What do you think of this idea? Looking for feedback.....

This is something I've had in the back of my mind for a while, but one of Sandy's posts stimulated this thought again.... What do you think of this?

I'm thinking about trying to do some interviews of VERY successful people, asking them about some of the principles they've used for their success. The idea is for this to be WIN / WIN / WIN / WIN ! :)

• The people interviewed will benefit, as it will help to promote their products or companies or themselves, or it will help those big successes who just want to help others to also reach success....
• Visitors to SOWPUB will benefit, as they will get additional information on being a success from those who have really DONE IT.... Information which may not be available anywhere else.
• Ebook authors who have their works at SOWPUB will benefit, as this will hopefully generate extra traffic to their ebooks....
• Of course, I'll benefit too, as it will make SOWPUB an extra special web site....

However, this is all dependent on it being something that YOU are interested in too.

What I'm thinking about here are EXCLUSIVE interviews of these successful people, not interviews repeated on zillions of web sites like you sometimes see.... These will be unique.

My idea is that some of the people who are interviewed will be people you may know about or have heard of, but others you won't have heard about. But they will all be big successes.... I don't want to limit the area these people are successes in, since I believe the principles of success can be similar even in very different areas....

Now, when I try something, I like to reach for the top, so if I do this I'm going to try very hard to get people who are truly BIG successes if possible.... This doesn't generally mean so-called "gurus," since many successful people DON'T make a living teaching you how to be successful. They are too busy spending their time doing it. Those are the kind of people I am hoping to find, who are also willing to take a little bit of their time to share some of the principles which they have used to succeed....

I'm anticipating that I may get a lot of rejections for every person who agrees (because a lot of the VERY successful people are also very busy). So, the first thing I'd like to do is to get some feedback.... What do you think of this idea? Is this something which would interest you to read?

Please let me know. :) Is there enough interest to make this idea worth doing? Please post or email me....

Thank you,

Dien

Great idea Dien, a modern day Napoleon Hill I presume, look forward to the outcome of your first interview.
regards peter

> This is something I've had in the back of my
> mind for a while, but one of Sandy's posts
> stimulated this thought again.... What do
> you think of this?

> I'm thinking about trying to do some
> interviews of VERY successful people, asking
> them about some of the principles they've
> used for their success. The idea is for this
> to be WIN / WIN / WIN / WIN ! :)

> The people interviewed will benefit, as
> it will help to promote their products or
> companies or themselves, or it will help
> those big successes who just want to help
> others to also reach success....
> Visitors to SOWPUB will benefit, as they
> will get additional information on being a
> success from those who have really DONE
> IT.... Information which may not be
> available anywhere else.
> Ebook authors who have their works at
> SOWPUB will benefit, as this will hopefully
> generate extra traffic to their ebooks....
> Of course, I'll benefit too, as it will
> make SOWPUB an extra special web site....
> However, this is all dependent on it being
> something that YOU are interested in too.

> What I'm thinking about here are EXCLUSIVE
> interviews of these successful people, not
> interviews repeated on zillions of web sites
> like you sometimes see.... These will be
> unique.

> My idea is that some of the people who are
> interviewed will be people you may know
> about or have heard of, but others you won't
> have heard about. But they will all be big
> successes.... I don't want to limit the area
> these people are successes in, since I
> believe the principles of success can be
> similar even in very different areas....

> Now, when I try something, I like to reach
> for the top, so if I do this I'm going to
> try very hard to get people who are truly
> BIG successes if possible.... This doesn't
> generally mean so-called "gurus,"
> since many successful people DON'T make a
> living teaching you how to be successful.
> They are too busy spending their time doing
> it. Those are the kind of people I am hoping
> to find, who are also willing to take a
> little bit of their time to share some of
> the principles which they have used to
> succeed....

> I'm anticipating that I may get a lot of
> rejections for every person who agrees
> (because a lot of the VERY successful people
> are also very busy). So, the first thing I'd
> like to do is to get some feedback.... What
> do you think of this idea? Is this something
> which would interest you to read?

> Please let me know. :) Is there enough
> interest to make this idea worth doing?
> Please post or email me....

> Thank you,

> Dien

This is a KILLER idea that *automatically* puts you in a class by yourself, once you do it!

Theres no question this site will be very unique regardless -- however THAT would be almost "too much" (please catch me as I faint :-)

I'm also going to privately email you Dien about this idea.

I think this would be great!

Paul

> This is something I've had in the back of my
> mind for a while, but one of Sandy's posts
> stimulated this thought again.... What do
> you think of this?

> I'm thinking about trying to do some
> interviews of VERY successful people, asking
> them about some of the principles they've
> used for their success. The idea is for this
> to be WIN / WIN / WIN / WIN ! :)

> The people interviewed will benefit, as
> it will help to promote their products or
> companies or themselves, or it will help
> those big successes who just want to help
> others to also reach success....
> Visitors to SOWPUB will benefit, as they
> will get additional information on being a
> success from those who have really DONE
> IT.... Information which may not be
> available anywhere else.
> Ebook authors who have their works at
> SOWPUB will benefit, as this will hopefully
> generate extra traffic to their ebooks....
> Of course, I'll benefit too, as it will
> make SOWPUB an extra special web site....
> However, this is all dependent on it being
> something that YOU are interested in too.

> What I'm thinking about here are EXCLUSIVE
> interviews of these successful people, not
> interviews repeated on zillions of web sites
> like you sometimes see.... These will be
> unique.

> My idea is that some of the people who are
> interviewed will be people you may know
> about or have heard of, but others you won't
> have heard about. But they will all be big
> successes.... I don't want to limit the area
> these people are successes in, since I
> believe the principles of success can be
> similar even in very different areas....

> Now, when I try something, I like to reach
> for the top, so if I do this I'm going to
> try very hard to get people who are truly
> BIG successes if possible.... This doesn't
> generally mean so-called "gurus,"
> since many successful people DON'T make a
> living teaching you how to be successful.
> They are too busy spending their time doing
> it. Those are the kind of people I am hoping
> to find, who are also willing to take a
> little bit of their time to share some of
> the principles which they have used to
> succeed....

> I'm anticipating that I may get a lot of
> rejections for every person who agrees
> (because a lot of the VERY successful people
> are also very busy). So, the first thing I'd
> like to do is to get some feedback.... What
> do you think of this idea? Is this something
> which would interest you to read?

> Please let me know. :) Is there enough
> interest to make this idea worth doing?
> Please post or email me....

> Thank you,

> Dien

> A great idea! You can't go wrong with this.
Bruce Arnold

Great idea,
will give people reason to return to this website, repeatedly. We can always lern from successful people.

Sundeep Singh Shergill
www.ikonkar.com


Sikhism

Dien,

I once thought of writing a book on how to do interviews as you've described, because I've done a few ... but then I found there's a book already written. If you don't have it, you should get it, because it's really good.

It's "How To Create A Product In 3 Hours That Customers Want To Buy" by Don Bice, available at the link below.

Richard




"How To Create A Product In 3 Hours That Customers Want To Buy"

Excellent idea!
I'd like the ideas of interviews with a
cross section of people-not just interview
marketers...some interview marketers would
be ok...but it would be much more interesting
if you bring successful people who are not
necessarily online also...

You certainly would get a lot of promotional
benefits by inviting people from offline...
I'm not sure if you've seen some of the issues
of "O"(oprah) magazine but she does in depth
interviews and it's very popular.

Another good thing would be to keep the interviews
in archives online.

I just love this idea. I think it would add more
dimension to the message board because it would
stimulate deeper discussions...

Another advantage is for the people who come to
the message boards who have businesses but they're
still in the process of developing their websites.
This would give us a chance to hear about their
products etc and thus many might be stimulated
to buy from them directly offline.

Go for it!

One person I'd like to hear from is
Helen Gurley Brown...she has a new biography
out...she was one of the first major women
copywriters...often people don't talk about
her...she's the chief editor of the international
division of "cosmopolitan magazine"..

I'd also like to hear some of the people Gordon
mentioned in another post as his inspiration.

You know I spend a lot of time on line reading
the interviews from ivillage,amazon and barnes
and nobles...it's a fun thing to do...you might
want to start with some of those people as well
since they are use to the format of interviews
on line...

I can't wait!

do it. The people making money quietly without fanfare will be most interesting interviews - no doubt a challenge to get to talk, but informative when they do!

Good luck, Bob

> I just love this idea. I think it would add
> more
> dimension to the message board because it
> would
> stimulate deeper discussions...

I wish I knew how to make "deeper discussions" BOLD in the above quote, but I don't. So just visualize it, OK?

THAT THERE is they key! By being able to go back, after the "horse" speaks and being able to ADD *new* comments and thoughts -- is absofarkinlutely incredible, again! :-)

Do all you need to Dien, to DO this too, even if only in a limited capacity, on top of all else your doing. Marketing is ~all~ about DIFFERENTIATING yourself from your competition, and in one fell swoop this here will do that, plus much more!

Hi Dien!

What a terrific idea! Yes, you may get SOME rejections, but I am holding the thought and intention that the people you DO get to interview are exactly the right mix.

Like Sandy wrote in another post here, the thought of "Non Marketers" goes a long way, too, although that is sort of a misnomer. After all, we are all marketers of some sort.

People love reading stories, so I would love to read people's interviews as stories....I am sure that is a part of your plan....and I know I would surely come back repeatedly if I knew a new Bio was being posted/uploaded/what have you.

And then who knows? You might interview your way to a new product of some sort?!

With Purpose and Passion,

JULIE