Every other person - except me - and anybody other person who doesn’t have a product - has hundreds of thousands of followers… it makes zero sense at this point.
They shill their product: it sucks. It always sucks. It’s always a cheesy post thanking or blessing someone, or complaining or making a dad joke. Or some couch analysis on their favourite player; but when I have a book or a really cool product to push to the public - NOPE! Nobody cares! Family doesn’t check it out, family doesn’t invest with capital - nobody does. Not a single. Person. Supports me.
Yep. I agree with you!
Lots of junk out there but thousands to hundred thousands of followers, or making tons of money.
Lots of almost perfect stuff and barely a sniff, and almost dirt poor.
When we have the product, but the public and others are into other less quality stuff, or other weird stuff
I cannot speak for you, but in our case, I am:
-Awful at social media
-Awful at marketing
-Too modest to want to talk much about/sell a great product
-Too honest to lie or embellish, like those others do
-Too proud to beg or shill
-Too shy to network
-Too selfless to put my needs first
-Too busy to be able to put forth sales efforts I hate
-Too ethical to pay for generated likes or followers
-Too anxious about crime, or losing my privacy
-Too unlucky to have much luck
-Too serious to want to entertain them
Any statement out there that great products sell themselves is hogwash. If a genius is indeed 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration, perhaps Edison or whoever made that quote left some of those other components out, and as the efforts have to be diverse or targeted too.
In my case, I rather right now have a product with only a few others who understand and appreciate it, than tons of others who just want to buy it or subscribe because they were either told to do it, everyone else was doing it, or because they are not smart enough to know the difference between a poor thing, neutral thing or great thing. But, the timing will come sooner than later where I will feel heard, regarding my/our efforts.
I saw your book summaries, and I know it intrigued me, and if if I was a publisher and avid reader I'd be really interested. I am going to be totally upfront here; I have read very popular books in my hyper-focuses of interest, written by medical doctors and supposed other experts, and, as objective as I was, and am, I wondered how they became best sellers. No clarity, insight or analysis was involved, with just common used facts thrown around as if it was a dartboard, with lots of boring filler scattered throughout.
You know why it makes sense that some of this stuff becomes best sellers? It's because the marketing and other mentioned things came into play, more than the quality of the product. Famous artists of the past, I'll use as a quick example. Is their art pieces passed down from generation to generation any better than the art of today? I would argue not necessarily. Luck or the right advertising was involved. But, once it became popular, for whatever reason, people think it's the best, and will not be objective for the rest.
Sometimes timing is everything, but often it's just about not giving up. Naysayers drive me just as I am self-driven myself. I may not do things the traditional way, but I have no doubt one day my dreams will become reality. If I won't play by their rules, I will create my own. I am not going to change who I am to be that success, but I will either hire others or go to the right places to make sure what we have to offer will help not just us, but many more. So, in my case, I am not going to let them see me sweat. I will quietly redirect some efforts and get help from others, now that the products are as great as can be.
