Comments on: Do You Need to be #1? http://www.paulymath.com/2008/09/30/do-you-need-to-be-1/ Make Money. Do What You Love. Feel Great. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:45:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RT Wolf http://www.paulymath.com/2008/09/30/do-you-need-to-be-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1402 RT Wolf Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:56:52 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=483#comment-1402 What a strange synchronisity, I posted an article talking about this as how I imagined value creation was like and why that's a limiting belief the same day you posted yours. I think I wrote mine the day before or two, but what a coincidence: http://www.mind-manual.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/30/another-example-of-changing-belifs-money/ What a strange synchronisity, I posted an article talking about this as how I imagined value creation was like and why that’s a limiting belief the same day you posted yours. I think I wrote mine the day before or two, but what a coincidence:

http://www.mind-manual.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/30/another-example-of-changing-belifs-money/

]]> By: Evan http://www.paulymath.com/2008/09/30/do-you-need-to-be-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1398 Evan Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:39:15 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=483#comment-1398 Thanks Paul, excellent point. There's nothing wrong with being #2 or #561 for that matter. Or even just being in your own race. I like Tim's point too. In traditional towns the same professions can tend to clump together so that people know where to go to get their clothes, fruit, shoes, whatever. Being part of a crowd is not bad if there are lots of customers available and you can be a little different in a way that matters to the customers. When I look for a plumber or someone I don't go looking for the world #1 best plumber who would likely charge the earth, just for the person who will do the job well and charge and reasonable price. This north American obsession can be really destructive. Thanks Paul, excellent point. There’s nothing wrong with being #2 or #561 for that matter. Or even just being in your own race.

I like Tim’s point too. In traditional towns the same professions can tend to clump together so that people know where to go to get their clothes, fruit, shoes, whatever. Being part of a crowd is not bad if there are lots of customers available and you can be a little different in a way that matters to the customers.

When I look for a plumber or someone I don’t go looking for the world #1 best plumber who would likely charge the earth, just for the person who will do the job well and charge and reasonable price. This north American obsession can be really destructive.

]]> By: Tim Robinson http://www.paulymath.com/2008/09/30/do-you-need-to-be-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1403 Tim Robinson Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:28:33 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=483#comment-1403 The amazing thing is, in the internet age its actually BETTER to have a lot of competition! Why? Because when there are many other blogs in your marketplace you can leverage them for cross promotion (helping each other get traffic), comments, selling each others products etc. Everybody wants information from a variety of sources and as such its an awesome idea to help others in your niche get customers while you get extra customers off them. It's like if people buy 3 different information products on internet marketing in a year, it makes sense for 3 different IM blogs to cross promote each others products, all getting affiliate commissions, more customers and more sales than they could ever get on their own, and no one is loosing sales, its win win win :) I've written more about this theory on my blog: http://www.timjrobinson.com/blog/2008/competition-is-killing-your-business/ -- Tim The amazing thing is, in the internet age its actually BETTER to have a lot of competition! Why? Because when there are many other blogs in your marketplace you can leverage them for cross promotion (helping each other get traffic), comments, selling each others products etc.

Everybody wants information from a variety of sources and as such its an awesome idea to help others in your niche get customers while you get extra customers off them. It’s like if people buy 3 different information products on internet marketing in a year, it makes sense for 3 different IM blogs to cross promote each others products, all getting affiliate commissions, more customers and more sales than they could ever get on their own, and no one is loosing sales, its win win win :)

I’ve written more about this theory on my blog: http://www.timjrobinson.com/blog/2008/competition-is-killing-your-business/

– Tim

]]> By: Avani-Mehta http://www.paulymath.com/2008/09/30/do-you-need-to-be-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1401 Avani-Mehta Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:19:50 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=483#comment-1401 You hit the bullseye with this one. Lot of (similar) businesses can thrive together. While I wouldn't mind being #1 (just kidding, would be great), as long as I meet my goals it doesn't really matter. You hit the bullseye with this one. Lot of (similar) businesses can thrive together. While I wouldn’t mind being #1 (just kidding, would be great), as long as I meet my goals it doesn’t really matter.

]]> By: Elijah http://www.paulymath.com/2008/09/30/do-you-need-to-be-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1400 Elijah Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:46:49 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=483#comment-1400 Man... It's a complete facade and you couldn't of put it better. Who cares about number one, and even though we might feel this is common sense, tons of people do believe that being number one is the be all and end all - which is why people with this mindset are usually miserable because they're striving for something unrealistic, therefor never satisfied. I've build niche sites and taken the number 1 and 2 spot out of 1 million plus competing sites in less than a week. Does this mean that I'm number one, and my site is the best out of all those sites? Not at all - it merely means I'm damn good and getting traffic and getting indexed. ;) Man…

It’s a complete facade and you couldn’t of put it better. Who cares about number one, and even though we might feel this is common sense, tons of people do believe that being number one is the be all and end all – which is why people with this mindset are usually miserable because they’re striving for something unrealistic, therefor never satisfied.

I’ve build niche sites and taken the number 1 and 2 spot out of 1 million plus competing sites in less than a week. Does this mean that I’m number one, and my site is the best out of all those sites? Not at all – it merely means I’m damn good and getting traffic and getting indexed.
;)

]]> By: Rarst http://www.paulymath.com/2008/09/30/do-you-need-to-be-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1399 Rarst Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:16:14 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=483#comment-1399 Thank you, it's always good to be reminded of common sense stuff. I know that I am not even in the middle with my new blog yet. And my chances of making top spot are equal to those of snowball in hell. But isn't it way more interesting to try when you actually have some competition to beat? :) Thank you, it’s always good to be reminded of common sense stuff. I know that I am not even in the middle with my new blog yet. And my chances of making top spot are equal to those of snowball in hell.

But isn’t it way more interesting to try when you actually have some competition to beat? :)

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