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Reputation isn’t as powerful as you imagine

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Blogger with tens of thousands of subscribers launches a new venture… and gets only 2 signups. Not the advantage you thought it was.

Reputation isn’t as powerful as you imagine by Jason Cohen on October 25, 2010 Blogger with tens of thousands of subscribers launches a new venture… and gets only 2 signups. Not the advantage you thought it was. source The most common reaction to my recent announcement 1 of starting a new WordPress hosting company was that this blog provides me with a ridiculous unfair advantage. 1 Editor’s Note: This was written in 2010. But did it? Here’s what people said: “You’re starting with 18,000 prospects. How convenient. ;) I wish I had that kind of mailing list starting out.” “ You’re doing this

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