Rogers Online Business Management for the Agriculture Community

Archive for January, 2010

I go around and around with people about my pricing and today I was directed to a blog post by Johnny B. Truant, called “You’re worth more than you think.” Ok, so I stole his title and changed it around a bit but I wanted to get your attention. So I hope it worked.

Johnny talks about what you do is not a commodity. I quote, “This may seem obvious, but it’s worth really thinking about, so think about it: Creative services are NOT A COMMODITY.”

So how am I relating this to farmers? As a farmer you are always being creative and you need to realize that there are other farmers out there that want and need this information. You can share your creative ideas with farmers all over the World and you know what, you can even get paid for it…and at a handsomely rate…24/7!

Your creativity and your knowledge is worth a lot to others who want to know how to do what you did. You need to…no let me rephrase that…you owe it to them to tell them how you did it.

You need to take all your knowledge and know how and put it into products that you can sell on the Internet. These products are going to bring you that extra income you need to help you and your family survive the tough times.

My advice to you is learn how to use the memo feature on your cell phone; or text yourself at your email account while an idea comes to you; or while you are in the middle of developing a new method for your farm. This is also a great way to have documentation on how you did it so you don’t forget any steps. And then start putting it all together into ebooks, podcasts, videos, articles, and more. You need to start today and make what you’re really worth!