My main problem in the past was always that I didn't know how to SELL stuff... Many times people said to me directly that I'm not a salesman person... And I have to admit that I completely agree with them... That wouldn't be a big deal if I didn't open my computer shop and service 20 years ago and run it for 6-7 years... After that, I had a web hosting business that I was running for another 8-10 years... And all that didn't go well for me...
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Before that time, I was experimenting with some MLM companies where I was educating myself about marketing, sales, etc... All those shiny books that will make you millions... Well, I suppose that everyone can MAKE itself a successful salesman, someone with more work, others with maybe a bit less work, but definitely, hard work has to be behind... I did invest a lot of my time and money into it, but I just didn't build up that "mentality" of selling stuff...
In the end, I have decided to do things differently, to sell myself and not sell products or services... I don't push anyone to buy a certain product, pay for a subscription, or invest in the game that I play to get affiliate commissions... Times are changing, but if you turn on your TV and check out the commercials, you will notice that not that much has changed... You see the same tricks that have been used, but with different terminology... Did you notice that you have specific (set of) words that have been "exploited" at a certain time... For example, in commercials, you are always CALL FOR ACTION and "FIND OUT THE NEW..." (in Spanish every 30 sec you hear one "DESCUBRE") Another magic word (not just in commercials) is EXPERTS... It looks that nowadays everyone is an EXPERT in something and all the others just have to FOLLOW those experts...
Speaking of which, we have many "EXPERTS in crypto", who have gained their expertise in these couple of years, and know everything about it... Especially about where will price of a certain crypto asset goes... Some of them have done a "speed-up course" in a few months to get there... And as always, it's not a problem that people exist, the problem is that others are believing them, even though NOBODY knows what will be the price of Bitcoin tomorrow...
And for the end, which is the topic for today, we have that part of the population that SHILL certain tokens... Now, that's something that I can connect with at the beginning of this post... As selling products would be in analogy with crypto, shilling tokens... I can't imagine myself doing that, as that's directly persuading people to BUY a certain asset... I would be free to say that it's the same as persuading other people to take a shot... I know that that is normal nowadays, but what if, that shot kills a person because of some underlying conditions? I'm not an "expert" to recommend that to everyone, and I don't want to be responsible for someone's death...
Back to the topic and shilling... Today, I was watching an interesting interview with Michael Saylor (google it if you don't know about him) and he said one very important thing about BUYING specific cryptocurrency... It was a question that everyone should ask themselves before buying some token and that is... Do you plan to HODL that token for 10 years? Is there a future for that coin at all?
If the answer is NO, you are just wasting your time with that token and you should spend your time (and other resources) on something that will have value in a long term... So, do you REALLY believe in that shitcoin that you promote and shill over Twitter and HIVE? Check out the Coinmarketcap Top50 coins list 5 years ago and try to find some of "your shilling coins" from that time... I didn't shill tokens back then either, but I did buy some shitcoins that I was thinking they will do good... But only for a year a two...
That's almost the exact time how long they have lasted...
Thank you for your valuable time,
ph
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