Art Of Money

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After my last story about some dude trying to copy my Ninja Blog Setup site in Spanish I received the following email via my contact form:

hi jon i’m being honest, and i tell you, you had an amazing Idea… I’m also a
hug fan… But the funniest thing is “I didn’t know it was yours” also I want
you to leave your post as is because i want other peeps to know that is bad(I
will delete my stolen blog as well) :-S and how i felt after seeing it… bro
I’m a grown Venezuelan man, and i almost cried … cause i had dreams but i took
the wrong way … plz consider writing another post with this letter also and
my photo. I want to be recognized as the man who regrets, and ask for your pardon
an Admirer
David Orozco

I believe that David is sincerely sorry and that he has learned a lesson.

I guess I must be a real businessman at heart because I immediately began to think about “how can we turn this into a positive situation?”

Well he did translate most of my site into Spanish and I’m sure, if my idea is good there is a large Spanish speaking market who would need blog installations too…and in terms of search engine rankings it is probably much easier to acquire access to them in Google.

So I created a Spanish version of Ninja Blog Setup (WordPress Instalado) and invited David to continue his translation work on that site. He can translate, promote and install the blogs in Spanish, and we’ll split the revenue. My guess is that it is a win-win, since my site is already ranking highly for WordPress Installation Service even with a split of the revenue I think he will make more than going on his own.

For me I get to turn competition into an ally and open my service to an entirely new market.

Jon

PS. My apologies for the slow posting rate, my wife and I are in the middle of a move and we’re determined not to move anything that, as she would say, “doesn’t support our journey to wealth.” So we’re going through everything as letting go of a lot of stuff. A big, but worthwhile, process. I should be back to a more normal schedule by the middle of next week.