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- I sent a survey to 1k people. No one filled it out
- Grocery delivery business - start small or all essentials?
- Here's a question that keeps me up at night sometimes.
- When hiring people, there's a few things you need to keep in mind
- [Suggestion] Looking for suggestion and thoughts to improve the UI of my app!
- I need advice on affiliate marketing
- Worth starting an MSSP?
- How did all these large logistics businesses (UPS, Amazon, etc.) come up with such elaborate business plans? How do I write an elaborate plan for my young business?
- 10 Tried and Tested Ways to Increase Contact Form Conversion Rate
- Payment Processor Advice
- Evolve or die! It's what I think I am facing.
- i'll grow ur Instagram organically, quickly!
- Physical Stock Tickers, potential?
- Which Career path provides the best skillset for creating YOUR OWN Tech Startup? �� Software Engineer, Product Manager, UX Designer, ph.d. in some specific area or Machine learning engineer? (Tell your story ����)
- What would you do if you had a $220,000 salary, and want to transition on becoming an internet entrepreneur ?
- Good chair recommendations for 12+ hours working in front of a computer every single day
- How can i make money from Yemen's soon to be booming economy?
| I sent a survey to 1k people. No one filled it out Posted: 04 Apr 2021 09:49 AM PDT I have a website with 1k registered users (it's completely free) and I sent out an email with a link to a survey to all of them (5 short questions on how the website can be improved). 500 email opens, 20 link clicks, 0 responses. I hate my users EDIT: thanks for all the responses! Definitely going to offer incentives next time. EDIT: just to clarify, I dont really hate my users (and ik this was my fault) this was more of a joke [link] [comments]  |
| Grocery delivery business - start small or all essentials? Posted: 04 Apr 2021 09:30 AM PDT I am going to start a small grocery delivery business here in the community. The nearest grocery stores is far and hard to reach via commute. Initially I plan to offer it to the condo complex where I live but I know there are exclusive (as in for the rich people) subdivisions around here that are even farther from the grocery stores. I will store the stocks here first in my place. For marketing, FB ads will not really work because Im targeting a small area in a big city. For awareness, I plan to partner with the sellers that can go inside each house like the water delivery people and the LPG people. I will give them flyers to put on the lpg tank or the water gallon when they deliver to the condo units here. We also have a marketplace group on facebook. I also plan to do house to house and stick pamphlets on doors. Any additional ideas how to increase awareness? :) About inventory - I have a distribution company where I can get some of the products (canned goods, chocolates, etc.) I plan to start with a small inventory first: canned goods like corned beefs and sardines and oatmeals, all these I can buy from my company. But I think if I'm going to do all these marketing efforts, shouldn't I have a bigger assortment? Should I include other essentials like coffee, sugar, milk, shampoo, soap, conditioner, detergent, and others? Im worried if they see that I only sell canned products and oatmeals, they wont buy or return by the time I already have a big assortment because I sell so little when they look at the online store the first time. Initially I will only serve the condo complex because I can walk around here. I dont have a car and we're on lockdown-ish so public transpo is difficult to come by. Is this the right way to go or should I also service the other subdivisions outside the condo complex? I will have to rent a tricycle to deliver it though. That should be covered by the delivery fee. Summary of questions:
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| Here's a question that keeps me up at night sometimes. Posted: 04 Apr 2021 07:18 AM PDT Elon musk once sold a company I believe it was called zip 2 for 300 something millions dollars. I want to know why did he keep working. He could've spent a couple million a year and lived happily but why go on? [link] [comments]  |
| When hiring people, there's a few things you need to keep in mind Posted: 04 Apr 2021 01:47 PM PDT There was a post a few days ago about warehouse workers and an business owner struggling with productivity. There were a lot of good answers, but there's something that I don't see touched on too much here. Many folks here enjoy being their own boss because they don't have to rely on anyone for their daily bread. That's good, that's an acceptable and reasonable outlook on life. But, not everyone wants that kind of lifestyle. There's plenty of people who are actually quite happy working for others. There's all kinds of reasons, but at the end of the day they don't want to be their own boss, they'd rather just do their job. So, when you are starting a business, I believe it's important to understand what potential employees are looking for. 1) Stability. Most people in life want stability. Financial stability is super important because it means you have a roof over your head, food on your table, and you can go to a doctor if needed. Regular hours, regular pay, and a predictable work environment goes a long way to attracting competent employees. 2) The opportunity to earn more. Not everyone wants to be a manager and earn the big manager bucks. Not everyone should. A highly skilled employee who now has to divert their focus away from their work and towards getting others doing their means lower productivity all around. Promotions aren't the only way to reward employees, raises are too. If you're not giving raises to your employees, then eventually they're going to want to leave. Cost of living raises, bonuses, performance raises, and commission are all different ways to reward employees for their service and it encourages them to stay longer and longer. The longer they stay, the more they hone their skills which benefits YOU. Don't be afraid to pay an employee more. Your employees are assets and investing in them yields returns in your business doing better. It's all on how you manage your company. 3) A living wage Yeah, you can pay people minimum wage, but you need to remember that you get what you pay for. Real life example: My dad and uncle both owned competing shops in a small city. They had a niche product and the city had maybe a dozen shops that provided the products in this niche. My dad regularly had some of the highest profits and earnings versus his brother. Why? Because my dad paid an actual living wage to his employees so when the people in the industry in the area found out, they would apply to his shop and he got to employ the best of the best who in turn turned out better products who in turn brought more customers and sales. My uncle was pissed because he only got the bottom of the barrel people. They talked about it one day, my uncle asks why my dad has the good people and he doesn't, my dad asks how much he's paying and my uncle says state minimum wage. Well, that's why. Your employees do not want to be living paycheck to paycheck. They want to be able to afford their housing and their food without relying on welfare. 4) This is business, not charity. If you're running a charity, then sure, ask people to work for free. There's loads of good causes out there and I encourage people to be charitable for the greater good. However, you're not here to run a charity, you're here to run a business. Your employees work for you in expectation of pay. They can't pay for rent with shares of your company. They can't feed themselves on the promise of pay. They need cash. It is your responsibility to provide that income. In the arts world we get that a lot "can't you do this for me for free? I'll give you credit and exposure!" Exposure is what you DIE from, not what pays the bills. You negotiate compensation and work expectations and you follow through on that agreement. If you have no money to pay them with, then that's your problem and not theirs. It's not their responsibility to pay themselves, it's yours. 5) An employee is an opportunity for new connection Good management doesn't mean you keep 100% of employees you hire, sometimes people leave. Being a good business owner should leave employees with a sense that you're a solid person to do business with. When employees leave they will talk about your business and what they say can help or harm your business. Good relationships can save you a world of hurt. An employee will be more willing to train their replacement to be competent at the job. More likely to tell others in that specialization to inquire about employment with you (larger pool of applications means you get to be more selective). More likely to recommend your business to potential clients. You don't have to be their best friend, but you should strive to be competent and good at managing. 6) Employees can warn you of impending problems I don't mean in a practical sense of "oh, there's a delay in the project". I mean in the long term sense. Your employees will notice trends in their work. Trends in sales, trends in the work cycle, trends in customer feedback. Their feedback can help you refine the quality of your product/service and make you more profitable. Encourage employee feedback and reward people who look out for the business with bonuses or PTO. Employee loyalty can protect you in rough times. Plenty of people here have stories of when they worked for another business and how that company screwed them over. Don't continue that cycle. Follow the example set by the founders of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's. Invest in your employees and you can turn a better profit. [link] [comments]  |
| [Suggestion] Looking for suggestion and thoughts to improve the UI of my app! Posted: 04 Apr 2021 01:32 PM PDT Hi everybody! I had recently made a post in the sub describing my app and how I came up with the idea. The link is below. Thanks to everyone for their feedback and for trying out the app. I am looking to improve the UI/UX of app and have come up with a new design. I will really appreciate if you could give me some feedback. The iOS and android links for the app are below https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happyer4life for android https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/happyer/id1537711110 for iOS The link for the new UI design is below [link] [comments]  |
| I need advice on affiliate marketing Posted: 04 Apr 2021 12:12 PM PDT I have selected Clickbank. Target customers are USA Doctors.
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| Posted: 04 Apr 2021 11:27 AM PDT Hello everyone, I have multiple years of experience in the implementation and management of Cybersecurity solutions. I have just a few questions surrounding the idea of starting up an MSSP.
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| Posted: 03 Apr 2021 10:30 PM PDT I was driving by an Amazon warehouse today and couldn't help but think that Jeff Bezos would have someday sat down to come up with something along the lines of, "boxes will stay in the shipping containers within the airplane for X hours, before being stored in the airport cargo for no more than Y hours. The Z shipment transfer protocol will determine which truck gets to take which box"... I am sorry if I can't really explain my train of thought, since I'm a tech guy and I marvel at large businesses. But how the heck do these guys come to know all these business processes and know how to put them to paper? I am sure Jeff Bezos met a lot of people, read many business books, got help from experts. But for a young entrepreneur like myself, where do I get the knowledge to write a detailed business plan when I have not experienced what my business would be like in 5-10 years? [link] [comments]  |
| 10 Tried and Tested Ways to Increase Contact Form Conversion Rate Posted: 04 Apr 2021 04:20 AM PDT 1. Minimize the number of fieldsIt is a common situation when the user closes the page without even clicking on the interaction form because there are too many fields required. A large number of fields tend to scare away site visitors. They are either too lazy to fill out that much, or they simply do not want to provide too much information about themselves. For example, a customer has not yet made a decision about the order, but they are already asked to give a lot of information about themselves. A study by Hubspot verifies this concept, showing that reducing the number of fields from four to three brings a 50 percent improvement in conversion rate. Remember - the simpler your contact form is, the easier it is for the customer to decide to fill it out. 2. Split longer forms into multiple pages.But what if you still need to request a lot of information? In this case you can easily split the form into subcategories, like order information and shipping information. This will help keep the form design cleaner and avoid overwhelming the customer by displaying too many fields at once. The key to successfully implementing multi-page forms is to keep UX in mind. Use as many sections or pages as needed to gather information, but make sure that form sections are logically ordered and that they are limited to "one idea/question per page." Example 3. Try to opt out of mandatory fields.No one likes to do something only because they were told to. Mandatory fields, especially the ones with red asterisks, scare users away as they don't leave any choice. The strict requirement to fill in the field with the phone number is not always necessary. Perhaps the users should be given a choice of what to leave as a contact - phone, mail, or all at once? It will be easier and more convenient for them. 4. Explain why you need this or that field.Customers dislike spam and unsolicited phone calls. So you better tell them how the required information will be used in the future. You can also include your privacy policy to remove all doubts. This simple, trustworthy statement about your email marketing campaign will improve the conversion rate. Example 1, Example 2 5. The form should help the user fill out itselfTypically, a contact form is universal, but not always. It can be different for a customer, for a potential partner and for an applicant. Accordingly, the information in these forms should be different. It is better to show the site visitors an example of how exactly they need to fill in a specific field. This can be done in a semi-transparent font that disappears when the visitor moves to the field. Give a visual example in which format it is better for a visitor to point out what exactly they are interested in from your products and in what form it is preferable to submit contact information. Most likely, they will fill it in that way. If the field of the contact form is intended to be used for detailed information, then you need to give a comment next to the field, explaining what to text there and why this information is needed. 6. Focus on smartphones and tablets firstPeople are increasingly using smartphones and tablets for online shopping. Contact forms that are designed to be filled out with personal computers or laptops are difficult to fill out with a smartphone. And vice versa - what was originally created for a smartphone is simply filled with a computer. Use swipes for iOS or Android and GPS data to help the user fill out the form. 7. Choose a clear and strong call-to-action'Submit' doesn't let users know what happens next. The biggest fear we all have with forms is not knowing what happens when we press that 'Submit' button. Change the text to 'Request a Call' or 'Request Contact' or 'Request Price.' Reaffirm the reason for the form, so site visitors are comfortable with what happens next. According to studies, the word "submit" is not descriptive enough. Words like "download" and "click here" increase the conversion rate by around 25-30%. Example Another study shows that if you use first person in the call-to-action button, it improves the conversions by as much as 25 percent when compared to using second person point of view. 8. Use a confirmation landing pageLet your website visitors know that the form has been received and thank them for their request. As soon as they press the button, redirect them to a new landing page with a generous thank you statement. Above all, make sure you deliver on the promise. If you promise a follow-up contact within 24 hours, make sure it happens. 9. Minimize friction in and around the formThe advice, "use power words to persuade people to subscribe to your list," isn't always the right approach for optimizing online lead generation forms, even if it often works. More than likely, the lead generation form isn't the problem, but the events that happen around it are. At the heart of every landing page, the lead generation form stands out. If you put too many elements around the generation form, you will probably lower conversion rates that's why don't be afraid to use white space. It allows scannability and readability and increases click-through rates. Truly, so many different things happen on a landing page simultaneously. The visitor will be making judgments on whether or not the offer is right for them, the persuasive words and design are there to help build strong interest. When you make it easier for people to make the right decisions, you'll get more clicks on your call-to-action button. 10. Get instant contact with your leadsNowadays, people receive a lot of emails to their inbox and sometimes it is very easy to miss email from a potential customer. Setup notifications to your favourite messenger and get notified instantly when your new prospect submits a form. ConclusionLook for problems and fix them. Test your form constantly. Try to look at it from the user perspective, make it simple and understandable for the site visitor, and remove all errors and bugs. Remember - the customer wants to get visual information and a convenient form right away, on the first page of the site, that's why every little thing matters! Following these recommendations may give you an advantage in the eyes of the user and positively affect the conversion of the contact form. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2021 05:49 AM PDT I'm looking to create a subscription model where by the user pays for an item over the course of 12 months. For example, user selects a mobile phone from the store and they have the option to pay over 12 months. To do this the user is subscribed to a subscription tied for 12 months that takes x amount of money. After 6 months the user gets their item and they're still tied to the subscription for the remaining 6 months. There's already a site that does this, and a hanful of others. What I'd like to know is what payment processors allow this? As it's based on a subscription model you do not need to be authorized by the financial authorities under Article 60F(2) and 60L(A) of the Financial Services and Markets Act. [link] [comments]  |
| Evolve or die! It's what I think I am facing. Posted: 04 Apr 2021 04:24 AM PDT I have a commercial building construction company that primarily works on commercial but we do residential speratically as clients all or send leads. I am trying to figure out where the next trend for building construction will be. New construction cost have been consistently rising and fear of lack of demand has set in. This leads me to think remodeling existing buildings will start to tend. Most advancements for technology in construction are still in R&D. I could just grow the residential side but it is very competitive and single owner businesses are going direct to consumer. So not positive about long term. I feel like technology needs to be part of my companies evolution but not sure. I need to hone a niche so I can specialize and build that specially type of business. Any ideas I can research? Anyone in the industry seeing this, what is your exit strategy if you have a 1m/yr commercial building construction company? My exit strategy, build a niche business and sell it in less than ten years for retirement. [link] [comments]  |
| i'll grow ur Instagram organically, quickly! Posted: 04 Apr 2021 11:20 AM PDT Hey! I'm offering my services growing Instagram followers, organically. I always look to only get followers who are into the niche of your page so you won't have dead followers, you'll see your engagement go up together with the followers number. I have my strats of doing it and I normally manage to get more or less 500 followers a week, once again ORGANICALLY! A great opportunity for all of you that struggle to grow your business Instagram, or even personal account. Already working with some people here on Reddit! :) PM me in case you're interested, I can explain you more and we'll make up a $ value fair for both parts. Cheers! [link] [comments]  |
| Physical Stock Tickers, potential? Posted: 04 Apr 2021 03:11 AM PDT Hey, a few weeks ago I asked here about what you thought of an idea I had about physical stock tickers, after some prototyping, I came up with something and love to hear what you think, and what the next action should be. ( if any ) I previously made the mistake of building products that while it being cool/novel, it not solving a problem ends up being too hard to sell. So while this started with making it because it's novel, it actually kind of solves a problem while also having the coolness/novelty. The problem being active investors using too much time during a workday checking their positions, losing focus on their work. Focusing on angling the product as a kind of productivity/focus aid, it features an E-paper display that emits no light. Anyways while all this sounds good in my head, other than an increasing number of retail investors there have been no proof of market or successful similar products which is a bad sign. There are a few bitcoin tickers on Etsy, but with a very low number of sales. I thought about either doing a Kickstarter or building 100 units or so using off-the-shelf parts and seeing if they sell, but before I do anything I'd appropriate any thoughts you have on it, and if you think there's a potential business here. Here's an landing page that explains it: https://tickrmeter.com/ [link] [comments]  |
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| Posted: 03 Apr 2021 02:25 PM PDT I have a background in Web Development, and a little bit of SEO (my knowledge is not up to date), What would be a good online business to start looking into ? [link] [comments]  |
| Good chair recommendations for 12+ hours working in front of a computer every single day Posted: 03 Apr 2021 09:35 PM PDT My back is dying. Need help. Had the IKEA Renberget but it had no lumbar support so that part of my back kept hurting. Got a gaming chair but that just moved the pain from my lower back to my upper back. Now I don't trust that if I buy a new chair, it'll fix the aching back problem What chair do you use? Got any recommendations? [link] [comments]  |
| How can i make money from Yemen's soon to be booming economy? Posted: 04 Apr 2021 06:07 AM PDT Guys this is a money making upportunity, right now there is a bloody civil war going on in Yemen, the country my parents are from. I thought about opening a business there but i can't say my arabic is good enough. Do you guys have any idea how you can proft from their booming economy? When the war ends soon the GDP wil probably increase 10 times or more. [link] [comments]  |
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