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- My New Year's Resolution: start & grow a profitable e-commerce store
- How Magic Mushrooms Changed My Life and Business
- Amazon account at risk, terrified.
- What to prepare for a investor?
- Update your copyright date/year
- What do you use to create simple repeatable presentations?
- Passion Project – Advice on my first business
- Anyone know where I can go to learn about investing and starting my own buisness?
- How a honey badger helps me hire the best Virtual Assitants and developers on Upwork
- European manufactures and where to find them
- Cold Calling vs. Online Marketing to drive sales?
- What is the best decision you made for your business this year?
- Needs some help with my online business and Instagram
- Amazon seller consulting a viable opportunity?
- Are there forums or marketplaces where the potential customers will actually discuss products and services or RFPs with the sellers?
- Maintain business help?
- Advice on this landing page? Im a traffic wizard but I usually fall short on the back end with conversions
- How to ensure compliance?
- Chinese translator/negotiator recommendations?
- My experiences running Rezi. From an American startup, to Korea's leading English resume company
- Starting an Online Web Design Agency Need Advice
- Are you active on LinkedIn?
- Facebook has blocked my shopify store, anyone else had this problem?
- Single $300 click from AdSense
- Starting a new tattoo shop
| My New Year's Resolution: start & grow a profitable e-commerce store Posted: 31 Dec 2017 05:28 AM PST Okay I've become sick of excuses & stupid little things that hold me back from starting my own business. I've always wanted to start an e-commerce store, but where I get stuck is finding a good idea to execute on. I always talk myself out of starting because of this. Social media marketing, e-mail marketing, SEO, conversion optimalization, search enige marketing, I've studied all these things in detail but what makes me go crazy is that I don't do anything with this knowledge. This year I will start my e-commerce store, grow it and turn it into a profitable venture. That's the least I can do with the amount of time I spent reading lots of books, blog posts, forum posts & Reddit posts about all fields of e-commerce. [link] [comments]  |
| How Magic Mushrooms Changed My Life and Business Posted: 31 Dec 2017 09:02 AM PST About this post: I'm just an average entrepreneur who finds certain marketing, advertising and business stuff fascinating. This post (along with all others) is nothing more than a fun little project for myself where I write about stuff I find cool. Today's post is about the time I did magic mushrooms - a 30g dose by myself with the aim to self-reflect. I never had any intention of a 'fun trip'. I wanted my ass kicked, beaten and tenderised black and blue - and I did! Now this isn't strictly a business post. It's more a self-realisation post from the point-of-view from an entrepreneur. Drugs is a weird subject. I know there's a lot of guys who rave about the 1001 benefits of weed and stuff. I'm not that guy. I personally think chronic stoners are losers. That said anyone who thinks ALL drugs are useless all the time is an idiot. As you'll see Magic mushrooms forced me to face many demons and helped me come out the other side a stronger entrepreneur and human being. This post was originally written on my blog where it's accompanied by pics I can't include here due to reddit's limitation. To read the article in it's original glory click here (don't worry there's no affiliate links or crap like that)
Otherwise enjoy:
How Magic Mushroom Changed My LifeUntil maybe 4 years back I was a chronic liar.
Not in all respects. In fact in some ways I was the most honest person among my friends growing up. When I couldn't get an erection with a girl, I came back and told my friends right away. They made fun and teased me – not in a vicious way – but how boys do.
Funnily enough since making that admission, within the next week one of my friends came and said all of a sudden he failed to get it up. Soon after another. Now I talk openly with anyone who I deem a decent friend about not getting erections. It was my honesty which opened the door for the uncomfortable phenomenon which every male deals with in their life.
But the two areas which I lied about were to make to make myself look cool, and to make excuses which I was too uncomfortable facing like a man.
I'll give examples of both:
Looking cool – I would tell bullshit tales about hooking up with certain girls. Or I'd make up a story that I had visited a cool country, and maybe done cocaine with some cool people in a crazy situation.
Make excuses – Say I didn't want to go to someone's birthday. I would happily make up lies about a close relative dying. My go to relative was an uncle. You can never have too many uncles!
Jokes aside I feel embarrassed to my core that I ever did this. Particularly the lies revolving trying to make myself come off cool. It feels so lame to reject myself so outright that I need to make up shit stories.
I Get My Hands on Mushrooms
Anyway, around April this year my brother gave me some mushrooms, which he had no use for because he was in a shitty headspace and didn't want to shroom in that condition.
I on the other hand was in a great headspace. I had successfully closed over £11,000 of tutoring monthly tutoring business, from just 20 hours of work a week. Plus I had learned to open up to my then fiancé-now-wife, and our relationship had deepened.
I remember reading a long time ago, from a guy called Terrence McKenna, that if one wanted a really introspective trip he should take a high dose by themselves. This is exactly what I wanted.
Since leaving my office job lift back in April 2014, and starting my entrepreneurial journey I've had to face a lot of bullshit I was holding on to. That's the beauty of entrepreneurship. You have to face reality if you wish to succeed – and that starts first with yourself. With the help of meditation, self-reflection and listening to certain teachers such as Alan Watts and Osho I had come a long way. I was a far happier person with both the world and myself.
I had no intention of using the Mushrooms as some recreational trip. Instead I wanted to face whatever demons the sacred mushrooms were ready for me to face. I expected the trip to challenge the very essence of who I was, but I felt ready for whatever came my way.
I chose a Saturday, where my fiancé was with her parents, cleaned the house, got all my tasks and errands out the way, put on a pre-chosen spotify music playlist and chewed the mushrooms thoroughly.
What followed was one of the most powerful emotion, physical and spiritual rollercoasters I've ever faced.
The Trip: The Rollercoaster of What Happened
This may sound clich̩, but it's simply not possible to describe a session with Magic mushrooms justice. Words are just too cumbersome describe what the experience holds. It would be like trying to make a surgical incision with a chainsaw Рor trying to describe the sound of birds chirping to someone who had never heard it.
What I will say is that there were two major "feelings" or "findings" I experienced of significant importance to me:
1) I felt so loved by the world. Imagine what it was like to feel scared and unsure as a child, and to then feel the warm embrace of a loving parent showcasing a strength higher than yours which made you feel both safe and free at the same time.
That's how I felt. The world was telling me not to worry. It was addressing the scared child inside me which fights every day and feels scared behind it all. It was nothing short of beautiful.
2) This loving feeling told me one thing which I wanted to hear for so long. That the world – both those I know and love me, and new strangers who I've yet to know are ready and waiting to accept the real me.
I was told I didn't need to lie or act cool. I was loved for who I am. And if anything the shedding of the lies to act cool would only allow the love and connection between me and everyone else.
It was so reassuring. I felt meek but at peace like I hadn't in years. It was an exhausting bliss.
Oh man I read back on what I've wrote, and whilst I think I've done well to capture the essence of the magic I felt that day, it in no way truly captures the message I felt that day. Those interested will have no choice to go through the experience first-hand. There is no other way.
I felt thoroughly exhausted. But in the best way possible.
How it's affected me and my business since
Though the experience has long passed, the message I received that day carries on with me today. And because of it I'm lying less and less, and learning to love both myself and others as they are – flaws and all.
It's also had a big impact on my ability to get more business. Before I realised to accept myself, I would often stretch the truth regularly in my marketing and selling activity. I guess I felt who I was, and what I was capable of wasn't enough to bring in clients.
Since shrooms, I've come to realise that the reason I got my clients wasn't on my crazy claims, but my ability, and presence of character. It's allowed me to strip away the unnecessary crap in my client acquisition process, which in turn has brought me a peace of mind I didn't have.
Don't get me wrong I still have plenty of doubts about myself. And I haven't stripped myself of all the lies and bullshit I speak. But it's drastically less, and I feel lighter and happier within myself.
About MeMy name is Ganon (not real name) and I'm an active entrepreneur with moderate success. What I love to do is write, and I do it for the fun of it. Hopefully you liked it - if you did let me know. This is the 3rd post I've ever shared. If you like my stuff check out my personal blog here [link] [comments]  |
| Amazon account at risk, terrified. Posted: 31 Dec 2017 10:40 AM PST Have been on handmade at amazon for about 3 years in good standing. I had some orders due out and I thought they were set to ship a day later than they were. As soon as I noticed I shipped them out, maybe 12 hours late, and I upgraded the shipping on all so they'll probably arrive early. Needless to say this effed up my 7 day metric for late shipments and it says "at risk". I'm terrified, this is my biggest source of income and I know they're brutal when it comes to mistakes. Should I contact seller support? Wait it out? Prepare to be banned? [link] [comments]  |
| What to prepare for a investor? Posted: 31 Dec 2017 03:29 AM PST Hello, i hope you are enjoying NYE! Im still kind of new, my startup is 1 year old now and for the first time a real investor have shown interest and is coming to see us next month, i have talked with small investors before but this guy that is coming is big. Im not quite sure what to show him in our presentation, in a 5 year plan how optimistic should it be? Its a hardware product and it will be expensive to get the product into his country, certifications and so on. Do we show him a big detailed list of expenses or keep it short and just show him the ROI and focus on the product ? Anyways if anyone have some advice please share :) [link] [comments]  |
| Update your copyright date/year Posted: 30 Dec 2017 05:13 PM PST Dear website owners, Friendly Reminder... don't forget to change your copyright date/year in your site footer next week :) Put a reminder in your phone or ping your web dev. [link] [comments]  |
| What do you use to create simple repeatable presentations? Posted: 31 Dec 2017 05:50 AM PST Background info: In my consultancy work I create assessment and roadmap documents for brands, which I then present to the clients. These presentations always follow the same format, with key words and short sentences written in response to predetermined questions, as well as visual mood boards, charts etc. Thus far I have just used google docs for the written parts and a graphic program for the mood board and graphics and then combined it together in a pdf. It never looks beautiful. What I am looking for: Is there an app that will let me create a visually pleasing template, that i can just fill in differently every time? Ideally it should be presented like a survey that I fill in each time myself. Drag and drop to create the template would be great. I've looked at Prezi, but its too fancy and I need something clean sharp and to the point. Can any of you recommend something that will do the job? [link] [comments]  |
| Passion Project – Advice on my first business Posted: 31 Dec 2017 05:46 AM PST Hi all - I just created my first website for a travel service and would love some input. I really enjoy travel planning and with a little hard work hopefully I can turn this into a full-time job. I recently went to Japan and spent weeks planning the trip for me and my buddies. I planned out every aspect of the trip and would put all the links in a Google Sheet and told them what they needed to book. The trip was an amazing experience and afterwards my friend said I should try doing this for other people. The concept is to build vacations using Google Drive and leveraging those tools. I would build out a map and itinerary that I would share with the person and they can pull up on their phone at any time. I would do all the research and personalize it based on their preferences. If you're vegan, I find the best restaurants for vegans. If you enjoy hiking I find the best hiking spots. Etc. Here is the link: tailoredtrvl.com A few things I could use some input on: 1) How does the website look? 2) Does it make sense what I'm selling? 3) Is this a service you think people would utilize? 4) Are these prices reasonable? 5) Should I do a few for free to get feedback? 6) What am I missing? I'm learning all of this on the fly so any feedback would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone know where I can go to learn about investing and starting my own buisness? Posted: 31 Dec 2017 09:32 AM PST Currentley in college for buisness administration and i feel like im not learning about anything valuble. The only thing I'm benefiting from is an excel class. Maybe I'm jumping the gun but I want to get ahead quickly. Any help is appriciated. [link] [comments]  |
| How a honey badger helps me hire the best Virtual Assitants and developers on Upwork Posted: 30 Dec 2017 05:36 PM PST When it comes to outsourcing the market is stacked with VAs. For example, ff you go onto upwork and put up an ad for "VAs to help build ideal customer list" you are going to get 100+ proposals in 24 hours. 95% are copy paste proposals from bullshit VAs who will add less value than the $10 a hour you will pay them. Now a good VA is worth their weight in gold and I want to share the number one trick which has given me a 100% success rate in hiring great VAs and developers. I learnt it from Chad Mureta of App Empire (https://appempire.com/) so all the credit goes to him. It is called the Honey Badger Trick and it is very simple. First make sure you have a long brief, even if it is something as simple as building an ideal customer list really articulate it out. The purpose here isn't just to have a clear brief so only the people who know how to do it will apply. It is to make sure that they have to scroll below the fold. Second step is to copy paste this statement at the end "IMPORTANT- start your proposal with the words "Honey Badger" so that I know you have fully read my brief." Now of the 100 proposals you are going to get 95 will start with "Dear Sir" which you can throw out immediately, even if they have great references and a good price. Fuck them they didn't read your brief all the way to the end and can't follow the first step. The other 5 which start with the word "Honey Badger", you can then follow up with them. If it is a low key job you can give a trial run to the best priced with most good references and if it is a big job then get them on a skype call (not a chat) and go with your gut. Here is an example https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kwB8HrDP6q9zMwQxhsjkbQiol7z6ZKfF7xeTSYrL_GE/edit?usp=sharing TLDR - A good VA is awesome, at the end of the brief tell them to start their proposal with honey badger. The ones who didn't follow that simple instruction aren't worth your time. I hope this helps and adds value to the group. [link] [comments]  |
| European manufactures and where to find them Posted: 31 Dec 2017 09:28 AM PST Hi everyone, Is their a European alternative to this website > https://makersrow.com/ I'm trying to look for specific manufactures (clothing) in Europe, but struggling to find suitable ones. Appreciate any help, cheers! [link] [comments]  |
| Cold Calling vs. Online Marketing to drive sales? Posted: 31 Dec 2017 10:29 AM PST I'm considering becoming a Realtor and alot of the top Realors say that you MUST cold call to generate business if you're new to the business and should not use platforms like Facebook to generate leads. Do YOU agree? I feel like it might be more efficient to generate leads on Facebook because it allows you to do other things (like enjoy time with family etc.) instead of sitting behind a phone for 4 hours... Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right. What's your take? [link] [comments]  |
| What is the best decision you made for your business this year? Posted: 31 Dec 2017 04:10 AM PST |
| Needs some help with my online business and Instagram Posted: 31 Dec 2017 07:53 AM PST Thank you for checking out my post I'm a new business owner working in a adult entertainment business catering to a particular niche professional twerking no nudity.They don't just bounce their booty. They're really good dancers. at the moment I have one customer and 9 registered users, all on mailing list. If any of guy or gals have time I would like to get some feed back and critic on my website xllprojectllx.com Instagram I'm new to instagram how often do you recycle hashtags? how to grow organically(real people) how does influencing work? how can you tell if someone is a good influencer or not(bots) influencer how much do they charge? [link] [comments]  |
| Amazon seller consulting a viable opportunity? Posted: 31 Dec 2017 01:48 PM PST Amazon seller here ~ $1mm annually. Anyone know if offering non-cookie cutter Amazon consulting services is a viable service to offer? I love the thought of helping companies take their Amazon business to the next level but can't stand the thought of having to get a ton of clients to actually make decent money doing it. What is a reasonable rate to review, provide suggestions, and help setup Amazon ppc? I also lean towards working locally to be able to visit the business and provide services in person. Any thoughts are appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2017 09:43 AM PST It had occurred to me that once I start rolling out my service (not ready yet) I am likely either going to need to actively solicit customers or create a website where they find me. That seems good for customer number maybe ten or so and beyond but it seems like for the first few if there is a way to have a conversation with people looking for something that overlaps with what I would be selling that would be worth the extra effort. Could anyone please direct me to something like that? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2017 01:18 PM PST This holiday season has been wonderful but there's always a sharp drop off in sales with the jewelry business. Does anyone have any ideas to help have business be more stable after holiday season? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2017 01:10 PM PST https://www.jadigital-socialmedia.com Here's the link to a landing page to promote a free trial for instagram marketing service/software I run. I always do great on the front end, getting traffic is my specialty but the weak part of my campaigns are always converting on the back end. Would love some feedback from any marketers or web designers here!! At first, I ran this campaign and got $120 signups. I had a consultant take a look and it was clear I had wayyy to much information. I made the page super brief, and made this quick video to explain everything instead of a ton of text. Its a 2 week free trial, good offer so I am hoping it's not too challenging to convert! Any reason you guys can see someone wouldn't convert? Last campaign I would get 1% of visitors to signup. Shooting for much higher here. Thanks:) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2017 12:27 PM PST A Native American student - friend of mine - approached a hotel near our reservation in December 2016. The hotel wasn't doing too well and was scheduled to shut down. The student told the hotel that he will send plenty of customers to that hotel in return for half the incremental profit the hotel makes from these customers. The hotel owner - a non-Native - agreed. The Native American student promoted the hotel extensively on his Facebook page and also during pow wows. Each pow wow he had a booth set up - costs him at least $50 to $100 each time - where he promoted the hotel and sent many Native American pow wow dancers, singers, drummers and visitors to that hotel. The hotel didn't shut down and is still very much in business. In fact, during pow wows, the hotel has no free rooms. It is busy most of the year, thanks to the efforts of this student. It is Dec 2017 now. Exactly one year later. How much did the Native American student make during the course of the entire year? Exactly $803 or about $67 a month. He spent more on pow wow booths that send business toward the hotel. The "half the incremental profit the hotel makes from these customers" was based on a handshake and a promise that Native Americans keep. Obviously the hotel owner isn't keeping his word. There are 14 pow wows in the area every year and almost all visitors stay at that hotel. My friend is planning to do business with another hotel now. The question is - how can he ensure that the new hotel owner will keep his word? [link] [comments]  |
| Chinese translator/negotiator recommendations? Posted: 31 Dec 2017 12:23 PM PST I'm looking for a translator to help sourcing products from 1688. Have any of you had good experiences? [link] [comments]  |
| My experiences running Rezi. From an American startup, to Korea's leading English resume company Posted: 31 Dec 2017 12:21 PM PST Hey guys, If anyone wants to know anything about running a resume company or the "behind the scenes" stuff of doing so, I'm happy to talk! I think it could be interesting because we started Rezi in this community and on Reddit, and as of recently, we've been able to support Korea's top universities with our resume software. I'm not really trying to market our services at all but I think it's a unique story worth sharing [link] [comments]  |
| Starting an Online Web Design Agency Need Advice Posted: 31 Dec 2017 12:04 PM PST First a bit of background. I am 24 years old with a degree in Computer Science from Asia and have been working as a freelancer on sites like Upwork for over 2 years. I started working while I was still in university. What I want to do is target clients from the UK and and Europe for web design and development jobs. The problem or the confusion that I have that would it work or how do I make it work. Trying to target people in the UK etc without having a physical presence in the country. I mean I already have a portfolio of websites, a company website and strong freelance profile with a bunch of good feed backs but if you were to land on my website from a Google Ad or a Facebook Ad and the only option that you saw of contacting me was through Skype Voice Call or Video Call would feel comfortable in hiring me for the job. I have searched reddit on the topic and most suggestions revolve around cold calling which doesn't seem to be a viable option in my case. Also I haven't found much information related on how one would go about running a complete online/virtual business. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2017 11:45 AM PST I like the idea of LinkedIn but I feel in reality it does not serve its purpose well. If you were in charge of LinkedIn what are some changes you would have done to make it a more productive tool? [link] [comments]  |
| Facebook has blocked my shopify store, anyone else had this problem? Posted: 31 Dec 2017 05:33 AM PST so I was trying to promote my shopify store with facebook ads, but I don't know why, facebook has determined that my domain is spam or dangerous, and has blocked my page to post any links to my store, I can't even put the url as my page domain in facebook. I've tried to create an Ad with my domain and also says it has been blocked. Error #2622 (destination blocked) and when trying to open the preview I get this: https://i.imgur.com/RB10wmH.png anyone had this issue and was able to solve it? thank you in advance. [link] [comments]  |
| Single $300 click from AdSense Posted: 31 Dec 2017 11:16 AM PST About a month ago, I earned almost $300 from a single click in AdSense. I've seen large(ish) clicks in the past, but no where near this amount. I waited a month to see if it would be clawed back, but it never was and was even paid out. Here's what I know:
Is is possible to figure out more details about this click and/or ways to replicate? My guess is no, especially considering its personalized and not context based, but thought I'd check to see if others had more experience. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2017 10:53 AM PST Hey all! I've been tattooing for 6 years now, out of various shops in my area. It's gone from super saturated to relatively sparse with several shops with shady practices being shut down. I've worked in shops with 1-2 artists, half a dozen and some piercers, and in hair salons and spas that set me up in a separate but attached space. I was recently canned from a local hair salon as they were no longer looking to have a tattoo shop attached with very little notice. I have no desire to work in any of the other local shops, but I am super passionate about this industry. I've been sub-contracted and self-employed for so long that Canada's employment insurance options for starting a new business are no longer available to me; but I'm determined to at least make a go of starting my own business. I'm through the marketing plan, demographic analysis, and summary portions of my business plan, but I'm lost on the financial projections section and having an incredibly difficult time finding a location. All that said: fire away. Any and all advice is appreciated as I'm having a bit of a freak out as to how little I've accomplished in a week and a half after being fired. [link] [comments]  |
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