Comments on: You’re Boring (But Not Hopeless)

By: Kanu

Kanu — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:11:09 +0000

The short answer is- most ideas you can think of are good enough to start a business around – in short you can probably make some money doing almost anything.

The real question is whether or not your business idea is worth the risk, and will provide adequate reward if it works out. For sake of argument let’s say adequate return is enough money for you to live on, at least replacing your current income. Thanks in advance for your time and consideration.

Simply put your unique selling proposition (USP) is the reason I’d buy from you and not a competitor.

By: Sachin

Sachin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:51:51 +0000

very nice “How to be interesting article” and it is not even 1% boring…..I quite sort of like it… thanks.

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Why Most Companies Are Boring : Idea Seeds — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:39:59 +0000

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By: whoever

whoever — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:52:04 +0000

well, boring or not, the sole important thing is to be useful. if you’re useless, nobody cares, no matter how boring or not boring you might be.

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:15:45 +0000

I was just thinking about this topic and Seth nailed it.

Info-marketing is heading toward Edu-tainment, where Education meets Entertainment, i.e.

EDUCATION + ENTERTAINMENT = EDU-TAINMENT

Information itself is boring, but when we add a mix of interesting entertainment value into it, suddenly it becomes attractive to people.

Anthony Robbins is a master at this. The personal-development industry is very competitive, but people flock to him in droves because they get “super-charged” (read: entertained) in his programs, with all the fire-walking and stuff. If he delivers his seminars in lecture style, nobody would come.

Bringing this closer to home, bloggers like John Chow and Shoemoney are using Edu-tainment to their advantage. If they deliver their content in boring lecture-like style, I doubt they won’t have as many followers. But they let their personality shine through, even calling each other “rivals”, attracting a massive following in the process.

By: Patrizia Broghammer

Patrizia Broghammer — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:20:15 +0000

Well, I disagree.
It is always a kind of surprise when I find out that people are still interested in certain subjects or products commercialized in the same old way.
Boring or interesting is just a matter of point of view.
I find the Internet quite a democratic environment.
Much more than our societies.
Here not only you can say whatever you like, boring or interesting, you always find somebody who reads it.
The secret?
Having a decent PR.
If you are visible you can bet you can ALWAYS find somebody who likes what you write.
You need just to be boring in your own, peculiar, honest way.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:35:34 +0000

If you write with passion and love the topic you write about, chances are you’re not boring.

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Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:12:08 +0000

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By: Harrison Schmidt

Harrison Schmidt — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:56:04 +0000

Passion + Comedy + Great Info + Great Headlines = Not Boring

I think it helps to not be boring but its not THE key to success. I think the real key is Quality Content + Marketing. As long as your content is quality and solves a real problem, and you market it well to the right audience, you’ll attain some level of success.

Bill Gates is kind of boring and he is one of the richest people in the world (I think #1).

Aaron Wall of SEO Book is kind of boring(atleast his voice is in his videos , but he probably makes more money than anyone in the seo training niche. He banks off his professionalism, his great business model, his massive amount of high quality content, his passion about his topic, and his marketing efforts.

By: MJ

MJ — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:00:54 +0000

Ha…there must have not been much to write about. But I do have to agree with him on that one. Everyone wants to be remarkable these days. Blame the economy!!