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Re: Products, Services, and Looping Gear "Packages"



> This is an interesting business idea, but it misses the point -   which 
>is 
> that people do not need ready made laptops as much as they  need the 
> knowledge of how to maintain the machine as the ultra sharp  looper it 
>was 
> delivered as.  So I would prefer to charge for my time  instead and 
>spend 
> it with the aspiring laptop looper to make sure he/ she understands the 
> system. Without having done any marketing at all  I'm already hired, 
>here 
> locally, by private students and music  schools for exactly that type of 
> services.

You can do that Per...you are just talking about a new package. This is 
not 
a new idea. It's done all of the time with other technology. Thousands of 
people buy packaged up systems every day, with or without education 
bundled 
up....they may not be for looping, but they do involve components that 
people don't wan to hunt down and configure themselves, or where they do 
or 
do not want to be taught how to use the system.

So, to build on that basic system...remember, it was a basic system, you 
could add an education component, which is my line of work. I would add a 
series of virtual classroom sessions that show how to use the software, 
such 
as Mobius, etc. Or I suppose a face-to-face workshop could be part of the 
package. All this would have to be priced out and ROI demonstrated. Again, 
nothing new here.

I'm not about to convey an entire marketing plan for this over email, but 
I 
know it can be done, only because it is being done in other areas of 
technology, and the user need is similar.  It may not make millions, but 
I'm 
confident that some folks would buy a package, because there is power in 
convenience. For instance, people buy package home entertainment systems, 
which they could just as well go out and buy themselves but piecemeal one 
component at time, but they choose the packages. You can buy them like 
this, 
unconfigured, or you can pay to have someone come to your home and setup 
it 
up and train you. It depends on the user need, the value of the service, 
good pricing vs. value, etc. The same with systems that include a desktop 
computer, printer, scanner, etc. You can buy systems together, 
unconfigured, 
or pay someone to do it on site or at your home.  A poor marketing plan 
would only include the package that includes a technician setting it up at 
the user's home, teaching them, etc...that completely blows off a huge 
target market that wants the convenience of buying a system, but has the 
expertise to configure it themselves. It doesn't cost anything more to 
offer 
this more basic package.

Kris


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: Products, Services, and Looping Gear "Packages"


> On 8 aug 2006, at 16.16, Krispen Hartung wrote:
>
>> So basically the "laptop looping package" would be a system that  
>someone 
>> experience and knowledgeable would construct and test, and  then sell 
>as 
>> a ready to go looping system.  8< 8< 8< 8< 8<
>
>
> This is an interesting business idea, but it misses the point -   which 
>is 
> that people do not need ready made laptops as much as they  need the 
> knowledge of how to maintain the machine as the ultra sharp  looper it 
>was 
> delivered as. So I would prefer to charge for my time  instead and spend 
> it with the aspiring laptop looper to make sure he/ she understands the 
> system. Without having done any marketing at all  I'm already hired, 
>here 
> locally, by private students and music  schools for exactly that type of 
> services.
>
> I would not like to sell people computer systems without also  teaching 
> them. But maybe your business model also includes the option  of also 
> becoming "the urgency service engineer"? ;-)D
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> www.looproom.com (international)
> http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast)
> http://www.myspace.com/looproom
>
>
>
>