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Do you have takers?

By Bamboo In The Wind

It is not a surprise that you don't have takers.

Work to gain permission from takers had to start a while ago. If you are looking to offer what you have to someone without their prior permission that is unlikely to work.

It starts with focusing on the first few you care about and want to help. Knowing that the first few trust you goes a long way. Because you will know that their feedback will likely come from their heart and care for you. If they do not seem to like your work, you better stop and focus on bringing out something else to them.

And if they pick up your work and find it to have what they need, you are in the game. It is very likely these few happy campers will bring in a few others to look at your work.

Going small audience rather than mass scale is the best way to build connections and gain permission.

Building an asset is the best way to get followership. You develop connections and gain trust when the asset is valuable. 

If you need takers for what you have now, you better look at your earlier efforts to gain someone's permission beforehand.

Prior permission is the door through which takers find you!

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