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- YouTube channel startup!
- Good services for tracking multiple independent contractors?
- Starting as a startup now we have worked with more than 40 clients, the marketing techniques that brought us here.
- How is branding different from advertising?
- My business name has the '&' symbol - Business Credit Card Application and Card Name Question?
- How to reach out to executive (CEO, CTO, etc) as an intern?
- How difficult could it be dealing with Manufacturers
- I'm a startup CTO looking for hiring advice
- Co founder or Hire?
- Seeking advice for remote team functioning for an early stage startup.
- Can you build a company or products not physically being in the target country?
- Am I doing this right?
- Legality of Publishing analytics on amazon, ebay customer reviews on my website
- Sweat Equity Vs Cash
- How do build a target persona for a social media user?!
| Posted: 28 Jan 2021 05:00 PM PST Hey guys, I'm pretty new to reddit but I finally have enough karma points to post in here! My name is Rick and I am 25 years old. I work in the oilfield doing solids control and I have been doing this for 2 years now. Before working in the oilfield, I made money by completing gigs. Mainly landscaping, shoveling snow, gutter clean outs, garage clean outs, painting, and scrapping metal. I still do most of these gigs on my days off when I am back in town. I want to start up a YouTube channel that goes through everything on how I find and complete these gigs, as I feel it will help the generation below me find their way and learn the value of a dollar. I mainly found my gigs through Craigslist and Facebook marketplace but have learned over the years that there are many ways to go about picking up gigs. I want to start a YouTube channel but don't know much about how to go about starting one. I am looking for recommendations on cameras (I won't hire a cameraman, I will be doing all the recording myself) and microphones, and what softwares/programs I should use to edit videos... I don't know much about how to edit videos so I'm thinking that will be my biggest learning curve here. Hoping someone is able to connect with me through this post! Thanks in advance, Rick [link] [comments]  |
| Good services for tracking multiple independent contractors? Posted: 28 Jan 2021 01:40 PM PST My business operates an on-demand platform, so we need a way to manage and keep track of independent contractor expenses, including filing form 1099s. I saw Quickbooks has this feature, however I'm not sure how it will work at scale. We use Stripe for online-payment processing, so ideally the service would link with Stripe. Gust also does, but once again I don't think it would work with a large number of contractors. Does anyone know of a service to manage lots of independent contractors? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Jan 2021 02:56 AM PST Starting a company with close to zero dollars for marketing was a challenge for us. Marketing has been present for ages with various techniques, however, marketing for startups is a little more delicate. Of course, no marketing strategy can't be imagined without being digital. However, there are some digital marketing techniques that are more effective than others, especially for startups. Here is what worked for us: 1. Email marketing, companies who know how to use it cleverly mark a very high return on investment. According to DMA, the average 1 ROI for every 1$ spend in email marketing is 32$ and when you add the fact that 99% of consumers check their email every day there is no place for hesitation. How to make most of out it? - First of all, make sure you target right, only people who have expressed interest in your products and are truly relevant should be on your recipient list. - Second, pay really good attention to your copy. Your message should be clean, clear, and catchy. Support it with a nice design template - And finally, track your data. 2. Search engine optimization (This is a must) The competition is harsh, but getting on top can make you more visible to your potential customers. - Set your goals first. Your goals can be higher profit, revenue, or ROI, brand awareness, increased customer loyalty, etc. - Be consistent and post regularly. I expect you to research what your target customers are searching for before you decide your topics. - Blog posts are definitely the most important part of SEO. Over 40% of our traffic to the site comes through our blogs. 3. Pay per click for startups (Google ads) There are some tricks we have learned over the years for PPC marketing. PPC can bring a lot of irrelevant clicks so make sure you use negative keywords to cut them and save some time. This option allows you to exclude keywords you don't want to be found after Next, make sure you monitor your campaign every day. The data analytics platforms provide can be very valuable regarding all aspects of your marketing campaign and you shouldn't miss it. However, PPC requires a lot of investment that's why you need to make sure someone experienced is performing them. 4. Content marketing for startups I can't stress enough the importance of content marketing. As it's important for SEO, it's also important for you to remain relevant show that you have expertise. Before you start anything you need to research your target market. Develop buyer personas and find out what they want to learn and where are they spending their time. Then map the buyer journey and create content for each stage. At the top of the funnel, you should have light and informative content, the next stage should have content with higher value, while the final stage should show the exact benefit your product provides. What are some marketing strategies that worked for your startup and how? Let me know down in the comments? Also, we have some really in-depth useful articles if you want to check them out https://bit.ly/3cl2cyN [link] [comments]  |
| How is branding different from advertising? Posted: 28 Jan 2021 10:09 AM PST Above question is very confusing provide best resources that many can get this question answer. Its a main question that people merge both branding and marketing. Its necessary that before starting any business we should the difference. So who knows before can help others by providing resources. [link] [comments]  |
| My business name has the '&' symbol - Business Credit Card Application and Card Name Question? Posted: 28 Jan 2021 07:27 AM PST My company has the '&' symbol in the official business name. I use the & symbol for all my licenses and EIN. Let's use John & Smith as an example. As I am trying to apply for a business credit card, the bank does not allow me to use the '&' symbol on the credit card application nor for the card name as well. In this case, would I just go with John Smith or John And Smith? I am more worried about card name that will show either John Smith or John And Smith without the specific '&' symbol that I feel is part of my business identity. I am considering contacting the bank tomorrow morning to see if the '&' symbol can be added or if it has any bearing when I use the credit card account. Will other businesses that I conduct business with be care about the card name discrepancy? Will the IRS have an issue if I report my business credit card bank balances to them at the end of the year with the name discrepancy? Has anyone come across this or similar naming issues when opening a business credit card? Thank you for any advice and help! [link] [comments]  |
| How to reach out to executive (CEO, CTO, etc) as an intern? Posted: 28 Jan 2021 05:26 AM PST I'm currently interning at a startup (200-300 people) and I want to chat one-on-one with the CEO and CTO. I've spoken with some other high level execs before so I don't think it would be out of place for me to ask. I've seen the CTO at some meetings before but never really got to talk to them. I want to ask them questions about their role, the business at a higher level, and share what I'm working on as well. What's the best way to phrase my message to them? [link] [comments]  |
| How difficult could it be dealing with Manufacturers Posted: 28 Jan 2021 05:17 AM PST Hello Entrepreneurs, How are you all doing? Well let me just dive into the topic straight away. "How Difficult could it be dealing with Manufacturers". Yeah thats a question 😅 I have been planning a product based business for quite sometime now and the only hurdle has been the manufacturers so far. After a lot of research on the internet I managed to get hands on some of the best manufacturers in my niche. Some are huge corporations whom I avoided straight away as I know they are not going to entertain a start up or would just ask me to buy 10000 pieces for 8 USD each which would obviously land me with dead inventory in my garage 🤣. Moving forward i tried to find out small manufacturers who would do the job but they have high prices and 500 MoQ. It is pretty difficult to find a manufacturer who could settle down with low moqs in the initial stages to enable small start ups like mine to thrive. The only entry barrier to my start are the MOQs. So I would like to know how are you guys dealing with Manufacturers and their high MoQs. [link] [comments]  |
| I'm a startup CTO looking for hiring advice Posted: 28 Jan 2021 12:05 PM PST There are three of us on UK Me, junior and consultant Have budget for two cheap Indian upworkers Looking to phase out consultant and reallocate budget Wondering if I should use budget for a strong deputy or try my luck with cheap upworkers and hope I find a diamond in the rough in eastern Europe Feels like rates have gone up on Upwork and top talent works for Dev shops rather than independent so harder to convert to hire Concerned about getting in bed with devshops and being locked in. Also not sure if I can scale without reliable senior/deputy Input welcome! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Jan 2021 04:47 AM PST I have been developing an mvp of a very interesting EdTech project, it's been 10 months since the first line of code was written, working hours after my day job (CTO of another company) and on weekends. I recently quit my CTO job to go full time on this, since I currently have users and everything is working out. But It's hard to be a one man band, I strongly believe the business could go faster if I get a CEO (non technical person) but I have no money yet to pay them, I'm bootstrapping and have 30k of own capital that I've been using to start the business but paying a CEO will ruin the growth plan. I need someone that enters, commits with the project, help me raise money, pitch deck, growth, financials and operations so I can focus on the technical part. I'm not willing to give away big percents of stock options to someone that haven't been through all the effort and risks I've been through, but I know I have to give something attractive since I'm not paying at first. What would be a suitable percent for this situation? I was thinking: 10% for first angel round (try to raise 100k) 10-20% for the CEO Rest for me and willing to dilute myself for seed round or later series. Any advice or thoughts? [link] [comments]  |
| Seeking advice for remote team functioning for an early stage startup. Posted: 28 Jan 2021 04:11 AM PST Hey, I am a college senior working on a SaaS tool. We are a team of 3 members. I handles everything product and my other 2 member handles engineering part. We all are new to all this and prior to this we haven't shipped anything. We have worked on some algorithmic problems, but never shipped any software. We are 2 weeks in and haven't really progressed much. I learnt stuffs related to software product management and wrote a very detailed PRD for our tool, but the thing is my co-founders don't use the PRD for some reason and gets lost. Another thing is we all three are working remotely so coordination is an issue, atleast I feel so. How much time does it takes to actually get started with any software tool? We are right now trying to figure out the basic stuff so, how much time can we give to it? [link] [comments]  |
| Can you build a company or products not physically being in the target country? Posted: 27 Jan 2021 11:06 PM PST I am trying to find the answer to the question "How important is it to be in the country where you are building your products for?" For clarity, I am talking about fintech products. Pandemic showed us we can work remotely and handle most of the tasks. However, when you are a founder or the person who is responsible for building the product and marketing I think you should understand what is happening in the market from the inside, or am I wrong? Views on this topic could divide because the inter gave us chance to learn and research anything online. However, it would be great to learn the experience of people who build companies or startups. I am looking for insights on this topic. Share your views on this topic. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Jan 2021 08:48 PM PST I'm in the midst of creating a local startup - linking restaurants to make it easy for users to buy "leftover" food close to closing hours and close to expiry raw ingredients if they're available. I've seen such apps in other countries but at least it's not available where I'm at. I've spoken to a couple of restaurants in my neighbourhood and they're quite receptive of this idea especially with the lockdown rules in place. It's also quite warm among my circle of people on social media (friends, families) based on general feedback. I already have a website landing page, a Facebook page and an Instagram account for this. I've already created draft mock-ups of the app too (but no functioning app yet - I'll get to this later) and posted it on all of the social media outlets. From a perception/feeling standpoint it feels good based on the feedback - but in reality the numbers are not going to lie. I only have a handful of people liking the Facebook page and Instagram account (all from my immediate circle of people) and visits to the website landing page has gone down dramatically since it was first launched. The "sign-up" form only has a measly 5 people since 1 month ago. So far I've not done any paid promotions, Facebook ads, boosts etc. other than just sharing the occasional "about us" posts publicly to my profile or through IG stories. Now the question is:
Any thoughts/comments greatly appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Legality of Publishing analytics on amazon, ebay customer reviews on my website Posted: 27 Jan 2021 03:36 PM PST Hi i am working on a project in which i am trying to organize the customer reviews on e-commerce platforms to show the gist of those reviews , this involves showing topicwise breakdown of reviews pertaining to product (battery camera etc),sentiment analysis of reviews and other insightful analytics to help consumer know about a product better when researching. However i am a bit worried if its legal to use reviews from these websites to create such analysis and show to end user. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Jan 2021 02:32 PM PST If a business partner invested 100k USD in a start-up company. And I used that 100k only and scaled it to a million usd through my network and efforts. The business partner's investment was the initial capital only. What would be a fair split through the years if the company continued growing towards 5 million usd? Shouldn't the initial capital lose it's value over time assuming both partners initially owned 50% each? Id like to create a partnership agreement contract with a financer and I would like to weigh the sweat equity vs cash. So I am trying to understand the common fair practise in such situations [link] [comments]  |
| How do build a target persona for a social media user?! Posted: 27 Jan 2021 01:35 PM PST Hello, Almost all projects start with a target user in mind around whom the product is built around. How do I build the persona of a target user of a social platform? I'm a little stuck because technically everybody uses social media! I am not able to understand how I narrow down a concrete image of the all important first user! Social media used to be a place to connect with people living elsewhere like friends and family, but today one of its most important uses is as a source of news, but I find that the design of most current platforms haven't kept up with current needs. I have a design in mind that can help with today's needs but I do not want to make the classic build it and they will come mistake. Any advice would be much appreciated, Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
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