Comments on: Stop being afraid of selling, you pussy

By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:34:10 +0000

To be fair, I wrote this before I had evolved into my blog’s current incarnation. Today, the ho’s would have gone up front, for sure.

By: Lex

Lex — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:11:58 +0000

I was kinda half-assed about reading this post until I got to the last sentence, the one about being in the hip hop video with the fine and classy ho’s. Then you got me.

If you were a real ballsy salesman you would have put that in the first paragraph. Sell benefits, not products!

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By: Johnny B. Truant

Johnny B. Truant — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:34:53 +0000

I think it comes down to believing that what you have is worth more than what you’re charging. I could never sell either, but now, I firmly believe that what I have is worth way more than the price. That confidence comes across.

By: @ncwinters

@ncwinters — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:52:39 +0000

Think I need to do this with my comic business. My problem is that I HAVE a product but can’t figure out the best way to sell it as a service to everyone. In a way, I’m one of the worst freelancers in the world that way because selling myself, marketing and being proactive about my stuff is about as appealing as ascending bowl cancer.

Let’s see if I can utilize some of your words to make myself more lucrative. Lucrative? Sellmorebusinessish? Something.

By: Johnny B. Truant

Johnny B. Truant — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:19:16 +0000

Yeah, Mike, get to it! Get off your ass!

Proactivity is so underrated.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:17:57 +0000

Johnny, you hit the nail on the head when you said “please don’t just put a link or banner on your site and consider yourself finished.” Randomly dropping a banner or link in the sidebar will rarely if ever rise above the background noise unless you draw attention to it in your content or by making personal connections.

Now it’s time for me to GOYA and go do this stuff rather than talking about it.