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    NooB Monday! - (July 09, 2018) Entrepreneur

    NooB Monday! - (July 09, 2018)

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 06:07 AM PDT

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    $12k/mo selling beard care products.

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 05:42 AM PDT

    Hey - Pat from StarterStory.com here with another interview.

    Today's interview is with Paul Lee of HUSKYBEARD, a brand that sells beard care products.

    Some stats:

    • Product: Beard care.
    • Revenue/mo: $12,000.00
    • Started: November 2016
    • Location: Atlanta, Georgia
    • Founders: 1
    • Employees: 1

    Hello! Who are you and what are you working on?

    Hi I'm Paul, a 22-year-old Korean American entrepreneur and founder of HUSKYBEARD, a 6-figure beard grooming brand. This was my first ever business and I've since sold it. I am now operating another Shopify store with a partner, on set to produce $1M by next year. I also consult and mentor eCommerce store owners on ecomswift.com.

    With HUSKYBEARD, the focus from the start was to build a strong brand with beautifully crafted, unique, premium quality beard care products for passionate beardsmen. Our customers and community are men who are passionate about their beards and identify their beards as a lifestyle choice, rather than a grooming choice.

    I've scaled using Facebook Ads primarily, with some SEO, Amazon, Reddit, and Email Marketing on the side. I'm proud to have accomplished a 30% customer retention rate with this passionate community.

    What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?

    So here's how HUSKYBEARD achieved success despite many beginning failures!

    Summer of 2016, I wanted to grow a beard with my friend Daniel. Being both Asian, we had a pathetic, pubic-like patch on our chins, after a full month. With ambition, I wanted to explore how much facial hair I could grow as an Asian male (side note, most Eastern Asian males are bare-faced, so I wanted to stand out). Very soon I stumbled upon Minoxidil 5% (or Rogaine) and its application towards facial hair growth. I actually documented my 1 year experience with this ingredient on Youtube, and have had over 2 million people view my patchy beard growth. It's weird I know. (Youtube link at bottom if you are curious lol)

    While I was on this Minoxidil Beard Growth Journey (as they call it), I learned that hundreds of thousands of men had the same desire as me: to grow facial hair. Being a natural born entrepreneur, I decided to execute the idea of a beard growth cosmetic and solve this problem.

    I was immediately stigmatised and bashed on YouTube and other popular online forums, and was accused of being a scammer trying to sell "snake-oil". My reputation plummeted but I decided to go for it anyway. I wanted it to be so effective and prove all of the haters wrong.

    So I spent about about $1,000 on this project, read 100s of 30 page clinical studies on hair growth ingredients and the science of hair growth, and consulted with cosmetic experts, regulators, and chemists. Over 1,000 hours was spent on this project. I had a dream and I know how to achieve it.

    But one day, a cosmetic legal regulator advised me to surrender this pursuit. This "cosmetic" I dreamt of creating was, under FDA's regulations, a "drug". And drugs require over 8 years of experimentation, and over $2,500,000 for it to be approved and ready for the market. I entertained the idea of "skipping this process", but he told me of a guy who ignored his advice and ultimately had $800,000 worth of his materials destroyed by the FDA, just like that. Without warning, without mercy. That crushed any hope I had left.

    I had spent 10 hours, every day, for months, got ridiculed and vilified, spent almost all of my savings, and got "nothing" in return (so I thought at the time). It was hard on me.

    But rather than dwell on this "failure", I took it as an opportunity and shifted from the idea of beard growth, to beard care. This pivot was the most important event that defined my success to come.

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    Describe the process of designing, prototyping, and manufacturing the product.

    After creating the Shopify store, huskybeard.com, in Nov 2016, I spent a few months analyzing successful businesses, reading hours a day, and watching countless Youtube videos on success, all with intense focus and purpose.

    To test the viability of the business, I started off with the low-risk business model of dropshipping from Aliexpress. And to my luck and surprise, I was able to find a "winning" product almost immediately.

    Revenue growth by the month.

    Monthly revenue grew from $200 in March, to $2K in June. Problems of course arose with this dropshipping method: very slow shipping times, angry customers, poor retention rate, damaged products upon delivery, etc.

    I understood that dropshipping was not the means for creating a long-lasting brand that customers love. So I quit this method, had all my products branded, formulated cosmetic beard oils myself at home, purchased inventory in the bulk, and shipped all orders myself.

    The beginning process for this was first ordering only the best-selling products in bulk from Aliexpress/Alibaba, getting them branded by talking with the supplier, and dropshipping the other products. I made sure to ONLY pay through Alipay/Alibaba trade assurance order for security reasons, and gave my supplier strict conditions for the relationship: refund for each damaged good during shipment transit, quality standards and inspection, negotiating wholesale price, etc.

    I was also only selling products like Combs and Brushes, so I knew I needed to start providing actual beard cosmetics (aka "Beard Oils). So I purchased $70 worth of my competitor's products to analyze their products, the feel/scent of them, and their packaging. I understood what it means to have great packaging, and learned exactly how to create a bottle of Beard Oil, right from home. It took about 10 tries, to get the formulation down. Afterwards, I created 3 different scents and hired a graphic designer to create the product labels.

    I still to this day don't understand how I managed to do all of this: marketing, customer service, business operations, order fulfilment, and juggling between a part time job. Working all night until 7AM was very common during these times. It got so difficult managing all of these things, so I finally quit my job (after having worked there for 4 years), and brought in my cousin to help out.

    Describe the process of launching the online store/business.

    I knew this was the niche I wanted to get in, so I spent a good deal of time thinking about what kind of brand I wanted to create and who my ideal customer was. Many other competitors in this space were hypermasculine (think "If you're not bearded, you're not a man" attitude) and the design aspects didn't seem very modern.

    I decided on HUSKYBEARD because it was catchy, and I thought "everyone loves dogs, men and women alike", so a husky mascot would be broadly appealing. (I actually think this is why many wives and girlfriends of bearded men purchased from my brand).

    I didn't do any sort of launch campaign at the start, I just rolled the store out and slowly made the site look better and better, while learning everything I could. Thinking now, I made the mistake of consuming information non-stop and not actually taking action. It wasn't until March that I actually started to acquire traffic and spending money on advertising.

    Since launch, what has worked to attract new customers?

    For traffic and sales, I focused primarily on Facebook advertising. I told myself I would master Facebook Ads first before I touched the other platforms. All the profits I made were immediately invested back into testing and scaling more Facebook ads.

    The $5/day ad sets soon became $15/day, $25/day, and even $150/day. But I wasn't making the figures I wanted to with Facebook ads. I slowly utilized other sales channels like Amazon, Etsy, eBay, etc. and also took on some SEO strategies as well as Email Marketing. With just a month or so of effort, I was able to rank #2 for a keyword that had 10,000+ searches a month and acquired over 8,000 leads through running a free contest giveaway.

    As far as my top marketing channels, these were the ones that produced the most revenue:

    1. Facebook Advertising:

    Since I was advertising beard products, it made sense to advertise Facebook audience demographics of men who liked pages related to "Beards", "Facial Hair", "Mustache", etc. These were a bit too broad though, somewhere in the 5 million+. So I "flex targeted" (act of narrowing layers of audiences in one ad set). So people who liked "Beards" AND people who liked (competitor brand). Facebook ads is one of the trickiest to master, and took me over 6 months to get down. This is one of the most requested services from my clients: Facebook Ads Consulting and Managing.

    2. SEO:

    Right from the start of my store, I implemented good SEO practices like writing down alt tags and descriptions and compressing images. I got introduced to techniques (both black hat and white hat) such as utilizing back links and getting "juice" from other sites, like my competitors. I spent some money on optimizing my store (making page load time quicker), and on acquiring backlinks (from packages and guest blog posts, like "Top 10 Beard Oils". After several months, I was able to achieve 2nd ranking for the term "Beard Comb" which had ~10,000+ searches/monthly. Not bad.

    3. Email Marketing:

    I absolutely loved Russull Brunson's invaluable advice in DOTCOM SECRETS and his well known welcome series templates and branding techniques. After writing up 5 emails, I set them up from 1st email the lead gets to the last email (in the 5 day series) and gave them a huge discount off of a $100 product. This email series is automated, and still automated to this day and allows the customer to know us better before they purchase something from us. I've also setup many different automation series for when customers abandon cart, enter a giveaway contest, purchase a specific product, have not purchased a product, etc. In summary, email marketing is not dead!

    In regards to sales and marketing, I would emphasize the power (and profit margins) of branding, and really understanding who your customers are and really catering to them. After understanding who they are, the next step would be to test continuously, and to not fall in love with your product/marketing campaign/etc. Do not get your ego attached. If you're profitable, keep it going and test for better results. If what you're doing is not profitable, be quick to revise and make the necessary adjustments.

    How is everything going nowadays, and what are your plans for the future?

    Every month of 2017 produced more revenue than the month preceding. Q4 of 2017 was when I had achieved the most sales.

    Though the revenue was getting higher and higher, I did not understand the concept of higher revenue not always equaling higher profit. I was just so focused on squeezing in as many sales as I could.

    So in the beginning of 2018, I stopped being so aggressive with my front-end advertising, in order to focus more on giving value to my existing audiences (through email marketing and retargeting). I was able to increase my customer retention rate from about 13% to 30% in a very short time. And I only spent about $50-$80/day on advertising, which generated much higher margins. I also implemented an ambassador program where bearded men can receive free products in exchange for video reviews, product selfies, etc. (which can be used as ad creatives and social media posts).

    Through starting the business, have you learned anything particularly helpful or advantageous?

    This journey has taught me so much about entrepreneurship, business, and achieving goals in general. Any success in any sense comes with a very heavy price, which most will not be willing to pay. I was foolish in thinking that I could live glamorously, after just a few months of making a few grand. Had I splurged in instant gratification, the business would've probably failed.

    Anything great worth achieving requires you to sacrifice your comfort, your time with friends and family, and many of your hobbies/interests. Juggling between many different things and distractions, while attempting a big goal, is almost never going to work out. Because success is so much harder to attain than people believe. I had so much fun in college, going to parties, chasing girls, socializing, etc. And I dropped all of it (including college), in order to focus with 100% intensity on the growth of my business.

    Going against society. Imagine a beardless guy telling you he wants to start a beard grooming business. Crazy right?

    Culturally, my Asian parents wanted me to become a doctor/lawyer, yet I dropped out of college...to make beard products. Nobody believed in me. Not my family, nor my friends. I wanted someone to believe me, or someone to be proud of the small little successes I had. I didn't have any of that. Facing endless discouragement from my loved ones, and going after a dream alone, was definitely the hardest part of my journey.

    I'm only 22 years old yet I know my time alive is not long. Last year, my cousin, 22 at the time also, woke up, got in his motorcycle, and was killed in a crash. Just like that. No warning, no expectation; his life was taken away by a careless elderly driver. I know my day is coming, but I don't know when. This is why I have such an urgency to do all of the things I want to do while I'm conscious and alive. And young. As young as possible.

    What platform/tools do you use for your business?

    The tools/apps/services I've used and recommend for eCommerce stores are: upsell/cross-sell apps (like Personalyzer and Zipify OCU), automated and segmented email setup, IFTTT for social media content distribution, a pop-up app for collecting leads and giving discounts (Privy or Zipify Coupon Countdown), and an accounting app that will track your profits (like SimplyCost).

    I highly recommend Shopify for those starting out with selling physical products, dropshipping, etc.. I recommend Clickfunnels for those selling digital products, professional services, high-ticket consulting, etc.

    What have been the most influential books, podcasts, or other resources?

    It's absolutely necessary to rewire and recondition your mind. We are socialized and conditioned to live "normal", ordinary lives and not achieve great magnitudes of success.

    Here are 5 books that have had tremendous impact on business, pursuit of success, and self-growth (no particular order):

    • The Fountainhead
    • The 4 Hour Work Week - Tim Ferris
    • DOTCOM SECRETS - Russell Brunson
    • E-Myth Revisited - Michael Gerber
    • The ONE Thing - Keller Papasan

    Advice for other entrepreneurs who want to get started or are just starting out?

    Here are some lessons and advice that I hope will help anyone reading my story:

    • When starting, ONLY listen to those who are where you want to be, or those who are masters at the craft you are learning. Everyone gives their opinion (even me right now), so you need to only give weight to qualified people/sources. It's very likely your parents/friends are giving you the WRONG advice. Instead, go to books, mentors, consultants, etc.
    • Everything has an ROI to it. And no I don't mean monetarily. The things you do either produce positive benefit, or negative consequence, in the short or long run. Drinking beers with your friends could have a positive ROI if it means you're in desperate need for a break and need to loosen up. Contrastly, this could have a negative ROI if it means you'll be hungover the next day and incapable of any productivity. Choose your behaviors wisely.
    • The mainstream narrative is almost always wrong. Not wrong in the sense that it's not true (although many times just outright not true), I mean that what the general masses think and do, is exactly what you'll get. And if you want to achieve massive heights, you absolutely cannot do what everyone is doing. You have to be willing to go against your social conditioning and belief systems, and go for what you want and do it all the way.
    • The man working smarter achieves more than the man working harder. Working hard and hustling doesn't always get you results. You only have so much energy, time, and willpower in a day, so you have to strategically prioritize the most important and effective actions, as quickly as possible. Essentially, the 80/20 principle.
    • Starting a business is the best way to learn about business. It boggles my mind that anyone would pay $40,000 for a degree in business/marketing/related studies, and after 4-8 years, expect to be ready to start their business ventures. Save that $40K, learn the education online (which is mostly free), pay money to people who are actually millionaires (and not to business professors who have MBAs yet have never sold anything ever), and be empowered to do it on your own. You'll learn much more this way.
    • Know your numbers. Use Quickbooks. Know your net costs. Aim for 400% ROI minimal, after all expenses. How much are you making today/this month/this quarter? You need to know this or else you are running in the dark.
    • Do not do it alone. I cannot stress this enough, for your own success and your own sanity, you need to have support. Whether that's a friend cheering you on when you hit those sales numbers, or if it's a mentor telling you why you can't scale your Facebook Ads. Going at it alone, like I did, is extremely expensive, and takes forever.
    • Do ONE Thing and do it with all your might. The more cups you have to fill, the less amount you'll have in each cup. Your focus and time are your biggest assets. Knowing this, I dropped school; quit my job; quit social media; moved into my parents (away from friends and the city life); limited time playing video games, hanging with friends, and dating; and focused SOLELY on my business.

    Where can we go to learn more?

    For personal, one-on-one mentoring/consulting, you can reach me at ecomswift.com.

    I also share my lessons and experiences on my ECOMSWIFT Youtube Channel. Check it out!

    My 1-Year Unsuccessful Beard Growth Journey Documentary: Youtube

    Liked this interview? Check out more founders that shared their story on StarterStory.com.

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    Cleaning business day 3. Placed a C-list ad, got one customer, did the job myself and made $120 bucks.

    Posted: 08 Jul 2018 03:53 PM PDT

    I wanted to do the first job myself to see what it would be like, how long it took, how detailed one should go, where to set lines and boundaries, how I wanted to charge. I learned all of those things today.

    I just charged $25hr no drive time or anything else. I ended up cleaning her whole house basically. I wasn't really sure how in depth to go. If you really wanted to DEEP clean a house you could spend all the time in the world. I tried to find a balance between looking great, but not taking too much time.

    Next time I'm charging port to port and clearly outlining what I'm cleaning so I know when I'm done and their expectations are set before I get there. I think I'll do it myself for a couple more time until I get a system down... something I can teach someone else.

    Any who, here to not having paralysis by analysis and just getting out there.

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    What are some genuinely creative ways to bring traffic to your website?

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 06:16 AM PDT

    Genuinely creative - not just SEO, Social Media and Blogging. Unless it's a particularly interesting usage of those methods.

    Think Outside the Box - Nothing is off limits on this thread - Example : Painting your URL on a sumo wrestler and getting him to block the entrance of the Washington Monument is an acceptable answer.

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    What are some very good Underrated books for entrepreneurs ?

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 08:49 AM PDT

    What are some very good Underrated books for entrepreneurs ?

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    Subway Franchise Business for Sale

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 09:06 AM PDT

    Hi all,

    I hope this isn't breaking any rules of the sub but I'm selling 3 of my SUBWAY stores in the north-east (UK).

    I'm selling as these are too far from my home in London and only ever purchased as an additional income stream. I've run them for about 6 years now but as I don't have time anymore to look after them, I'm looking to sell. All 3 are profitable and 2 have a much greater capacity to grow due to their location.

    Here are some initial figures on them:

    1. Fulwell: Turnover - £300,000, Net profit - £60,000, Lease - £12,000, remodelled 2 years ago.

    2. Doxford: Turnover - £400,000, Net profit - £50-80k, Lease - £21,000 plus service charges, remodelling due

    3. Lowfell: Turnvoer - £200,000, Net Profit - £50,000, Lease - £10,000, remodelled 1.5 years ago

    If anyone is interested in buying, drop me a message. Alternatively, I'd appreciate if someone can direct to a place where there would be prospective buyers (already advertising on RightBiz and Businessesforsale.

    Thanks.

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    Do I need a business license?

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 12:17 PM PDT

    Hi guys, long time lurker here. My business partners and I are located in Hawaii and we want to start selling shirts online. Would we need a business license to start selling?

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    I am going to start tutoring independently. Do I need to start a business for it?

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:53 PM PDT

    I'm going to tutor independently as a side-job.

    Can I set up a website and offer tutoring services, or do I need to set up a business first?

    By setting up a business, I mean getting a business license and whatever else is included in getting a business license.

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    Has anyone opened a franchise?

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:47 PM PDT

    If so, how'd it go? Was it profitable? Was turnover a huge issue?

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    Entrepreneurial opportunities in central and South America?

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:42 PM PDT

    What do you all think of moving down to those countries and doing business there?

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    Paying for Blog Content

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:24 PM PDT

    Hi there,

    Does anybody have recommendations for an individual or company who specialize in writing content for blogs? There are not enough hours in the day to sit down and write blog posts and I would love to outsource it. If anyone has used a company or individual and been happy with the results can you please suggest them to me?

    Thanks in advance!

    Cheers.

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    Looking to drop ship, need advice

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 10:27 AM PDT

    I'm looking to invest around 20k USD into drop shipping. I have a niche, no website, nothing really but an idea at the moment. I know getting a website made would be in the range of 500-1.5k USD.

    Should the rest be spent on paid advertisement?

    Should I house inventory, or solely drop ship?

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    Real world exercise in entrepreneurship

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:06 PM PDT

    I think many of us suffer from analysis paralysis including myself. I do have some experience in running a small business but have been on a journey to take this to the next step for many years. I imagine many of the readers of this sub feel similar or have a similar experience. This post is to see if there is some interest in something I've been pondering over for several weeks/months.

    Basically to flesh out an idea or project as an individual is a time consuming task that can lead to burn out and other factors that prevent many of us from moving on from the idea stage. We've all heard that the best ideas cannot succeed without execution, however many of us get stuck or discouraged at the earliest stages. I've been thinking if the process can be broken up into parts and the process shared that many of us could move past these first stages and in the process learn a lot more about getting an idea off the ground and running.

    What I am suggesting is a simple collaboration between 10-25 people working on a particular idea or project. No one owns this, and this isn't meant to be your new job or anything like that. I believe everyone will get a lot of positive experience depending on your contributions and how well everything is communicated in the group. It will be a case study of sorts where everyone knows what everyone else is doing and how. I think this breaks down some of the barriers we tend to experience.

    There will need to be some basic structure, project or task manager, variety of experience and talent, a pre-decided method of communication and info sharing, and everyone would need to check their ego at the door so to speak. The project or idea itself can be anything we decide on. Anyone can contribute anything and any amount to said project. It doesn't have to be money, skills or anything in particular. Everyone needs to do their part. Ask yourself if your willing to follow and rules set and be a valued contributor before joining.

    Success will be measured in the experience, documentation of said experience and completion of the project. Everyone involved will have free access to said project/product at the time of completion with the understanding that the real value resides in the experience of such a project.

    I'm not sure how to pick the members? Maybe first come first serve? Duties will be decided after the group is decided. I have no say in who does what, it would be approved by everyone in the group. I'm sure that I am forgetting a few things but this covers that main points.

    If anyone is interested let me know and we can try to set something up. Anyone want to leave positive or negative feedback please do so, I am all ears. Thanks for reading everyone.

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    Korea to USA - Partnering Advice and/or best practice

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 01:32 PM PDT

    I just recently came across a Korean Jewelry company that only deals in Korea. I believe there is a great opportunity to represent them in the United States and sell to a new market. One that is not as fond of Diamonds for engagements, etc.

    I am curious what a common proposal would look like for such a partnership. I basically want to offer my own investment to represent their company in the United States. If I were to draft a proposal right now with zero guidance I would simply offer to front all costs of bringing their brand to the US Market. But I am unsure of how profits would be split, and things of that nature.

    Would anyone have any prior experience in an agreement like this? And how would you enter negotiations?

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    Ecommerce website recommendation for Seasonal Company

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 12:01 PM PDT

    Hello,

    Ive been reading a ton about Shopify and Woocommerce and I decided to see if I can get some advice on which one works best with my business.

    I sell Christmas decor and seasonal decor. I have over 1200 products that I can sell, all of which are not too expensive. I heard that shopify is great to use but is expensive to maintain. I am typically only going to be selling my product from October up until Jan. Thats only four months. If I use shopify, will it be able to cancel/hold my account for the low-season months? Also, will shopify be able to handle 1200 products? I am not that tech savy but I do have a basic understanding of how coding works and I have coordinated the development of a wordpress website already but It seems like it would be quite time consuming. I only have until the end of August to complete the website.

    What ecommerce website would yall recommend based on my company type?

    Thanks in advance

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    I asked help for a business name and got a few PM's asking what the products look like. Here they are!

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 07:49 AM PDT

    I'm in a very slow process of starting a niche business (I think). A quick background. My family works in the stone business and has for many many years. We make stone sculptures, coffee tables, clocks, and mostly anything you can think of.

    All of these are handmade and can take weeks to months to do.

    The idea - Get some pre made items back here to the states and go to local art festivals (mainly in locations where rich/wealthy people live) and simply resell them and/or accept custom orders.

    The process - Everything comes from our stone factories in Europe. Then carefully boxed in custom reinforce wooden boxes to ensure proper shipping. Items take about a month from port to port. In regards to logistics, I have everything in place from the port there to pickup/warehouse here for holding, to customs broker for filling out ISF forms.

    Here are some items I have brought over myself and sold to some people as a little test run. The feedback has been nothing but wonderful and looking to take this to a higher scale.

    Here are some of the stone work we have done

    Any feedback or advice would be great, rather it's ideas on some work we could do, places we can possibly sell, or any general tips/advice/feedback/criticism

    I might try the etsy route as well and see if i get any luck.

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    How to know what the right words are to use on landing page?

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 11:26 AM PDT

    Hi,

    I'm building a landing page and I have no idea what I should write. There are so many choices of words, sentences, I get lost.

    Any advice on this? It is very early stage of release, I'm webdeveloper so I do what I know, build website first, but no clue what to put there.

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    Question to wholesalers

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 11:14 AM PDT

    Hey guys, I recently started a women's lingerie and swimwear wholesale company. For those who also sell in bulk to importers, how do you usually get clients? I want to search for importers on Google to do some cold emailing with links to my site and product list. I'm also thinking of starting an Adwords campaign. What do you guys use to promote wholesale businesses?

    Thanks!

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    Software For Tracking Production Of Physical Goods

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 11:04 AM PDT

    Do any of you have recommendations on software for tracking a products progress through the manufacturing process?

    We run a small just in time production line for a physical product we make. It's a combination of softgoods (i.e. fabrics) and some plastic pieces and other non-fabric things. There are several steps and dozens of pieces. We are currently in low enough volume that we can track our unit production on a spreadsheet, but it will become cumbersome as we increase production volume. We track things such as who did which step, what date the production of a piece started and when it finished, special notes, product variations such as color and size, etc.

    So, any recommendations on software that would be ideal for production tracking? Thank you all!

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    How is your networking and social life when you are an entrepreneur?

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 10:48 AM PDT

    I don't work for anyone as a permanent employee. I am trying to set up certain low capital businesses, mostly that has to do with software, video and illustrations for some niche but sustainable markets and industries in the long term as well, so, I now just work part-time. I make as much as what my friends make by working 3 times less. I can work for a week part-time and I make as much as my friends who work as permanent employees make a month. So, I'm also free on most of the weekdays. I find myself just eating alone, browsing on the internet and drinking wine on weekdays because none of my friends are free. How do you guys deal with this? I tried motivating them to start the businesses with me but they are not interested in partnering up no matter I tried to reason with them with all the facts and data, just because I cannot show them the "results" now. How do you network to find like-minded people?

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    Is mass emailing effective?

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 10:38 AM PDT

    So basically I own a website, and want to utilize an database containing relevant user's emails, who use websites similar to mine.

    How do I prevent emails going to spam?

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    Copyright Protection Service?

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 10:06 AM PDT

    Has anyone out there ever hired a copyright protection service? Was it worth it? Do you have any recommendations for services?

    I'm an artist who sells stickers, patches, pins, etc. and I have a huge problem with people buying knockoffs of my work from China and selling cheaper on websites like ebay and etsy. Since going after Alibaba is hard, my solution has been to go after the sellers directly. Most people just take the listings down, but it's stressful and time consuming. Looking for a company to take care of it for me.

    If any of you have other advice on copyright protection, etc. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks guys.

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    Project Based Service Firm: is Access the right tool for this?

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 09:59 AM PDT

    Hi there, fellow entrepreneurs,

    I've posted this on the MsAccess subreddit, but I'd love your opinion too because maybe someone here has an experience with different tools.

    I have a service firm, a one-man enterprise working with architecture design. But the bulk of my work is compliance projects that are filed to the city administration. So, basically, I work with a lot of low-value projects that involves a lot of documentation. And I run a lot of these in parallel.

    What I'm trying to implement is a system where I can organize the tasks by category, from all the active projects. So, let's say that I'm going to city hall tomorrow, and I have 6 different projects that need something from there, I can easily pull a list of to DOs related to 'going to the city hall'.

    Is Access the right tool for this? Does anyone have any experience in a similar endeavor?

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    My Android App is earning 167$ in 3 weeks with just 4 months in market . Should I sell it for 5.5k USD ? Any highest bids or suggestions ?

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 09:32 AM PDT

    Webinar platform that allows paid registration/making e-courses

    Posted: 09 Jul 2018 09:32 AM PDT

    Since we entrepreneurs deal with digital presentations frequently, I'm curious if there are some platforms you've liked that have this feature set.
    A friend of mine asked if there was a presentation site like Webinarjam that didn't cost so much.
    We liked WJ for the payment portal, but haven't found anything comparable, and I'm not versed in presentation apps.
    We can get creative with Zoom's options to get started, but for now anything that is simple to use and works on iPhone/computer and includes self-registration/paid enrollment, that would be perfect!
    One step further would be to turn the webinars into e-courses so that others could enjoy catching up on the lessons while they make new content for the next season.

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