Comments on: Crossing the great divide

By: Abdul

Abdul — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:27:57 +0000

Nice short consciece list there scott.

I wonder which one I fall in? I do all of them and not getting much

Maybe I should team up with somebody and just be one. :S

By: Humphrey

Humphrey — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:18:39 +0000

Being the idea guy can be a difficult role, but in my experience as a developer, trying to get the ‘idea guy’ to convey their thought into something tangible to execute can be a difficult process.

By: Neale

Neale — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:33:29 +0000

This is a topic I have thought much about & talked with friends about, on opening the thread I thought “I’m probably all of them”

In truth though I do not excel at all of them
Marketing is my strength & coding is what I enjoy the ideas are normaly just add ons or improvements been an opportunist is something I have done since a kid allways wheelin & dealin so this does not come hard even though I have never hit the motherload so to speak $6 to $1000 about sums up my best efforts.

Did you not forget the Designer ?

even though you elude to the coder or programmer been one of the stronger attributes I have found in general these people lack any type of design skills just take a look at plentyoffish its a ugly site
obviously a huge success but ugly luckily though i think coders pick up SEO basics pretty quick & can globalise them unlike others.

By: Domaining

Domaining — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:45:15 +0000

Nice article.

Do you mean SEO marketer?

I think you would upset a lot of regular advertising marketers by saying they are “someone who doesn’t have the creative vision to invent a concept”.

Ray

By: Nerdy Nomad » I’m an Ideas Person

Nerdy Nomad » I’m an Ideas Person — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:41:51 +0000

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By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:26:45 +0000

You have to pull all your talents together and at the same time expand on each individually. If you have ideas but no programming, then learn some programming or find someone who you can partner to do that side of things. If you’re a great programmer but have no ideas, then, again, partner up with someone who needs a brilliant programmer.

By: Ed Thira

Ed Thira — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:11:22 +0000

LOL! I wonder which is more challenging? Being an Idea person without the technical skills to execute it? Or being a programmer and trying to come up with the next big idea!

By: Justin Cook

Justin Cook — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:23:35 +0000

Well, I’d be extremely interested in any insights you have to offer there. I’m really struggling with the whole Affiliate Marketing piece. I have the building blocks to do it, I just haven’t been able to find the formula to make more money than I invest.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:20:09 +0000

I’ve finally managed to be all four in a way that pays well and after initial time invested can give long term stable income for very low maintenance so I’ll revisit this very soon and explain what I did, and as usual if I can do it anyone can

By: Justin Cook

Justin Cook — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:14:04 +0000

I guess the difficult thing for me is that I’m trying to pull off being all four rolled into one. It’s rather hectic, and I’m trying to find the balance of where I need to be focusing my time. I know I can make a steady income with programming for an hourly fee. But I also know that if I take some time out from that to dedicate to the marketing side and learn to do some affiliate marketing, then I could potentially make much more money. Sigh…