Comments on: My biggest business takeaway from ’09 :)

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:12:57 +0000

Wow — what an enlightening post! I’ve had my own venture (nothing to do with outsourcing) and the ups and downs, trial and error, wins and losses, euphoria and down-in-the-dumps swings have exhausted me. At the end of the day, though, the lessons learned, and the sense of accomplishment has been worth it. I couldn’t relate more to your journey and I thank you for putting this all into words that made sense of all I had been feeling!

By: Larry Killmer

Larry Killmer — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:29:51 +0000

Rachel,
My headmust have been under the sand that this is the first time that I am reading about you. I have tried over and over to outsource and had the same experiences. It burnet me out. I am now looking to dive back in however I am trying to put a plan together. I am like many internet marketeers pretty well read however I am totally technically challenged and cannot get a site or blog off the ground. What does your operation offer when it comes to that type of work. I would or could only vision it being done by having a realtionsipp with a few people from an organization so that communications go the smoothest. If you do not mind perhaps you have email me telling me about your success in this area. Anyone elses comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks and musch success to everyone.
Larry K

By: Abizer

Abizer — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:16:59 +0000

Hey Rachel,

Very nice post. One of the things that really clicked – To go by our own intuition and screw what other people say. I have not been long into internet marketing and there seems to be loads and loads of things and ways to do stuff, but every individual should learn from people but follow what they think is right.

Am just about to hop over to BYTDL … thanks

Cheers!
Abizer

By: Doug Orchard

Doug Orchard — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:30:33 +0000

Okay this looks real good I look forward to hearing more from you on your blog thanks.

By: Me

Me — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:47:24 +0000

Hi Rachel,
thank you so much for your post. I came across it at the right time.
I am going through a that miserable period you described and I would really appreciate if you could email me some encouraging words.
Thank you again!

By: Alzay Calhoun

Alzay Calhoun — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:35:50 +0000

Thanks for such an honest post Rachel. It is very easy to get caught up what in others say you should do. Bottom line, there are many ways to have success in business. You are proving that the “best” business model is the one “you” are most comfortable with.

By: BrianJUY

BrianJUY — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:07:44 +0000

Rachel… You forgot one very valuable lesson I hope you learned.

Don’t hire people until you get your ducks in a row; because it can really screw that person even if it’s done unintentionally.

I’m glad you’re doing well now.

Brian

By: Philip Lynch

Philip Lynch — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:03:34 +0000

Rachel,

What an amazing story..your business and life
experiences..and lessons learned over the last few
months. If you put that into a book, I’d buy it!

You are certainly on the right track with your
workers in the Philippines.

I lived there (Cebu) for 6 months and can testify
… if you choose carefully you can find very
loyal employees.

Thanks again for sharing your story..so inspiring.

Phil Lynch

By: Ellen C. Braun

Ellen C. Braun — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:42:59 +0000

Wow, what a journey. I love the way you realize that you must trust your own instincts rather than submissively adhere to all the experts’ rules. Well done!

Ellen

By: barry

barry — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:49:59 +0000

Great post – you clearly have become a very capable entrepreneur. Experiences like these are the way to greatness!

I too have started to question the standard wisdom shouted out about high prices. That may be the case to profit fast in the make money niche before the prospect runs out of cash but in other niches where most of the audience can keep on buying for years because they are in the niche for good low prices allow you to get known to more people.

I heard recently about an online business doing $50M a year. They price at $20, $40 with membership sites at $40 a month. None of the several hundred a month game while you can grab it mentality. And, they can build a list that will keep on buying for years.

In 2010, what pricing do you recommend for info. products? Times have changed, I`d be interested to hear your take on this if you have a moment.

Thanks