A few days ago while getting my Seth Godin’s blog fix I came across this college grad Charlie Hoen who created a little eBook/slideshare called “Recession-Proof Graduate: Charlie Hoen’s Guide to Getting any Job Within a Year of Finishing College.” I wondered what a fresh college grad knew about the “Real world” and so I checked out his eBook. I found that the insights and thought process he presents in his book can easily be applied to any business or industry… I was impressed! Actually, quite blown away at his courage!
Anyway, I got curious about this Charlie kid and started to read his blog, and I found a killer post titled “Blue Print for Musicians” and I thought I would share it with ya’ll! It’s got some pretty interesting ideas such as…
“Three months after that, I’d offer a unique recording of my most popular song to the first ten people who paid $100. Then I’d make a raw recording of that song ten different times, interjecting the fan’s name into the middle of their song to show that it’s truly unique and belonged to them. It’s easy to imagine how all ten people would play those songs over and over — for themselves and for their friends. They would value their recording immensely because they paid a good amount for something so unique.”
What I loved about Charlie’s post is the new possibilities that he opens up even though he is not a musician. It really made me wonder what opportunities I’ve missed simply because they were beyond my imagination. If you read his post, make some comments and let me know what you think.
P.S. I have been invited to do a radio interview on Friday, August 28th called “The Soulful Entrepreneur” with Elese Coit’s “A New Way to Handle Absolutely Everything” show CLICK HERE if you would like more details.
