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    NooB Monday! - (September 28, 2020)

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 06:12 AM PDT

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    Am I doing good?

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 04:33 AM PDT

    I am a 11 year old student entrepreneur who has just launched their business for selling duct tape wallets. In just 4 days I made $107 by going door to door.

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    Too much experience. Advice for all levels from a 45 year old 27 year old.

    Posted: 27 Sep 2020 03:00 PM PDT

    I'm sure a lot of this has been said in different ways before but there's some things that I've been through that give me a unique outlook on it all and I wanted to share my experience, not just newbies or successful pros but the people in between as well.

    Rags to riches and back again, I wanted to share my experience and some more unique ways at looking at life and the typical advice you get when embarking on the entrepreneurial journey....

    I've been working my ass off since I can remember. I started my journey in the working field at 10 years old working for my dad's construction "company". Essentially it was just him and then under the table help when he needed it. Hence having a 10 year old with a fear of heights hauling materials 3 stories up and down a ladder for 5$ an hour.

    My dad was my hero and I didn't look at is as a bad experience. I thought I was gonna be just like him and felt like a bad ass for being the only 5th grader with a job.

    I worked that job for 10 more years before a series of events switched my perspective completely.

    The typical lost my girlfriend, place, parents divorce, everything going wrong story.

    Didn't have a fucking clue what I wanted to do besides have my own business someday. I slowly started to see that my dad was approaching 50 with nothing to show for it. He worked endless hours 7 days a week most times.

    Hardest working man I knew and had nothing to show but a failed marriage and an overdue mortgage when the housing crisis hit.

    The combination of everything happening really flipped my whole perspective on life upside down.

    This made me start working every industry that peaked my interest. Ended up getting into finance, investing, economics, sales etc. This helped me build a few businesses. I wanted to build something I knew I was interested in and it forced me to gain experience in all these fields. For a long time I felt like I could build any business and sell anything.

    I grew up in a household that wasn't poor per se. But we always struggled. This led me to my first ever business. It's probably gonna get some giggles but I convinced my dad that we should start a small cannabis farm. We did, and it turned out ok. Not near the levels of some people but at 21 I had a little bit of spending money and I was happy with that. And hey, it was Southern Oregon, there wasn't a lot of options besides that at the time.

    Fast forward to last year and many successful/failed opportunities later I was seeking to exit that business. It was gonna be our best year and I had built up some solid investments that paid off. I was going to take all of my investments, about 10k, finish prototyping an invention of mine and bring it to market.

    Well, long story short he died. His new wife stole absolutely everything. Shut me out of the house I had grown up in and lived at for 18 years. Stole the money to finish the season and let everything lapse. Now it's in foreclosure and I had spent every single cent trying to save the house. I went from feeling super rich to I was literally barely surviving.

    I threw ALL the eggs into two baskets and it drained me completely.

    It took this whole year but I'm feeling a bit back on my feet. I've spent the year reevaluating my self and my business. This month I finally opened up an official round of financing. Just to family and friends, but I wanted to gain some capital before going to bigger investors.

    I just want to share some advice with you all about my experience. Key points to use for any age and level.

    -Find balance

    My biggest battle is balance. I think I share this with almost everyone on Earth. Grinding only gets you so far without ambitions and ambitions only get you so far without grinding.

    But there's this weird thing that happens when you let go of all of your expectations and as my dad would put it (for lack of a better term) "fuck off for a bit".

    Just be yourself, figure out what that self is.

    I know this sub is all about business but if this crazy journey taught me anything it's that you can't figure out what you want without figuring out yourself first. This is a life long journey for most, in your constant grind, make sure you know what you're grinding for.

    -Just do it

    This plays into the last advice about balance.

    If you're a workaholic dreaming about Bali some day. Just go, figure it out. 7/10 times you're the only thing holding yourself back. Even if you don't make a lot. I've traveled around the whole U.S. on a house painters budget and then never left my house when I was a investing successfully.

    If you're a vagabond thinking about making a million one day. Then again, do it. Figure it out. There's so much advice on just this sub on how to take little steps every day to accomplish your goals. There's endless opportunities even when it doesn't seem like it. You don't need some revolutionary million dollar project. You just need to start.

    -Whatever you do. Kick ass at it

    Look, you don't have to be the best. You just have to be good. Always strive to be better and you will be, you'll at least be better than the 90% who don't even try.

    -Life is crazy

    No matter what you do or how successful you are, life's gonna punch you right in the throat multiple times. If it doesn't you are incredibly lucky and you need to count your blessings but you're at a disadvantage.

    Take it from me, a pro who's the son of a pro at making the right moves, working hard and making good choices just to get kicked in the teeth by whatever. Economy crashes, house gets set on fire, global virus etc. These things are valid and they can absolutely destroy you in every way.

    Just don't give up. If you do make it out I promise you you'll have so much more to offer than those who had it easy.

    -Never ever sacrifice time away from your goals

    It's ok to vacation, have fun, and enjoy life. But even when I was at a party or traveling I'd still do a bit of research at the very least. At the most I was still making moves and wheeling and dealing.

    I've made money on my phone just sitting on a ski lift waiting to unload.

    Utilize your time. Chances are if you want to never think about your work/project/business when you're away from it then it's something you shouldn't be doing.

    On the flip side I wouldn't let my work interfere with what I really want. I'd be working overtime while planning out my next adventure in my head.

    I'd never let my employer cancel my important plans or get in the way of my businesses.

    -Market yourself to yourself

    It's easy to hate yourself, especially now a days. Life's stressful for a lot of people and it's easy to be down on yourself when outside factors are effecting your goals.

    Pretend you're selling yourself to someone or even yourself. What's your strengths? How have you gotten to where your at and how do you think you'll move forward.

    Don't just compliment yourself, actually sell yourself.

    -Take care of yourself

    A lot of people don't talk about the mental health aspect of business and entrepreneurship. Life's hard enough without the stresses of starting your own business. It's so easy to let your first rejection take you down. Not to mention when things out of your control (i.e. virus, fires, death) start happening to you and your business.

    It's not just when things are bad either. We all know sales is all about confidence. Build a good mental health foundation for yourself at any head space. Even totally anxious and depressed people can absolutely be successful. There's a lot of resources on introverted entrepreneurs which will touch on that.

    Take away

    I'm not at the spot I saw myself being at last year. But in a lot of ways I'm much much further along. Taking my invention public is one of the proudest things I've done and it happened after the hardest moments of my life. That's true accomplishment.

    Those things happening absolutely almost ruined everything, but in the end it gave me MORE motivation. It's shown me I'm stronger than I could have ever imagined.

    I'm not sitting here saying I'm anything more than I am. I'm a regular guy with a good head on his shoulders. If I can accomplish what I have going through what I did you sure as hell can too.

    If you have any resources be super thankful and apply them. Lots of people get started off of nothing at all.

    If you don't then you're set up to be even better and more wise than anyone who had it easier than you.

    If you're successful make sure you're still happy. If you're not, make sure you try to be.

    Edit: Obligatory apologies for formatting, I'm on mobile.

    Edit 2:

    Wow guy's, this post caught some attention. Thank you for the feedback and discussions. I'm glad it helped some.

    There seems to be a bit of controversy happening. I think a lot of people are confused of my intentions here so let me clear that up.

    The post isn't about me being successful or not. I also never claimed that at even my top networth I was rich. I think people are hyper focusing on a few certain terms rather than the post in general.

    In fact I'm actually quite stressed about my future. That's what inspired the post. I'm trying really hard to succeed and it's been a rough road. I know I'm not the only one who feels like this. It helped to write it out and it helped a few people reading it and that's really more than I could ask for.

    How I see it, is the people who are apprehensive are probably thinking I have ulterior motives for posting this.

    They're not totally wrong though.

    The second reason for posting this is I want to be more involved in this community. I've been quite inspired and gotten a lot of help over the years coming here. I wanted to offer something instead of just consuming.

    I'm gonna need help with my new business, probably from this community even. The very last thing I wanted to come off as is braggy or more than something I'm not. So I apologize if that's what it seemed like.

    To sum it up...

    The fact is my life is way harder than it could have been. I didn't want to bore anyone with a long sob story. But in short, it's fucking hell everyday. I miss my parents, my dad was my best friend and my business partner. Since he died I feel like I use all of my strength just to survive.

    But I'm here and everyday I try to make better than the last. Like I said I'm feeling more on my feet these days but I'm definitely going to need help. I just wanted to offer SOMETHING. And the thing is about having a difficult life is those experiences have a lot to teach. My story is 100% relevant to struggling entrepreneurs at all levels because that's been my goal since I can remember. Through all those hardships I've studied, worked and gained as much as I could to get to this point right here.

    And here I am. Ready to go forward with the business that WILL make me the successful person people seem to think I was bragging about being.

    I'm absolutely proud of that.

    Thank you for taking the time to read all this. It does make me really happy to know it's helped some.

    If you are interested in the product I've mentioned I would absolutely love to fill you in. It's a solid product with a really solid plan behind it and I'm looking for a team for optimal execution.

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    What to do about health insurance when quitting your job

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 01:25 PM PDT

    I work a 9 to 5 at a large company and have been building my business on the side. I'm ready to jump in 100% to my business and I have saving to cover costs for a while. I have a wife and kids that are all on my health insurance provided by my day job. I was looking at the costs to keep our plan via COBRA and it's like $1850 a month. That's more than I prefer to pay, but what are the alternatives? What have others done about this?

    Thanks in advance!

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    I accidentally started a business and I have no idea what to do

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 03:53 AM PDT

    A little background: I'm in my 40's, majored in art at a state school for a few years and then decided I wanted something with more stability so I went to cosmetology school and then about 8 years later went to massage therapy school. I've been working as a licensed salon/spa professional ever since. About 17 years. I've always worked as a W2 employee. Was working at a popular and expensive day spa prior to covid, making pretty good money. Nothing to sneeze at considering the low low cost of living in my city. We were forced by the state to shut down and were closed for 3 months. I went back to work for about a month and then was put on medical leave by my employer due to an ongoing issue I'm having surgery for in a couple of days. Supposed to go back in mid Nov. Not sure I'll be able to but I want to try to keep my foot in the door because it's a really good job and I loved working there.

    Now onto the reason I am posting. Over the decades I've still dabbled in art as a hobby-ish kind of thing. Sometimes I sell some. Never made more than about a grand in a year. I always just had extra taxes withheld at my job to cover it and claimed it as misc. I did file a schedule C one year, over a decade ago. It was pretty godawful and probably not even worth the time spent and the aggravation. While things were closed I decided to spend a portion of my stimulus on supplies for a new art/craft/design hobby I was wanting to try out. While looking for the best pricing on supplies, I realized I could make a thousand of the things for less than it would cost to do a hundred of them if I purchased supplies from China vs the US. I had done ok for myself on etsy in the past, and at that time I had had another shop open for about a year which I was regularly clearing a few hundred a month after expenses from. So I figured I'd sell off anything I didn't want to keep, and maybe support my craft habit.

    When we were called back to work at the end of June, I didn't yet have all my supplies in yet, but the schedule at work was DEAD and I was making a fraction of my previous income. So I went ahead and made some stock with what I had, took some pics and opened shop July 1st. I had around $2500 in total revenue by the end of July. As of right now it's at over 13k since opening.

    I haven't dealt with the taxes side of things at all, which I realize was pretty fucking dumb. I was just overwhelmed trying to replace my stock while things sold out within days, and spent all my free time filling orders and making new stuff as my supplies came in. I'm spending around 70-80 hours a week on this, estimating conservatively. I pay my bills (around 1k a month give or take) and the rest gets reinvested into the etsy store. Either buying larger quantities of supplies to bring costs down further/not run out at as quickly, or buying higher quality and more valuable supplies to work with. Most of my items were $5 or less and I wanted to see, if I put some much more expensive items up for sale, whether people would still buy them. The answer was "yes". But the less expensive ones are still my bread and butter and I do both now, plus some mid-range inbetween stuff. My average order before shipping is between $17-18 right now.

    I also bought a printer after my first time hauling 25 boxes to the post office and waiting while they all were rung up.

    I have a few challenges that are becoming more evident to me as time goes on. I have ADHD and discalculia (like dyslexia but with numbers and it makes any sort of accounting or budgeting a total fucking nightmare). The ADHD also makes me struggle with impulsive behavior. This entire thing is the result of impulsive behavior. But at the same time the hyperfocusing comes in useful at times.

    My credit is bad. I mean really really bad. I got divorced two years ago, moved from a HCOL city to a LCOL city, had to buy a car, my income dropped significantly for the first year and a half but I still had HCOL levels of debt, plus all the moving expenses I had to put on credit cards. And medical issues. Lots of em. Was planning on filing a chapter 7 pre-covid, but I have a feeling it will be far more complicated now.

    Lastly I do not own a computer. I've been doing this 100% with my phone. I could buy one, I guess, but I don't know how to use it. I have a laser printer that I can sent files to from my phone, and it works most of the time.

    Also, I know someone is going to tell me to get off etsy and start my own site so I don't have to pay all the fees. I'm getting 96% of my traffic through etsy searches and offsite ads. I don't pay for the etsy ads at all. The offsite ones cannot be opted out of once you've hit 10k on sales and since the average order I get through offsite ads is almost twice as much as the across the board average, I have no complains. I do have a pretty high percentage of repeat customers and suspect that a lot of new customers are acquainted with my regular customers (get statistically improbable numbers of orders from different people in towns with a very small population. But I need to stay on etsy for the time being. I cannot take on more work till maybe after the holidays.

    The tax and financial stuff is not at all in my wheelhouse. I don't even know what to Google to find someone to help me. Or what to tell them I need. If someone could kind of guide me so I don't sound like a compete idiot, that would bw great.

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    How do I sell on brick and mortar shelves?

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 12:58 PM PDT

    I have a small business, it's a few years old. My products are patented and original inventions and I own the largest slice of my market. Since I started this business, I have only sold my products on my business website and Amazon. For a long time, I've been having people trying to become distributors of my product - and it's only becoming a more persistent request. From retailers in SE Asia, Europe, N. America, and UAE (Asia). I do want to expand to brick and mortar supplying, however, I have never taken the leap because I don't know the logistics of B2B selling. I don't want to come off as naive of the systems and sales options, and I'd like to understand what the exchange may look like with the distributors. Do I price wholesale and they buy in bulk from me and assume the risk for that purchase order or do they only pay me for what they sell? Will they try to barter my wholesale price down, meaning I'll price it higher as I go into the discussion? Or will they take my number that I set because it is my product and I get to choose the value since no one else makes/sells it? I do have UPCs via GS1 so barcodes aren't really an issue, I think I understand that aspect.

    If anyone has experience on B2b retail, I would love some insight and direction. Or if you have any resources to suggest, that would be great as well. I do feel that expanding to retail is my next evolution and I need to finally learn how to do so.

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    I’m starting my own petcare company. Does anyone have experience or wisdom to share?

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 12:37 PM PDT

    I'm 21 and for about a year now have been working on a pet care business. It started out with me just getting some cerifications in grooming and training, and then petsitting/dogwalking on the side. I began buliding a website simply to list my rates but the more I worked on it the more I realized I really wanted to establish myself as a sole proprietor and, well into the future, possibly become a full-on business as an LLC, INC, or CORP. Has anyone worked in this field and can give me some pointers/answer some questions?

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    I want to help 5 people achieve one of their goals within the next 30 days.

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 07:58 AM PDT

    Hello,

    I want to help 5 people achieve their goals within the next 30days. All you need is to have a clear idea of what you want to achieve and tell me all about it. And we'll then set some time during the week to have a catch up to make sure you've achieved some of your milestones. I think this would be great for someone who procrastinates a lot and needs someone to push them.

    I am doing this to give back, as i've received a lot of support for the past couple months and i think it could benefit a lot of people to have that push.

    Thank you

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    Market Research

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 01:40 PM PDT

    Hi there!

    Have you ever been approached by an independent filmmaker looking for investors?

    If so, and you feel like helping me very much please and thank you, could you please comment or DM me your answer to any of the following questions?

    1. How did you feel?
    2. What information did they offer to share?
    3. If you said yes, why?
    4. If you said no, why?
    5. How did you evaluate the project? (Did you read the script, or just talk to the producer, or look up the director, or...?)

    Thanks so much!

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    FB ADS NEEDED ADVISE

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 09:35 AM PDT

    Hi, how are you doing guys? Im starting to develop my Digital Marketing strategies. Any Guru around the corner?

    I'm using Single Images for PEE and get the right audience. Later I use the same creative for Conversions into that audience. After i made some sales i use carrousel for retargeting.

    You do the same strategy? When do you use carrousels?

    Best regards

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    What’s it like when your priorities aren’t set right for an entrepreneur?

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 01:16 PM PDT

    What kind of struggles may you have had or are going through in this regard? How does this affect you, your work, your life?

    Thanks for some answers in advance

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    Shall i start a blog in my personal name or a business name?

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 01:09 PM PDT

    Hi, I am hoping to start a blog covering business news but wondering whether to start it in my own personal name to build up my name as a brand or as a separate name which I don't identify with. I do prefer the latter as I am currently employed and I want to keep this as a hidden project and don't want my employer to find out that I've started this blog but will keeping the blog anonymous hurt my brand? That is, will I benefit more if I identify it in my own personal name? Any tips would be highly appreciated. Thanks

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    Hiring commission salesperson

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 12:41 PM PDT

    As the title suggests, I am looking to hire a commission sales person for my food subscription box business. Please DM if interested.

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    Adding value to my online store

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 08:26 AM PDT

    Hello everyone, after lurking here for a bit i have a quick question. I have realized more and more you need to provide value to your store and not just shove random products down your customers through. I have come up with an idea to have short story's in the form of a blog that are based off real life related to my niche (pet) and also grow my social media pages for my dog. My question is, do you tend to market the blog the same way or similar to products or are there more effective ways to get people to your blog/store and try and funnel them to the products. Any guidance is appreciated!

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    Have anyone been thinking of ways to add second streams of income by making money with all of the knowledge that you have? It’s people in your circle waiting to learn from you.

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 12:09 PM PDT

    I've been trying to think hard of ways to bring in a extra stream of income, especially since business has died down since the Covid Pandemic. The most thing that I see people doing right now is either taking this time to learn new things, brush up on the skills of their current niche or starting a whole new business all together.

    As a photographer and designer, I feel like I'm pretty knowable in my field. And if I can't do as many services right now then I might as well teach. And I have a large circle of friends that I can just see giving great training if I can just get them onboard. Has anyone else been thinking about this?

    If you are an Entrepreneur, Business Owner or even a series hobbiest, I bet you have lots of knowledge to share. Have you ever thought about creating an Online Course that you can monetize? Or if you have an awesome team or circle of talented associates, what about starting your very own Online Academy?

    But how do we get started? What about cost? Who wants to pay all the high fees for platforms as you are just beginning and have to get students.

    Well I've searched lots of platforms. As you may know, most of them are really expensive and carry heavy branding by the creators of the platform. But I've been testing out a great new platform for Training and Marketing that you can totally brand to your own company.

    The best thing is that for a short time you we can get it for a ONE TIME PRICE! That means no reoccurring fees. And this doesn't mean it's stingy with the features.

    Theres a currently a Free Trail for a great LMS (Learning Management System) called "Acadle". Use Acadle for Company Employee Training and Onboarding, Student Training, Courses, Marketing, Sales, Collaborations, Client Onboarding and more.

    • Acadle is White Labeled and ready to become YOUR BRAND!
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    I am including a NON-AFFILIATE LINK: I make no money from you clicking on this link. I just wanted to share the opportunity. Just visit, start a trail and see if it's for you.

    https://acadle.com/lifetime-deal/

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    What business decision did you made in your business in order for it to improve?

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 11:37 AM PDT

    Also what kind of business do you run? I wanna see examples of different business decisions people made to improve their business.

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    Started a TikTok, got 10k followers and now they’re paying me

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 11:15 AM PDT

    How can I further expand on this?

    I'm just now generating money from TikTok and I only expect it to grow even further in the coming years if it doesn't get banned

    100% TikTok will go the route of YouTube with ads and creators will get paid a lot more then they do now

    BUT what other methods can I do to make more money?

    My TikTok is based off of finance and the stock market

    I crossed 10k followers Friday, applied for the fund, got accepted and now I'm over 11k through the weekend

    Apart from videos what else can I do to make money off of this?

    I don't wanna sell a course, yuck.

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    Business name structure - OneWord vesre One Word?

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 10:32 AM PDT

    So far I've been using a "OneWord" structure to my company name, however the further down the SEO rabbit hole I go the more I wonder if I'm doing myself a disservice and "One Word" would be a better structure. My original thought process was "OneWord" was a unique way to find my company name, but now I'm wondering if it will actually be a hindrance in searches.

    Any thoughts?

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    Looking for feedback on "The Strava of Cooking"

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 09:28 AM PDT

    Disclaimer : This is a post looking for feedback on a product our team is currently building , I'll leave a link at the end to our landing page but overall I'm looking for the communities candid feedback to help make our product better.

    Hey Folks! Currently we are building a platform that is aiming to be the "Strava of Cooking" if you're unfamiliar with Strava it is essentially a really useful fitness social media that connects runners, bikers, and swimmers via a community style platform of sharing, liking, and commenting on workouts.

    TAPAS is our culinary take on this, with the ability to easily create your own recipes (ingredients integrated to be added manually or scanned in), discover others recipes, and follow your friends and verified chefs. Alongside this we plan to have a dining experience portion that will not only let you review your favorite restaurants but your favorite dishes and chefs. This would allow someone in your area to find a highly rated specific dish vs just a top level restaurant rating.

    Our founding team is tech and finance however my co-founder comes from a family background of restaurateurs and I also own a local restaurant and bar, so we have a vested interest in the culinary community.

    This landing page shows visualizations and helps further illustrate what we are aiming to build.

    http://unbouncepages.com/tapas-app/

    Thanks in advance your feedback good and bad is so appreciated by our team! I'll be on this thread to discuss and answer any questions.

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    A new man to the game

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 01:42 AM PDT

    Hey guys, I want to start with my own clothing brand, I'm 15 years old and semi broke, so I'd love to get some tips on how to get pullovers and polos produced from China. I have a name as logo, I want to have it in Ralph Lauren style made, that kind of material. Kind regards, Thomas

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    How should I grow service business with $10k MRR?

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 08:52 AM PDT

    Over the past three years, we've built a side business that does $10k MRR with 50% profit margin. 100% of marketing is organic SEO, with ~10k visits to blog posts that go into a sales funnel. Article -> Free downloads -> email sequence -> sales call -> purchase. This is not our core service, but something we created based on customer demand.

    This service focuses on healthcare companies with fewer than 50 employees across the US. It's a fully remote business. We have mature operational processes on the back-end for onboarding and support.

    I'm trying to figure out what to do. I think it has potential for growth, but I'm focused on our core, strategic products.

    I've tried hiring sales and marketing experts to grow the service, but none have succeeded.

    What do you think is the best path forward? Here are some options I'm considering:

    1) Sell it to a competitor. As a service business it would probably only fetch 1-3x revenue, but there might be some added value in the sales and marketing funnel.

    2) Find a partner who can help me grow it. Someone young and hungry who could drive the business forward in exchange for equity and profit sharing.

    3) Hire a manager. While it would drop profit below $0, it would hopefully grow with full-time focus. This would be a tough hire -- this person would need to be a jack of all trades.

    4) Hire a commission-only sales person. Not even sure if these still exist.

    5) Invest in advertising. I've tried this in the past -- spent over $30k with no results to show for it. So not sure where to go from here.

    What would you do? What ideas am I missing? Thanks in advance!

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    Need Advice for University. Feel disappointed.

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 08:51 AM PDT

    Is this what University is supposed to feel like? It's my first year in university and it's all online.

    I feel that I'm just righting down notes and doing tests and quizzes while using just notes. Am I actually supposed remember all the information for all classes in my Brain? Our teachers say we can use notes during tests and exams.

    I have 6 classes per semester and just feel like I haven't learn anything. It's my 4th week at university, is this feeling normal?

    My major is Accounting, I want to own a business after graduating, how much University education did you actually retain?

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    What DON’T you like about email?

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 08:24 AM PDT

    The more detailed, the better :)

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    Quora Hack : For Affiliate Marketers and Products Creators

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 07:29 AM PDT

    More than 70% Affiliate marketers know about quora and only very few make money. The biggest reason is we don't know which question gets more impressions. Unfortunately quora doesn't let you know the top questions. But you can get this for free with a simple hack.

    Here it is: https://i.imgur.com/Ik1xwqb.jpg

    Step 1 : click on your profile icon and click on Ads Manager

    Step 2: On the right hand corner click on New Campaign and Give a campaign name

    Step 3: Under Objective select Traffic

    Step 4: Under Choose primary targeting , select Contextual Targeting

    Step 5 : And then Select Question and click on Bulk add

    and Window will pop up and enter your keyword

    Quora will list the questions with Weekly Views

    Sometimes you may not get results if your keyword is broad like weightloss , in that case go for more specific keywords

    Results for Finance and Personal Finance : https://i.imgur.com/yuS9oMy.png

    Am a content marketer for ten plus years. I always wanted to write an ebook about how to get free traffic to affiliate products.

    Over the past 6 months i studied 100 plus case studies and 70 plus successful affiliate marketers and course creators. Just completed my ebook : 56 ways to get free traffic to affiliate courses.
    Interesting weeks a head.

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    Looking for co-founder in Sacramento area

    Posted: 28 Sep 2020 07:22 AM PDT

    Hello all,

    I'm looking for a business partner in the Sacramento area. I want to work with someone who can meet every couple of weeks (via zoom or in person) and have think tank sessions together with plans to ultimately open a business or start a product together. Paul Graham wrote about the mistakes that kill starts up, "single founder" being number one. It makes sense as we're social animals- we live in groups and work in teams. We thrive when we're together.

    It's best we start out and get to know one another and see if it's a good fit. I've always had a deep knowing I would follow the foot steps of my Dad and start a business to some extent. As a kid I saw him lean in, fearlessly to different business ventures. A movie store in the 80s, a hockey rink and batting cages in the 90s while running his own successful general construction business. If he was around still, I know we'd have opened a brewery or jumped into some business venture together.

    I've always been interested in the void and love discussing ideas, strategy, and marketing. I'm really looking to partner with someone who's hungry, has time to put in some hours, possibly has a history in product development, supply chain, procurement or maybe some other blind spot I surely have.

    Currently I'm in Outside Sales in the Building Industry. I'm 33 years old, married. Shoot me a note if you're interested in connecting and tell me about yourself!

    Miranda

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