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- Entrepreneurs of Reddit...what websites do you use on a daily basis?
- Do you give away products for people/bloggers to review? How can you make sure that they actually do a review?
- Market analysis: how to check if it would be worth it to compete with an existing website?
- Top 10 must-read books on innovation
- How to use the new Instagram algorithm to boost your business account?
- Laundry on demand startup
- Selling Handmade Local Test Results
- I'm about to interview the top entrepreneurs of my country, What should I ask?
- I’d like to share my app idea and see if anyone is interested in partnering with me.
- What are your stories of MVP you tried out and how did they work out?
- Looking to connect/mentorship opportunity
- Where to go from here?
- Does facebook allow advertising weed related products in legal states ?
- First Alibaba order, need some guidance!
- How did you get your start in Music or Sports Management/Marketing?
- Where does Yelp's advertising platform fall short?
- I need advice/guidance
- Are there any good books you'd recommend that give quick summaries/stories on various startups?
- I have an idea for a potential product. How do I figure out if a market exists for it?
- Getting a business license without a business just yet, should I?
- What made your business succeed at first?
- UK - Small biz survey
Entrepreneurs of Reddit...what websites do you use on a daily basis? Posted: 28 Oct 2018 12:52 PM PDT We all know there are millions of websites out there. What are some useful (think product sourcing,news, or hell...even leisure) websites that make you a better entrepreneur? Thanks Reddit! [link] [comments] |
Posted: 28 Oct 2018 11:28 AM PDT I started a brand from the ground up last year. Our product launch was ok, well enough to keep us in business but nothing crazy. We had 2 instagram users message us asking for product samples; they each had 1.5k followers. Small but still had a following and we looked through their profiles to see that they do post a bunch of video reviews. However both took our product and kept blowing us off. They'd tell us x days, then we'd ask if they posted it and they'd keep saying 1 more week. Never got any review. These are like $50 products that cost us $29 to make. Now that we are a little bigger, we have some others messaging us for free products. Again, these users have good profiles and these 2 new people are in the 5-10k follower range. Is it just a cost of doing business? I thought about charging them for a product and then saying that we will refund upon the review posting but that seems too complicated and might leave a bad taste. I have trust issues now and I'm not sure if I'm being too OCD about it. [link] [comments] |
Market analysis: how to check if it would be worth it to compete with an existing website? Posted: 28 Oct 2018 08:48 AM PDT I'm 23, learning web development and I'm eyeing a certain niche social network. Its design hasn't changed in a decade, no mobile version and certainly no app, not even a way to like/upvote posts or comments, virtually no competitors, and despite that it has millions of users worldwide and dozens of thousands of daily users. So honestly I'm really wondering if it would be worth it to build something by myself... [link] [comments] |
Top 10 must-read books on innovation Posted: 28 Oct 2018 01:11 PM PDT Being innovative or creative looks like an inherent trait to most of us, doesn't it? However, if you've been one of those lucky ones who had "creativity" as an academic discipline at school, you'd know that it can at least be nurtured. So what happened along the way? Perhaps, like renowned educationalist, Sir Ken Robinson says, "We got educated out of creativity." And now, we are back to finding ways to use our creative energies to build something of value. How ironical… For those who steered away from the path of innovation and tried to fit into the neatly defined boxes of the world, it's time to get a real sense of what your talents are and dig deep. Your businesses have created circumstances for you to bring these to the surface. To help innovation officers and wannabe innovators in their task, we've put together the best books to inspire you and help your company and workforce stay relevant.
Let's call them more-than-honorable mentions in this list. Our other must-reads include:
Currently I am reading "The Lean Startup". What is favourite book from the list? [link] [comments] |
How to use the new Instagram algorithm to boost your business account? Posted: 28 Oct 2018 12:18 AM PDT
On Instagram just posting on a consistent basis with the right hashtags won't necessarily ensure that your content will always reach its expected audience. Instead, you should consider how you can work with the new algorithm to ease your way to a better Instagram marketing. How does the new Instagram algorithm work? The new Instagram algorithm manages the order of the posts that Instagram users see when they are scrolling through their feed. Based on particular signs, it prioritizes posts, driving the most relevant posts to the top and giving them the most visibility, while other contents are being placed further down in one's feed. These three factors can help you find out about your Instagram strategy:
If a user has interacted with a lot of your past posts, they will be more likely to see your future posts. Users interest This factor is based on whether the user engages with other related posts and accounts. Users who also interact with similar niche are more likely to see your own posts.
More recent posts will be pushed to the top of the feed, while older posts will show up further down. There were also more general points that Instagram shared, which you can make a note of:
Now, you might be thinking what all this have to do with your Instagram marketing strategy. So let's take a look at the ways you can change your approach to reach more of your consumers. Build up a better relationship with your audience customer loyalty and constant engagement from your followers is now more critical than ever because it can get you on top of their feeds. how to create a better relationship with your audience
Post when your followers are online As, RECENCY is a factor in where your post ends up in your followers' feeds, use it to your advantage. This will show Instagram that it's a content that more of your followers would want to see. To get the maximum engagement of every post, try to post your content during your peak posting times. Finding your peak posting times may take a little time and effort, you can start by using your Instagram Analytics report, available to all Business accounts in the mobile app. If you tap on the Audience tab in your Insights and scroll all the way down, you will see a section showing you when your followers are mostly online. You can view this information by days of the week or by the hour on every day. You should test out specific posting times to see what actually works best for you. Maybe posting right before a big wave of activity will work best for your brand, or perhaps it's better to post right after a wave starts. Respond to comments ASAP Have you noticed the business profiles who respond to as many comments as possible on Instagram? This produces social proof for your content, increasing your comment numbers while also encouraging more replies. But it also increases your chances of gaining more engagement while your post's potential reach is at its top. Use hashtags to reach new active users Hashtags can help you extend your reach by helping you show up in related searches. For this method to be effective, you need to choose the hashtags that your target audience would search through to discover content and new users. This is where you will get views that can lead to clicks through to your Instagram profile, engagement, and probably new followers. Use Stories to get attention Instagram Stories draw a lot of attention because they are not controlled by the same algorithm as posts in your feed. They are also an excellent way to interact with your followers and create loyalty, resulting in more engagement on your Instagram posts, and more reach. There are many ways you can use stories:
Conclusion If you like to get the most out of your Instagram, it isn't enough to focus only on publishing content regularly. You should also focus on overall relationship building while engaging with followers from outside of your posts and on them. Instagram algorithm will always be likely to change. But if you're prepared to change with them, you'll find unexpected new ways to reach your potential audience. source: instazood.com [link] [comments] |
Posted: 28 Oct 2018 01:54 PM PDT I'm willing to start a laundry on demand business here in my country. There's no similar service here and it's indeed a need, at least between my circle of friends (btw, I'm going to do a market research before I start building the mvp, just to be sure is not just a need between me and my friends). The problem is, I was researching about similar startups at USA and I've found a lot laundry on demand startups shutting down, obviously, it's normal for startups that doesn't work to shut down but I think there's something else happening with laundry startups, and I thought maybe here I can find some insight about it. I'm thinking that maybe could be because of the challenges that this kind of startups usually face: laundry quality, prices, etc. But I'm not sure, maybe someone here knows. [link] [comments] |
Selling Handmade Local Test Results Posted: 28 Oct 2018 02:41 AM PDT I am on year 3 of a five year plan for my side business of running a little pottery. I work full time making a decent living but I like to be creative. This year was about experimenting with selling local and finding ways to make it work and to see what would happen. I have been online only for the last 2 years on various platforms. I wanted to see what challenges would come up, and if I would be able to sell local so I ran some tests this year on selling local in shops and in community events. One test was collaborating with other local businesses. Here is my Open Studio local test results. Long I know but I hope this is helpful to someone. I will come on again and talk about the failed tests in another posts. It took some time for local sales to start. I was able to get work into 4 shops in 4 different towns. I plan to go back to my online shops at the start of the new year as I still would like to see what I am able to do for the Christmas season. - I had a fairly good sale event last weekend and made about 800.00 in sales and about 400.00 in revenue. I still need to add up the number of pots I sold but it was a great turn out. I surprised people bought the stuff at all as I am a pessimist and expect impending doom at every turn. I had the pottery sale and open studio in collaboration with other local businesses on a Fall " Pumpkin Trial" I spent over $200.00 in ads mostly running Facebook boosts and two print ads in the local paper. Ads in the paper were $55.00 per ad and I ran two. The share cost of group ads between the businesses came to about $100.00. I had coffee and other food items and did throwing demonstrations. Selling local was enjoyable and you need to be ready for people to show up at your studio and house. I had an open studio and people streamed in and out all day both days. My wife is a bit of an introvert so was super nervous helping me prep and the hid both days while I ran the shop, only coming out to see if I needed a break or food. It was great seeing neighbors and friends. The feedback was nice and folks shared their ideas about improvements when I asked. The main lessons I learned:
Losses and opportunity areas:
It's not drop shipping or making million on selling "how to make millions" E-book but I hope someone finds this helpful. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I lurk here a lot and you all have been most helpful in many ways on me starting my pottery and all the ideas and ways it could or should be run. I have no idea what a good pot might be and only a little bit about what it is not. It's all practice. Edit: Spelling and grammar [link] [comments] |
I'm about to interview the top entrepreneurs of my country, What should I ask? Posted: 28 Oct 2018 01:31 PM PDT Hello everyone! My name is Sam and I'm about to video-interview the top entrepreneurs of my country for a project. What questions should I ask? I want it to be interesting, enjoyable to watch and useful for everyone, not the same old questions everyone ask. If you had the opportunity to ask anything to a top entrepreneur, what would it be? [link] [comments] |
I’d like to share my app idea and see if anyone is interested in partnering with me. Posted: 28 Oct 2018 01:19 PM PDT My background is in building businesses and marketing, I do not know how to code at all, but yesterday a few programmers posted on here that they were willing to take on a side project for free, and it got the wheels spinning. Here's the app simply put: a "Yik Yak for Memes" A location based anonymous meme feed that lets users post any meme they want. It would be huge in colleges and high schools, airports, sports games, anywhere a big crowd congregates. Problems: Dick pics. Would have to find a way to restrict dick pics and ban the user forever who posted one. Plan for revenue: Simple ads in the feed just like Instagram does, also can be location based ads so more targeted towards local customers if preferable for the client. That's about it. Anybody interested? Anybody hate it? I'm ready for your thoughts. [link] [comments] |
What are your stories of MVP you tried out and how did they work out? Posted: 28 Oct 2018 01:03 PM PDT |
Looking to connect/mentorship opportunity Posted: 28 Oct 2018 12:17 PM PDT Hello Entrepreneurs, I made a post a while ago about what I can do right now to prepare for entrepreneurship while I'm studying in university. Right now, I'm looking for mentorship opportunities and it will be highly appreciated if anyone is willing to connect. (preferably someone from toronto or mississauga area so we can meet in person but online is fine too). I'm willing to work for free or even pay money to get mentor if necessary. [link] [comments] |
Posted: 28 Oct 2018 11:44 AM PDT I recently thought of a relatively simple solution to a problem. The device needed to solve this would be easy to design but I am not an engineer and have no idea how to go about it. Is there a website where I could hire someone trustworthy to help me design a prototype? Any ideas are appreciated. [link] [comments] |
Does facebook allow advertising weed related products in legal states ? Posted: 28 Oct 2018 07:29 AM PDT I know the advertising policy, and it states that its prohibited to promote the use of illegal or recreational drug use. BUT, I don't know wether that will apply on the grinder that I'm advertising, since it's legal but also recreational. [link] [comments] |
First Alibaba order, need some guidance! Posted: 28 Oct 2018 05:10 AM PDT Hi Guys! I'm about to make my first sample order a product I have been working on for a while! I've visited the manufacturer in Taiwan, and we have agreed a price. It is a relatively high-value good costing $1000. For customisation etc, they are quoting me $1000 on top which will be refunded if I proceed to make a larger order. The shipping is also then going to cost around $400-500 on top. So around $2500 cost for a $1000 product sample. Does this seem reasonable? And should I only make the payment through Alibaba? I have visited them so feel confident it's not a scam etc, but not sure a bank transfer should be how this is done. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
How did you get your start in Music or Sports Management/Marketing? Posted: 28 Oct 2018 11:33 AM PDT |
Where does Yelp's advertising platform fall short? Posted: 28 Oct 2018 07:04 AM PDT I'm in the process of putting together my own ad platform for restaurant owners and looking for competitive advantages over the considered market leader, Yelp. For restaurant that have had experience with this platform, what would you say are it's weak points and pain creators? How effective/ineffective is it for you to specifically target an audience and why? What could solve this? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
Posted: 28 Oct 2018 10:02 AM PDT Hello everyone. So there's an online luxury clothing startup that's launching very soon in California. I want to be a part of it but I live in New York! I currently don't want to move to California. What should I do ? What service can I potentially offer it, living in New York ? [link] [comments] |
Are there any good books you'd recommend that give quick summaries/stories on various startups? Posted: 28 Oct 2018 12:24 AM PDT Just thought I'd ask. Something that will give a few pages (or chapter) to a (preferably) tech business and how they got started, etc, but were a mix of many businesses like that? [link] [comments] |
I have an idea for a potential product. How do I figure out if a market exists for it? Posted: 28 Oct 2018 03:04 AM PDT 2 ideas that I would like to look into, actually. What are the best ways to determine if markets exist for them and I should pursue them further? [link] [comments] |
Getting a business license without a business just yet, should I? Posted: 27 Oct 2018 09:05 PM PDT So, for reference, I'm in TX where an LLC I believe costs around $300 in fees to get going, more if I get someone to handle everything for me. I have an idea for a business, yet probably don't want to start it yet until I get settled with my new home which could very well be 6 months from now. Is it an okay thought to get an LLC ahead of time and pretty much sit on it while I get things going or am I going about it the wrong way? I'd get a DBA but I'd rather have the business as a separate entity sort of things (plus I think an LLC looks better on paper). Also, possibly another dumb question: say I don't bring any money in under the business or its name for the first year. Is there something I'll still be paying on it. Pardon my ignorance, but I thought I'd ask the awesome guys of r/Entrepreneur as many of you are already in the swing of things; if I'm posting in the wrong area please point me in the right direction. [link] [comments] |
What made your business succeed at first? Posted: 27 Oct 2018 10:38 PM PDT I've seen so many "why did your business fail" questions. I'm curious, if you own a successful business what is the one key thing that got your business up and running, and ultimately made it succeed? [link] [comments] |
Posted: 28 Oct 2018 06:05 AM PDT Hey there, I am doing a tiny bit of research for my MA marketing thesis on micro business (10 employees or less). Please could spend five minutes helping me out with the following; [link] [comments] |
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