oregonpapa,
No, I do not have any PPT products. I am not really that invested in minuscle adjustments to sound I get. I do not have time for that, either.
Before any other thought, and in case you misplaced that tack as all of us sometimes do, I would like to make sure you recognize that my comments here focused solely on the purpose of this thread (...has asked a few of us to introduce this new mat..."). I looked, read, thought, and eventually commented, on the business/marketing aspect of it. The aspect of someone with no emotional investement in it who has to figure out how to improve presentation and final results. I pointed out some of the defficiences I could see in presenters’ approaches and even suggested a few routes that may have more potential than recirculating praises in one small circle of supporters. For some reason, you guys, tasked with presenting a product, took it as a personal offense instead of constructive criticism. If you want to improve, you do not ask for opinion from the one who thinks like you, you ask for it from the one who could trip you. That way, you can fix the holes in your game.
I took all of your claims about it working as "it works" because it is a completely different topic that I do not want to have anything to do with. Still, that aspect is also very important and being unprepared to answer questions about it in a coherent and calm manner can ruin even the best product. You failed miserably on that one. Granted, it may be because the inventor never told details to anyone.
Unfortunately for PPT, even Apple is not basing all of its current bussiness on the memory of one charismatic visionary. It takes more than that to sell the product. And that is what you were asked to do here. This may be difficult time for the family and friends and some of these thoughts may need to wait for a little bit, but challenges will not disappear just because they are inconvenient at this point.
jafreeman,
No, I do not have any PPT products. I am not really that invested in minuscle adjustments to sound I get. I do not have time for that, either.
Before any other thought, and in case you misplaced that tack as all of us sometimes do, I would like to make sure you recognize that my comments here focused solely on the purpose of this thread (...has asked a few of us to introduce this new mat..."). I looked, read, thought, and eventually commented, on the business/marketing aspect of it. The aspect of someone with no emotional investement in it who has to figure out how to improve presentation and final results. I pointed out some of the defficiences I could see in presenters’ approaches and even suggested a few routes that may have more potential than recirculating praises in one small circle of supporters. For some reason, you guys, tasked with presenting a product, took it as a personal offense instead of constructive criticism. If you want to improve, you do not ask for opinion from the one who thinks like you, you ask for it from the one who could trip you. That way, you can fix the holes in your game.
I took all of your claims about it working as "it works" because it is a completely different topic that I do not want to have anything to do with. Still, that aspect is also very important and being unprepared to answer questions about it in a coherent and calm manner can ruin even the best product. You failed miserably on that one. Granted, it may be because the inventor never told details to anyone.
Unfortunately for PPT, even Apple is not basing all of its current bussiness on the memory of one charismatic visionary. It takes more than that to sell the product. And that is what you were asked to do here. This may be difficult time for the family and friends and some of these thoughts may need to wait for a little bit, but challenges will not disappear just because they are inconvenient at this point.
jafreeman,
"Well, Glupson--we are buying and using PPT products. That tends to help."It does not hurt, but it may not be enough to support the business long-term. Your presentation, with a listening session, to audiophiles in Kuala Lumpur may go much further. Try it.