Similar Ideas, Different Approach
While logging into the internet via my Maxis 3G Broadband, an ads caught my attention. It is about YourStory project just launched few days ago. It got my attention simply because we had came out with similar ideas few months back. Indeed, the overall business concept of My Sweet Sweet Memories was formulated almost a year ago. As things happened for a reason, there is definitely something worth learning from this coincidence.
Lessons From 2 Similar Projects
First, it is about timing and perfectionism (make things happen!), and secondly, it is about self-confident.
- Timing and perfectionism. This is one of the ability that separates dreamers from achievers. While we were planning on a systematic approach to enable user to submit their story through web forms (initially we even thought of developing a system just to fulfill the task!), to our surprise is that Maxis did it with only a click to download a template (word document file) and ask user to email them the content accordingly. So the whole thing is like:
MySweetSweetMemories.com Love Story project:
Step 1: Click to join
Step 2: Fill in online form
Step 3: Click Submit
Maxis YourStory project:
Step 1: Click to download template
Step 2: Fill in document
Step 3: Email to organizer
Of course, I would give better credits to my team as the submission process is somehow more automated and professional. :)
The point I want to make here is: You don't need to wait until everything is perfect in order to do something, as long as it works and won't cause casualties should anything go wrong, just do it! (well, we ain't talking about building a nuke power plant, aren't we?)
- Self confident. You are never too small to change the world. There may be some differences in the presentation and approach between the 2 projects (My Sweet Sweet Memories Love Story, and Maxis' YourStory project), but it shows that a team of 2-3 can do something as big a corporation as Maxis could be doing, and sometimes even better. Sometimes you may think that you don't have the resources as what the big corporations or your stronger competition may have, but my point of view is: As long as there is a will, there will be ways!
Hope that this little review gives you better confident and energy to kick start your Automated Internet Business venture. For those Best Business Challenge participants, I had a compiled message in the blog section - About Strategy, Timing, and Confident.
All the best to your web properties investment!
With Love, Respect, and Much Abundant Blessings Always,
How Tze
