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This is bordering on something I'd expect Donald Trump to suggest. Whether or not it can make money, it's a tactic I usually expect people like Trump or Robert

by j2d2 18y ago

This is bordering on something I'd expect Donald Trump to suggest. Whether or not it can make money, it's a tactic I usually expect people like Trump or Robert Kiyosaki to promote and I start tuning out...

whatusername 18y ago
Really? How so? It's not that they were necessarily selling to the same people 6 times? In one sense all they were doing is "making something (in a format) people want" Some people read blogs - that's great - they got the info Some people only just found out about them and want the easy full back story - that's great - buy an ebook. Some people hate ebooks, but love the tactile feel of paper - buy the book Some people are more audible and need to hear it spoken to them - go to the conference.. All they did was come up with an idea once - and then present it in different and more appropriate ways to different people. How is that Trump tactics? Note - I realise that some people will buy the content multiple times - but honestly - this is a capitalist society, and they obviously derive some benefit from it...
- j2d2 18y ago
  Because they're telling us to pay them to teach us how to be successful just like them. Follow our easy program and you'll get rich, just like us! I'm aware we live in a capitalist society. It's fine to make money. I'm saying it won't be my money.
  - toby 18y ago
    I thought the same thing when I read this article. It's actually the exact formula described by Tim Ferris. - Establish yourself as an "expert" in some field - Sell information products about how to make money in said field - Make far more money talking about said field than you ever actually made working in it Nothing particularly wrong with it, maybe the advice is good and many people need someone to look up to. But the parallel with Kiyosaki is accurate.
    - stupiduser 18y ago
      Sort of like how Joel Spolsky makes more money via the job board on his blog than via sales of Fog Bugz. Hmm, doesn't some other blog have a job board as well?

by j2d2 18y ago

whatusername 18y ago

Really? How so? It's not that they were necessarily selling to the same people 6 times? In one sense all they were doing is "making something (in a format) people want" Some people read blogs - that's great - they got the info Some people only just found out about them and want the easy full back story - that's great - buy an ebook. Some people hate ebooks, but love the tactile feel of paper - buy the book Some people are more audible and need to hear it spoken to them - go to the conference.. All they did was come up with an idea once - and then present it in different and more appropriate ways to different people. How is that Trump tactics? Note - I realise that some people will buy the content multiple times - but honestly - this is a capitalist society, and they obviously derive some benefit from it...

j2d2 18y ago
Because they're telling us to pay them to teach us how to be successful just like them. Follow our easy program and you'll get rich, just like us! I'm aware we live in a capitalist society. It's fine to make money. I'm saying it won't be my money.
- toby 18y ago
  I thought the same thing when I read this article. It's actually the exact formula described by Tim Ferris. - Establish yourself as an "expert" in some field - Sell information products about how to make money in said field - Make far more money talking about said field than you ever actually made working in it Nothing particularly wrong with it, maybe the advice is good and many people need someone to look up to. But the parallel with Kiyosaki is accurate.
  - stupiduser 18y ago
    Sort of like how Joel Spolsky makes more money via the job board on his blog than via sales of Fog Bugz. Hmm, doesn't some other blog have a job board as well?