Comments on: How To Be Selectively Unreasonable http://ittybiz.com/how-to-be-selectively-unreasonable/ Marketing for Businesses Without Marketing Departments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:36:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Add more value by being selectively unreasonable http://ittybiz.com/how-to-be-selectively-unreasonable/#comment-9729 Add more value by being selectively unreasonable Tue, 19 May 2009 21:32:27 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1238#comment-9729 [...] being selectively unreasonable. Selectively unreasonable, a term I first heard about in regards to running a business, is about making decisions strategically and inline with your [...] [...] being selectively unreasonable. Selectively unreasonable, a term I first heard about in regards to running a business, is about making decisions strategically and inline with your [...]

]]> By: Sing with Your Own Voice | Remarkable Communication http://ittybiz.com/how-to-be-selectively-unreasonable/#comment-9435 Sing with Your Own Voice | Remarkable Communication Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:15:53 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1238#comment-9435 [...] (Speaking of the smartest marketing princess on earth, we’re cooking up some coolerosity for you. Stay [...] [...] (Speaking of the smartest marketing princess on earth, we’re cooking up some coolerosity for you. Stay [...]

]]> By: The E-Factor: The 10 Traits of Successful Creative Entrepreneurs | Productive Flourishing http://ittybiz.com/how-to-be-selectively-unreasonable/#comment-9236 The E-Factor: The 10 Traits of Successful Creative Entrepreneurs | Productive Flourishing Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:05:02 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1238#comment-9236 [...] but you’ll have to learn to hear what people are saying, (perhaps) acknowledge it, and then defy them anyway. Accept that their resistance is almost always due to their own Stuff and not [...] [...] but you’ll have to learn to hear what people are saying, (perhaps) acknowledge it, and then defy them anyway. Accept that their resistance is almost always due to their own Stuff and not [...]

]]> By: Teresa Hall http://ittybiz.com/how-to-be-selectively-unreasonable/#comment-9232 Teresa Hall Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:07:14 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1238#comment-9232 Hey Naomi, Just because I haven't mentioned it yet (today, anyway) I'm totally psyched for the SpeakEasy! WOO HOO! You so rock, woman! Leave it to Naomi to create a huge, packed full of good stuff membership program that is affordable and allows so much freakin access!! Thanks Naomi! Can't wait to get started with the first call later today! Hey Naomi,

Just because I haven’t mentioned it yet (today, anyway) I’m totally psyched for the SpeakEasy!

WOO HOO! You so rock, woman! Leave it to Naomi to create a huge, packed full of good stuff membership program that is affordable and allows so much freakin access!!

Thanks Naomi! Can’t wait to get started with the first call later today!

]]> By: Looking to Get Your Business On Track? Today is the Day! | Write About Everything http://ittybiz.com/how-to-be-selectively-unreasonable/#comment-9211 Looking to Get Your Business On Track? Today is the Day! | Write About Everything Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:09:11 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1238#comment-9211 [...] find a coaching program that is affordable and sure to be a winner, then today is your lucky day. Naomi Dunford over at IttyBiz is beginning a new monthly program for under $50. If you know Naomi, you probably don’t need [...] [...] find a coaching program that is affordable and sure to be a winner, then today is your lucky day. Naomi Dunford over at IttyBiz is beginning a new monthly program for under $50. If you know Naomi, you probably don’t need [...]

]]> By: Amber http://ittybiz.com/how-to-be-selectively-unreasonable/#comment-9210 Amber Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:57:13 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1238#comment-9210 Wow, reading about the SpeakEasy program blew my mind. For one, I finally sat down and wrote my sales page for consulting late last night. I included two options, one was a basic hourly consulting that lots of people (including IttyBiz) offers. The other was something I came up on my own, a package that includes 1) 4 hour long calls (1 per week) and 2) unlimited email consulting over the month - two things I had not seen anywhere else before I made it up AND I read it on the SpeakEasy after. So when I read the SpeakEasy page this morning I was like whoa... that's spooky. But great minds speak alike so they say. Another reason why it freaked me out is that I planned to charge $1500 for this package while you're charging $44. Yeah. 'Course mine is different, like the entire thing is just with the client and they're really only supposed to do it for 1 month versus a subscription model, etc. But still, it made me think I might be crazy for charging that much. The last reason it blew my mind was that I can actually afford it. Well, I can afford it for a month because I can afford $44. After that my business better start picking up the tab. Wow, reading about the SpeakEasy program blew my mind. For one, I finally sat down and wrote my sales page for consulting late last night. I included two options, one was a basic hourly consulting that lots of people (including IttyBiz) offers. The other was something I came up on my own, a package that includes 1) 4 hour long calls (1 per week) and 2) unlimited email consulting over the month – two things I had not seen anywhere else before I made it up AND I read it on the SpeakEasy after. So when I read the SpeakEasy page this morning I was like whoa… that’s spooky. But great minds speak alike so they say.

Another reason why it freaked me out is that I planned to charge $1500 for this package while you’re charging $44. Yeah. ‘Course mine is different, like the entire thing is just with the client and they’re really only supposed to do it for 1 month versus a subscription model, etc. But still, it made me think I might be crazy for charging that much.

The last reason it blew my mind was that I can actually afford it. Well, I can afford it for a month because I can afford $44. After that my business better start picking up the tab.

]]> By: Aruni http://ittybiz.com/how-to-be-selectively-unreasonable/#comment-9208 Aruni Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:52:51 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1238#comment-9208 You are SO right! Having lived through this twice and observing it multiple times there is no magic pill. More companies fail than succeed for a variety of reasons...best thing to do is keep going up to bat and try to factor in as best as possible the curve balls life throws you. Those curve balls are doozies and make you wonder why you get up each day sometimes. :-) You are SO right! Having lived through this twice and observing it multiple times there is no magic pill. More companies fail than succeed for a variety of reasons…best thing to do is keep going up to bat and try to factor in as best as possible the curve balls life throws you. Those curve balls are doozies and make you wonder why you get up each day sometimes. :-)

]]> By: Jared O'Toole http://ittybiz.com/how-to-be-selectively-unreasonable/#comment-9203 Jared O'Toole Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:41:25 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1238#comment-9203 You have to take risk. No one knows exactly what they are getting into when they start something but if you put some thought into it you can measure risk to a degree. But in the end put yourself out there. It's the only way to truly know. You have to take risk. No one knows exactly what they are getting into when they start something but if you put some thought into it you can measure risk to a degree.

But in the end put yourself out there. It’s the only way to truly know.

]]> By: JoVE http://ittybiz.com/how-to-be-selectively-unreasonable/#comment-9202 JoVE Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:16:41 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1238#comment-9202 There is also no magic pill. the situation is too complex and individual. BUT being part of a community like the one you are running is going to provide an opportunity for people to work out what applies in their situation. To figure out their complexity. To try things out. And to get feedback. This is crucial. A successful business is built on hard work, making mistakes, and learning from your mistakes. It is easier to limit the size of those mistakes and maximize the learning from them in a supportive group. This is an amazing development Naomi. I predict much success. There is also no magic pill. the situation is too complex and individual. BUT being part of a community like the one you are running is going to provide an opportunity for people to work out what applies in their situation. To figure out their complexity. To try things out. And to get feedback.

This is crucial. A successful business is built on hard work, making mistakes, and learning from your mistakes. It is easier to limit the size of those mistakes and maximize the learning from them in a supportive group.

This is an amazing development Naomi. I predict much success.

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