Adiakritos Journal
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I've been learning some real shit recently.
1. that I've got to get to know my audience. That, that might take more than a day or two to really get down sufficiently. I'll always be able to get to know them better, but for starters it takes some time.
2. that I've got to get to know my product. Holy shit is that important. I remember going through 3-4 days of training for selling knives for Cutco. I learned everything there is to know about those knives. They basically told us everything we needed to know about it so that simply repeating that information would be selling the knives.
That, in and of its self showed me that I A. have to find a product that sells its self and B. that it have to learn as much as I can and 3. that that might take more than a day or two to do.
With those two things so far the whole processes feels so much clearer. Now I don't feel as lost when I want to devise a strategy to sell to them because, now that I have a better idea of how my audience is I'll know how to reach them.
I started this thread a long time ago, and I've hoped that it would be valuable to as many people as possible. but today I've realizes as well that I've only just started to really learn this by NOT dabbling. Dabbling is the killer to success. Its the killer of mastery. Its a psychological illusion.
1. that I've got to get to know my audience. That, that might take more than a day or two to really get down sufficiently. I'll always be able to get to know them better, but for starters it takes some time.
2. that I've got to get to know my product. Holy shit is that important. I remember going through 3-4 days of training for selling knives for Cutco. I learned everything there is to know about those knives. They basically told us everything we needed to know about it so that simply repeating that information would be selling the knives.
That, in and of its self showed me that I A. have to find a product that sells its self and B. that it have to learn as much as I can and 3. that that might take more than a day or two to do.
With those two things so far the whole processes feels so much clearer. Now I don't feel as lost when I want to devise a strategy to sell to them because, now that I have a better idea of how my audience is I'll know how to reach them.
I started this thread a long time ago, and I've hoped that it would be valuable to as many people as possible. but today I've realizes as well that I've only just started to really learn this by NOT dabbling. Dabbling is the killer to success. Its the killer of mastery. Its a psychological illusion.
I've decided that instead of deleting my old copy, I'm going to save every piece of copy I ever write. This is so I can see the improvement over time.
Using google Docs to create folders and organize them right.
Its a pain in the ass to just sit down and get writing but once I do that it starts to flow pretty easily after a few minutes
Using google Docs to create folders and organize them right.
Its a pain in the ass to just sit down and get writing but once I do that it starts to flow pretty easily after a few minutes
btw its been 7 subscriptions since I posted the first copy for an opt in. With that one I was getting like 1 each day. Then one every other day. Then 1 every 3 days. then I changed it and to make it shorter and to incorporate some things I'm learning and it got one immediately, and the following days its had 0.
Since I have a new graps on exactly WHO i'm talking to now, and I have a grasp of the product I'm promoting as well as a concrete strategy derived from those two things... I think I'm WAY more prepared to execute. CHEA!
Time to get down to business.
Since I have a new graps on exactly WHO i'm talking to now, and I have a grasp of the product I'm promoting as well as a concrete strategy derived from those two things... I think I'm WAY more prepared to execute. CHEA!
Time to get down to business.
Ok, I'm wrote up a quick draft and published it to see how it goes. I'll keep adding things to it throughout the week. Not sure if that is a mistake or what but w/e unless someone tells me otherwise I'll have to learn for myself.
this ad copy calculator thing says it has a grade of '63' out of 100 as far as selling ability. I'll go through the rest of the list tweaking it till its in the 90's tomorrow.
this ad copy calculator thing says it has a grade of '63' out of 100 as far as selling ability. I'll go through the rest of the list tweaking it till its in the 90's tomorrow.
I was reading through some forums for my niche and this one dude was talking about the progress he's made using something coined The Jerry Seinfeld Calendar.
It came from an article written by a comic (forgot his name) who started out working a in a few clubs. One day Jerry was working at one of his clubs and he seized the moment to ask Jerry for some advice on becoming a great comic. Jerry gave him two bits of advice. 1, that he should write every day and 2 that he needs to find a way to get some leverage on himself to keep going. So one way to do this is to buy a one page calendar. Then to put a big red X on each day that he makes a progressive move like writing each day. Then, after a few days a chain of X's begins to form and the job now becomes to NOT BREAK THE CHAIN.
How neat is that? I'm most definitely going to do that!
It came from an article written by a comic (forgot his name) who started out working a in a few clubs. One day Jerry was working at one of his clubs and he seized the moment to ask Jerry for some advice on becoming a great comic. Jerry gave him two bits of advice. 1, that he should write every day and 2 that he needs to find a way to get some leverage on himself to keep going. So one way to do this is to buy a one page calendar. Then to put a big red X on each day that he makes a progressive move like writing each day. Then, after a few days a chain of X's begins to form and the job now becomes to NOT BREAK THE CHAIN.
How neat is that? I'm most definitely going to do that!
1. come up with a fast lane plan, a brief strategy to work on
2. accept the monotony of the work and build the fucking thing
3. stay positive and keep envisioning a wildly successful outcome to work towards
Do this while having the confidence that you WILL accomplish what you set out to do.
2. accept the monotony of the work and build the fucking thing
3. stay positive and keep envisioning a wildly successful outcome to work towards
Do this while having the confidence that you WILL accomplish what you set out to do.
^ +1. It's been scientifically proven that your brain has a limited supply of willpower. It can be trained like muscle to increase it to an extent (or possibly a great extent), but it's still limited. If there happens to be a lot of shit happening in your life (and most people do) and you're not good at allocating your limited supply of willpower, you're not going to follow through with a plan that involves any significant workload.
I think willpower management is a lot more important than learning time management.
I think willpower management is a lot more important than learning time management.
interesting.
Not sure how to measure my willpower though.
I guess thats why I hear about these methods of "working in cycles' or 'working in short bursts'. This helps with keeping your will power in check.
damnnnnn.. thats auto responder plug-in I installed and have been using.... it doesn't let you send out more emails unless you BUY that feature from the creators. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU
aweber is 20 bucks a month. that would me 30 bucks a month to keep this up. thats PRETTY annoying. Let me tell you. I've got just a tiny bit over 2k saved up from financial aid that I use for eating and what not. When I start school I'm not going to have time to really focus on this biz stuff.
AH! Feels like the walls are closing in... I just want what I have set up to produce some RESULTS ALREADY!
hmm.. but if I set it up and get at least 1 or 2 sales each month while I'm away, that would cover all the expenses.
right now my goals is to just make a sale already! JUST 1! I'd be thrilled with that 1 sale!
That's gonna be the most hard earn $30 I've ever fuckin worked for in my entire life.
aweber is 20 bucks a month. that would me 30 bucks a month to keep this up. thats PRETTY annoying. Let me tell you. I've got just a tiny bit over 2k saved up from financial aid that I use for eating and what not. When I start school I'm not going to have time to really focus on this biz stuff.
AH! Feels like the walls are closing in... I just want what I have set up to produce some RESULTS ALREADY!
hmm.. but if I set it up and get at least 1 or 2 sales each month while I'm away, that would cover all the expenses.
right now my goals is to just make a sale already! JUST 1! I'd be thrilled with that 1 sale!
That's gonna be the most hard earn $30 I've ever fuckin worked for in my entire life.
Fuck it.
I'm gonna set up everything before I get an aweber service (first month is 1$ anyway) and then once I get it I can set it the same day. Then I'll just drive traffic like a madman, no matter how extremely boring it is, I'll just do that for a couple spread out hours each day until august 21 (the day before my classes begin)
If I don't make any sales before then, I'll just get myself a note book and write out everything I learned. That way I'll feel really good about the learning curve I've gone through this summer.
Making it through this learning curve, no matter how hard will be worth it in the end. When I'm zooming around in my ferrari f430 though south beach, pulling up to my beach house, and am flying my family around in my private jet. It's most definitely worth it.
I'd much rather be a making nothing and gruel this out for as long as I have to then work at publix supermarket or at some restaurant as a waiter or bus boy - or even sit in some office building hoping for a promotion from some dweeb who's traded his life away for a salary and MORE hours of his life... fuck-that.
This is very worth it.
My dad wants me to become a pharmasit because they make 100,000 a year. I want to make twice that much every MONTH. In fact, for the lifestyle I want... I don't have a choice. I HAVE TO DO THIS. Besides that, I don't like to NOT be in control of what's going on.
As in - depending on others for how much money I can make. I'd rather provide life changing value to millions of people in return for a profit, all while hiking along side a volcanic trail in hawaii, than work REALLY HARD until I've got gray hair so that I can retire LATE and live comfortably. I don't want to be comfortable. I want to be fucking RICH. FREEEEEE.
I'm gonna set up everything before I get an aweber service (first month is 1$ anyway) and then once I get it I can set it the same day. Then I'll just drive traffic like a madman, no matter how extremely boring it is, I'll just do that for a couple spread out hours each day until august 21 (the day before my classes begin)
If I don't make any sales before then, I'll just get myself a note book and write out everything I learned. That way I'll feel really good about the learning curve I've gone through this summer.
Making it through this learning curve, no matter how hard will be worth it in the end. When I'm zooming around in my ferrari f430 though south beach, pulling up to my beach house, and am flying my family around in my private jet. It's most definitely worth it.
I'd much rather be a making nothing and gruel this out for as long as I have to then work at publix supermarket or at some restaurant as a waiter or bus boy - or even sit in some office building hoping for a promotion from some dweeb who's traded his life away for a salary and MORE hours of his life... fuck-that.
This is very worth it.
My dad wants me to become a pharmasit because they make 100,000 a year. I want to make twice that much every MONTH. In fact, for the lifestyle I want... I don't have a choice. I HAVE TO DO THIS. Besides that, I don't like to NOT be in control of what's going on.
As in - depending on others for how much money I can make. I'd rather provide life changing value to millions of people in return for a profit, all while hiking along side a volcanic trail in hawaii, than work REALLY HARD until I've got gray hair so that I can retire LATE and live comfortably. I don't want to be comfortable. I want to be fucking RICH. FREEEEEE.
This shit wont get you the high roller life style. Success just means you work harder and longer.
Buy hey.
You get more monies.
Buy hey.
You get more monies.
^ Hah werd. Ferrari and beach house? Doable. A private jet? More like a private jet charter.
Also unless you own a Boeing 747, private jets have a 10x higher accident rate compared to commercial airlines. If you can afford private jet charter, fly first class instead.
Also unless you own a Boeing 747, private jets have a 10x higher accident rate compared to commercial airlines. If you can afford private jet charter, fly first class instead.
haha thanks I'll keep that in mind.
I'll just learn how to fly it myself
Sure, that doesn't guarantee I have a lower probability of crashing but it sure feels like it.just realized something wroth remembering....
just how people in general don't really like to think.... i have a hard time accepting the fact that I have to empathize extremely deeply with my audience.
If I don't do that constantly, at every level of writing, I'll be lost.
just how people in general don't really like to think.... i have a hard time accepting the fact that I have to empathize extremely deeply with my audience.
If I don't do that constantly, at every level of writing, I'll be lost.
“Every captain
knows his next port of call, and even though he cannot see his actual destination for fully
99 percent of his voyage, he knows what it is, where it is and that he will surely reach it if
he keeps doing certain things in certain ways every day.”
This.....!
knows his next port of call, and even though he cannot see his actual destination for fully
99 percent of his voyage, he knows what it is, where it is and that he will surely reach it if
he keeps doing certain things in certain ways every day.”
This.....!