rasselasss wrote:Dwayne,i have experience of selling my products,the reason i asked the question was because patent/copyright is a subject talked endlessly here.Strangely enough there was only 4 replies so i speak with the knowledge i have of how i sell my ideas....To me Bessler was his own worst enemy(i don't deny his achievement and believe he was not a fraud),when selling anything the golden rule is never to give the impression you are smarter or more clever than those you are selling to,once you gain their confidence what you want is attainable,obviously the product must be "unique"no matter what it is,research is all important to find the "key players"and then many weeks of corresponding for appointments,interviews etc., much shoe leather worn out walking and Never give all the info.just the golden titbit to get through the door....Good Luck.....Just to add in my correspondence letters to hopefull "buyers"i leave them in no doubt of my status and always include this heading in the communication.."I am a free firm,no ring no combine"..thus they are assured of my ability to do business,answerable to no-one only myself.
Hey again, rasselasss.
I'm sure it's rewarding to actually make money off of your own ideas. I had hoped to one day eventually do that myself, and ever since I was a kid, I guess.
I agree with you about Bessler. If he had what he claimed, and I do believe the story has a ring of truth to it, then he was his own worst enemy.
As I've said before, I believe he should have just made a deal on his day's equivalent of a handshake - showing that he could treat his potential business partners with respect and work with them in good faith.
It seems to me his real issues might have been more due to a fear of losing control and finally having to give up "his precious" - his secret - rather than just the desire for the money itself, however.
I know I have a problem with this in regards to some of my own creative output. ...and it may be even worse now that I've lost my comfort and health. There's certainly a desire to cling to something - and, sadly, I don't have my blanky anymore! ...lol
With my music, if I were to make "albums", I would want them to be "works of art" - and so there's a desire to have total control and not have to answer to anyone else.
I certainly don't like thinking of my "artwork" as just a "product", even though the best of artwork eventually does end up as that, I guess.
Wanting total control, though, seems to mean I don't get anything finished. ...for there is always something standing in the way of that - and yet things that more business oriented people might just farm out to others so as to just getterdone.
...like fixing those broken keys on the keyboard or replacing the broken strings on the guitar, or getting the recording software up and running, etc...
Heck, business people would just spend the big bucks and book time in a real recording studio.
They might want to hire session musicians to play some of the parts instead of letting me play everything, though!
You spoke about the shoe leather. I was just about to go pound the pavement when my health problems began, so I had actually been preparing for that stage. I even thought I might have actually had enough decent material.
...but now due to the health problems I'm in a bit of a pickle. Maybe I could still do the equivalent of knocking on those doors via the internet, but I don't know that I could have enough functional time to record much of anything myself or to travel or do other things that might be required..
Music is rather subjective, too, so even if it were unique, it might be a bit harder to sell than that free energy machine.
Anyway, thanks for wishing me luck.
Good luck yourself.
Dwayne