Franklin Taggart's Unconventional Life Blog

After I found the Interact Quiz Builder, I joined the Quiz Collective, Interact's member community. I started attending some training and support events offered there and was introduced to Dawn Petrin and Chant Zak. Dawn offers support for copywriting and email quiz promotion, and Chanti is recognized as the brand evangelist for Interact Quizzes. They have a list of enviable experiences to back up their authority and appeal. Writing quizzes for people like Amy Porterfield, Jenna Kutcher, Joanna Weibe, and many others is just a start. Their intuitive feel for communicating with prospective customers and their energy and enthusiasm come across in all the ways they present their ideas. But wait, there's more! Dawn and Chanti host one of my favorite podcasts, The Entrepreneur's Ecosystem. Yes, this is a business podcast, but it isn't like any other business podcast you've heard. This one feels like a gathering in a rustic living room, with a cup of tea, a glass of wine,...

Have you ever had an idea that seemed so amazing and brilliant that you just had to share it with someone, but they didn't get it?  I was listening to The Entrepreneur's Ecosystem podcast this morning and they interviewed the creators of Interact quiz software (you should try it! I'm an affiliate  https://interact.grsm.io/jboh69i54xwj ).  In the interview, they talked about their first years in business and the experience of having people not immediately see the value of the software as they sought investors and early adopters and other partners. It wasn't even an idea that the founders were particularly emotionally connected to, but they invested years of development and investment because they believed it could be an industry-changing tool. I was struck in the story by how much faith they had in the idea that it would carry them all the way through to a successful outcome. They had to believe in that validity and value of it for years while other people had to catch u...