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    Thank you Thursday! - (August 13, 2020) Entrepreneur


    Thank you Thursday! - (August 13, 2020)

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 06:08 AM PDT

    Your opportunity to thank the /r/Entrepreneur community by offering free stuff, contests, discounts, electronic courses, ebooks and the best deals you know of.

    Please consolidate such offers here!

    Since this thread can fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts.

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    What’s a clever/profitable business idea you had, but let it go to try something else?

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 09:01 AM PDT

    I'll start: I had a bicycle flipping business for a couple years. I would buy $50-300 used steel and aluminum road bikes on Craigslist from suburbs outside of my city, then tune them up and sell for 2-10x what I paid for them. The demand for high-quality vintage bikes in the city was much greater than the supply. So, I basically imported it from the suburbs.

    I always took amazing pictures, wrote a great ad, put new handlebar tape on and ran new cables. I basically treated each craigslist email like a sales pitch and was really good about following up with people. The bikes sold to city people so fast. It was awesome. I flipped probably 100+ bikes a year. I made around $25-30k in profit after a couple years that I paid no tax on. I bet I could have blown that out and made a decent amount of money for a 21 year old. Not scalable, but was a fun hustle. Then I got a "real job" in tech for a while and made way more money.

    I chose now to share this old hustle because of the bicycle boom happening in the United States. Yes, I absolutely still think this is a viable way to make some cash for anybody that wants to put the work in!

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    I wrote a guide to help you write conversational copy

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 11:29 AM PDT

    Conversational copy is writing how you talk.

    No sales megaphone. No business speak.

    But that's easier said than done. So I've put together this guide:

    1/ Don't write AT the reader

    Involve the reader in your copy.

    e.g. With over 100 years laundry expertise you can trust you're in safe hands => Imagine how good you'd be at something if you'd done it every day since 1908

    2/ Use your customers' words

    It's the easiest way to get the tone right.

    3/ Load up on personal pronouns

    People pay attention when you talk directly to them.

    e.g. We send an email each morning with all the tech and business news needed for the day => Your smart good looking friend that sends you an email each morning with all the tech and business news you need to know for each day

    4/ Don't worry about grammar

    If you break the rules you'll sound human. This tweet from Wendy's got 2M likes.

    Y'all keep asking, so here's your chance. The people in charge say if you guys can get our tweet (this one right here) to 2 Million likes, they will bring SPICY CHICKEN NUGGETS BACK. Let's freakin' do this!

    5/ Start sentences with conjunctions

    Your copy will flow better.

    6/ Don't persuade

    Let the reader be persuaded

    e.g. Get INSTANT access to our EXCLUSIVE recipe guide for 2020 => Wanna learn how to make burgers as tasty as this?

    7/ Use contractions

    Academics say "you are". Regular people say "you're"

    8/ Don't imitate

    You're alive in inverse proportion to the density of cliches in your writing

    e.g. 10 productivity hacks to help you crush 2020 => How a lazy bitch like me learned how to be productive

    9/ Ditch the thesaurus

    You're not impressing anyone.

    • Purchase => buy
    • Utilise => use
    • Attempt => try

    10/ Empathise

    Understanding your customer is more important than impressing them.

    e.g. Some people are born with a natural eye for design. Fortunately I'm one of those people => I know how it feels to struggle with design

    11/ Respect the competition

    It reflects self-confidence.

    e.g. When it comes to Drift Vs Intercom there's no comparison => First we'd like to give a nod to the team at Intercom. They've built a great product to help businesses.

    12/ Don't try too hard

    Customers can see through fake shit.

    e.g. Wowzers! You've only gone and subscribed! Nice to e-meet you. The pleasure is mine. => Thanks for signing up. Even though this is an automated email… I just wanted to say hey and let you know I'm a real person.

    13/ Tell stories

    They're more memorable than facts and figures.

    e.g. We started innocent in 1999 after selling our smoothies at a music festival. We put up a big sign asking people if they thought we should give up our jobs to make smoothies, and put a bin saying 'Yes' and a bin saying 'No" in front of the stall. Then we got people to vote with their empties. At the end of the weekend, the 'Yes' bin was full, so we resigned from our jobs the next day and got cracking.

    14/ Read it aloud at the kitchen table

    If your partner cringes, re-write it.

    e.g. The all-in-one platform empowering marketers to achieve their search engine optimisation goals => With Ahrefs you don't have to be an SEO pro to rank higher and get more traffic

    That's all folks. Hope you found this useful maybe I can tempt you with my marketing newsletter. I share a new case study, like this one, every week.

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    I Built This - - - VIPER Chat [Looking for feedback and Entrepreneurs that Want to Try the Tool to Make Money]

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 09:59 AM PDT

    What is it Viper Chat is a platform that allows anyone to instantly a custom phone number that end users pay a monthly fee to subscribe to, keeping 70% of the recurring revenue from their audience each month.

    How does it work

    • You create a free account and set up your phone number
    • Using Stripe, you can connect your account for paid subscribers to your number and set your price
    • Add a profile image in settings (users receive a contact card with your number and image when they opt in)
    • Use our admin dashboard to send out mass messages for your niche and subscribers
    • You can also have 1 on 1 chats when users reply

    Who wants to pay to receive a text message?

    We've set up landing pages that link to the custom url you receive with your VIPER chat and have run ads to get subscribers for the following topics and have charged up to $9.99/month:

    • Daily Bible Verses
    • Weekly Weight Loss Workout Texts
    • TikTok & Instagram Influencers
    • Keto Daily Diet Recipes
    • 1 on 1 Life Coach

    How do entrepreneurs make money using it When users subscribe, they pay a monthly fee (you choose the price) and keep 70% of the revenue. Transparently 30% covers our cost plus margin.

    Link: VIPER CHAT

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    Tiny win, but means so much. I've had one paying student to a new course I'm putting together.

    Posted: 12 Aug 2020 02:44 PM PDT

    So... I've worked as an animator for 15+ years in the UK at various studios. 6 years ago I moved to the Southwest in the UK and set up my own animation studio. I managed to navigate a good few early business hurdles, learnt a lot and the business has grown successfully, won awards and turns a profit with a talented production team, effective marketing and sales practices, some quality clients both huge and small, and we've got pretty cool (yet affordable) studio space.

    Over recent years, I've produced videos for free on Youtube giving tips on getting started with an animation career as well as how to run a profitable studio. Never really sure why, maybe some indirect SEO benefits but mostly as I hoped it would be useful. They've been pretty popular with 25k+ views on some. People have emailed over time asking for extra help, which I've gladly provided as best I could without it impacting paid work too much.

    After lots of mulling it over, and lots of excuses I finally turned down some work for our studio and have made time to start work on a good quality paid course to help those interested in working up a viable business plan for an animation studio of their own. Plus a plethora of tips on the day to day running of it.

    If the course proves popular, it could, of course, be a great way to earn a living or at least a bit extra. Though, I'm bloomin wary of being perceived of, as an 'internet guru'.. the likes that follow me around Youtube and Facebook.

    To help get the ball rolling and further check there is demand, I made the course available for pre-sale at a discount. With the course materials, filming and editing due to be completed in October.

    The pre-sale page went live and after nearly 24 hours, we have our first confirmed paid student for the course. That one purchase is so bloody exciting and means so much, confirming I'm not completely nuts, that there is demand and it's worth producing a really stellar course for. I know it's only one but we can build on that, get more marketing in place and slowly get positive testimonials as students succeed in planning and starting their own animation studio.

    The idea of producing video content for a product of our own to market and sell is fascinating and exciting.

    Oh, and to top it off, I'm currently on a camping holiday with my kids in Cornwall, in the UK. First real break since crazy 2020 began. I pressed the 'publish' button on the pre-sale page from my tent yesterday. Then the one-course sale occurred today whilst I was surfing... that was the icing on the cake.

    Good luck to all the entrepreneurs out there.

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    Weekday Nugget - Creating A Business Is Just A Sequence Of Tasks

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 08:23 AM PDT

    Hi all,

    So I'm someone that wanted to be an entrepreneur for a looong time. It was the only thing I talked about, and yet, it took me until I was about 27 years old to start my first traditional company.

    Before that, I tried all kinds of stupid stuff. MLMs, commission only sales jobs, crappy affiliate deals---you name it.

    I thought (wrongly) that the barrier to me being able to start a regular old business was too high. I thought it would cost too much money upfront, that I needed to have some type of specialized knowledge I didn't have, or that I lacked the "secret sauce" to actually become a business owner.

    I had different jobs but I just wanted to be working on something entrepreneurial. If I wasn't going to have a regular business, I was hoping for the next best thing.

    That said, I finally linked up with a buddy from high school in 2012 that had started working on a software company, and he wanted me to be the "sales" guy. He built product---I would get users.

    The nice thing is that we were venture funded (through Y-Combinator), so I didn't have to think about how we would get over the initial startup cost barrier.

    This allowed us to just focus on creating the business.

    What ended up happening was that instead of being scared about the what ifs of everything---we just approached the venture the way one might approach an important school project.

    Write this blog post. Done.

    Reach out to this writer. Done.

    Build this page into the website. Done.

    Start cold calling and emailing potential users. Fine.

    Eventually---without even really realizing it...we suddenly had a functioning company. We eventually had thousands of users and countless listings on our software, a product for landlords that wanted to list their property and manage the entire rental process in one place.

    I don't know exactly when it happened, but something clicked in my brain.

    None of these individual tasks that we completed were very difficult, but doing them all added up to the creation of a company (that later got acquired!)

    About a year and a half in, I had time on my hands, so started to look for another venture I could work on.

    I, like many of you, found Rohan Gilkes posts on here and started a cleaning company. He outlined each step, and I just decided to follow them.

    Three weeks after first discovering his posts I had a company.

    A year later I had another company, then another.

    Once I realized that creating and running a company is really just about organizing, planning and completing a series of tasks...that there was no special sauce...just plain old determination and follow-through, everything changed.

    So whatever you are considering doing---whatever you're afraid of...just start working on it. Just complete one task at a time.

    Before you know it, you could have a company.

    If you fail, the worst thing you can take from that is knowing how and why you failed, and using that information to do better on your next go-around.

    Just get in there and do something :)

    Hope this helps!

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    What are things that you should address or negotiate when someone approaches you to be a co-founder in a startup?

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 12:22 PM PDT

    Asking me because a friend has asked me if I want to join his startup.

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    Is it better to start a web design business dedicated to a niche or have service pages targeting different niches?

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 12:13 PM PDT

    I'm a web designer with 4 years experience working to get my business off the ground. I've seen a lot of people say always target a niche but I'd like to be open to building websites for all kinds of small businesses.

    Is it more effective to have a website dedicated to a specific field? What if I kept the site general but had pages that target that niche and specific cities?

    So far I've made money by partnering with a couple digital marketing companies who sub contract me to build the site's they sell. I'm also thinking of having a main general site that talks about working with digital marketing companies directly, then possibly having other websites built to target niches.

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    I launch my physical product tomorrow! (200 pre-orders) Here's what I learned.

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 10:09 AM PDT

    Nearly two years ago, I had the lightbulb moment for "Workshop Tactics".

    Tomorrow(!!!), over 200 pre-orders are being dispatched.

    Here's what surprised me about manufacturing a physical product 👇

    ‏‏‎ ‎

    1/ Is it viable? 💡 Design with numbers first

    I spent a lot of time plugging numbers into a spreadsheet to work out my break even costs.

    This was important as it gave me a rough idea of how much capital would be needed to make it happen.

    See Twitter thread for spreadsheet: https://twitter.com/DurableStretch/status/1293954151777533954.

    ‏‏‎ ‎

    2/ Is it feasible? 💡 Find a manufacturer you trust

    I underestimated how long this would take.

    I spoke to dozens of Chinese factories through Alibaba.

    Whilst insanely cheap ($2-3 product costs!) none of them instilled trust that I was going to get exactly what I wanted.

    ‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‎

    3/ The communication barrier was difficult, so I explored European printers.

    The cost per product was between £15-£20.

    😨

    Too expensive. This had to have a good margin for such a niche, low volume product.

    I felt a bit stuck.

    ‏‏‎ ‎

    4/ One day I was browsing board games in Waterstones and started looking at where they were manufactured.

    On the back of the Exploding Kittens card game box was "Printed by Ad Magic. Made in China".

    So a quick google later...

    ‏‏‎ ‎

    5/ They're a US firm acting as a middleman to a plant in China.

    They were twice as expensive as the dime-a-dozen card printers on Alibaba.

    💡 But they were so knowledgeable and helpful that the higher price was worth it - knowing they could help me produce my vision.

    ‏‏‎ ‎

    6/ 💡 3D software is your best friend

    Designing the custom box without the final product was an interesting challenge.

    Mocked up in C4D was enough to give me confidence it would work.

    The custom box fits two decks and a postcard (nearly as flush as an iPhone box...).

    ‏‏‎ ‎

    7/ 💡 Is it desirable?

    I worked with my good friend Dave who is an illustrator, to design the product box - he is a dream.

    It was nice to be on the art direction side and let Dave's crazy talent work its magic.

    ‏‏‎ ‎

    8/ 💡 Build in your marketing

    It's was designed to be remarkable. Something you wouldn't miss if it was sat on someone's desk.

    I underestimated how valuable basic 3D skills would be. It helped me sell the product before it existed, and we could preview on a box to make tweaks.

    ‏‏‎ ‎

    9/ 💡 But virtual reality is... virtual.

    The first pre-production sample came back with tonnes of misalignments and mistakes.

    To make sure the next iteration would work, I printed out the net and mocked it up (a diddy version too, for speed).

    ‏‏‎ ‎

    10/ 💡 Accept perfection is impossible.

    There are still things I wish I could make better about the final deck - but it would mean it never ships.

    I had to bite the bullet, or end up spending hundreds more on more pre-production samples.

    ‏‏‎ ‎

    11/ 💡 Find a fulfilment service, or become one yourself.

    I didn't want to have to worry about packing and shipping decks, how would I ever go on holiday?

    I found a small volume warehouse that distributes on a pay as you go basis.

    ‏‏‎ ‎

    12/ 💡 I still don't really know what I'm doing

    The past year has been like fumbling through the dark, occasionally finding a dim light switch.

    But what I've learnt makes launching the next thing a little less scary.

    ‏‏‎ ‎

    13/ Speaking of launch...

    It's launch day tomorrow! 🥳🎉

    Workshop Tactics literally arrived at the warehouse today. They'll be dispatched tomorrow!

    Though it feels a bit anti-climactic when you can't see them all - so I can't wait to see people sharing them.

    ‏‏‎ ‎

    14/ The scary thing is, this will be my primary source of income from next month. 😱

    So if you want the best product design workshops in your back pocket, grab yours here (they ship tomorrow!)

    This community has been so helpful to me, any retweets would be much appreciated! [Twitter thread has images :)]

    https://twitter.com/DurableStretch/status/1293954151777533954

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    Would appreciate any ideas to monotize my dating advice Instagram account?

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 11:27 AM PDT

    I know there aren't any easy routes, I run a dating account where I post videos with dating advice centered for men. What would you do with this? I appreciate getting external perspectives from people who know what they're doing!

    The account : https://www.instagram.com/mayodating/

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    What are the best tools for no-code website prototyping?

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 11:19 AM PDT

    I am wanting to build a website prototype where:

    - users can log in (email or OAuth)

    - there are different user roles

    - admin can create items

    - Users can see items and like/interact with them

    Is this something that can be done with Airtable? Or other no-code tools? Has anyone used no-code platforms to prototype a new product?

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    Keeping a business diary or journal?

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 10:31 AM PDT

    As I'm nearing the 1-year anniversary of my marketing consulting business, I've found myself going through the typical entrepreneur emotional rollercoaster. I've also learned a LOT, some lessons harder than others.

    While I don't keep a personal diary, I've increasingly considered keeping a business diary. To write down the times I've been anxious sending a proposal only to get an enthusiastic yes. To write down learnings in managing and growing my team.

    I would like to hear if others do this and if it has benefitted your business.

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    What Are The Best Options for Learning Marketing?

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 08:17 AM PDT

    I took a couple marketing courses in University and didn't really feel like a lot of the stuff I learned was applicable to people who wanted to use social media and other online outlets to not only make quality ads but to effectively advertise your product. I am wondering what is the best course to take in order to not only learn the basics but to gain a foundation of knowledge regarding online marketing for e-commerce entrepreneurs. Also, I am not specifically looking for the cheapest/least time-consuming options, all suggestions regarding the content i seek are valid. I believe knowledge in marketing is one of if not the most important skills to have in e-commerce so i value it highly.

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    AI in marketing - my Indie Hackers interview

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 01:34 AM PDT

    Hello guys,

    I'm very excited about my interview with Indie Hackers and I wanted to share it here for any feedback or criticism. Here's the interview: https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-building-better-ai-makes-my-marketing-easier-daa3b95374

    Basically together with my small team we're building Contentyze.com - a content generation platform for marketers, SEO experts, copywriters or indie hackers. If you need content but don't have the talent for writing yourself and don't have any team members who do that, let AI generate it for you. That's the main goal.

    Also if you have any feedback on the platform, that's also welcome. You can test it for free here: app.contentyze.com

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    Pivoting my startup into Insurance

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 09:40 AM PDT

    I have decided to pivot my startup into insurance (more or less), and I am looking for someone who has worked in the industry, preferably someone with numbers experience, or even a current/former Insurance Actuary to answer some general questions for me over a call or messages. Any insurance industry works fine. If anyone is willing to help or knows someone I can reach out to I would be more than happy to provide all my info and go from there.

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    Planted trees in the Amazon Rainforest ��

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 12:54 PM PDT

    When I first decided to write and publish a book about my experiences of building, marketing and selling a side-project, I've also decided that I would use some of the revenue for a good cause.

    About a year back, I came across videos that show the destruction of the Amazon forest and its animal inhabitants.

    It is in our responsibility, absolutely everybody, to take a good care for the planet we live on and make it a better place for us and for all. That's the reason why I've decided to contribute towards planting trees in the Amazon Rain forest.

    A cool side effect to this - I gifted these trees, each one to each of my readers. They've received a pretty neat E-card with a thank you note 😇

    I hope to see more entrepreneurs doing similar feats.

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    Creating an LLC in Texas

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 12:31 PM PDT

    So I'm going to ignore online services like Legal Zoom etc and file with the state directly to create my LLC

    My question is for the business name do I need to include LLC

    For example will I enter "blah blah, LLC" or just "blah blah"

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    More ideas for a teaching channel

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 11:31 AM PDT

    I will keep it simple.

    I am a chemistry teacher for a competitive exam in India for getting into medical school. I offer free chemistry lectures for students who can't afford to go to coaching classes. Any ideas on how to make more people get to know the channel. I know a bit about youtube algorithm.

    what more can be done. This is a good time for students to learn amidst this covid lockdown.

    Thank you guys

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    A little help growing my business

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 11:08 AM PDT

    I am reaching out to you, Reddit Entrepreneurs, because I have recently gained an industrial client of whom I intend to do some creative work for, and would like to pick your brain a little if you would allow me.

    Photo/Video is my forte, but this company also needs a lot of other creative help. Things like Logo animation, ad placement, basic PR, Graphics, better social media representation etc... The list is too long to even make, because the owner doesn't have a creative department at all. Just has a guy developing his web page, and a Facebook page that is not maintained well.

    We are starting off with some product photography, and video to get the ball rolling.
    Currently writing a proposal for our first project together.

    After I have delivered some quality photo/video work for this business, I would like to offer a more cohesive creative approach to the owner. I want to expand what I can deliver to him, by hiring freelancers to create other work, and then selling it to this business.
    I would like to upcharge what the freelancers charge me, so I can make a profit off of delivering the work to my client.

    What do you think is a reasonable profit margin to target when I send my rates and proposals?

    What kind of pitfalls should I be aware of?

    Anything else that you think I should know, I would love to hear it.

    I could go on and on with questions, but I think I will end it here.

    Thanks in Advance.

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    Friendly reminder that there are free resources in most cities with free consulting and mentor advice for entrepreneurs

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 03:32 AM PDT

    Reddit is a fantastic place to get things started but this is just a reminder to do some googling for entrepreneur mentor/consulting and you'll find tons of nonprofits with skilled individuals ready to support you with detailed questions!

    Definitely utilize these resources! Google your city or state and then entrepreneur/small business mentors/consulting and see what pops up. It varies by state, like MN's was super easy to find for me: https://www.greatermsp.org/doing-business-here/small-business-assistance/

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    Officially launched our first high-ticket item.

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 10:58 AM PDT

    It's a 400 USD automatic watch, not very high-ticket when compared to other watches out there but it feels good to know when your brand gets to a point when people are willing to pay and patiently wait until the production is complete.

    In 2008 I was just a simple call-centre agent. And then I joined a club that requires its members to wear a suit and tie. To make the long story short my wife and I paid a factory to make a custom tie for me and they ended up sending us 2. We auctioned the other one for 99 cents, the winning bid went above our expectations and that's when we realized the business potential.

    We are very honest and open with our customers. Our business page on Instagram is more like a family diary because of our stories than a business page. Because we're such a small operation, we are prone to certain problems such as delays. I.e. we took pre-orders and began watch production in October hoping to ship in time for Christmas. Production issues happened and then COVID hit. We just finished shipping the watches out just a few days ago.

    Our customers didn't mind the wait, in fact some of them are quite encouraging, and we attribute this to our policy of being honest and open to them about how we do things.

    Our website for the curious: www.fraternalties.com

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    European Record Label looking for US partners and service providers

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 06:42 AM PDT

    Hi all!

    Count Zero Records ( http://countzerorecords.com ) is looking to establish a Delaware C-Corp as a subsidiarly label in the USA and is looking for partners and service providers.

    For the founding we are looking for a Delaware Registered Agent but also for a interested entertainment lawyer looking to work with us.

    Also, we are looking for business partners in all label and publisher related services.

    We'd be happy to connect with you. 😊

    A bit about us:

    Count Zero Records is an international leading independent, fully vertically integrated Music and Film Company that works in the major fields of Studio, Publishing and Label Business – fully digital and online as well as classical face-to-face.

    We are 100% privately owned and funded, and not connected with any other label, major or otherwise, and therefore not beholden to outside economic interest. Our management consists of professionals with over 25 years each of international top-level leadership experience, and we work with a wide range of internationally recognised professional partners.

    With over 300.000 Listeners, 300 distribution partners, 300+ licensed songs, 30 artists and 7 chart hits, Count Zero Records is already among the largest independent labels in the home markets of Croatia and Austria. As a European record label, we work internationally (With the biggest market being the USA), but pride ourselves on offering distribution and marketing for the Asian and African growth regions as well.

    Count Zero Records is an independent record label that helps artists fulfil their vision by providing international sales & distribution, marketing, legal advice, contracting, facilities, management, sync, publishing, training and much more to its artists.

    Our Studio, Studio Zero is a modern Digital / Analog Studio in which our Chart Hits were created. Working with internationally successful Songwriters, Producers and Musicians, we are more than just a Studio.

    Count Zero Records Publishing represents our works internationally. As a Publisher, we monetise works for TV- Film- and Music Productions and give our artists access to Sync licensing, Cover, Remix and sub-licensing

    What we do. What we love.

    Studio * Songwriting – Over 200 Songs in our catalog * Recording – Free Studio use for our Artists * Arrangement – World-class arrangement for all genres * Production – Chart-making In-house production * Mixing – inside the box, or outside the Box with Soundcraft Mixers * Mastering – Analog, Digital, and Hybrid Mastering * Quality Control – World Class Review service * Demo Rating / Grading – Seasoned Staff to grade and advise

    Publishing * Music Publishing – Worldwide publishing service * TV show licensing – Promoting / Pitching to Netflix, Amazon, etc. * Movie Licensing – Promoting / Pitching to Red Bull, Movie Studios, etc. * Advertisement Licensing – Promoting / Pitching to McDonald's, BMW, etc. * Cover and Remix Licensing – For other artists wanting to remix our managed works * Song rights execution and management – Over 100 violations per year fought * Publishing Royalty Collection – Helping to collect PRO payments * Publishing Rights Administration – Full right management for publishing * General Song Licensing – For use on Youtube, Facebook etc. * Sub Licensing – We work with world-class Publishers as Subs * Sync Licensing – Sync for any video, any movie, anywhere

    Record Label * Artists & Repertoire – Over 2.500 musicians and bands ask us to get signed every year. We work through all submissions and pick 20 artists to sign. * Artist Management – Protecting the best interest of the artist with university-grade managers with 25+ years of industry experience. * Distribution – We deliver to over 300 stores worldwide, including Asia and India. More than almost anybody else. * Booking – We have an in-house booking crew, and external booking partners to book gigs, festivals, TV appearances, etc. for our artists. * Music Promotion – We promote music to over 60.000 industry professionals and over 300.000 fans. * Copyright Enforcement – Full and automatic enforcement with digital means and a legal team. * Royalty Collection – Collection of Sales revenues and Royalties fro around the world. * Performing and Mechanical Rights Enforcement – We help artists dealing with PRO's. * Artist Administration – Bookkeeping, Tax, Visas, Travel, Lodging and more. * Public Relations – Professional PR to the top 10.000 industry professionals we network with. Social media PR to over 300.000 fans. * Marketing – Market access with over 20 channels worldwide. * Event Organisation – Organisation of events, festivals and label gigs. * Merchandise – Full range of over 200 merchandise items available worldwide within 3-5 business days. * eCommerce – Full in-house eCommerce Solution for selling artists music and merch with high returns for artists.

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    How do you validate and grow? Here is my approach to go from 0 to scale

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 10:09 AM PDT

    Here is my approach to validation, from 0 to scale
    How do you do it?

    1 - Determine how many site visitors you need to meet your MRR Goal

    2 - Can you drive sufficient traffic? (validate channels)

    3 - Are site visitors providing email on landing page? (validate problem)

    4 - Are visitors becoming customers? (validate the problem is worth solving?

    5 - Are customers loyal? (validate the solution solves the problem)

    6 - Do customers refer others? (validate the solution is scaleable)

    Free calculator to estimate how much traffic is needed (step 1)

    https://launchmuse.com/tools/traffic_calculator

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    How to salvage a losing investment

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 10:01 AM PDT

    Check out my article on how to turn a bad investment into a winner

    https://pellegriniinvesting.com/how-to-salvage-a-losing-investment/

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    I automate/scrape/mine/assess data for marketing firms. AMA!

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 09:46 AM PDT

    I have a few clients. Life's good. I just scraped 600k rows of company info from a company directory info website. I work with all the big PaaS, such as GCP and Azure. If you're in the market for someone like me, and wanna know about what to ask the fella to make sure he's up to it, ask me here and I'll help you.

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    Website theme

    Posted: 13 Aug 2020 05:59 AM PDT

    Not sure if this is the forum for this post -

    I run a small startup - online store. I'm using Wix at the moment. Does anyone have any suggestions on custom themes for Wix, like any codes, or themes other than the built in ones. I know shopify is dedicated to ecommerce, but I like Wix for its customization.

    Thank you in advance for your input.

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