Thank you Thursday! - (November 08, 2018) Entrepreneur |
- Thank you Thursday! - (November 08, 2018)
- How to grow an Instagram account organiclly (and for free) COMPLETE (mostly) GUIDE
- How to grow your instagram account organically (and for free)
- What’s it like running a Cannabis Business?
- First Subscriber On My Online Business!!!!!!
- 18 y/o Entrepreneur Open to Comments, Questions and Concerns
- What do you think about buying on Ebay and Amazon with crypto-currency?
- Created an app with a partner. Want to form LLC for it. Is legalzoom a good option?
- Building on two sided markets
- I've started a new podcast about entrepreneurs, design and tech
- If you had $150,000 in liquid assets, what would you do with it?
- Starting a low-voltage company, what are the requirements?
- Naming a Loyalty Program Reward Points
- Ecommerce owners, what are some products or services you wish existed? I am a freelance ecommerce web developer looking to expand into entrepreneurship.
- Did any of you build your success being affiliates for others?
- How to deliver content?
- How do I motivate myself to work when I'm in the "eating shit" phase and don't really enjoy it?
- How to get my first clients at launch
- What should be my next move?
- What pain does your product/service solve?
- Is there a software/tool for phone call management?
- Part 2 coming soon
- How to motivate an unmotivated founder
- How should i market my kickstarter campaign?
- RFID-traceable Kids’ Socks
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| How to grow an Instagram account organiclly (and for free) COMPLETE (mostly) GUIDE Posted: 08 Nov 2018 11:55 AM PST I saw there was a post on this recently, and after reading the comments saw there was some good advice, and some bad. In today's world online and social media marketing are becoming not only important, but actual tools to increase revenue and profit. There's a bunch of ways to grow an IG account, and a bunch of ways to tank one. This will be a long post, so I'll try and break into bits. Apologies for mobile Sorry guys, I know I'm super late on this, I've just been really busy the past couple months. Here you go, and please don't hesitate to reach out for specific help or advice. Also I'm sure I missed some points, so feel free to add your experience. Just be very careful about using suggestions. Saw some advice in the comments on my last post that was good, and some that was bad. Do your research, and be careful. Have at it UNDERSTANDING THE AUDIENCE It really doesn't matter all that much what you're using your IG account for, whether it's to sell a product, to increase brand awareness, to create connections, or just to generate hype, if you don't understand your audience. Know the consumers you're trying to target and what kind of things they like and follow. Do your research, google searches, ask random people on the street, ask friends and family what they think and how would they feel. As with all things marketing, the most important step is to put yourself into their shoes and think strategically the best way to engage with them THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO COME AT IT WITH A STRATEGY. Each post is an opportunity to gain followers. Your waves of followers will come from quality posts, so make sure you attack each post with a strategy and a hungry mentality. If you're on this sub, y'all are fucking sharks. Be a shark. THE ALGORITHM In all honesty, we don't really know what the algorithm is, but understanding how it works is far more important. Basically, like Facebook, Instagram has a formula that ranks its content (posts) in the feed and in the explore page (more on the explore page later). It has variables such as time of post, total likes and comments, hashtags, location, details on the account that posted, and even includes software to recognize what is in each post, and boost or demote it that way. Therefore, if you tend to only like pictures that have luxury cars in them, IG will boost those pictures in your feed. If you only pics of food or dogs, IG will boost pics of food or dogs in your feed and explore page. Each account has a slightly different algorithm in this regard. This is why it's important first of all to understand your target audience, and get in their shoes, not yours. So if your product is a technology that primarily benefits middle aged woman, but you only post pictures of the technology, you won't do as well as if you posted pictures that were applicable and likeable by middle aged woman. Like and comments are your direct assessment of your post. If your audience like it, they'll engage with you. If not, they won't. Also the algorithm changes every few months, so what worked last year or even last quarter, probably won't work the exact same way now. POST FREQUENCY Some of the comments on the previous post touched on this, but gave some poor advice. Do NOT listen to anyone who tells you you have to post as frequently as you can or post twice a day no exceptions. This is shit advice. Anyone who makes a sweeping rule is clearly not a real entrepreneur, or at least not a very good one. Theres more than way to skin a cat. In general, posting twice a day is a safe option. Once a day, isn't bad either, 3x a day can work. I've had success with even posting 3x a week. I would say somewhere between 3-20x a week. But make sure you aren't oversaturating your feed. You can easily bother your followers by making too many low quality posts. Quality over quantity every time. I know this probably sounds vague, but the important thing to remember is each account is different and unique. Please feel free to ask questions specific to you in the comments and I bet as a community we can really give some good advice. TIME OF POST Pretty simple here. 12-9pm EST tends to be best. 12, 3, and 9 specifically. This is when most people tend to be on IG. Sorry if you're international, but I would suggest a quick google search looking for best times to post on IG. Generally speaking, Sunday tends to be the least engaging day of the week, but I've still found plenty of success these days. CONTENT Quality content is so important to have. There are three types of posts you can make on Instagram. Just a regular picture, a video, or a gallery post, meaning multiple selections where the user has to swipe in order to see the full post. Generally speaking, videos that are 10-30 second long will perform best, but this is absolutely not a rule of thumb. All posts that have a clear resolution, aren't cropped weird, and are professional are capable of performing well. People are forgoing their websites to only use an Instagram page for their business. Therefore, you have to use professional and quality content on your page. I've only had one post that was blurry that performed well, and it was in the middle of a good week (all other posts were getting thousands, and some tens of thousands of likes and engagements). IG boosts accounts that show consistent positive results. I know that it can be hard to find quality content to post, so if you have questions in this regard specific to your account or business, let me know in the comments. Otherwise, there are a couple apps that let you pull down other profile's posts off the app. I like Grab the best, but it is a bit clunky to use. Buffer lets you do reposts, but I've had a lot of bad experience with Buffer, but one of my mentors has really loved it, so you can try it out and decide for yourself. Always tag people in your posts as well. Instagram lets you tag up to 20 accounts in one post, and you can now tag in videos too! this is awesome. So find influencers in your niche and tag them. Find big accounts related to your niche, and tag them. Find pages your audience follows, and tag them. We also need to discuss the concept of a powerlike. A powerlike is when someone with a big following likes your picture and engages with you. Your post is then much more likely to be displayed in their followers feeds and explore pages. Certain accounts likes have more value than others, so use this to your advantage. EXPLORE PAGE Your ultimate goal through organic growth is to consistently get on the explore page and get promoted this way. The explore page is the page you access through the little magnifying glass at the bottom of the mobile app, or the compass when using desktop (don't use desktop, IG's desktop sucks). It shows suggestions to you based on your previous likes and comments and who you follow. This is a great way to utilize OUTSIDE ENGAGEMENT, which I'll get to later. HASHTAGS Probably the best improvement you can make on your content is the correct use of hashtags. Each post can have up to 30, so use 30. I also suggest "hiding" them in the comments section by posting them as a comment, but there's no evidence to support that this truly makes a difference. Use hashtags relevant to your niche. If you're niche is in to cars, but your using hashtags like #hairstylistlove or #cutedogsoninstagram, IG will actually tank you for incorrectly "gaming" the algorithm. There's a couple of strategies you can use. 10/10/10 is a good start. Basically, there are big hashtags (over 500,000 posts), medium hashtags (50k-500k posts), and small hashtags (under 50k). You'll see these ranges vary depending on who you ask, but for 10/10/10, I like these ranges. 10/10/10 basically means to use 10 big hashtags, 10 small, and 10 medium sized ones to properly market your post. Pretty simple. There's also 25/5, and all smalls. In this case I'd use 25 hashtags under 100,000 and 5 over, or all hashtags under 100,000. The important thing with hashtags is to keep experimenting and find what works. Not all posts are going to do well in a good set of hashtags, and not all good posts require a good set of hashtags to do well. Ik that sounds confusing and tricky, but if you take the time, and put effort into making quality content, Instagram will reward you. They want people to USE the app, to SPEND TIME using their product. The more you use it the more you'll gain. Geotagging is using a hashtag specifically related to your area. So for example #beverlyhills90210 or #minneapolisweather. These can be great if you're specifically trying to grow your brand in an area. Tagstealing is a term I use, but basically, it means going into the explore page and searching a hashtag relevant to your niche. Find a post that performs well compared to that profile's usual posts. So if someone posts a picture and it gets 500 likes when all their other posts get 50, use the hashtags that they did. They already gamed the algorithm and did the hard part for you. SHADOWBANNING This is a widely misunderstood concept and its important that we cover it in its own section. Shadowbanning is where Instagram bans certain hashtags from showing your posts in the explore page. usually these hashtags are porn related or can be porn related. So for example, #petite is banned and won't show results when searched. You can just Google banned hashtags checker and find free online tools that determine whether or not something is banned. Shadowbanning is NOT however, Instagram demoting your posts for whatever reason. it is strictly related to hashtags CAPTIONS Captions are the voice of your posts. It gives you an opportunity to share your opinion, connect with your audience, drive engagement, or really determine the direction of your post. I almost always recommend having a call to action ("let me know what you think in the comments below") to help drive engagement on your posts. Encourage people to want to interact with you, but don't be desperate. That shit turns people off. Some people have long winded, winding stories as captions, while others have maybe a sentence at most. It really depends on you and who you are. Be genuine and real with your audience, and they'll respond to that. Never try to do something just for the likes, always attack IG with the mindset of being yourself and putting your best content and effort into the page. You can use hashtags here, or you can post them in the comments section. I like utilizing the comments method because it "tricks" the algorithm by showing your post as having an extra comment right away. LOCATION This is a tricky one but can greatly be used to your benefit. This mainly affects the explore page. Basically, you want to use a location that garners a lot of activity, and more importantly, people on their phones. Stadiums, famous malls, public monuments, or popular Instagram spots are good locations to use. I've had mixed results when using restaurants. If you're trying to grow in a specific city this is wonderful. But make sure you get a little more specific, if you're just going to do a certain city. Use a neighborhood instead, i.e. Brooklyn not New York, Beverly Hill not Los Angeles. OTHER TOOLS BESIDES POSTS This is going to be things like Stories, Live, IGTV. Instagram wants you to use the app, so that they can make more money off of ads. Therefore, they're going to boost you for using the other aspects of the app. Post stories once a day or 5x a week, as a general rule of thumb. An easy strategy with stories is to just do reposts on similar accounts and encourage them to engage with you. Minimal effort for decent reward. also turning the camera around and showing you, talking into the camera, showing your workspace, or you in the field is great as well. More effort, but also probably more reward. Live feed maybe once or twice a week, or more, if you have the content/activity. Things like talks, lectures, videos, lessons etc. Sometimes you can do giveaways exclusive for your live viewers. This encourages viewers to come back consistently and engage in your live stream. IGTV is the newest tool here, but I've best seen it used and used it in the form of interviews, similar to a podcast, or in lectures or announcements. Amanda Bucci has a really great use of stories, live, and IGTV, so check her out for inspiration. These are now so much more important for gaining followers. Make sure you're using hashtags and tagging people in your stories etc as well. OUTSIDE ENGAGEMENT This is where you'll really separate your account and make huge strides in growth. I grew an account from 3k followers to 10k in 3 months throug this. You should be spending 30 mins to an hour a day, going out and liking and commenting on other people's posts, to help drive engagement to your page. If you haven't noticed by now, the key word in IG is engagement, and you have to give if you wanna get. You can open a post in the explore page, like it, leave a comment that opens/starts a conversation, and move on in literally less than 10 seconds. Great, swipe right, and do it again. and again. and again and again and again for 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after each post. I've seen this strategy work, but also doing this multiple times throughout the day. Experiment and find what works for you. Each account is different and unique. Each method is going to be different and unique. More than one way to skin a cat. Also make sure that youre replying to all your comments on your posts. This will not only increase loyalty and motivation among your followers, but also trick the algorithm. if you get three comments on a post, and reply to all of them, you now have 6 instead of 3. Always be engaging and active with your followers, and try to reach out to other accounts in your niche and bring them in. I saw a question about bots and stuff, there are plenty of bots on instagram. If they leave a comment, then leave a generous reply, and ignore, unless they respond and seem to be more than just automated. Bots are another follow, but having a group of loyal active followers will grow your account much faster than a bunch of bots who don't engage. DONTs Don't buy followers. Most of them tend to be bots, or the wrong type of followers, and won't engage with you at all. Instagram tries to ban these accounts, which could negatively affect yours. Organic growth is infinitely more valuable than buying followers. Don't forget about it or give up. Stay consistent. IG rewards consistency. If you keep at it, you'll eventually break through. Ik trust me, it is very tough and difficult, but can be very rewarding as well. Don't post just to post. Make sure each post has care and effort. Think of it like a new baby each time. You are shaping and raising your baby to give it the best possible opportunity to succeed. If you have a kid just to have a kid and don't put care into, it's going to turn out like shit. Be diligent DOS Consider paying to boost your posts. Get a couple of posts to perform really well, and consider spending 10 or 15 bucks on each post. This can easily bring you a thousand or more followers, depending on your account and history. Do consider reaching out to influencers, asking for help, or a shoutout. This is a livelihood for a lot of people, and they will want to gain off your following as well. Most of the time, it's win win. Engage engage engage. If you come away with one thing from this, it's that engagement is key in Instagram, and you need to find ways to drive engagement on your page. Experiment, try new things, have multiple accounts and cross promote. That sums up the generals guys, but I know that I missed plenty. Please please don't hesitate to bring up any issue or question you have, through either comments or PM. Im super busy right now, but will try to get to all of them. I've worked with single person accounts in past and helped people grow over 100k followers. Currently, I'm working as CMO at a startup, and have experience in all things marketing and sales. I'm looking to get into coaching/consulting, and would love to use you as a guinea pig. Take care, and best wishes [link] [comments]  |
| How to grow your instagram account organically (and for free) Posted: 07 Nov 2018 05:40 PM PST EDIT: will be making a pt2, although tbh I'll probably just call it a full guide. I will be posting around 12pm EST tomorrow I saw there was a post on this recently, and after reading the comments saw there was some good advice, and some bad. In today's world online and social media marketing are becoming not only important, but actual tools to increase revenue and profit. There's a bunch of ways to grow an IG account, and a bunch of ways to tank one. This will be a long post, so I'll try and break into bits. Apologies for mobile THE ALGORITHM In all honesty, we don't really know what the algorithm is, but understanding how it works is far more important. Basically, like Facebook, Instagram has a formula that ranks its content (posts) in the feed and in the explore page (more on the explore page later). It has variables such as time of post, total likes and comments, hashtags, location, details on the account that posted, and even includes software to recognize what is in each post, and boost or demote it that way. Therefore, if you tend to only like pictures that have luxury cars in them, IG will boost those pictures in your feed. If you only pics of food or dogs, IG will boost pics of food or dogs in your feed and explore page. Each account has a slightly different algorithm in this regard. This is why it's important first of all to understand your target audience, and get in their shoes, not yours. So if your product is a technology that primarily benefits middle aged woman, but you only post pictures of the technology, you won't do as well as if you posted pictures that were applicable and likeable by middle aged woman. Like and comments are your direct assessment of your post. If your audience like it, they'll engage with you. If not, they won't. HASHTAGS Probably the best improvement you can make on your content is the correct use of hashtags. Each post can have up to 30, so use 30. I also suggest "hiding" them in the comments section by posting them as a comment, but there's no evidence to support that this truly makes a difference. Use hashtags relevant to your niche. If you're niche is in to cars, but your using hashtags like #hairstylistlove or #cutedogsoninstagram, IG will actually tank you for incorrectly "gaming" the algorithm. There's a couple of strategies you can use. 10/10/10 is a good start. Basically, there are big hashtags (over 500,000 posts), medium hashtags (50k-500k posts), and small hashtags (under 50k). You'll see these ranges vary depending on who you ask, but for 10/10/10, I like these ranges. 10/10/10 basically means to use 10 big hashtags, 10 small, and 10 medium sized ones to properly market your post. Pretty simple. There's also 25/5, and all smalls. In this case I'd use 25 hashtags under 100,000 and 5 over, or all hashtags under 100,000. The important thing with hashtags is to keep experimenting and find what works. Not all posts are going to do well in a good set of hashtags, and not all good posts require a good set of hashtags to do well. Ik that sounds confusing and tricky, but if you take the time, and put effort into making quality content, Instagram will reward you. They want people to USE the app, to SPEND TIME using their product. The more you use it the more you'll gain. There's also concepts in hashtags called shadowbanning, geotagging, tagstealing, and some other things as well. But I'm crunched for time, and if y'all want more I can do a part 2 going into more detail. LOCATION This is a tricky one but can greatly be used to your benefit. This mainly affects the explore page. Basically, you want to use a location that garners a lot of activity, and more importantly, people on their phones. Stadiums, famous malls, public monuments, or popular Instagram spots are good locations to use. I've had mixed results when using restaurants. If you're trying to grow in a specific city this is wonderful. But make sure you get a little more specific, if you're just going to do a certain city. Use a neighborhood instead, i.e. Brooklyn not New York, Beverly Hill not Los Angeles. Okay I'm sorry guys I want to include more because there's a lot more to use but I really have to go. If you are curious you can message me directly, or depending on the response I can make a part 2. Good luck, and keep grinding! EDIT: will be making a pt2, although tbh I'll probably just call it a full guide. I will be posting around 12pm EST tomorrow. [link] [comments]  |
| What’s it like running a Cannabis Business? Posted: 08 Nov 2018 10:47 AM PST Anyone here run a Cannabis Business? If so it would be great to hear the advantages / disadvantages and ofcourse what you do within that space? I'm based in the U.K. and things are starting to change here ever since the government has given the go-ahead for medicinal cannabis to be allowed for a very very small amount of people. Maybe we can hear what you guys do over in the US and the roadmap to recreational use. P.S - this whole topic comes from a very interesting conversation I had on my podcast "Stories in Business" with a Cannabis Company based in Oregon- and what it's like to run and operate a cannabis business. You can listen to it below if you so wish [link] [comments]  |
| First Subscriber On My Online Business!!!!!! Posted: 08 Nov 2018 03:44 AM PST I've been putting off starting my online business for 2 years. It's crazy, because although I own a business now, the online business was so intimidating to me... let me give you my reasons why:
It's kind of funny, because these same checkpoints could be easily translated to the same thought process I had before I started the business I currently own now, and we've made it two years - and I haven't looked back. So, long story short - I checked my email subscriber list (the site hasn't fully launched yet, but I did offer a free PDF download for anyone who came across the site in the meantime) and someone subscribed! Look, it may not be a big step to a lot of people, but for me... this is huge. In other words, I put something out there... I released myself from the limiting beliefs surrounding me as to why I couldn't accomplish it. It's not about the money, this area of business is something that I'm really looking forward to putting my all into. So, I feel called to reach out to anyone wanting to pursue a new area or venture and have had those same or similar thoughts come across you... You have to get started. Just do it. Building blocks, day by day do something... anything... something (and literally I mean something, some days I'll just hop on and move a few interface components around...but I'll feel like I progressed, other days I'll bang out a ton of things... just keep moving forward) Thanks for reading! [link] [comments]  |
| 18 y/o Entrepreneur Open to Comments, Questions and Concerns Posted: 08 Nov 2018 11:21 AM PST I'm an 18 y/o entrepreneur who has started (and failed) an e-commerce business, learned what works and am now building capital through flipping and documenting on YouTube my jump back into it. With the bit of knowledge that I have I'd love to hear from you guys any questions or concerns from those of you who may have not yet taken the plunge or even those of you who have! For those of you who are more experienced I'd love your insight in a dialogue as well. What I have experience with is Amazon private labeling, shopify dropshipping, garage sailing, reselling sneakers and popular items, and a bit of forex trading. Drop in and chat with me! -David Tolbert [link] [comments]  |
| What do you think about buying on Ebay and Amazon with crypto-currency? Posted: 08 Nov 2018 11:15 AM PST In September 2018 development team from Russia and Estonia released a web-browser plugin that enables any customer to pay for purchases on Amazon or eBay in cryptocurrencies. It calls Coin2shop. Link http://coin2.shop [link] [comments]  |
| Created an app with a partner. Want to form LLC for it. Is legalzoom a good option? Posted: 08 Nov 2018 01:26 PM PST TL;DR, is LegalZoom a good option for forming an 2 member LLC for a mobile app? Hey /r/entrepreneur, A partner and I have created an app (guided meditation) and are close to launching it. Before we start marketing, getting customers, and generating revenue, we want to make sure everything in terms of legal/accounting is sorted out. When I say "everything" I mean:
I know most of this can be done myself (those things that are just applications) but the operating agreement seems like there is more room for mistakes and we want to make sure both my partner and I cover ourselves. For those that have created an LLC and have taken care of the items above, what is a reasonable price to get this done? And if you have used LegalZoom, do you recommend it? Our business is pretty straightforward and there is only 2 of us at the moment so I would like to make sure everything is covered but not overpay. I have already had a consultation with a local accountant who has said that the lawyers he would recommend are anywhere from $700-$1000s and don't really have time for something this small. I would love to hear your advice. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2018 01:18 PM PST Hey there. Platforms are in my opinion by far the most disruptive digital business models as they change the economy drastically. Old business are changing to or develop additional platforms to withstand start ups and start ups build powerful platforms with minimal resources that can take on the old giants. I could admire platforms all day long but what I want to know is - did anyone of you start building a platform or has already been successful with one? A few insights would be appreciated really much! Cheers [link] [comments]  |
| I've started a new podcast about entrepreneurs, design and tech Posted: 08 Nov 2018 01:12 PM PST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_YzksLxmWY&t=196s The pilot episode of the Carmen Branje show, featuring Toronto entrepreneur Dan Lee , Co-Founder of InCode and Qalius. Carmen and Dan talk about selling yourself as an entrepreneur when you don't have any history and whether business school can help you in your day to day management activities, while drinking a pint of "Cause and Effect". Dan tells the story of the ups and downs of running a software development company in Toronto. [link] [comments]  |
| If you had $150,000 in liquid assets, what would you do with it? Posted: 08 Nov 2018 09:19 AM PST I am currently in this predicament. My job was outsourced, my wife is currently working full time and makes enough to keep our current lifestyle. Personally I am thinking about joining a franchise, however I am also interested in passive income ideas. [link] [comments]  |
| Starting a low-voltage company, what are the requirements? Posted: 08 Nov 2018 12:44 PM PST Hi, I am 21 years old, I live in the NYC area(NJ). I have been working in IT for over a year now, and I have been looking for a way out. I currently work supporting Windows clients/servers, firewalls, routers/switches, software, PCs, etc. I have wanted to start an online business, but it's too competitive and I think this would be a better approach for someone like me. While low-voltage stuff isn't something my current company does too often, I do feel that knowing the basics(running wires, punching Patch panels, setting up SOHO environments[printers, UPS's, scanners,etc], and etc.) will help me. I know I am young, and I look even younger. My brother is an electrician, highly experienced and has taught me a lot. He is extremely knowledgeable. I figure we have all the tools required, and starting off low is beneficial for many reasons. I believe that if we target small business and homes, we can simply undercut the competition and do some of the tasks I've mentioned above. It doesn't even have to be low-voltage only, it can be IT stuff, some AV stuff, etc. I believe some people just don't want to put in the time to do easy chores and I also believe people find basic tasks to be complicated. This could play in my favor as I am not too experienced in anything to be completely honest. There is no way I am starting an actually MSP(IT services company) as it is just cancerous IMO. I am curious, what are the legal requirements. I have not found anything online that says we need a license like someone who wanted to contract electrical jobs for instance. If it's as simple as getting some IRS stuff in order, that's no issue. I would love to create a website, business cards, advertising on Social media. I am in no rush, I figure I start off part time and then quit my job. Currently, all I believe I need is to start a sole proprietorship and the government will then leave me alone for the most part. [link] [comments]  |
| Naming a Loyalty Program Reward Points Posted: 08 Nov 2018 12:41 PM PST I'm starting my own brand of Natural and Safe Skincare. I want to name the "currency" of My rewards program, with something fun, instead of something like "points". Options as of now: Leaves Monnies (plural of Money) Greens [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2018 12:38 PM PST I have been a freelancer since 2013. I specialize in ecommerce web development (Shopify, WooCommerce, SquareSpace). I have been self-employed for over 5 years. My first year I made 8k. This year I will make 80k. However, 80k is more like 50k after taxes and expenses. And I'm afraid I've almost hit the ceiling here. Sure, it's possible to make 100k with more hours, higher rates, and better efficiency, but I believe that's my personal limit which I could reach in 1-2 more years. Therefore I feel like I need to move on, start expanding. I'm in the process of launching an agency. This will allow me to take on more work which I can outsource. Once I have people I trust, I'd like to be less "hands on" and focus primarily on project management and client relations. I'd also like to launch more services, or even products. I'm just not sure what services or products store owners might need. I know I've been in the industry for a while now, but all I do is code. I take designs and build them out. That's it. I don't know anything about ecommerce management, marketing, sales, etc. [link] [comments]  |
| Did any of you build your success being affiliates for others? Posted: 08 Nov 2018 12:37 PM PST There are a ton of affiliate programs that sell subscriptions, you can just jump on and get people to subscribe and get the monthly part of their sub. Did any of you have any success doing this? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2018 12:35 PM PST Making a digital subscription, for example a magazine or something visual. User pays for the membership and gets their content every month, but in which format do I deliver it? Should I get my own platform where they can login to access it? [link] [comments]  |
| How do I motivate myself to work when I'm in the "eating shit" phase and don't really enjoy it? Posted: 08 Nov 2018 12:35 PM PST Hi everyone, quick question about something I've been struggling with. I'm a developer and don't really enjoy the projects I'm working on, the problem is with coding I find it really hard to be productive when I don't feel like working, even if I force myself to work I just don't get a whole lot done. How can I be more consistent and get a lot of stuff done every day? about 50% of the time I really struggle to work more than like 4 productive hours and it's really hurting me. [link] [comments]  |
| How to get my first clients at launch Posted: 08 Nov 2018 12:17 PM PST So here I am again guys, this time I really really need a lot of help. We've almost finished everything on our services business and we are about to launch it soon. How do I get my first clients? Should I start advertising with 2-4 weeks before the launch? How should I advertise it so my employees won't waste their time (on-demand). What are the best advices for this? Would really need some help, thanks for your time and opinions! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2018 11:15 AM PST Hi r/Entrepreneur, I am currently trying to create my own startup, but I ran in a couple of problems with the promotion of my product. I wanted to start a crowdfunding campaign, but my Indiegogo pre launch page is getting nearly zero traffic. I tried showing advertisements on Instagram/Facebook, but this had just a minor impact. Do you have any tips on how I can promote my Product to the right group of people? My pre-launch page: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/luminous-sound-reactive-smart-lamp/coming_soon The price will be around 65-80 EUR later, but this is not fixed right now. Some other questions: - Is my product any good (the idea / prototype) ? - Is the promotion video catchy? - What else should I consider during my journey? Thank you for your tips/help, I really need this right now :) [link] [comments]  |
| What pain does your product/service solve? Posted: 08 Nov 2018 07:20 AM PST Let us know about what you offer to the world and what makes it so unique compared to your competitors [link] [comments]  |
| Is there a software/tool for phone call management? Posted: 08 Nov 2018 10:12 AM PST I currently use Hubspot as my sales CRM but I'm wondering what tool would be good to use for logging or ticketing phone calls from existing customers. I've used stack before and wasn't that satisfied with it. I want to be able to: - log notes on per client (folder) etc. - assign tasks and reminders - maybe a calendar function (not a deal breaker) Basically when a phone call comes into the office I'd like my team and I to have a centralized place to input a customer request, comment, or results from the phone call + administrative tasks, etc. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2018 09:39 AM PST Sorry guys, I made a post on IG growth yesterday, but my startups is launching next month so I've been busy. I'll have it out soon. Like very soon. Also don't worry... I'm not trying to promote my business or anything, there were some comments suggesting this... I remember when I first got into IG growth, and how hard it was. Hopefully I can make it easy for you [link] [comments]  |
| How to motivate an unmotivated founder Posted: 08 Nov 2018 09:14 AM PST Hi, I work at a web development agency that two other people and I founded. We've been working for the past 1 year and 9 months. Let's call the other founders John and Tom I feel highly motivated but one of our founders, John is clearly not, he doesn't do his job unless there's a deadline, has no initiative and rarely proposes anything even when asked to do so (most of the time he just agrees with what someone else proposed and doesn't bring anything new to the table), but the worst thing is that he's dragging the other founder (Tom) down. Today Tom told me about it, he says he doesn't feel motivated to work when working with John and I know he is not the only one feeling that way. We've recently talked about the problem with John but nothing has changed, we just don't know how to motivate him, he doesn't seem to have any real interest in anything we do at work, he makes a good employee but he's a founder and we expect more from him. I'm looking for advice on how can I motivate him, he's aware of the problem and genuinely feels bad about it. But feeling bad doesn't help. Any reply is appreciated, thank you in advance. TL;DR: Founder isn't motivated at work and doesn't have initiative, his behavior is making some people feel unmotivated. [link] [comments]  |
| How should i market my kickstarter campaign? Posted: 08 Nov 2018 08:46 AM PST I'm still at planing stages. I figured how ti build a product, where to source materials and all, but my concern is kickstarter phase. Apart from making a good video is there some good way to help out my project from outside. I considered tech reviewers but prototype wont be function as it should since I'll need kickstarter funds to finish it up to how i imagined it. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2018 07:51 AM PST I was just walking around my house thinking about how much I hate winter because my kids MUST wear socks since it's cold and they are the worst because they take them off and squirrel them away places or the socks get pushed under furniture, etc. So it's really hard to find a match. And I'm not ready to just go down the rabbit trail of Socks Never Matching. So one of you who needs an idea can do this! I have too many small businesses/websites already. Find a way to sew into a pair of socks tiny waterproof RFIDs and give users an app to be able to find them. My money is under the couches. There's always like 15 under there. [link] [comments]  |
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