Andrew Lock - Be Prolific not Perfect
Just in case you have not noticed, we now have an Andrew Lock Interview online.
The advice Andrew Lock gives is SOLID and essential for success in any business.
Here are just a few of the points Andrew makes;
‘be Prolific not Perfect’
‘good enough is good enough’
‘and above all, focus on speed of implementation’
And my Fav reply to our interview questions is this one:
If you could go back in a time machine to the time when you were first
making a name for yourself, what advice would you give yourself?
What a great question, now I just have to come up with an adequate answer,
don’t I?! One of the things I would do is focus on speed of implementation.
In the early days I used to believe (foolishly) that the person who has the
best product is the one that wins. I learned the hard way that that
thinking can make you go broke! It took me 6 months to produce my first
information product, and if I was doing it again today I’d create it in a
week or two, no more. Remember, there’s no shortage of brilliant ideas.
I’ve got more ideas than I know what to do with, so ideas aren’t the
problem - you can come up with your own or get them from others. It’s
implementation and marketing that are the biggest issues.If I was starting over again I’d remind myself every day to be ‘prolific not
perfect.’ In other words, produce a product FAST, promote it FAST, and then
when there’s some money coming in you can tweak it and make improvements.
I’ve struggled hard to come to terms with ‘good enough is good enough’ as my
mentor Dan Kennedy puts it. That’s a great quote to stick on your monitor
or your office wall. ‘Good enough is good enough.’ It’s not about having
the best product, it’s about having the best marketing. Sony learned that
lesson the hard way with Betamax, and now Toshiba learned it the hard way
with HD-DVD. In both cases, those companies had (arguably) the best
products, but they weren’t the best marketers, and the results say
everything. It took Sony years to get over losing the Betamax vs. VHS
battle and they lost millions, probably billions in fact. Think of all the
VHS decks and cassettes that were produced over the years until recently.
Find out more about Andrew at http://andrewlock.com - and make sure to Check out his Video on the home page (it is FUN and a great example of Video
SELLING)
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Wow! Michael and Andrew.. that was the BEST interview I have ever read!! I learned so much through that. I dont suppose Andrew Lock has MSN does he? I would love to get to know him.
Congratz on such an amazing interview,
Shane
Nice…
A couple of good quotes worth remembering…
Good points by Andrew. Good interview as well.
Yes good interview, and the choosen points are well discussed.
Your mentor is so right! That’s what i call a quality article!!
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