Cyber Monday, the holiday season and what you need to be doing right now!
Posted by Jeremy L. Knauff | November 30th, 2009
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Ahh…the holidays are upon us yet again. Thanksgiving has already come and gone, and many of us (fortunately, not me) have endured the unending lines and frenzied crowds to be a part of the insane Black Friday tradition. Now, as we jump knee-deep into Cyber Monday, many businesses are beginning to wind down for the year. But instead of a relaxing (or stressing out over holiday preparations), you should be using the next thirty days to build up a competitive advantage and set the stage for a record year in 2010!
While your competitors are content to simply wait for Santa Clause to climb down their chimneys, you can leverage your reduced workload to develop your own products to sell. You may have already thought about this a long time ago, but gave in to your own excuses. Stop that and get started! Each product you develop gives you a new stream of income that can work 24-7, is infinitely scalable (it doesn’t take any more effort to sell 1,000,000 than it does to sell 1) and helps you to generate revenue from the clients who you would have otherwise turned away because they couldn’t afford your services. Don’t leap before you look, though. There are lots of innovative ideas and tools for testing if there is a market for the product that you want to develop, and Pat Flynn does a great job of outlining them step by step.
You’ll quickly find that this can be a major turning point for your business that can grow exponentially and make life easier.
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November 30th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Hey Jeremy! Thanks for the link!
It’s my first time on your blog, but I had to leave a comment to tell you that it’s really awesome. The design and your content is top notch. Keep up the good work, and I wish you and your company the best of luck in 2010! Cheers!
November 30th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Hi Pat, you’re welcome, and thanks for the compliments!
December 10th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
You wouldn’t believe it but I have wasted all day scrounging for some articles about this. Thanks for this, it was a great read and has helped me out to no end. Have a good one!
December 17th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Great post!