Here’s the cruncher.
You have next to NO competition.
Only 1 person in 100 will do anything about this. Of those, only 1 in 100 will get as far as re-writing an ebook. Of those, only 1 in 100 will use a traffic method to start building their list.
That’s ONE person in a MILLION will actually start building their list.
Somewhere along the way, the rest will drop by the wayside.
Don’t overestimate your competition. Don’t think they’re better than you.
The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for you to succeed where they will fail. And the bigger your goal, the fewer people will pursue it, making it even easier for you to achieve. There’s less competition for the bigger goals.
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
You can see it’s really hit a chord with people. I’m amazed at how useful everybody is finding this tiny little product I’ve done (a default ebook layout). It seems that by accident, I’ve stumbled upon something big.
It really is a simple idea, and the surprising thing is that no-one’s ever done it before. But isn’t that the way with a lot of the really good ideas? They’re just simple things that are useful to people.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
…after about a month, not only do I have a product page that’s pulling in a moderate amount of interest, I also have some market research that tells me there’s a real interest in this kind of product (211 downloads with little real promotion).
So what if I put together a number of other default ebook formats using colour, graphics, different sizes etc. and then offered that package for sale? How much could I charge for that?
Maybe I won’t do it at all, or maybe I won’t do it for several months, I have a lot of other ideas in motion. So, if you want to go do it before me, there’s the idea, go right ahead. I wouldn’t expect a cut of the money, but a link to this internet business blog would be nice. 
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