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- Wantrepreneur Wednesday! - (February 07, 2018)
- Almost $200k from my email marketing last year. Some tips and best-practices for your brand.
- $100k/mo selling iPhone straps.
- I finally started something after months of analysis paralysis.
- How Recommending My Competitors Helped My Startup
- Encouraging more sales with E-mail countdown timers
- I made a list of the most-commented books on r/Entrepreneur
- FYI skills you pick up related to e-commerce can help you land a high paying jobs
- I have a master's degree in public policy but hate the bureaucracy of the work. I've always dreamed of working for myself; any ideas for a fellow prospective entrepreneur?
- This sub is such a double-edged sword of information
- I have an awesome app ready to upload to the Store, are there any Apple devs interested in uploading it?
- I quit my job against better judgement to start my media company. I got 300 of my friends to sign up for my service and I'm wondering what the hell to do next.
- eCommerce Anti-Fraud
- Looking for CRM alternative to ACT
- Blóm Candle - New Business - would love feedback on what we posted and what has helped you starting a new business
- Do you need help with design,video's or 3D renders of your product? here to help, free of charge!
- Keyword Phrase and Niche
- Is there a sub for startup humor?
- How can I ask for compensation for technical support when I usually develop new features and fix bugs?
- Looking for a job as an instagram virtual assistant
- Six Figure Second Income- Book review
- Am I Overthinking My Business Name?
- Storing Sensitive Client Information
- Can you be a discount and luxury brand?
- Need a creative suggestion: How to make use of 8,000 F*CKING FLYERS...
- Is it worth buying a $4000 .com domain for a self funded startup with total budget $100K
| Wantrepreneur Wednesday! - (February 07, 2018) Posted: 07 Feb 2018 05:06 AM PST Please use this thread to ask any wantrapreneur questions. We do this to not overflow the subreddit with wantrapreneur questions, so please try to limit the questions to this weekly thread. Since this thread can fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts. [link] [comments]  |
| Almost $200k from my email marketing last year. Some tips and best-practices for your brand. Posted: 07 Feb 2018 09:19 AM PST Hello all. I am hoping to give a brief but helpful breakdown on some tips for email marketing. Last year, email marketing made up abut 20% of revenue for my brand (which came to $200k from email alone). I have tested many different methods, and wanted to give you a list of best-practices to capture, convert, and retain customers via email. I hope this write-up flows well. I am very scatterbrained and can ramble at times on topics when I get too excited lol. Starting Out If you've never used email marketing before, I suggest you first think about your goals and what kind of outcomes you want. For me, I sell products shipped direct to consumer. So I want sales. Therefore, I want to set up a funnel to capture my visitors to my list, and ease them in to trusting my brand. TRUST is the biggest factor in winning over visitors (in my opinion). Make them feel at home. The Funnel You convert 2% of your visitors to customers, and, say another 5% abandoned their cart. These 7% can be marketed to, but what about the other 93%? If you do nothing to capture them... they're gone. DO NOT let them be gone. Email popups on your site are a MUST. Now, you have probably seen the "sign up for 10% off", or even "sign up to get email updates" on various websites. Sorry, these work okay, at best, but there's certainly room to improve. 10% off is not super enticing. Customers react to TANGIBLE! If you are selling a physical product, maybe "sign up to receive X sample in your first order", or "sign up to enter our $XXX shopping spree". We use the shopping spree popup instead of the 10% off popup. The conversion rate for visitors entering emails went from 4% to 12%. That is a MASSIVE increase. And when you factor in the cost of the discount vs. the cost of the shopping spree, this new method is much cheaper. This may not be the same for every brand... so test. How to make popups If you are on Shopify, there are a few sites that do a great job with email popups. I have used Privy and JustUno. Both are a similar price point, and work great. Which Email Service Provider? There are a lot of email service providers out there... I have come across 2 that really stick out. Mailchimp, and Klaviyo. I will break down the benefits and setbacks of each. Mailchimp: Great for beginners. First 2,000 subscribers are free, and is very user friendly. Integrates with many apps, and allows for customized emails. Downside, is it has less data-driven capability. However, when you are just starting out, Mailchimp has enough capabilities so that data-driven email is not necessary. Klaviyo: Incredible for customer segmentation and customized email flows. Extremely data-driven email platform, that allows A/B testing, advanced targeting rules, and complete control. Downside is it has a larger learning curve, and a little more pricey. TRANSPARENCY: I do email marketing consulting for a few clients, and am a Klaviyo affiliate. If you were planning on signing up for Klaviyo anyways, I have a referral link where I make a small commission on referrals. Hope this isn't spammy in any way. Types of Email Marketing Once you have your email capture, and your email service provider selected, the next thing to do is actually marketing your products. I will first explain the 2 types of email marketing strategies. Automated Flows & Campaigns Simply put, a campaign is like an "email blast". This is sent out one-time, and it is great for releasing a new product or promoting a sale. I send out a campaign 1-2 times a week. An automated flow, is started by the customer performing a certain action, to trigger an email (or series of emails) being sent to them. For example, when a customer signs up to enter my giveaway, they get sent a "Welcome Email", telling them they have entered, and we appreciate their support. 2 days later, they get a "Howe We are Different" email, showing some of the things we do as a brand that set us apart from everyone else. Etc... (This helps with the "trust" issue I was referring to) Kinds of Automated Flows to Set Up
Some Tips About Emails
I think this covers everything! I will add more if I forgot, and if something does not make sense (like I said, I tend to ramble at times), please let me know and I will clarify. Cheers! And happy emailing. EDIT: Formatting error EDIT2: Proof of numbers [link] [comments]  |
| $100k/mo selling iPhone straps. Posted: 06 Feb 2018 06:38 PM PST Hi /r/Entrepreneur, it's Pat from Starter Story again, where I do interviews with successful e-commerce entrepreneurs. Here is my interview with JP Brousseau, the founder of Phone Loops, a universal phone strap that helps prevent you from dropping your phone. JP came up with idea by trying to solve his own problem (always dropping his phone) and is now grossing $100k/month. Background.Hi, my name is Jean-Philippe Brousseau, I'm a 32-year-old entrepreneur from Canada, Québec. I'm the founder and owner of phoneloops.com. We mainly sell our universal phone strap that provides a secure, yet relaxed grip on mobiles to B2B and B2C markets. Our top seller is the Ninja Loop, which is set up to hold your fingers behind your phone case. We are currently expanding our product lineup, with both proprietary inventions and curated collections of mobile accessories. We've been in business since 2014 after a successful Kickstarter campaign. We've grown exponentially every year since. As of 2018, we've sold over one million Loops in 66 countries. We couldn't be happier and we are super excited about what the future holds. How I came up with the idea.As a graduate of the University of Sherbrooke in mechanical engineering, I worked for six years as a consultant in several industries, applying my knowledge and skills in design, manufacturing, and organizational performance. I also taught part-time in college for about five years during the same period. I ended up with an expertise in product development and project management. I had never operated a business before Phone Loops, and I started it slowly while working other jobs. It is my first entrepreneurial attempt, but definitely not my first business idea. I had - and still have - hundreds of ideas for products in mind… You may wonder then why the Loop is the one product that actually made it through all the hoops… Let's say I've got quite the butterfingers when it comes to handling smartphones — I accidentally broke more than my fair share of screens over the years, whether I was using a case or not. After a while, the bills started stacking up, and the frustration that came along with it. In 2013, I set out to find a solution to that very annoying problem of holding onto my phone. Little did I know - attempting to save my frustrations and money on costly repairs ended up turning my life upside down and giving myself my own full-time job. So while I was visiting a friend in Montreal and having a beer at the local pub, I took a straw and squeezed it between my phone and its case to act as a kickstand. It worked. There was a spark in my mind at that moment. I realized that the problem was not the user, but the phone itself: too light, too thin, too slippery, too expensive and valuable to drop over and over. How come those $100 point-and-shoot cameras come with a wrist strap and our expensive smartphones don't? There's a whole industry behind screen repairs that can get away with charging you $500 for a glass repair… Manufacturing the product and launching the business.It took me a few months to develop the Petite Loop concept, working closely with 3M Innovation to get the special adhesive just right. Once we got it right, we then launched the business. We later innovated on that concept by creating our most popular Ninja Loop. But back to the original phone loop... I built the first one myself, then took the specs to a small shop to make bigger batches. I brought it to a promotional materials supplier to set up larger production runs and a custom Phone Loops supply chain. We have gone through multiple iterations of the product in order to come up with the perfect design in terms of cost, flexibility, reliability, compatibility, production capacity, etc. There's a ton of factors influencing any product design, even the simplest object. We launched a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2014 and contacted friends, family, friends of family and family of friends to gain some traction by raising ~$7000 out of a $4000 goal. It initially spread through word of mouth and the wheel has been spinning ever since. We've also gotten in touch with our local media - newspapers, TV and radio stations - as they tend to relish good startup stories. We also targeted tech bloggers in an outreach effort and that drove the initial wave of interest in our products. We still keep a very close relationship with these initial influencers. Attracting new customers and growing.Sales increased at a gradual rate. Early on, posts by tech bloggers definitely drove spikes in demand, but we've experienced extraordinary boosts and "new normals" on our retail and custom sides after a number of watershed moments. For instance, we received great exposure since 2015 through CNET thanks to a feature by Rick Broida - it definitely opened up a beachhead for us on the US market. Early in 2016, we were contacted by a senior producer at the Academy Awards. She was keen on including Oscar-themed Ninja Loops in the VIP gift bags for the Academy Awards. It certainly got the press in Canada talking a lot about us at that point, and we really had to get media-savvy. What really sealed the deal, however, was the deal we were offered on the French-Canadian version of Dragon's Den in the spring of 2017, almost a year to the day after the Oscars. We rehearsed and fine-tuned the presentation for three months beforehand. We delivered it, pitch-perfect, pun intended. Two of the Dragons offered us $75,000 in exchange for 25% of our company. While things didn't pan out in negotiations after the show, sales and interest spiked on an unprecedented scale thanks to national television exposure. Our business is drastically expanding ever since. In terms of day-to-day advertising and marketing, our approach consists of influencer outreach, email marketing, Facebook Ads and Google Ads. We also keep exploring new marketing opportunities. E-commerce is evolving so fast… There's a lot of growth hacking you can do, and it's easy to get lost. Our motto here is simple: FOCUS. Focus keeps momentum. The rest follows. With regards to demand due to influencer marketing, we look at it as building relationships. In the end, you are looking for long-term interactions with people as collaborators, and for good things to flow out of that for everyone involved. On a more traditional but very effective level, we do attend some specific trade shows and events to connect with people and businesses looking out for unique and creative swag for their brand. The swag industry is quite a profitable beast. Our distributors push hard for the sales of our corporate-branded Phone Loops which contributes substantially to our growth. For an organization, branded Phone Loops get you the most bang for your buck versus other promotional swag. We will interact over 3,000 times with our phone during the next 30 days. That's a lot of potential impressions for a brand! That being said, when the order volumes start to grow, we have to be able to deliver. We are glad to have a very reliable supply chain. Having the right partners for an operation like this is a must and finding them is not easy. We made careful decisions here and made sure the operation could be scaled up. Looking back, would I do anything differently?I would certainly be more careful and selective with a range of consultants and services that claim to have the perfect solution to issues we were having, whether they offer some expertise, experience or software. More often that I'd like to admit, they can't deliver much if anything at all. It's important to remember that this can come from people you already know or from strangers fishing around for opportunities. It's something that can easily break a business if one is not careful enough, especially at the start, when one is open and vulnerable. I believe that when entrepreneurs start out, they tend to be pretty optimistic, but they have to watch out for people and gimmicks on the hunt for that kind of fresh optimism - they will try to profit from that in a ton of different and imaginative ways for very little in return. It's important to do thorough research, cross-checks and relevant validations before you sign up with a new service or an external contractor. Handling competition.In a very competitive world, being careful and prepared is everything. We did things generally by the book to address the threats posed by our competitors. We first ensured that we registered a patent for our product to make sure it's protected from duplications and knockoffs. We were lucky enough to get a thorough patent agent that still assists us to this day to protect our invention. With regards to other products, we've studied our competitors' weaknesses and found ways to make ours offer benefits, clear differentiators they couldn't. Loops are a compact, unobtrusive, lightweight solution for a one-handed grip on any smartphone case. It's the most seamless and affordable way to ensure a secure grip on your device. It's also the only grip accessory that doesn't interfere with wireless charging. We designed the product to be flexible, simple and customizable. That gives us a great, seemingly constant edge versus other products, as technology shifts significantly every year. Plans for the future.We are looking to expand our mobile accessory line to diversify our product offering. We've received many suggestions from clients from around the world. We are currently developing new Loop models, as well as other mobile accessories. We are aiming to make them available throughout the upcoming months. On the promotional item side, we are also expanding our product line with sublimated lanyards, silicon bands, and other popular swag items. Tools I use.The core of our operation is based on Shopify - that's the retail side of our business. We have about a dozen plugins installed to do specific operations, but we try to keep it lean. Too much is not always better. Some notable ones we use are Hypervisual, Product Reviews, Quick Announcement Bar and Langify. Other than that, we make good use of Monday.com for project management within the team, Quickbooks for billing and accounting and Zapier to bind applications together. The Custom Loops side is almost a different business, relying more on human interaction and building a relationship with corporate clients. We use Adobe Illustrator to put together designs for our corporate clients, and a CRM platform connected with our Quickbooks throughout the production process all the way to delivery. On both sides of our business, we use MailChimp for strategic and promotional outreach. Advice for other entrepreneurs.Just start. What can you accomplish in the next 15 minutes to get the ball rolling? Do it. Repeat. Do your homework and learn all you can from free resources, on YouTube and Shopify's blog for instance. Almost everything you need to know is out there so consume what is relevant to your next baby step. Always be on the lookout for new ideas because they are sometimes right in front of you. I try to constantly be aware of my surroundings and keep that creative muscle working. In my opinion, it's the best way to find opportunities. Only then you can try to catch them! Ideally, associate with people who have been there and done that - you will see immediate results from working with someone with a proven track record. Consider partnering only with people with whom your head, your heart and your gut agree. And surround yourself from people who are talented, who have the will act and the drive to succeed. The ripple effect is exponential. [link] [comments]  |
| I finally started something after months of analysis paralysis. Posted: 06 Feb 2018 02:34 PM PST This is not your typical success story, or a success story for that matter. I have been fighting that inner turmoil this past year of starting my own business, I didn't even care what it was, just as long as it brought in extra income. In August I went downtown San Antonio, TX to register a DBA for an Insulation company I've been trying to start with my dad, nothing has come of that except a website where I keep a blog of all I've learned about the trade, maybe something will come from it. Fast forward past all the Reddit reading, where I get a sense of delusion reading other people's success stories without doing anything of my own, I hope I'm not alone on that, then after a week of dealing with the flu, being bed ridden for 2 days for which I missed work, I decided I NEED to do something to make money on the side. Now this has not come easy, I work full time, and the wife and I have started a rigorous budget to pay off all our debt, which has a time line of 2 years, which means all of my full time money goes to bills and debt, with only $20 cash money to be done as I please with. Feb 1st, I saved enough for 2 weeks to purchase materials to make a mold, more specifically a bath bomb mold, designed a model of my product from a bar of soap and molded it with silicone, used Youtube videos to guide me through a cheap simple process. I bought $20 worth of bath bomb making materials and went at it for hours through Youtube videos and trial and error, it's fairly easy to make a bath bomb, harder to make one that people will want to buy. Finally made an Etsy shop, took pictures of some sample product, and maybe used Paint to mess with the lighting to make it more presentable and VIOLA! I had an Etsy shop. The hardest part about this is not telling my wife where I'm spending my "fun money" and time on, that was until this weekend, when I got my first 2 sales! Boy oh boy, was that the best feeling in the world, now I've never been much of a salesman, but wow, what a feeling have I missed out on my whole 29yr old life. I told my wife about the sales, and my idea, and she could not have been more excited for me. It's not much of a story compared to some of you guys, but this little momentum has got me excited to follow through on more of my ideas. I want to thank you guys for constantly pushing the ones like me, who just sit around and watch people take action. And if you're like me, maybe this will help you in some way. ****Edit: Wow guys, I didn't know this post would turn out like it did, thank you for all your encouraging kind words. So let's get to the point of this edit, I wanted to address questions regarding my game plan going forward, and what I've done so far. As far as marketing goes, I have been starting small minimal budget campaigns on FB ads, just trying to learn along the way, I also just started a minimal ad campaign on Etsy itself, not sure how that one is going yet. The FB ads have been somewhat productive, but all I've done is garnish likes and shares on my post. I doubt it got me those sales, at least as far as my Etsy statistics tells me. Shop growth plan: The bath bomb process is fairly simple, so whenever I get another order in, it will pay for the materials to get the next 3-4 orders completed, and the great thing about bath bombs, they dont take up alot of space, and the shelf life is relatively long, so the first few orders will pay for a handful of orders for me, as well as fund my advertising, trial and error on the adverts. I do plan on adding listings to the shop, I plan on adding at least one per month, the ideas are overwhelming, so I want to perfect a process before listing a product. I will be happy to answer more questions in edit form so everyone can benefit, for now, my lunch is almost over, so I'll make a list throughout the day, and answer as much as possible when I get home... Thank you guys [link] [comments]  |
| How Recommending My Competitors Helped My Startup Posted: 07 Feb 2018 07:27 AM PST Note: I originally wrote this my startup's website, and thought it might be appreciated here as well. I've formatted it as best as I can for Reddit, but if you want to see the original post with images and graphs check it out here - How Recommending My Competitors Helped My Startup Around two years ago I started doing something a little unorthodox - I started recommending my competitors to any customer that lets their free trial expire without converting to a paid account. I wrote a blog post about it at the time, which you can read here - Why I Tell My Users To Try My Competitors. The short version is I started sending the following email out to anyone who didn't convert to a paying customer three days after their trial ended:
My reasoning for doing so was if someone doesn't find what they're looking for in BugMuncher, why not try to help them in their continued search? After all, I spend more time than I'd care to admit researching my competitors, and we all fill a slightly different use-case, so I feel I'm in a pretty good position to recommend different website feedback tools. However, it turns out that sending this email has had some unexpected positive side-affects: Valuable Feedback As every startup founder knows, getting useful feedback from your customers is really difficult. It's especially hard to get feedback from those that signed up for a free trial but didn't convert to a paying customer. Yet knowing why they didn't convert is some of the most valuable feedback you can receive. So imagine my surprise when people started replying to the competitor recommendation email, and voluntarily telling me why they didn't choose to continue with BugMuncher, I didn't even have to ask! The following are some of the responses I've received:
The stand out of those examples to me is the first one, as their reply let me know about a specific issue they were having, and I was easily able to fix it for them. I wonder if they would have ever contacted me about their issue without the competitor recommendation email? There's a good chance they would have just moved on, and I'd have lost a potential customer. It's also great to be able to see which other services people are choosing and why. It allows me to learn from my competitors, and use that knowledge to improve BugMuncher. By recommending competitors, I seem to have inadvertently started an open and honest dialogue about competing services, which allows people to feel comfortable telling me why they chose someone else over BugMuncher. And that information is incredibly useful. More Conversions This one really surprised me, but compare these two graphs: Note: The graphs can be seen in the original post BugMuncher's free trial lasts 10 days, and 13 days after the initial sign up the competitor recommendation email is sent. As you can see, before I started sending that email, 0.23% of people converted after 13 days. However, after I started sending the competitor recommendation email, conversion after 13 days is nearly five times higher, at 1.12%. I don't know for sure why this is happening, it could be that any email sent after 13 days would have a similar effect, but as this email was never intended to improve conversions, it's a very welcome bonus. Warm Fuzzies The final positive side-effect of the email is that I get some really nice emails in response, such as the ones I've pasted below:
Admittedly receiving these responses doesn't directly help BugMuncher, but they always put a smile on my face, which can only be a good thing. Will this work for you? Honestly, I have no idea, and I'm not gonna pretend that sending a competitor recommendation email is guaranteed to help your startup, that would be super disingenuous. I'd still recommend giving it a try though, at the very least you'll spread a little happiness, and hopefully get some in return. If you do decide to try it, I'd love to hear how it goes, so please get in touch to let me know. You can use the contact form, or simply leave a comment below. Thanks for reading [link] [comments]  |
| Encouraging more sales with E-mail countdown timers Posted: 07 Feb 2018 05:41 AM PST Now that Facebook is changing their NewsFeed behavior and diminishes the low-quality websites, also Google Adwords advertising budget almost doubled, it is a good time to invest some time in E-mail marketing. E-mail marketing is the one marketing channel that you are fully in control of, so I encourage you to quickly read through this post and learn how to use E-mail countdown timers to greatly increase your sales. If you are hesitating about starting something and you are afraid to begin, overcome your fears by embracing them. Do scary, but potentially rewarding things, and don't forget that a year from now you will wish that you had started today. [link] [comments]  |
| I made a list of the most-commented books on r/Entrepreneur Posted: 07 Feb 2018 10:06 AM PST These are based on how many users shared a link to the book. The top 10 (with non-affiliate links):
I made lists for a bunch of subreddits, and have historical data for /r/Entrepreneur back to 2014 right now: https://redditreads.com/r/Entrepreneur/all-time [link] [comments]  |
| FYI skills you pick up related to e-commerce can help you land a high paying jobs Posted: 06 Feb 2018 09:42 PM PST For all you dropshippers and online entrepreneurs that have spent hours studying blogs/videos/forums/ and perhaps burned some of your own money trying to make it online don't forget these skills are transferable to existing companies. I'm seeing a huge increase in job postings from companies that are trying to build an online presence and need e-commerce specialists. At least as far as I'm aware not many (if any) colleges are teaching people how to do these things and it probably isn't something your parents would easily learn either. Just wanted to post this to remind people their are opportunities out there..... [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2018 05:31 AM PST Hey, y'all! I'm a longtime lurker and first-time poster in this sub. I really admire the spirit and energy so many of you have for the work you do. That's awesome. I've always been interested in government, policy, and politics -- even since I was a little kid. I'm far from a genius in almost every other aspect of my life, but I really understand political science easily. I just "get it". Unfortunately, the kind of work I'm best at isn't necessarily the most conducive to being an entrepreneur. I received a master's degree in public policy, accepted my first post-graduate job and, 1.5 years later, I realize just how much I hate it: the micromanagement, the stifling of creativity, and the limited professional development. I make $41,000 base and probably closer to $50,000 when you consider benefits. I've decided that I want to start my own business within a year, (hopefully) earning at least what I'm making now. Here's what I'm good at: -Writing -Research -Data analysis (particularly demographic data from the Census and Esri) -Public speaking -Mapping (I work with GIS regularly and truly enjoy it) -Data management (I'm still learning, but I've designed a couple of databases using Access before) -Social media (I manage a couple of respectably large pages) -Political communication (I worked for representatives and campaigns in the past) -Policy (I know how to read into the details of laws, bills, and policies and explain them in plain English) -Spanish (I'm working on achieving fluency, but I can speak it at an intermediate level) I hope this doesn't come off wrong, but I'm a really hard worker when I set my mind to something. I love to put in the extra hours and extra work. So, if anything, I think that's the best thing I've got going for myself. My dad is an entrepreneur and he instilled that value in me from a very early age. Here are some ideas I have: -Data-based consulting (particularly as it relates to database creation and the composition of demographic and economic reports) -Freelance writing (which I've done in the past for content mills, earning peanuts for the work) -Government relations (which would be nice, but experience is prized in this field, so I'd have a tough time getting work for the first 5-10 years) -Campaign strategy and data consulting (which I could do, but the work is, again, poorly paying) -GIS consulting -Social media consulting for government agencies and organizations, nonprofits, and campaigns -Website consulting for campaigns (I have a little experience here, but could improve my skills quickly) -Some combination of all the above until I establish a clear niche Any advice for a 27-year-old guy who's ready to branch out on his own? I really do appreciate your reading this! :) [link] [comments]  |
| This sub is such a double-edged sword of information Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:16 PM PST I've been reading all I can in this sub for quite some time now. It's really fantastic the discussions I see and the things I've learned. Here's the thing though: Almost EVERYONE has an agenda! I understand that this is a sub for entrepreneurs. I get that. However, I just can't help but be skeptical every time I read a post! There is SO MUCH deceit in here. Is anyone else sick of people using this sub for copywriting their "Courses"? Just the other week there was a user that made a post about using automated text messaging to produce positive reviews for small businesses. She also made a youtube channel speaking about it to. I kept asking myself "Why? What's her angle?" Sure enough, selling courses! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2018 01:59 PM PST I have the app in it's entirety ready to upload to the Store. The developer was working on this app for a good 6-7 months and when she finally got done making it, she received a job offer and didn't want anything to do with the app anymore. I have the xcode files for it and now I just need to upload it to the Store. Also, I have a developer's account so there's no problem there. Is there anybody that wants to upload it to the Store and potentially make a partnership of some sort? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2018 07:54 AM PST I quit my job working for a family friend, 75K salary because it was too time consuming and I couldn't focus on my goal to become my own boss. I need some guidance and help on my next steps. How/why I started: I was browsing the web after another burn out day reading the news, then I realized I don't want to read the news I want people to send me summaries daily. So I started searching online and didn't like the options I had. The biggest competitor is theskimm, they are leading in this space but they are targeted towards women. I want to target busy millennials by providing light hearted copy with a mix of humor, yet easy to consume. So I started learning Divi (excellent theme, but a lil slow on loading) and I just finished the frame work of the website. I then hand messaged 500 of my friends and 300 of them signed up. The general consensus stated this is exactly what they were looking for, some didn't even know other services like this existed, but I know my content will be catered towards millennials like myself who want the news, but just doesn't want to consume it the traditional way (tv, wsj, newspaper). What now?: I plan on launching March 1st, but how can I effectively use my time to market until then? I've exhausted my circle, how can I get my subs to talk about me and refer me? What other marketing techniques should I do to gain more subs? Are there any influencers that I should be utilizing? When to start monetizing?: I know that's not an option right now, but is there a magical number when I should start reaching out to brands? 5,000 emails? 10,000 emails? 50,000 emails? Any feedback on the idea/website would be wonderful. (no BS, plz) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2018 01:45 PM PST What are you guys doing for anti-fraud right now? Might be useful to include the platform you're using + payment processors and then anything else for anti-fraud. [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for CRM alternative to ACT Posted: 07 Feb 2018 01:30 PM PST We have been using ACT Premium for 5+ yrs and looking for something better. The main features we need are contact management including custom fields, ability to create look-ups based on multiple filters of various fields, mail merges/email marketing, sync with outlook. Was is not so important is social media integration, pipeline management, calendars. This would be for a small group of 1-3 B2B sales people. And of course I would need to be able to import the ACT database. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2018 01:11 PM PST https://www.facebook.com/blomcandle/ first time I do something like this [link] [comments]  |
| Do you need help with design,video's or 3D renders of your product? here to help, free of charge! Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:39 PM PST Hi, I've been a lurker for a long time and this site helped me a lot. i want to do something back, i am a professional Designer, 3D modeler and motion graphic artist and i want to help you with getting a design or video that your product deserves. yes i am doing this free of charge. PM and tell me the type of help you need and if it's exciting enough i will select you. i will be selecting a total of 5 people in the first round. Also feel free to post any questions you have and ill get back to you. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:27 PM PST I found a niche. Let's say it's "big tires". Google keyword planner says it gets a up to 1M searches a month, competition is HIGH, and I get 300 million results in Google. But... Google keyword planner says "big wheels" gets up to 1M searches a month, competition is LOW, and it gets a lot less results in Google, and some of the results are nonsense sites. Is this something I can capitalize on if I just start making a bunch of posts on a site directed towards "big wheels" and never use the word "big tires"? [link] [comments]  |
| Is there a sub for startup humor? Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:25 PM PST Do you know any subreddit for startup / entrepreneur / founder / business jokes, trolls, memes? Every sub I have joined is so damn serious. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:04 PM PST So I have a client that emailed me explaining a new problem he has with his website. I usually develop new features or fix bugs on his website, but today was a simple technical tip and it took some of my time to figure out what was going on. How can I politely ask for compensation for my work even if it's technically outside of my normal business tasks? [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for a job as an instagram virtual assistant Posted: 07 Feb 2018 08:06 AM PST Hie guys I am looking for a job an instagram virtual assistant. I am 18 years old and I am from Zimbabwe. My country has 90% unemployment rate but what I know is that there are no countries on the internet and I would like to help businesses grow their instagram accounts and acquire customers from the platform. If you want an instagram virtual assistant or you know someone who has need for one, feel free to send me a direct message. Thank you so much for your support. I appreciate all your efforts in advance. Stay Blessed. [link] [comments]  |
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| Am I Overthinking My Business Name? Posted: 07 Feb 2018 11:22 AM PST So I make very high end dresses and my business name is currently Aussie Dress Co. but can be shortened to a DBA "Aussie." I also own the rights to Finna Elska which means "Find Love" in Icelandic which goes well with my brand since my brand is all about building self-confidence and self-love through looking your best and being able to appreciate yourself. Am I overthinking the brand name or does it not really matter all that much? [link] [comments]  |
| Storing Sensitive Client Information Posted: 07 Feb 2018 11:17 AM PST I'm a Google Apps reseller, and my primary machine is a Chromebook Pixel 2015 LS. I seem to have been gifted with excellent memory when it comes to passwords, and I am able to remember the dozens I have for different services and sites, but this doesn't extend to remembering those for my clients. I've been growing substantially over the last year, and I am now starting to feel the strain of not having a solution for storing various logins, admin accounts, wifi passwords, etc for various clients. I've considered a slew of solutions: things like lastpass seem more consumer focused - providing autofill etc, which isn't what I need.. I'd prefer something that works with Google Drive, encrypting folders/files on demand, and using 2FA to verify my identity.. Naturally, something that is purely cloud based is essential due to my reliance on my Chromebook. I did a little digging in the sub before posting this, and the only feedback I could find was detailing what various entrepreneurs use for their own data, not for protecting client information. [link] [comments]  |
| Can you be a discount and luxury brand? Posted: 07 Feb 2018 10:50 AM PST I have a private label product line that I sell mostly on Amazon and my site. We have 1 general version of our product that is the most popular, then niche versions that aren't as popular. Think bicycle. Our big seller is a basic bicycle that does everything well but nothing great. Then we have bikes that are better for the street, or off trail, etc. These are our niche products. Our sales are starting to wane with more competition. Our products are better than our competitors but they are undercutting us on price. As a test we lowered our price quite a bit on Amazon for our main product, beating our competitors price by 10%, our sales took off. We think we can make a moderate profit and beat our competitors by 5% on price consistently. Our main product should shine as it will be cheaper and it is a better product than our competitors. We were positioning ourselves as a premium brand in the space, trying to avoid a price war. But we've noticed that the success of our niche products is tied to the success of our main product. Many people find our main product as it is very popular, but end up buying one of our niche products after they find us. For every 1 of our main product we sell we sell 1 niche product, we have 8 niche products. Our thought is to battle on price for our main product and keep it popular, but keep our niche products at a higher margin. With most sales of our niche products coming from visitors finding us through our main product, we feel that keeping our main product popular and high ranking will help keep sales stronger for our other products. So far there are no competitors to our niche products and that is likely to remain so. The 8 niche products are hard to manufacture, have a large upfront investment, and just 1 isn't very profitable. In this scenario we will be targeting price sensitive buyers with our main product, and premium buyers with our niche products. We worry we might upset our customers with the large price difference between products, and possibly nobody will buy the niche products. This we will test, but I am curious if anybody here has any experience with anything like this? Thanks in advance for any advice. [link] [comments]  |
| Need a creative suggestion: How to make use of 8,000 F*CKING FLYERS... Posted: 07 Feb 2018 10:43 AM PST Hey guys, We run summer camps for youth in our area. To get word out, we planned to use the US mail EDDM service. But we F*CKED UP. Long and short, our designer didn't realize that mail had to be at least 6.5 x 11.5 and that the indicia had to be printed on them. So we reordered new ones and currently have 8,000 flyers on hand! These also have a discount code on them that expires in a month, so it's not a great look just to hand them out. We are trying to figure out how to distribute them without having to run around town and convince shops/businesses/schools to let us give them out. Anyone have any thoughts or experiences that would help us? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Is it worth buying a $4000 .com domain for a self funded startup with total budget $100K Posted: 07 Feb 2018 10:37 AM PST If I'm self funding an internet business with around 75-100K but I've built the brand around a .net domain, is it worth dropping 4K on the relevant .com domain? On one hand it might help SEO, on the other hand it's a good chunk of the total budget and it has been operating for a short enough time that the whole thing can be rebranded without much loss (operating ~3 months, getting a measly 150 hits / day). [link] [comments]  |
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