Comments on: Are You Trapped on a Path, or Leading the Pack? http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/ New Media Marketing and Personal Branding Strategies to Sell More NOW in the New Economy Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:17:30 -1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Green Entrepreneur http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-14287 Green Entrepreneur Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:58:34 +0000 http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-14287 Excellent discussion! I truly believe that successful ideas today have to think outside the box. Look at twitter - a pretty offbeat idea, right? But marketing and exposure have made it a huge success. Thanks for posting this. -Josh Excellent discussion! I truly believe that successful ideas today have to think outside the box. Look at twitter – a pretty offbeat idea, right? But marketing and exposure have made it a huge success. Thanks for posting this.
-Josh

]]> By: Suzy http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3459 Suzy Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:47:06 +0000 http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3459 What perfect timing as usual! Always such awesome words of wisdom. I am sooo grateful to have signed up with you guys BEFORE getting stated on an internet business it's saved me heaps i'm sure. Only downside - I don't know WHO the dodgy marketers are and everyone's sales copy is always so good I'm always left wondering if a particular product is any good! SOLUTION? only buy from peeps ya trust! and they gotta gain that! and being themselves really helps one connect. Thanks Deb & JP What perfect timing as usual! Always such awesome words of wisdom. I am sooo grateful to have signed up with you guys BEFORE getting stated on an internet business it’s saved me heaps i’m sure. Only downside – I don’t know WHO the dodgy marketers are and everyone’s sales copy is always so good I’m always left wondering if a particular product is any good! SOLUTION? only buy from peeps ya trust! and they gotta gain that! and being themselves really helps one connect.
Thanks
Deb & JP

]]> By: Christopher http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3451 Christopher Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:11 +0000 http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3451 And remember too, a lot of you are claimed to be part of a tribe. As a man with native blood and student of anthropology, let me remind of you of a true tribe. A true tribe is not an easily defined group of people. Never was, never will be. If you say ... for example ... that you belong to the tribe of someone else ... you are right to a very limited extent. As a member of a tribe, you belong to no one. The tribe is brought together as an agreement to bond and be bonded, but with a very delicate glue holding them together. A tribe is brought together as a response. It is truly like water. It is extremely dynamic. Each member is capable of coming and going as they please. Members often leave a tribe multiple times. And so if JP and Deb do in fact have a tribe, it's members must recognize the reasons for being it's response. Let one reason be, then, that it is for you to remain sovereign businessmen and women. Keep to task, and the tribe meets each other's needs. And of course, if you like me and my shaman-like wisdom ... feel free to shower me with gifts and beautiful women like tribes do too! :) And remember too, a lot of you are claimed to be part of a tribe. As a man with native blood and student of anthropology, let me remind of you of a true tribe.

A true tribe is not an easily defined group of people. Never was, never will be. If you say … for example … that you belong to the tribe of someone else … you are right to a very limited extent.

As a member of a tribe, you belong to no one. The tribe is brought together as an agreement to bond and be bonded, but with a very delicate glue holding them together.

A tribe is brought together as a response. It is truly like water. It is extremely dynamic. Each member is capable of coming and going as they please. Members often leave a tribe multiple times.

And so if JP and Deb do in fact have a tribe, it’s members must recognize the reasons for being it’s response. Let one reason be, then, that it is for you to remain sovereign businessmen and women. Keep to task, and the tribe meets each other’s needs.

And of course, if you like me and my shaman-like wisdom … feel free to shower me with gifts and beautiful women like tribes do too! :)

]]> By: J.P. Micek http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3449 J.P. Micek Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:41:27 +0000 http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3449 Daan - By your actions you have proved yourself ready my son! :)) Knowledge is 4 vanity. Wisdom is 4 profit! ;-) Susie - great point on fear: "Will my followers follow me?" The idea is to get them to equip them to be raving fans... while blazing their own paths. ;-) Paul - LOL "until i died of boardom and unprofitability." Amen my brother from another mother! Daan – By your actions you have proved yourself ready my son! :) ) Knowledge is 4 vanity. Wisdom is 4 profit! ;-)

Susie – great point on fear: “Will my followers follow me?” The idea is to get them to equip them to be raving fans… while blazing their own paths. ;-)

Paul – LOL “until i died of boardom and unprofitability.” Amen my brother from another mother!

]]> By: paul montelongo http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3444 paul montelongo Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:31:21 +0000 http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3444 whatup JP, nice message and very tangible too. of course i have walked the beaten path like other, until i died of boardom and unprofitability. not no more though..... thanks. pm whatup JP,
nice message and very tangible too. of course i have walked the beaten path like other, until i died of boardom and unprofitability. not no more though…..

thanks.
pm

]]> By: susie http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3440 susie Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:16:48 +0000 http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3440 PERFECT! This is just the eye-opening post I needed to start my week off on the right foot. So many times we allow ourselves to grasp onto the coattails of our tribal leaders and not only let them set that trail for us, but EXPECT it. Then when it comes time to explore other avenues, the fear of blazing our own path holds us back to what we know. Oh sure, we may wander a little, but how many of us still continue to keep that set path in sight as a guiding point? It's the fear of the unknown that keeps us tethered. What's beyond this path? Will my followers find me if I leave this known trail? Or will I be lost in the woods all alone? Deb and JP, you are unique in your abilities to not only blaze your own paths but to encourage us, your tribe, to blaze our own as well. With the tools you provide your students in discovering those unique abilities and traits we possess, we can venture forth, armed with that knowledge. Through your coaching, I have found my courage and while I my path may not be as straight or direct as I'd like it yet, I'm finding my way :) Thank you for all you do and all the great motivation (like today's post)! PERFECT! This is just the eye-opening post I needed to start my week off on the right foot. So many times we allow ourselves to grasp onto the coattails of our tribal leaders and not only let them set that trail for us, but EXPECT it. Then when it comes time to explore other avenues, the fear of blazing our own path holds us back to what we know. Oh sure, we may wander a little, but how many of us still continue to keep that set path in sight as a guiding point?

It’s the fear of the unknown that keeps us tethered. What’s beyond this path? Will my followers find me if I leave this known trail? Or will I be lost in the woods all alone?

Deb and JP, you are unique in your abilities to not only blaze your own paths but to encourage us, your tribe, to blaze our own as well. With the tools you provide your students in discovering those unique abilities and traits we possess, we can venture forth, armed with that knowledge.

Through your coaching, I have found my courage and while I my path may not be as straight or direct as I’d like it yet, I’m finding my way :) Thank you for all you do and all the great motivation (like today’s post)!

]]> By: Daan Jansonius http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3435 Daan Jansonius Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:20:53 +0000 http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3435 Excellent post! During the first two years of university I simply took all information in and took it for facts....after all, the teacher is always right. Right? Wrong! One of the teachers I respected most fell through the ice quite badly a few months ago when we were discussing online marketing. I'm currently on placement at an online marketing company so I'd like to think I know my onions here. Anyway, he started going on a rant how it isn't for the masses and that it's still spotty, four eyed geeks who order stuff online. He seemed completely obvlivious to the ubiquity of the internet and its impact on the world. While I still have a lot of respect for this man, as he really knows his stuff offline and how to get his message across, it also taught me not to take everything an 'expert' says at face value. No matter how credible the source, always question it. Everybody makes mistakes and everyone gets it wrong occasionally. Excellent post!

During the first two years of university I simply took all information in and took it for facts….after all, the teacher is always right. Right?

Wrong! One of the teachers I respected most fell through the ice quite badly a few months ago when we were discussing online marketing. I’m currently on placement at an online marketing company so I’d like to think I know my onions here.

Anyway, he started going on a rant how it isn’t for the masses and that it’s still spotty, four eyed geeks who order stuff online. He seemed completely obvlivious to the ubiquity of the internet and its impact on the world.

While I still have a lot of respect for this man, as he really knows his stuff offline and how to get his message across, it also taught me not to take everything an ‘expert’ says at face value.

No matter how credible the source, always question it. Everybody makes mistakes and everyone gets it wrong occasionally.

]]> By: CoachDeb http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3431 CoachDeb Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:19:57 +0000 http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3431 Nancy, You just warmed my heart with your comment. I am soooo happy for you that you've been released from the bondage of follow-the-leader & have crafted your own Persuasive Selling Platform where people connect intimately with YOU. YOU, my friend - are a leader. Thanks 4 being YOU! +++++++++ Chris, WOW - looks like your RSS reader got you here 1st! Bravo Trail Blazer! (before it went out on Twitter or via email.) I love what you said in re: to what you did, "learning the business of business" THAT is what will accelerate all your efforts - no matter how many businesses you go into - this is where you'll continually add knowledge to your ever-increasing wisdom bank that only YOU can assimilate and utilize like Bruce Lee talked about "being water" in JP's video in his comment reply to you. Be water my friend. :+) Nancy,

You just warmed my heart with your comment. I am soooo happy for you that you’ve been released from the bondage of follow-the-leader & have crafted your own Persuasive Selling Platform where people connect intimately with YOU.

YOU, my friend – are a leader.
Thanks 4 being YOU!

+++++++++

Chris,

WOW – looks like your RSS reader got you here 1st! Bravo Trail Blazer! (before it went out on Twitter or via email.)

I love what you said in re: to what you did,
“learning the business of business”

THAT is what will accelerate all your efforts – no matter how many businesses you go into – this is where you’ll continually add knowledge to your ever-increasing wisdom bank that only YOU can assimilate and utilize like Bruce Lee talked about “being water” in JP’s video in his comment reply to you.

Be water my friend.
:+)

]]> By: Sharon Bray-McPherson http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3430 Sharon Bray-McPherson Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:44:47 +0000 http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3430 I don't think it is a coincidence that I came to this page only minutes after reading the quote, "To get what you want, stop doing what isn't working". That includes being trapped on the path of following internet marketing "gurus". Thank you JP. I don’t think it is a coincidence that I came to this page only minutes after reading the quote, “To get what you want, stop doing what isn’t working”.

That includes being trapped on the path of following internet marketing “gurus”.

Thank you JP.

]]> By: Nancy Dewitz http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3428 Nancy Dewitz Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:45:01 +0000 http://tribalseduction.com/blog/pathtrappedorleadingthepack/#comment-3428 You hit the nail on the head with this post, JP. What I've personally experienced from my business endeavors over the past 20 plus years is, if you look like a duck and waddle like a duck, then you are a duck and follow the other ducks. Traditional home-based business models, like network marketing, tie your hands behind your back. You have to conform or you are ostracized and broke. If you do conform, you have lots of friends to commiserate with while you're broke. Then I met you and Coach Deb. You made me think about things like: What is my personal brand, what is my Primal Key, and lots of other things I never even thought about. I had been a marketing drone, flailing and failing. Playing Follow-The-Leader only led me down the path of abysmal failure. Anyone can learn to market over the phone, hijack people to meetings, and brow beat consumers into buying over the Internet provided you don’t go bankrupt with Pay-per-click ad costs. I finally found the answer to my problem of, how do I build an income-producing asset like a business. Between the Personal Assessment Profiles, building my own Persuasive Selling Platform, defining my personal brand, learning how to build my Tribe based on my codes, and a host of other things you all have taught me, I am now able to successfully build a business spending very little money and doing it my way long. Too bad this comes after pissing away years of my life and a small fortune in the process. The content in your Tribal Seduction course is invaluable beyond compare. Now that I’ve been granted access to your Master of Business Ownership Coaching Club, I listen in awe as fellow business owners (who I'm allowed to rub elbows with) are getting results beyond their wildest expectations due to your teaching and coaching. Kudos for over delivering with no bull attached. You hit the nail on the head with this post, JP. What I’ve personally experienced from my business endeavors over the past 20 plus years is, if you look like a duck and waddle like a duck, then you are a duck and follow the other ducks. Traditional home-based business models, like network marketing, tie your hands behind your back. You have to conform or you are ostracized and broke. If you do conform, you have lots of friends to commiserate with while you’re broke.

Then I met you and Coach Deb. You made me think about things like: What is my personal brand, what is my Primal Key, and lots of other things I never even thought about. I had been a marketing drone, flailing and failing. Playing Follow-The-Leader only led me down the path of abysmal failure. Anyone can learn to market over the phone, hijack people to meetings, and brow beat consumers into buying over the Internet provided you don’t go bankrupt with Pay-per-click ad costs.

I finally found the answer to my problem of, how do I build an income-producing asset like a business. Between the Personal Assessment Profiles, building my own Persuasive Selling Platform, defining my personal brand, learning how to build my Tribe based on my codes, and a host of other things you all have taught me, I am now able to successfully build a business spending very little money and doing it my way long. Too bad this comes after pissing away years of my life and a small fortune in the process.

The content in your Tribal Seduction course is invaluable beyond compare. Now that I’ve been granted access to your Master of Business Ownership Coaching Club, I listen in awe as fellow business owners (who I’m allowed to rub elbows with) are getting results beyond their wildest expectations due to your teaching and coaching. Kudos for over delivering with no bull attached.

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