Marketplace Tuesday! - May 04, 2021 Entrepreneur |
- Marketplace Tuesday! - May 04, 2021
- Here's what I learned growing my mobile app to 2,000 users in a month
- Do you guys ever feel guilty when you opt in for projects which arent related to your business?
- Effects of Hobbies on Achieving Success & Wealth - Is Having Multiple Hobbies Indicative of Anything?
- How do you avoid your emails land in promotions?
- How do you go about hiring UI/UX designers?
- What do you guys read to understand upcoming trends?
- I finally made what I've been dreaming of, a meme website. How to get users now?
- Inherited land. What could I do to make it profitable?
- E-commerce vs Affiliate marketing 2021? Why would you choose one over the other?
- Experiences with product design firms?
- How do you create a SaaS product that requires users to be functional?
- I made chrome extension bot for Instagram Auto Follow-Unfollow after I couldn't find one that works properly.
- How to turn ideas into action
- shopping malls reposition
- How do I go about executing a business idea without any experience?
- Made a new AppStore Logo and working on "Polishing" Website
- How to make contacts?
- How do my proposals and offerings become new projects in other companies?
- How can I sell T-shirts to my Instagram followers with a print on demand website?
- I'm an expert in an (extremely) niche field and would like to open up a consultation service to help individuals (not businesses) in the field. I am okay registering the firm in my name and having my name on the website, but is it illegal if I don't provide my real name during consultation calls?
- Retail Small Business YouTube Channel
- Paid email newsletter tips?
| Marketplace Tuesday! - May 04, 2021 Posted: 04 May 2021 02:00 AM PDT Please use this thread to post any Jobs that you're looking to fill (including interns), or services you're looking to render to other members. We do this to not overflow the main subreddit with personal offerings (such logo design, SEO, etc) so please try to limit the offerings to this weekly thread. Since this thread can fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts. [link] [comments]  |
| Here's what I learned growing my mobile app to 2,000 users in a month Posted: 03 May 2021 10:41 PM PDT Hey, r/Entrepreneur. A month ago, I announced that I launched my first mobile app. Now, it has grown to around 2,000 users. I want to share what has worked, and what hasn't so that you can learn from my mistakes. The GoodThere are a few strategies that have really helped me with user acquisition. The first is to try and provide value to the communities I share it with (like this). Sometimes it doesn't work out, but I have mostly found success. It may not sound obvious to try to help others to grow your product, but good deeds and intentions are usually reciprocated in some way. Even if they don't reciprocate, you still get the benefit of having helped someone, which is good in and of itself. Here is an example of me trying to provide value to others: I Made a Mistake that Cost me 612 Users I tell them my mistake so that they don't make the same one. Not only do I help others, but I also received advice on how to improve my app! Trying to be helpful to the community has only been a positive for me, and I can't think of a downside. The second strategy is an obvious one. Find the right communities to share your product because they're out there. For example, I have had a lot of success on Reddit: Posting to r/ReactNative (250 upvotes) Posting to r/SideProject (200 upvotes) Posting to r/androidapps (200 upvotes) Finally, I try and tell good stories about the process of building an app; it's something people want to hear if you tell it right. My biggest uptick in users is when my blog post, "I Made A Mobile App for my Significant Other (And She Won't Use It)" made the front page of HackerNews. Notice that I'm not directly promoting my app, just telling a good story. The BadFacebook ads. $50 spent, 3,000 impressions, 64 link clicks, and 1 download. Awful. This is compared to twitter and reddit where I've likely amassed more than a million impressions without spending a single dollar. It does take a lot more work, but in my case it has worked so much better. Thanks for Reading ##I hope you find this helpful. If you wanna stay up to date with me and my progress you can follow me on twitter [link] [comments]  |
| Do you guys ever feel guilty when you opt in for projects which arent related to your business? Posted: 04 May 2021 07:42 AM PDT For example i really want to build this cool dispenser but i feel guilty whenever i work on this because technically i could have used the time for the business. Does anyone else feel the same way? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 May 2021 03:53 AM PDT A friend of mine and I had a very long and tricky conversation about hobbies the other day. We're both very ambitious and often discuss how people should live their lives in order to reach their highest potential. We've been friends for a long time and we've always been very curious people who enjoyed learning about new topics and ideas. Now, however, were in our mid-twenties and its effectively "crunch time" in our careers. We took two very different strategies in initiating our careers but we plan to converge at some point in time in the future. And due to the difference in our career strategies, we've develop some contrasts in how we ought to live our lives. He is of the belief that having multiple hobbies indicates that people don't fundamentally love what they do for a living and consequently look forward to returning back home to pursue their hobbies instead of placing that passion their career. He proceeded to state that highly successful people are typically obsessed with their work and that having multiple hobbies clearly indicates a lack of ambition for wealth. Now at the face of it, I don't necessarily disagree with him if I'm honest. But I do think that his opinion contains a significant number of assumptions that are highly impractical. Firstly, he assumes that highly successful people don't have any free time since they work all day and only have time to exercise. I frankly know that thats not true. I've been exposed to many highly successful people in my life who, although worked hard and tirelessly, weren't obliged to return home at 10:00 PM everyday. I believe that people can truly create greatness working 10 hours a day for 5 or 6 days a week. The second assumption he, and I think a lot of others, have is that the opportunity cost of having a lot of hobbies is time spent making money. From what I've been able to observe, people underestimate the sheer volume of time the average person spends of their phone and entertainment in general. I just think that it's ridiculous to assume that people without hobbies are actually spending that time doing something of actual value. I personally have quite a few hobbies and I like to believe that I juggle them around efficiently enough so as to not have them obstruct my life (career/personal life) in any way. And I wholeheartedly believe that my hobbies have kept me more in touch with life and myself. Many of my hobbies have proven to be extremely beneficial to my mental health and creativity. I do have to say, though, that while I disagree that the amount of time I spend actually practicing my hobbies impedes my targeted success, hobbies in general do pose a certain threat. Almost all my hobbies have required me to spend a considerable amount of time conducting research, watching videos and discussing it with friends or on Reddit. This can easily be abused during work hours and can definitely hamper one's success. My friend also claims that he doesn't want to start any hobbies because they're expensive. However, I think that this aspect of the debate simply depends on the hobby and so I've decided to omit it from this post. We ended the conversation not very differently than how we started it. Although valid points were stated, neither of us budged on our position. I'm finding it difficult to accept it because we supposedly have the same goals and ambition so I've been really preoccupied with this debate so I thought I'd your opinions about this discussion. Looking forward to hearing back! [link] [comments]  |
| How do you avoid your emails land in promotions? Posted: 04 May 2021 08:43 AM PDT Hey friends, I was testing my email campaign and noticed that almost every email went to spam or promotions. This is weird because my emails are not spammy at all. It has just 1 link, no buzzwords like "free", "make money" etc. Just emails you would send to a friend. Now, my emails of course do promote a product, but my email copy is not spammy at all. If my emails go to spam, I will get hardly an opens. Does anyone know what the big marketers like Ryan Deiss are doing to get their email into the inbox? Because they use multiple links, use a lot of HTML etc. and they still get into my main inbox. I would like to also achieve that, so that I can use words like "free" again and get people to click. Thanks in advance for the help! [link] [comments]  |
| How do you go about hiring UI/UX designers? Posted: 04 May 2021 08:31 AM PDT Hey all - quick question, I hope this is the right subreddit... Where do you typically go to hire UI/UX designers if you're running a tech startup. Alternatively, if you're a designer and looking to find some, where do you typically find them? I've tried out dribbble and upwork previously and usually it was relatively straightforward. This time the results have unfortunately been rather uninspiring so I wanted to get some advice Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| What do you guys read to understand upcoming trends? Posted: 03 May 2021 06:52 PM PDT I know that a lot of people find business ideas from problems they see and face in the real world, but I also want to be reading the news and maybe some books to have a better mindset on what's going on and how I should tackle everything. What do you guys read? Whether it be newspapers like The Economist, or some ageless old books that helped to build your mindset, or even online blogs that share useful info? Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| I finally made what I've been dreaming of, a meme website. How to get users now? Posted: 04 May 2021 08:47 AM PDT So, made a meme website (klubouse.com), now I'm new to whole marketing stuff and I don't wanna spend money since I'm already broke. I already launched it on product hunt, doesn't seem to get any response, any tips? Product hunt link: https: //www.producthunt.com/posts/klubouse/maker-invite?code=AM4QjN [link] [comments]  |
| Inherited land. What could I do to make it profitable? Posted: 03 May 2021 06:18 PM PDT I just inherited 5 acres of land in Pahrump, Nevada. It's pretty much desert land. I would like to make it profitable. What kind of a business would be most profitable on that kind of land? Could I start a solar panel farm or maybe some sort of a cactus farm? Any additional information is appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| E-commerce vs Affiliate marketing 2021? Why would you choose one over the other? Posted: 04 May 2021 07:18 AM PDT I am trying to decide which of this 2 business model to pursue… I would appreciate online entrepreneurs input on this topic. [link] [comments]  |
| Experiences with product design firms? Posted: 04 May 2021 09:05 AM PDT I have an idea for a product; however, I don't have the technical knowledge to develop it. I also work a full time job so I don't have too much time to invest into learning electrical, and software engineering. For those of you reading this that have experience with utilizing product design firms what advice can you provide to someone who is looking to take their first steps to making their product a reality? [link] [comments]  |
| How do you create a SaaS product that requires users to be functional? Posted: 04 May 2021 08:50 AM PDT I was just thinking about apps like dating apps and wondering how those get off the ground. The software itself is pretty straight forward but how do you get that first group of users that you need in order for the app to actually be useful? It it just as simple as a big marketing effort? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 May 2021 07:29 AM PDT Instagram can be one of the best ways to get traffic to your website. And this is the extension I made to grow your Instagram account. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 May 2021 02:51 AM PDT Last week I posted about corporate innovation and how to turn ideas into action. If you haven't already, I encourage you to read part 1 first. In part 1 I talked about
In part 2, I go even deeper discussing the innovation process,
How to choose the best innovation process?There are many 5 steps, 6 step and 8 step models out there. Sometimes, they are specifically focused on an industry or function. They all illustrate the same sequence of activities, but my personal favorite is the Design Thinking process. It's a model inspired by the way that designers tackle wicked problems. It's also very simple to adapt to any industry, and simple enough that even children can follow it. Let's break it down:First, we need to understand who we are creating this innovation for. Empathy plays a big role in the innovation process on a conscious and subconscious level. To know what it's like to walk in their shoes, we need to understand them. Following them around, studying their behavior, and asking smart questions can help us define the problem we will be solving, and also get inspired to create something that will make their lives genuinely better. Often, teams actually start with brainstorming, and that is OK. It's a good way to get all your ideas out of your head and leave all your preconceptions on a piece of paper. Just be sure to brainstorm again after you get to know your customer. Your first prototype can be (and probably should be) a simple drawing. As long as this allows you to illustrate and test the main features, it will serve its purpose. Because the Design Thinking process is cyclical, naturally you will create more elaborate prototypes with every next cycle, from digital layouts to 3D printed models. You might have noticed that I never mention competitive research in the process. Knowing what the competitors are doing is nonetheless important, but it has a way of leading teams into a "let's be better than SoAndSo" or, a competition mindset. In my experience, it can prove to be quite counterproductive especially at the beginning of the process. Teamwork always made the dream workThe most important thing about the Design Thinking process is that it's very inclusive. It really focuses on teamwork and collaboration and also pushes everyone in the team to focus on the user. That is exactly how great innovations are created. Whether your innovation is coming from an acquisition, a partnership, internal efforts or open innovation, you can use the Design Thinking process to facilitate the further development of the product, or align remote teams in a unified trajectory. Delivering excellence through ambidextrous leadershipIn all your innovative efforts, there will be one key player that will make or break the efficiency of the innovation process, and ultimately, the success of the innovation itself. The process is only as good as its facilitator: the project/team lead. The team lead has a very important role, and it is not to come up with all the best ideas. His job is to help the action team be fully dedicated to the project. In order to do so, he needs to balance external influences and internal tensions, and often, to get snacks. But their inclusion is necessary because their decisions impact everybody involved. They need to be informed about progress, confident in the team's ability to deliver and their decisions need to be aligned with the goal: ultimate customer delight. On the other hand, the members of the team need to work harmoniously. Diverse teams are best for innovation projects because everyone brings in a different perspective, but the more diverse a team is, the more turbulence there will be. To create a great innovation, there needs to be unity – both on an organizational level and within the team itself. When choosing a person for this task, I recommend seeking the following:
How to evaluate innovations?The scariest thing about innovation (from an established organization's perspective) is the risk that innovation will not be worth the investment. To ensure that you can turn your idea into rational action and that idea will be viable and profitable, we need to continuously evaluate it at every stage of the development process. This is my favorite evaluation tool – one that I've introduced to many of my friends and clients and seen their faces light up. Why? Because although it's a no-brainer, having a structured model often helps us remember all the steps we need to take to succeed. Without further ado, I present to you the Stage-Gate Model. The model goes hand in hand with the Design Thinking process and can be adapted to the specific stages that your organization will be going through systematically. The gates are simply elevation pit stops where we decide whether an idea is a "GO", a "STOP" or a "TERMINATE". The STOP ideas can be left on the shelf for another day, but the ideas that meet the harsher fate can also be revived in the future. The closer we get to the finish line, the more we have on the line. Passion also grows tension and it can be very difficult to stay objective to launch. Furthermore, people get tired and stop pushing for excellence. Or, they get stuck in perpetual iteration cycles and endlessly postpone the launch date. As a result, what happens is the idea gets lost in the piles of other products, or the guy next door launches something slightly less perfect much faster, and gets all the credit for the idea. Unfortunately, nobody cares about innovations that didn't pique their interest, and apparent "copycats". What can we do to avoid both of these equally bad scenarios?In my year of experience working with innovation, I've had the first-row seat watching both scenarios unfold. And teams that have done everything right up to this point, losing steam when it's time to show the world their work. But, they are not to blame. The truth is, launching an innovation requires a different set of skills than those that are necessary to develop the innovation. Designers and visionaries can be great at creating products and platforms that are better than anything else out there, but they simply don't know how to tell a story around them. On the other hand, the whole organization tends to get sucked in the "behind the scenes" perspective. so much so that they simply can't see the innovation objectively anymore. The antidote to both of these: the fresh eyes of an outside expert. The truth of the matter is: Launching an innovation is just as difficult as creating it. It requires creative storytelling, deep understanding of consumer psychology and a knack for approach innovation (or in less fancy terms: 21 century sales) Start innovating – turn ideas into actionEven if you have a very innovative marketing team within the organization, and odds are, you do, you need to form a new action marketing team that will research, develop, test and execute the launch strategy. Most organizations simply can't afford to do that and enlist the help of another team to help them extend their edge in this last but very crucial step. As the greatest commercial innovator of our age put it: "A lot of times people don't know what they want until you show it to them." He had a natural knack for storytelling and also understood communication trends like nobody else. Even so, he still sought out help from other experts, like the father of Design Thinking David Kelley, and his team to design the first Apple mouse, as well as marketing specialists such as Guy Kawasaki, who helped Apple launch the Macintosh. Thank you all for reading this. I will try to share what I've learned so far more often. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 May 2021 12:36 AM PDT tons of shopping malls deeeeeaaaaadddddd. what are income producing ideas for empty shopping malls? [link] [comments]  |
| How do I go about executing a business idea without any experience? Posted: 04 May 2021 06:12 AM PDT I just thought of a viable business idea, and I want to start assessing the viability and possibly start executing. This issue is I have no software experience (which my idea would rely heavily on), and don't know how to assess whether it is viable. Where should I start? [link] [comments]  |
| Made a new AppStore Logo and working on "Polishing" Website Posted: 04 May 2021 05:46 AM PDT Okay so I am back, and looking for more feedback about the new logo for my app on the Apple AppStore, and the progress for polishing my website. This journey of "refining" my presence on the AppStore and web started last month when I realized that something was wrong with how I was a (or am) advertising my app. I came here to get some advice on how to make it better. And the advice was really awesome, so thank you very VERY much for that. Here is what the advice showed:
I am a DIY, and even though most of the commenters were trying to "motivate" me into buying a new logo and website, I decided to continue doing it myself. I know that many feel this is a waste of time, and that I should just "pay" someone to do it for me, but I feel that even though it might take longer, and might not be as profitable "quickly", the lessons learned are invaluable. And if you stick with something long enough you will be come really good at it. With all that said, please give me feedback on my App Logo on the Apple App Store: Also some feedback on my app's website: I have spent a week working on both, trying to bring more polish and creativity to them. I hope that it is getting better, so please let me know what you think (good or bad). And if you have ideas on how I can make it better, please share. FYI - I will not be hiring a marketing person, or buying a logo. I don't have the money for either until the app becomes profitable. So please don't comment "just buy a logo, they are cheap". I know I can get someone on Fiverr or some other site to make me one for $10, but that is not what I am looking for. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 May 2021 06:56 PM PDT I'm not an entrepreneur but a student in his early twenties who would soon graduate and because of pandemic I am having hard time looking for jobs, but I realized that getting a job (or getting things done in business) is easy if you have connections. Going for an interview after a referral from an employee in one side and applying for a job like everyone else at another. Contacts really help. Even in business, it's not the most skilled person who gets the contract to do something, it's someone with more connections who get more and more referral based business. I thought to ask this here as entrepreneurs are good with it. I've seen some people making connections from Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin etc. How do you guys do it? I'm an introvert and seems like am missing something here? Do I just ping people on Linkedin, Twitter etc and talk about something (common interest) and then we know each other? I know this may sound stupid to savvy folks here but am a beginner who is trying to learn the art of making connections. And what about building connections in real life? [link] [comments]  |
| How do my proposals and offerings become new projects in other companies? Posted: 03 May 2021 09:23 PM PDT Oddly despite being in the tech start up scene for a few years there is something I have been wondering about. When I do offering for a solution, say it is complementary/white label, after I have offered it to x or y c-level how does it then transition into a project? Is there a summary and proposal they write and submit higher up? Is there an internal review of the value proposition with their team, then other c-levels up the chain? and then it is applied down the chain for finding collaborative methods? Cause from my pov Ill offer them something for 30-50k from a BDR/Qualification/negotiation round, but I dont really see the back and forth on their side of how it gets implemented into a purchase. I see how my outreach kicks things off, negotiation and purchase meets my numbers and goals, but I don't see how it develops on their side. Im sure with more experience I will see that myself, but givenim still not getting that experience I kinda figured I'd come here and just ask. I figure its also different from company to company, but my hope is in understanding how the proposition from my company to theirs percolates up and down the chain so the deal happens I think would improve my approach. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| How can I sell T-shirts to my Instagram followers with a print on demand website? Posted: 03 May 2021 08:46 PM PDT I have an anime niche Instagram account with over 7000 genuine followers! Is there any good print on demand website that I can use for my own designs on the t-shirt to sell? Please drop your recommendations, that'll be really helpful. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 May 2021 12:26 AM PDT I'm not a paranoid person per se, but from my time working in a call center as a teenager, I just remember having "don't give people your full name, don't give them your real name, only give them a badge ID" hammered into my psyche. I'm not sure if this is a question better suited for r/legaladvice, but I appreciate any insight you can offer. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Retail Small Business YouTube Channel Posted: 03 May 2021 02:45 PM PDT Hello! I am looking into starting a retail small business YouTube channel and I want to test the waters to see if there would be interest. All critique welcomed! About Me: I have 3 years experience working as an operations engineer for a large retail corporation's emerging concepts division. I've done a lot of work optimizing workspaces and labor and consistently do direct consultation with store managers who are opening and operating these spaces. Generally focused on helping them understand where their opportunities are to I also have 4 years total experience working as a barista/baker/warehouse worker. My father also owns a small bakery and I have done some consulting for him. Channel Idea: Make videos where I provide insight and examples into understanding business cycles and how they relate to labor, how to forecast labor, quarterly planning, how to optimize your workspace, how to utilize sales data for equipment/labor planning, etc. Essentially, I want to be a resource for small business owners who are looking to improve their management structure and operations. Aiming to make videos bite sized (<5 minutes long), easy to understand and apply, and arranged in playlists focused on specific topics. I would also provide links to free Google Sheets tools that I use in the videos. Please let me know if this sounds cool, if there are any questions, or any ways I could improve this idea. I'm very passionate about helping small businesses grow so if I can be of any help that would be awesome. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 May 2021 09:32 PM PDT I'd like to start a paid email newsletter. For those that have been successful in doing so, any tips/best practices you can share? For those that have failed, can you share what you learned and what you would do different? [link] [comments]  |
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