Wolverine’s Guide To Choosing A Product To Sell

One of the sites I read each and every day (like clockwork) is a comic book movie site called: www.ComicBookMovie.com

Today they posted an interview with Hugh Jackman — who played “Wolverine” in the X-Men movies, and is shooting the upcoming Wolverine movie now.

Anyway, in this interview Hugh talks about his criteria for choosing a movie role — which just happens to be a PERFECT guide to choosing a product to sell.

Here’s what he said:

“There are two conditions for me doing any more: One is will anybody want to see it, and the second is: Will I still have the passion for it?”

And there we have it.

Two questions each and every one of us should ask before trying to sell a product:

Will anyone want it, and will you have a passion for it?

If you answer “no” — or even “I think so…” — to either question, then you may want to seriously consider selling something else.

Why?

Because if nobody wants your product, you won’t sell it.

And if you don’t have a passion for it, then even if it does sell, you’ll probably end up despising it.

I know… because I actually made this mistake last year myself.

Anyway, just something to think about.

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P.P.S. Hey! I almost forgot: I have a couple new MP3 interviews in the “hopper” I’ll be posting soon. Both contain a TON of valuable information you can actually use, and not just listen to, nod and file away.

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Are You On These Web 2.0 Sites?

I am finally joining the 21st century and experimenting with social marketing and Web 2.0.

I’m on the following sites so far… and if you’d like to “link up”, “face up” and “twitter” up with me, check out the sites below:

FaceBook: http://profile.to/bensettle

Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenSettle

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bensettle

I’m not exactly sure how to monetize these kinds of sites yet… but I am getting some ideas and am experimenting with one thing now.

I’ll share them on this blog as I learn more.

Sociopathic List Pimp

Not long ago, a man accused me of “pimping” my list.

He said I was turning into a “vicious, soulless, profit-mongering pimp robot” because I started selling other peoples’ products as an affiliate — and not purely giving away endless amounts of valuable free content or, at the very least, only selling my own products.

Now, personally, I think the guy’s crazy.

But still… I’m curious what you think about this.

Was this dude on to something?

When I offer you products, do you feel like I’m “pimping” you just for a fast sale?

Or… maybe you think I don’t make enough offers?

I’ve actually been accused of both (can’t please everyone).

If you’re willing, I’d really appreciate hearing what you think about this (especially if you think I AM being a list pimp) in the comments section below…

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  • Joe Sugarman
  • Dan Kennedy
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  • Joe Vitale
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