I'm curious to hear what you think, or what you might charge yourself. Give me your thoughts, and then I'll tell you what I think and have recently done.

In another thread, @Katie James writes: "The unbroken rule in every group I'm in but this one is 'Don't talk about money' Which sort of sucks because earning money is a necessary part of life." Even in this group, we don't talk money all that much. Let's change that. I don't even know where to start. But in the interest of getting money talk off the ground, I'll take a stab at a first money topic, one that's not too intimate but that can still be enlightening (we can build up to intimate). So here's my question for you. Answer it based on your gut feeling, not logic: ====>>>> How much money is there in the world? In other words: Is money a finite quantity, like real estate or diamonds, so that if you get some, somebody else has to be denied? Or is money effectively infinite, where we can all have as much as we are comfortable with, like air or sunlight or ideas? Let's talk money. If you're game, write in the comments below how much money you think there is in the world, because getting clear on this can help you make more money. And like Katie says above, that's a necessary part of life.

UPDATE FOLLOWING VITRIOL WEDNESDAY: Thanks to everyone who participated. For 24 hours, we roasted, very mildly, the winner. As promised, the Vitriol Wednesday post and all the comments have been deleted to protect the vitriolic. Frankly, it's not an experiment I plan to repeat... but it was worth doing one time. ***** In another thread about joint group projects, @Robin Timmers suggests: "Let’s all verbally attack the same guru." Let it never be said I don't take member suggestions seriously or that I don't implement them quickly. So at the risk of completely going against the vibe of this community, and of poisoning the well of promising future relationships forever... I designate next Wednesday "Vitriol Wednesday," where we can all pile on and say nasty things about some guru who really rubs us the wrong way. But who is that? Who should we pick? Who do you ☠️LOVE🐀? Cast your vote below, and as always, it will influence reality

I listened to an interview with a professional book buyer. She works at a bookstore and her job is to choose which books for the store to stock. She gets catalogues of all the new books from the publishers. Thousands of new books a year. Her job is to evaluate each book and seeing whether it makes sense to buy for her bookstore. Here's what she said she looks at: - Format - Price - Name + cover - Does it have a built-in audience? - Affinity (local connection etc.) - How the author and publishing company are promoting or planning to promote - Dimensions and page count (will it fit on the shelf) - Size of print run (gives her confidence this could be a big seller) - Is it returnable or not? (risk reversal if the books don't sell) - Comparable titles and sales - Specific customers she knows who might almost certainly buy this I thought this was interesting. It's a list I'm planning to look at the next time I create an offer or a promotion. A lot of this maps directly to the work of selling info products offers online, whether in book format or in other formats. It's how my customers evaluate my stuff. I also thought it was funny. I mean, there's one really conspicuous thing that's entirely missing from the list above. Any guesses what it might be?

So, I've built a new tool that helps you find relevant newsletters in your niche to run ads or do JVs with. I wrote a draft sales page today and I'd love some feedback on it. It's a hefty page so obviously you dont have to read it all if you don't want to. Reading just the lead is perfectly fine. Here's the doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZRg3FI_sPYa8Cel1sss5O9jnZ0JhMjLpbAVZUj0kZ8Q/edit?usp=sharing