If They Know Nothing About Your Target Market…

Yesterday,
I talked about
a young, female business builder
who was criticized
by not-so-young random males
about her outfit.

These males likely
knew NOTHING
about her target market.
Yet they were telling her
what to wear
to appeal to that target market.

I suspect
she’ll ignore them.

But this happens
ALL the time.
And some business builders
make the mistake of
listening to this bad advice.

For example,
I am often told
by random male writers
that people would take my romance novels
more seriously
if I didn’t have man chest
on my covers.

Those man chest covers
sell VERY well.
My target market loves them.

F*ck those random male writers
and the non-romance-buying people
they believe
I should try to impress.

If the person doesn’t know
your target market,
think twice
about taking their advice.

If You Won’t Change Their Minds, Stop Talking

I chatted with a reader
who hated romance novels.
She didn’t believe
happy was possible
for most people
and that included
imaginary people.

I presented points
but eventually
I realized…
I would never change her mind.
She would never believe
happiness is possible.

So I stopped talking.
I was wasting her time
and I was wasting my time
by talking about it.

We chatted about other things.
I realized I could never be friends
with someone
who didn’t believe I could be happy.
And we went our separate ways.

We don’t have to convince
everyone.
We don’t have to sell
our products/services/ideas/stances
to everyone.

Some people will never buy
and that’s okay
because there are
over 7 billion people
in the world.

We don’t need that sale.
We can stop talking.