Comments on: Be Your Own Competition, Literally, to Make More Money Online

By: EntreBlast

EntreBlast — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:40:37 +0000

@ DotDriven – There’s no way. The content on John Cow is way better than the content that is currently being produced on John Chow. Plus, the personalities shown through the writing styles is different. Unless he’s outsourcing the work, I wouldn’t believe it!

By: Hye Munar

Hye Munar — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:13:26 +0000

You made a point Jay, however, sometimes, it is really hard promoting one blog, especially to newbies like me… but of course, making money online requires enough patience and determination.

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By: DotDriven

DotDriven — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:27:49 +0000

As far as we know, chow did buy cow. And it’s definitely something John would do since it’s kind of sneaky.

I have a hard time competing against myself and staying motivated for some reason. I’m much better when I have a direct competitor that is threatening my stake somehow…whether it be websites, search engine rankings, video games or whatever.

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By: EntreBlast

EntreBlast — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:13:21 +0000

Awesome post Jay. I think this is a really good tip. Although if John Chow had bought John Chow – I would have stopped reading!

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By: wesley

wesley — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:49:44 +0000

Interesting article, something to consider at least.

By: Carnival of Making Money Online

Carnival of Making Money Online — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:05:59 +0000

I sat through a Harvard Business School class once that touched on the benefits to coke of competing with pepsi. To paraphrase a quote from a Coke executive “if Pepsi didn’t exist, it would be beneficial for us to invent it”

John Chow vs. Shoemoney – by competing they’ve defined the MMO niche as “either A or B” not “which of a million”

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By: Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach

Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:34:00 +0000

Competition is always good…and owning that competition is the best yet.

It’s truly amazing how many ways there are to make money out there once you think outside the box….

Data points, Barbara

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By: Rajaie AlKorani

Rajaie AlKorani — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:53:20 +0000

Susan, I'm right with you! But I also agree about the competition, I have seen many bloggers do much better ever since Blogging Idol started. Even I have tried to increase my posts and promote my blog harder. Rajaie AlKoranis last blog post..How To Separate Trackbacks From Comments In The Admin Section

By: Jovana

Jovana — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:07:33 +0000

Wow, I must say I’ve enjoyed reading through your blog – definitely a lot of interesting information.

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By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:11:31 +0000

Blog for Beginners – And when I say you should be your own competition, I meant literally. And don’t let anyone else know… for example, if you’re doing affiliate marketing, set up a couple different landing pages for the same product, you know?

Wendy – Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Big Mac fan but there’s just something about Wendy’s… lol

Susan – LOL! McDonald’s fries doesn’t have the same taste as it once did when I was younger… but the sucky part, we don’t have a Jack in the Box out east either.

Andy T – True, it’s not really a trick but notice how none of these marketing guys will expose this trick or let you know about company A, B and C are all from that one guy? But yeah, it’s not a “trick” but I’m sure a lot of people never thought about it before.

Jay