Comments on: What Skills Do You Have? http://www.balance-and-results.com/what-skills-do-you-have.html Effectiveness in Human Resources, Leadership and Personal Success Strategies Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:50:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave Crisp http://www.balance-and-results.com/what-skills-do-you-have.html/comment-page-1#comment-8 Dave Crisp Tue, 15 May 2007 04:21:13 +0000 http://www.balance-and-results.com/?p=30#comment-8 Thanks again, Craig. I agree that's probably a good idea and certainly what Richards recommends. I found the idea of a ready-made market of "what do they already come to you for" helpful because I'd been trying to interest people in what I feel I do best beyond that, but have to say I think it will be easier to market to the market that's already there, which I'd probably been ignoring somewhat. Thanks again, Craig. I agree that’s probably a good idea and certainly what Richards recommends. I found the idea of a ready-made market of “what do they already come to you for” helpful because I’d been trying to interest people in what I feel I do best beyond that, but have to say I think it will be easier to market to the market that’s already there, which I’d probably been ignoring somewhat.

]]> By: Craig Allen http://www.balance-and-results.com/what-skills-do-you-have.html/comment-page-1#comment-7 Craig Allen Mon, 14 May 2007 21:44:31 +0000 http://www.balance-and-results.com/?p=30#comment-7 Hi Dave, Richards' four steps seem to capture very well the marketing concept - aligning the desires of the marketplace with the capabilities of the provider of the product. I agree that "what people come to you for" should be the first step. Maybe we should also (in balance, of course!) give some weight to "what you consistently try to give others." That is the place where the desires that the marketplace has not yet articulated (the "I know it when I see it" solution) can be developed, by the expertise - and leadership - of the service provider. Hi Dave,

Richards’ four steps seem to capture very well the marketing concept – aligning the desires of the marketplace with the capabilities of the provider of the product.

I agree that “what people come to you for” should be the first step. Maybe we should also (in balance, of course!) give some weight to “what you consistently try to give others.” That is the place where the desires that the marketplace has not yet articulated (the “I know it when I see it” solution) can be developed, by the expertise – and leadership – of the service provider.

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