Your JibberJobber application was one of the first off the blocks and helped to launch your stellar rise. It’s a great tool that’s helped a lot of people. When something’s good, it gets copied. Look at how Microsoft introduced Windows to emulate the Mac interface. We all know which one is best though, don’t we?

It’s annoying, sure, but however many competitors you have, what people buy into is YOU. Your integrity, motivation, kindness. I don’t suppose your competitors started a post on depression that’s still getting comments and has encouraged countless people. And I don’t suppose your competitors have established themselves as social media experts either.

I hate that there are people so lacking in creative energy they must leach off others, but I do believe the laws of Universal attraction have a way of making things right. ……Even when sometimes it doesn’t look that way.

Namaste
Sue x

Not to worry. You and your team are the IBM like pioneers in the career management space. Imitation is the best form of flattery. The vision, integrity and thoughtful empathetic caring from you and your team is what sets Jibber Jobber apart from any nefarious entity.

The United States was built on free enterprise and competition. The human relationships you so deftly develop everyday will always make the difference in out performing, out selling and keeping the bar raised high for any competitor. “Catch us, if you can” should be the Jibber Jobber team’s pioneering mantra.

There are quite a few features of Jibber Jobber that cannot be duplicated, because they require other variables to maximize their impact. For example, this past Monday I gave a training session on “Advanced Networking Techniques”, which focused on a particular Jibber Jobber feature. To the untrained eye this feature appears innocuous, but when used properly it elevates a person’s networking skills to achieve powerful outcomes, by connecting with people of influence.

If I may suggest a book for your team, I recommend Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive: Outsell, Outmanage, Outmotivate, and Outnegotiate Your Competition by Harvey B. Mackay. Mr. Mackay inherited an envelop company. He had steep competition, because every envelop in the world is made exactly the same way; with 4 folds. Harvey took his envelop company to the higher stratosphere of profits and blew his competition out of the water.

Stay the course . . .

I know you and JJ will continue to thrive because your actions come from an ethical and honorable place. Your focus is on helping others and you reap rewards because of that. Those whose primary focus is on themselves take from others and they’ll attract icky people who are similar to them.

I say let those icky people find each other.

Winnie

People gravitate to your style, energy, savvy and value, and it’s people who ultimately matter in business growth and perpetuation.

Sincerely,
Jacqui (a JJ partner and evangelist)

Although you have not created the category of Career Management, you have drawn attention to the fact that this has been an under served market. With that attention comes both good and bad. Good with many people using JJ to help them manage their career. Bad with other entrepreneurs (honest and those that are not so honest) jumping into the market.

Do not over react, but leverage this energy to take JJ to the next level and…..crush them like an ant!!!

Call me if you need help!!!

Don

Don’t be like Robert Kearns (as in Flash of Genius, I watched it because of your review, btw). Sure, he won, and he won millions, but he lost something like 12 years of his life.

There is NO OTHER JibberJobber or Jason Alba. You need not stress about this. Sure it pisses you off, but who cares? That’s like Walmart going into direct competition with Kohl’s.

Apples meet Oranges. Seriously, no worries.

– Jenn

Since you have John Sumser, Julie Walraven, Marc, Deb Dib, me, and thousands of others behind you – truly a critical mass of users/evangelists – I strongly suspect it will cost them a more time, effort, and money than they want to spend to catch up.

In many ways, competition is often helpful, maintaining the pressure to improve and exceed expectations, and I think that’s the best way to use it.

So, just keep rolling, following your vision, as Deb and Marc pointed out. Look in the rear view mirror and out the side windows fairly often – but stay focused on your vision. They’ll be spending their money trying to catch up.

I’m betting on you and JJ for the long run.

Cheers!
Susan