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To be honest, the reason such content is rare, is because nobody wants to share it. I make more money from using my skills for myself, than from consulting or w
by orangethirty 14y ago
To be honest, the reason such content is rare, is because nobody wants to share it. I make more money from using my skills for myself, than from consulting or writing books. I was publishing stuff little by little, but time constraints made me stop.
Another point is that everybody wants to learn what works, but few people ever put it to practice. The only person I have ever helped that has actually paid attention is Dan Shipper. And it was mostly helping him with the Firefly landing page.
- charleshaanel 14y agoI think it has little to do with "nobody wants to share it". The issue is that there seems to be some silent sentiment in this community that sales is...I don't know....less intellectual, a little "dirty" mayhap? And perhaps if you have to resort to (gasp) selling your product then it isn't good enough to sell itself. People hold on to the "build a wonderful product and they will come" mythology.....
- orangethirty 14y agoWell, people who discover ways to make money don't really want to share it. Its a natural reaction and instinct to not do so. I do agree that sales, marketing, and or any type of business development subject is not very welcomed in this community. Reasons are various, but your guess is spot on. Business is seen as less intellectual, when it is actually way harder than writing code. But it requires one thing that few people here want to do: Communicate with others. And yes, you are right. A great product does not sell itself.