I used to find my self going over a blog post over and over. I would read it, print it out, read it again, find mistakes, and start all over again.

I finally decided to get it out and then if I see a bad error or someone points one out, I can fix it by editing the post. I now try to get it good. But you are right it does not have to reach perfection.

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I struggled with this myself at first, as I was embarrassed to put something out for basically the whole world to see.

You know what? Get Over It!

You will never get anywhere unless you start doing something.

I have had my share of failures, but that is what we learn from and we take what we learn and apply it to the next project and go from there.

Reminds me of something I heard in one of the teleseminars I was listening to a recording of:

There were several very successful business men that were being interviewed on a TV show and one of the questions that was asked of them is how many times they failed before they became successful.

During the commercial break they figured it out between them and came up with an average of 17 times that they had failed before becoming successful.

Can you imagine what would have happened if they had given up after the first time, or even worse, if they had been afraid of even trying because what they were trying to do wasn’t perfect yet!

That’s the difference between someone that is successful and someone who isn’t. The successful person just never gives up!

BTW: I’m working on getting my 17 failures out of the way!

Great post Mike and one everybody should take note of.

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We just end up losing out if we don’t release new blogs or new products when they are “ok”.. they don’t have to be perfect, there’s always time later to fix it up.

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I think there is a bigger fear to try something online before it’s “perfect” because it’s out there for all to see.

Your site is a great resource for people like me – learning as I go
Thanks

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And you couldn’t be more right – one of the Captain’s first sites back in the mid-90’s had an opt-in for update notices, but the site hadn’t been monetized.

Heavily monetizing the site a few years later did no good with the existing subscriber base, leaving me no option but to delete a list of 15,000 subscribers. (ouch!)

Even if it’s as simple as a few banners or buttons, get them on our blog from the get-go, and use the PS in our e-zine issues to discuss products right from issue 1 or 2 – while chances are no one’s buying at that point, at least they’ll accept that it’s also a commercial endeavor and be more receptive to future suggestions and pitches.

And to your readers, if you ever get a chance to have Mike critique your site, jump at it – then make copious notes and take action immediately on his advice… Your bank account will thank you!

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