about unnecessary cliffhangers here and elsewhere. While he doesn't owe anyone an apology, I think it's nice that he's happy to give one anyway. Politeness is always admirable, especially on the internet, and politeness above and beyond the call of duty doubly so. FWIW, I couldn't care less about 'cliffhangers,' provided they are not deployed in a cynical effort to garner underserved subscribers, which is clearly not the case here.