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Comment on Outsource, Outsource, Outsource… Just Wait a Minute Here! by Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:09:18 +0000

@Benjamin. Thanks for the comments. Regarding the e-myth model, I can clarify a bit more there. We’re huge believers in e-myth of course. You don’t build a successful business from down in the weeds. But when you’re bootstrapping and have no money, little understanding of your market, no product to sell yet, etc.. THAT is not the time to go hands-off on your biz. You should be putting in the crazy hours there at the beginning and outsource only when you have a lack of key skillsets or when you have role-based work that you can create systems for and delegate.

@Gifted & @John, thanks! Good to hear some solid support for working hard (doing the right things of course) to achieve your goals.

@Uwe, Agreed. The big *IF* there is the key factor. Zero cash at bootstrapping often makes the decision for you. We’re definitely talking about where a lot of people are.. right before their first sales. If you have the money to invest and you are clearly going in with a good biz plan and good chance of success, then outsourcing work is the most rational thing to do.

Sadly, though, the majority of people don’t have any extra cash to spend before they’ve launched. Time? Yes.. some time, but not a lot. Better to just buckle down and do the work and worry about outsourcing when you’re profitable or have an extremely clear path to doing so.

Comment on Update: We’re not dead! by Nick Chertock

Nick Chertock — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:22:13 +0000

Nick: Glad to hear you guys are still in full effect just taking care of life’s major events. I would highly recommend the book ‘Babywise’ for getting your child to sleep through the night. We applied the basic principles and our girl was sleeping 8 hours a night at about 7 weeks. I’m told this is rare.

Comment on Part 2: What Makes Internet Marketing Different? How Is This Economy Going To Change It? by Tony Perrin

Tony Perrin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:40:36 +0000

Great work guys. I havent heard anything for a while though. Is this site still running? Very interesting podcast so I hope so…

Comment on Part 2: What Makes Internet Marketing Different? How Is This Economy Going To Change It? by Nick Chertock

Nick Chertock — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:32:08 +0000

Great podcast guys. Nick has a great podcast voice, complete with the raspy laugh. Not quite to the level of a Seth Rogan, but pretty solid.
A very natural conversation between you guys.
I’m a big believer that niche marketing will change the world, in that we’ll buy products and services from people we feel that we know, even if we don’t actually know them. i.e. I will support a podcaster over some faceless multinational corporation.

Comment on A Conversation With Andrew Baron, Founder of Rocketboom by Mark Parratt

Mark Parratt — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:21:03 +0000

Great show guys! Andrew has been a pioneer in online video and his experience is invaluable.

Comment on A Conversation With Andrew Baron, Founder of Rocketboom by Zane Miller

Zane Miller — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:34:17 +0000

Oh man that is SO true. One man shows are REALLY involved. Throw marketing in on top of it? Yeah, plan ahead, take a look around and focus on the important parts that will attract and pull an audience.

Comment on Do You Really Need To Be Video Blogging? by Nick

Nick — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:44:17 +0000

Thanks Matt! You’re hitting on two important points there. If the video, or any medium for that matter, is interesting enough to you, you make the time for it. I just find that a lengthy video has to be all the more valuable for me to make time for it since I cannot digest it passively like I can with audio. Good on you for making them short and sweet! You’re an Ace, man! The other thing is the screen casts. I agree with you providing high-value content in video that really cannot be done as well in type or audio. That is the key; using video as a tool to reach a new market or to provide your product in a value added way.

Comment on Do You Really Need To Be Video Blogging? by Nick

Nick — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:33:47 +0000

Michael, Thanks for the positive feedback! I suppose I should have included another caveat in my video: If your audience wants it, then do it! If The Niche Show community would like to see more videos, we’d be happy to do them!

Comment on Do You Really Need To Be Video Blogging? by MattjDrake

MattjDrake — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:02:12 +0000

Hey Nick – good video! I am in the same boat as you when it comes to consuming video podcasts, since I usually listen when I’m at the gym or walking I prefer audio only.

Usually, I am only willing to watch something like one video podcast each week since it demands *all* my attention.

As a publisher, I have started releasing screen casts as my “video” – since my crowd seems to like seeing how things are done. But, they are always very short; I keep them down to 5 minute “how-to” type things.

btw: my crowd overwhelmingly wanted screen-casts/video and I had no idea until it came out of a survey I did with my audience. So, it may be a good idea to include a “content delivery preference” question the next time you survey your audience if you can.

Comment on Do You Really Need To Be Video Blogging? by michael tejada

michael tejada — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:34:26 +0000

hey Nick, that was a great video, just like you I spend a lot of time on my car and I also am able to listen to podcast while working but can’t watch video, but I think that if I had the time I wouldn’t mind watching the video podcast, as long as you do an audio podcast of it for when I can’t watch it. I think you have the voice and the face to do a video podcast like I said that video was great, so if you ask me if you should do it, I would say yes, if it works for you I think you should do it. Thanks for the advise for all of us about deciding if video for our sites would work or not.