Mr. Spiers,
I would like to know if your online course is still available, and, if so, how much startup capital is recommended prior to enrollment/establishing a small import business?
I have many questions that I would like to ask, but understand that you may be a busy man. That being said, I think attending your course and joining your listserv is the best route for me to take.
I would also like to inform you that your eBook is available, in full, for free, via googlebooks (where each page can be downloaded with the right know-how, repacked and freely distributed without your consent). I am only assuming that this is not your intent. If you have trouble finding the source, feel free to contact me and I will gladly send you the link.
Thank you for your time.
Respectfully,
J
J,
*** People start with what they got... to get to the go/no go point, it's probably $900 and 9 months...***
***There is another fellow starting this week... if you are willing to get yourself caught up, you can enroll here...
***I am the source.***
Mon plaisir...
thanks for your note...
On Jul 17, 2011, at 12:44 PM, J wrote:
Mr. Spiers,I would like to know if your online course is still available, and, if so, how much startup capital is recommended prior to enrollment/establishing a small import business?
I have many questions that I would like to ask, but understand that you may be a busy man. That being said, I think attending your course and joining your listserv is the best route for me to take.
and I'll send you the info...
I would also like to inform you that your eBook is available, in full, for free, via googlebooks (where each page can be downloaded with the right know-how, repacked and freely distributed without your consent).
***I hope so, since I am the one who did that....***
I am only assuming that this is not your intent.
***Very much my intent... plenty of people "steal" my book, as google tells me... but they are not my customers anyway... the benefit is google sends me so many customers, I do not worry about non-customers... if anyone can package my books and outsell me, I welcome it. I would learn how to sell my books better than I do now.
A hard lesson for people to learn is business is not about control, barriers to entry, but competition and marketing. The reason my book has outsold they 8 of ten of the NY Times top ten in 2001, is because I market, not control...***
If you have trouble finding the source, feel free to contact me and I will gladly send you the link.
Thank you for your time.
John
Mr. Spiers,
Thank you for responding to my email. I appreciate you taking the time and am surprised by your comments regarding your ebook. I look forward to learning more from you.
Regarding the online course; without taking too much of your time and explaining the details of my current situation, would it be pragmatic for me to enroll in your course as I am currently working a full time job? I do plan on giving my two-weeks notice, but not for another 6 months, at least. I am very serious about pursuing this and hope that I can give it my all and be well-prepared to reach my goals. It is my understanding that your online course follows a weekly schedule for each lesson, leaving me somewhat reluctant to enroll at the moment without knowing what will be expected of me with the limited time that I currently have available. What would you recommend? How do others manage?
By the way, I'm only about 1/3 of the way through your book...still reading.
Thanks again.
Respectfully,
J
Hey J,
*** I am not sure I would understand the question... the only change in the last decade or so has been the internet has lowered the cost and widened access to communication and research. Business, markets and competition has not changed.
*** Yes, a listserv is like a mailing list, but no, I would not pay now and learn later. Without the indoctrination of the book or course or both, the blog and listserv would do you little good, since your premises would make your questions nonstarters. The listserv is for those who understand the lessons (although many disagree, but agreement is not important, it is about help with ideas and ways and means).***
The book does lay out the game plan, and I hope makes the point that success is up to your customers... the degree to which you attend to them... my course and book merely save you time and money on a journey to a destination you'd arrive at anyway...
How other manage they do not tell me, but you might do well to take it in the fall and read a bit... Ogilvy, Drucker, Bodrin and Levine... others, before you start the class...
the course and info is at johnspiers.com
John
Mr. Spiers,
It seems that much has changed in the last decade or so since your first book was published. I wonder, knowing what you know now, would you attempt to break out in to the importing business now with saturated markets and fiercer competition?
Also, do you have a member-only forum available for your students? I am not that familiar with a listserv and am assuming that it's much like a mailing list. I am, however, familiar with IRC, but was hoping to find a good source that would allow me to learn from people that have and/or are currently in the importing business. It would seem beneficial for me to pay for your course now, but take the course at a later time - when I am in a better position to do so - so that I may take advantage of the knowledge of your previous students and apply that to my research and learning process right now. If this is not possible, I completely understand.
Thank you for your time.
Respectfully,
J
On Jul 18, 2011, at 11:55 AM, J wrote:
Mr. Spiers,It seems that much has changed in the last decade or so since your first book was published. I wonder, knowing what you know now, would you attempt to break out in to the importing business now with saturated markets and fiercer competition?
In any event there is no such thing as a saturated market. And competition is people, and they are no more fierce than they have ever been.
Did I get to the heart of your question?***
Also, do you have a member-only forum available for your students? I am not that familiar with a listserv and am assuming that it's much like a mailing list. I am, however, familiar with IRC, but was hoping to find a good source that would allow me to learn from people that have and/or are currently in the importing business. It would seem beneficial for me to pay for your course now, but take the course at a later time - when I am in a better position to do so - so that I may take advantage of the knowledge of your previous students and apply that to my research and learning process right now. If this is not possible, I completely understand.
John
Thank you for your time.Respectfully,J
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