Accomplishments and Lesson Learned Friday! - June 18, 2021 Entrepreneur |
- Accomplishments and Lesson Learned Friday! - June 18, 2021
- Almost giving up entrepreneurship
- What are the primary responsibilities of a UX designer and a Product Designer in your company?
- Are there any imaginary staff in your small business?
- The best part about being an entrepreneur is ....
- What advice would you give to someone just starting out in business?
- Looking for advice/encouragement
- Estonain E-residency?
- Why are customers clicking on my paid ad and then immediately leaving my website
- Which is better; a misspelled domain name or a modifier after a domain name?
- Logo copyright infringement
- Building an email list... For fun?
- Advice on making my business profitable.
- Anyone here part of (or thinking of starting) businesses tied to telehealth specifically for mental health?
- My cofounder and I met on Reddit two years ago. Now we're raising a seed round. Want to hear our story?
- New State New EIN?
- How did you acquire the necessary knowledge in the beginning without a mentor ?
- How do I get a product made so I can sell it?
- My Story
- How to Attract Clients as a Newly Launched Business
- Suggest ways for a little extra side income.
- Seeking a small business loan for a new startup.
- 5 Tactical tips to improve your landing page conversion
| Accomplishments and Lesson Learned Friday! - June 18, 2021 Posted: 18 Jun 2021 02:00 AM PDT Please use this thread to share any accomplishment you care to gloat about, and some lessons learned. This is a weekly thread to encourage new members to participate, and post their accomplishments, as well as give the veterans an opportunity to inspire the up-and-comers. 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]  |
| Almost giving up entrepreneurship Posted: 18 Jun 2021 02:04 PM PDT These last couple of years I launched two digital businesses, both failed. I'm a programmer, always had the dream of launching startups, have tons of ideas. But I recently came to this conclusion. You need to have a way to build audience and then, only then, you can try to sell them something. Otherwise, you have to spend a lot money paying for ads to redirect people to your business. The thing is, building audience is not my thing. So I'll probably stick to investment and leave entrepreneurship. We have this mythical idea that if we build a good product it will go viral, because of the stories we hear, but the truth is that losers just don't tell their stories and then we get a biased perspective. [link] [comments]  |
| What are the primary responsibilities of a UX designer and a Product Designer in your company? Posted: 18 Jun 2021 02:17 AM PDT There is a misconception that Product Designers and UX designers are one and the same. It's understandable, given that they both design products - but their duties vary greatly in terms of what gets designed. In short: Sorry- you just can't define Product Designers or UX Designers by one single thing! What are your thoughts on the different roles and responsibilities of Product Designers and UX designers? And how do you solve the description of roles in your company? In Product Design, the Product Designer is required to research and ideate on every aspect of a product - from its core functionality, design aesthetics, and marketing strategy. The UX designer focuses more exclusively on understanding what those who are using the product (e.g., customers) want or need in their interactions with it- which can often also be the responsibility of the product designer too. I did talk to some entrepreneurs about this exact dilemma and wrote a article about it here: https://uxplanet.org/the-difference-between-product-designers-and-ux-designers-a-comprehensive-guide-6968951466bb [link] [comments]  |
| Are there any imaginary staff in your small business? Posted: 18 Jun 2021 10:38 AM PDT The CEO of Blade (Uber-for-helicopters startup) admits to using a fake spokesperson for three years. I have been to a trade conference and fireside chat where small business owners and government contracts admit that when they started and were small, they pretended their company was bigger than it was, and had more staff. Have you done this before? [link] [comments]  |
| The best part about being an entrepreneur is .... Posted: 18 Jun 2021 08:16 AM PDT Kicking a** and taking names HAHA.. ok, no seriously. It's about creating something NEW. Something that sparks the imagination of those around you and pushes the vertical limits even further. After failing and succeeding in many projects/startups.. there's only two lessons I hope everyone here keeps: 1) Be different - I can't stress this enough. Way to many clones and people doing the same stuff over and over. 2) Focus on answering these two questions: In the next weeks, my team and I will be releasing https://glue.so - a community-focused chat for rockstars! Looking to join the cause (or dare I say fight)? DM me ;) Have a great weekend ya'll! [link] [comments]  |
| What advice would you give to someone just starting out in business? Posted: 18 Jun 2021 05:14 AM PDT What advice would you give to someone just starting out in business? [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for advice/encouragement Posted: 18 Jun 2021 02:29 PM PDT I've worked a 9-5 for years. Always seemed to hit a dead end at companies that under appreciate their employees. A former coworker of mine left and started a business in transportation, eventually hiring 7-8 employees including me, and made over a million last year. I recently broke off on my own in the same business but the money isn't quite here yet. I'm single no kids and just hustling to make this work like it did for my former boss. Its hard because my family and friends don't understand what I'm trying to do. They hope for the best for me but think I should return to something stable. Like a 9-5. How do you all stay encouraged when you feel like you're going at it alone? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2021 05:39 AM PDT Has anyone here become an E-resident in Estonia in order to be able to receive European orders? I am considering registering a business in Estonia in order to accept jobs from the European union. Has anyone here not in Estonia done that as an E-resident ? Could you please share what was the process like and possible pitfalls. From what I have seen there would be a 120 euro Fee for E-residency, a 190 euro Fee for opening the business, and the recurring cost of paying to have a contact person there, and whatever bank services I need. Are there more hidden costs? I have 550 euros I can use for operating costs for 1 year. EDIT to ADD mor einfo: A local customer recommended me to some European companies she works with, and I couple of them contacted me and accepted my quotes, but I never received anything in a foreign currency, and was informed that If I was registered in a EU country it would be easier to get some jobs since EU companies have preference. [link] [comments]  |
| Why are customers clicking on my paid ad and then immediately leaving my website Posted: 18 Jun 2021 03:01 PM PDT I make content on social media to advertise to my target audience and I usually gain a high amount of clicks but they never stay longer than 20 seconds. Why click on an AD with the products in the image when they suddenly decide not to go through with it. Prices are way cheaper than the competition and have also been sent threats from a competitive company because they have a similar product but charge 3 digits. [link] [comments]  |
| Which is better; a misspelled domain name or a modifier after a domain name? Posted: 18 Jun 2021 02:47 PM PDT I'm currently writing a business plan for a clothing brand and looking at domain names for my preliminary business name. Nearly 100% of simple .coms are already taken (or being sat on) so entrepreneurs often have to get creative with domains or create strange business names instead. Let's just hypothetically say my business name is GoodMood. In this theoretical example, GoodMood.com is currently being parked so is obtainable in the future, but not possible on a startup budget. For the time being, which of these is best in your opinion? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2021 01:27 PM PDT Hey everyone, so I've noticed a clip art design that I really like, and have incorporated into an overall design, is on multiple design sites. Some say royalty free, some say for personal use only, but it's the same image. I know I probably could just make my own similar version of it, but it still would be interesting to hear if anyone's used clipart/generic PNG files with their company logo, and what happened because of it. Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Building an email list... For fun? Posted: 18 Jun 2021 01:05 PM PDT For the past year or so I've been trying to break into the digital marketing world with limited success. I'm fascinated by email marketing in particular and recently started an email newsletter about my travels by accident! My list is still small, but it's doubled in size in less than a month and so far has a 40-60% response rate. I can genuinely say that I'm interested in growing my audience first. I'm enjoying the process and I don't want to sell anything just yet. Do you guys have any resources that I should definitely look into? [link] [comments]  |
| Advice on making my business profitable. Posted: 18 Jun 2021 08:43 AM PDT I run a small e-commerce store that sells men's grooming products. However I can never make a sale. Is their a way for me to get a bigger audience? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2021 12:05 PM PDT In the following Rogan Podcast, his guest Dr. Sinclair (who is awesome) mentions the potential boom potential of mental health telehealth platforms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2RO4ytfW5w .40-0.55 second mark. I agree with this statement and think the rise of psychedelics back into the medical world will coincide with rising awareness of mental health. Anyways, are any of you guys doing anything related to this? Or know anyone who is? Side note: What are some existing platforms you know of and like? (That are public and you can invest in) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2021 08:04 AM PDT If you're anything like me, you probably agree that personal and founding stories are the best kinds of posts here. It's always fascinating and helpful to hear the stories of other fellow entrepreneurs - unfortunately those kinds of posts don't come often anymore. I figure I'd take a few hours and write up my partner and I's story in case even just a handful of people are like me and would love to read it. We're Steven and Josh - we bootstrapped our brand Only in October of '19 with just $30k and as of last week we opened up our $500k seed round. We found eachother on Reddit and have never met in person. It's been a wild ride. If anyone here wants me to share our full story, feel free to leave a comment with any topics you'd be curious to hear about. And downvote to oblivion if you don't. Happy to share any and all details, nothing is off limits. An I'm not claiming to be a serial entrepreneur or expert, so I won't be offering any advice - just two guys with a passion who are willing to share their story. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2021 07:58 AM PDT I own a single-member LLC that is currently registered in Illinois, where I used to live. I recently moved to North Carolina and need to register the LLC in my new state. Will I receive a new EIN? I ask because I need to complete a W-9 for a new clients. [link] [comments]  |
| How did you acquire the necessary knowledge in the beginning without a mentor ? Posted: 17 Jun 2021 09:50 PM PDT Graduated college and currently I'm in my mid 20s. I have worked various part-time jobs and some internships but nothing 'professional' I would say. I'm planning to start a business that operates online (not drop-shipping) but a legitimate business selling products through e-commerce. But before actually committing to it, there is a ton of research I have to do and the more I explore the more complex it gets and there seems like a ton of tiny details that could kill the business if I did not plan for it. People often say something like source it cheap, sell it high, deliver product, get paid. It sounds simple in theory but my main hurdle is grasping the actual processes. For instance, guides or advisors hardly mention about the taxes to be paid, logistics involved at the port, harmonisation code, followed by legal liabilities, SEO, trademarks, warehousing operations and so forth. These little details and processes are actually highly crucial. Being my own business, I would essentially have to be the logistics, management, accounting, legal, operational "expert". Most resources found on google gives breakdowns that are too 'simplistic' and sometimes I find out about an additional process almost accidentally. Everyone knows the "major processes" but what I really want to know is how did you learn the tiny workings that could impact the business. Like they say "if you fail to plan, you plan to fail". I understand I can't learn it all now and will acquire it as I work, but it's best to have more starting knowledge than without. The concern I have is like someone who obtained 500 fire extinguishers but only realised afterwards that they needed a license to sell it. Hope for some solid advice or guidance if possible. Thanks in advance. [link] [comments]  |
| How do I get a product made so I can sell it? Posted: 18 Jun 2021 10:39 AM PDT I have always wanted to make a webshop were i would sell items of my own brand, but i have no idea where to start to actually get a product made. The main product being my own brand of balisong trainers which are butterfly knives without sharp edges you can use to do cool tricks without the danger of harming yourself or others. I have already done some looking around for information but as someone who had never done anything like this i don't want to start and make mistakes that i could easily avoid.
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| Posted: 18 Jun 2021 10:10 AM PDT Welcome!! Ladies and Mental Men. My name is Ferret Biting. I don't know much about my Surname except my ancestors made a very weird Temple. I will tell you about it later. I am an Internet marketer. I make K-rappy websites. I hardly use my own content. I pay someone else to write it or copy from other places that Google cannot Index. Actually when I made my first site on car gun safe there was not a single native or otherwise site on gun safe let alone car gun safe because of its uncertain and or apprehensive nature. It had search volume though. Only few people like Tobias were researching on the effectiveness of small gun safe Based on the available knowledge I just reviewed all of them that were present at that time excluding those that were claimed to be compromised. Suddenly the niche exploded with reviews site by non native IMs that basically just copied me and expanded to all kinds of gun safe. But it also led to more research and better knowledge of the niche by capable people and also improvement from my side. Similarly when I got my first link from Wikipedia on gun safe article there was everybody adding there link as valuable recourse. I had to frequently remove them and add better resources to limit them. Ferret biting One Big limitations of the BIG G in current state. Cannot claim the normal or literal keyword as Brand name. Then I don't see any reason for google to advice against link building because a brand keyword is more exploitable for spam(in Google's dictionary) links. They advice for brand able domain because they want to limit the listings of micro niche keywords because they make more money with AdSense that way. Yeah they say that exact match domain was being abused but i don't think so. I mean if some one searches long tail keyword they are more susceptible to click the exact match domain then their Ads. I don't think Spencer haws of niche pursuit who owned multiple exact match sites and got his Adsense account banned for this reason was making fluff sites. Now if it is normal keyword it has made kind of compulsory to make the content as verbose as possible for quality. Yeah it may relatively not be a big issue but its against freedom of expression from a blogger perspective. Don't you think. I mean even one line can be enough to say something and even a book can be less to explain other thing. One word may mean something in one context and different in other (Ex language, Industry, etc). I was struggling through these question when one day through a ferret's Email I came to know of a software called Video Traffic Genie. It basically finds videos on Youtube that have expired domains in Description. Why not use existing traffic that leads nowhere plus an existing nofollow backlinks in profile. I used it to find many videos and registered many domains. They ranged from Ortho doctors to Bedbugs to Gardening to Stretch marks creams and ferretbiting.com I did not got much traffic but for some reason but for some reason I kept this domain ie ferretbiting.com registered and threw some content from Archive.org. Is google really the best search engine? The answer is NO. In fact it may the most rudimentary Search engine like the state in which politics is but it is the most popular. The problem is not many people know about IM. And those that do are like media persons explaining about politics. Its rudimentary if not bad. You see Ferret means to search for something. Ferret also means a thief. In that respect Google is the biggest online ferret. It has always come to bite other ferrets IM with its algorithmic updates. You see Google or its algorithm is the main Pet all IM like to train for their brand or websites. They get in Ferret mode to search for various things they can put together. They give various things for Google to play with and if google likes it rewards it. But it also does mass deindexing and updates which can turn may be rare but establish or new businesses upside down. Google is a bot. Bot have limitations. Only a marketer can tell you what all limitations the big G can have. I believe it is because google(The Company not its Search algorithm) try to pet IMs instead of letting them play. Let the ferrets play. This is because ferret are relatively very intelligent. Because as I have seen all its algorithm want is some social proof and engagement which are inter related to like your sites. But to reach there some SEO is required at least to second page. Backlinks must be the last priority(weightage) to improve rank in Googles algorithm to maintain or improve rank according to google but it rarely is. Googles Authority metric(Page rank) is dependent on do follow. Popularity metric(Brand recognition) is dependent on no follow. It may be opposite too but it doesn't matter because the strategy IM use is the same. If it is balanced along with anchor text ratio which is dependent on niche you rank. Make nofollow links from PBNs (your own niche sites because other may get deindexed #ferretbiting) and social media. Make dofollow links from good guest posts and you will rank. This is because one IM do not want to link to a competitor. But it is so much wastage of resources. Panda, Penguin, Rank manipulation patent should be meant for abnormal ferrets. For other a simple training of right and wrong is enough. Ferrets are good pets. Backlinks should come in naturally but that hardly happens. Why are there then ten totally independent results on search page when they all speak the same thing. I mean if backlinks is the backbone bone of Google algorithm then why the most relevant blog seems to shy away from giving it and google is doing nothing in this regard. Its time to wake up ferret. If the first result is factually most correct or relevant and authority for the subject what is the use of other results. See there is no absolute truth but we close in on something. Why not link to our competitors with your own views and opinion about their content. I mean let the Google and people be the judge of which site to spend more time on or buy more products from. There are so many SEO blogs. All teach the same thing which is not at all needed. Its like working for Google. Google itself has all the content and Quality guidelines. It is quite explanatory for humans but making a BOT take care of it by coding it as a rule and apply to all people in general is damaging to honest and novice IMs or small business that don't have online or offline advertising budget as I have heard multiple stories with Google Update. See it makes Internet marketers as Google's ferrets which is the Alpha ferret, because one of the main Job of IM is to search or to ferret for terms that are not under the prejudice of google Algorithm. Google is a Bot. IMs are not Are they ?? Black Hat SEO Abnormally/Unnaturally inflating a site that will give quick and high returns. Creating PBNs or buying links by mathematically estimating their ranking capability. It came into picture with Google only favoring only big and established businesses but it is totally against there Motto to not be Evil. If I make something my motto I should most probably be having the tendency to forget it. So you either have to be purely money minded or Google's Pet. If it did not helped me but helped others in the same niche then the main or the Alpha ferret is behaving abnormally for lack of supervision. Advice for beginners Here is how I to do things. (Some Internet marketing Slang alert.) Why would I build PBN when I can link with my main sites. Easiest free backlinks is social backlinks. Real and not Bot one. Ex Reddit Facebook Wikipedia Pinterest etc. It doesn't matter what content is You can always improve it with simple changes. It may be a simple Paint Job or Presenting the same old BS in different way which is most interesting for that content. See I like to read and sketch I don't like writing like I am doing right now. So instead I became frequent Wikipedia editor and made few links from Wikipedia. I dropped all PBN sites. I went to relevant SM sites. Reddit, Facebook, Pinterest. Start making relevant post and engaging with users. I don't own ferret so I will not say that this piece of content that have on this site is professional advice. I have made it as a instrument to tell you about internet marketing without having to run a separate blog. I have also bought simpleferretcare.com for literal meaning of the Keyword . This domain was once a very profitable click back product site. Types of sites There are many IM who tell you the technical side- like Niche pursuit or psychological side of things like Alex Becker. (He has closed his blog.) No body teaches the economic side of things-a game of Demand and supply. Online shopping sites or product launchers depend on IM for creating demand. Some abuses this authority to sell whatever they can find profitable (ex-Google). All other successful IM more or less copy Google strategy. Review sites To sell something directly you have to rebrand it otherwise what is the use of shops. Everyone can directly buy That's where review sites make entry. They review various items under a common domain which is essentially rebranding things. I am only telling this so if you have a review site you know what exactly it is that you do. Similar is with the E-commerce site or drop shipping site. You are creating demand of an otherwise non essential item by targeting people in sync with your site to a required product of your choice because there is a supply of it. So choose your brand name wisely. Content Site- If your content is more eye opening than the content already present on first 10 result of google you don't need any advice. Otherwise connect two seemingly unrelated topics under one domain name and promote the hell out of it. An online review is just a Re-view of the same product. Online information on the other hand is mostly facts are truths. Wikipedia is considered the best source for information. You probably can't or won't like to be Wikipedia as it is not run by one person. So presenting the same content on your own domain has three component to it. Branding – Choosing a domain name has a lot to do with people expectation about your content. Social proofing Social backlinks or Engagement to make it interesting to the targeted or even non targeted audience. Marketing – SEO should be given least important if you are not a psycho. Most important is Engagement on your Site. That is more than enough for Google to recognize your Site. You can do stuff like domain redirection or backlink building. But remember you are doing it for humans not Bots. So choose a domain that sounds like your voice. Or build backlinks that make some sense to your Site or blog. This is because all other links will be negatively affecting your psyche and are very Slow. You can do other stuff in that time. I find it really stupid building backlinks so I only get those links that and I can derive some meaning from if not real visitors. Best place you can get links from is your own domains but only when I feel it make for a relevant or meaningful experience for the visitor for the original content that he was searching (Ferreting). There are other type of marketing as well like email, Forum Social media (Youtube). But they all are secondary and fall under Blogging in general. Blogging is cool if you can stuck to one domain and write fluff about everything. An authority Blog more or less is a News Site or personal philosophy blog. But a good content is inch wide and Mile deep which make relatively thin micro Niche Site more preferable than thick one. So a better approach would be to find topic that is somewhat controversial and instead of debating make it reassuring. Or a most Boring thing into most weird thing on the Planet. Panda update Penguin update Only to scare the employee ferrets. The only work around I have found is Branding. A name that even first time visitor will remember because of the type of content and the way it is presented. Now coming to the scraped content. I don't remember where I got it from Some expired domain. See I am being completely honest here which takes Guts and coincidently in my native language is also called Pet. Ferrets are silly!!! I could have written it myself. But all this is pretty informative for the term. How can I improve it. See I like to sketch and writing is most abstract form of drawing. A drawing enables to see the context first (picture) and then other things like sound, color and depth in our head. Writing produces sound first then we pay attention to the font Size color Style meaning etc. So same piece of content can have different effect if presented differently. Can you see the drawing made through these texts. Let me tell you few things. The Theme is White(Pure intent). All the Blog links is on the Left. (Mostly Ignored by right hand) and they are very short and concise because right brain do not have a voice. The underlined theme of this blog is dark (Abnormal behavior of Pets or exotic Pets). So I changed the Theme to Internet marketing which is totally different. So now people's expectation with the blog has changed. If you are a ferret I hope I have made you a little bit more open to the Ugly side of things that are only characterized by avoidance and unnecessary debate otherwise. Now to the ferret biting. I don't know why a ferret would behave so abnormally. All I know is if perception is a bitch it can bite. So make sure it is a good bitch or stay away. All animals bite. But sometimes like in south park's funny Bot things can become awkward. Now to the Temple. There are many theories but I think the most important one was Economy. In a dwindling economy with money but no demand or confidence to spend one can easily get distracted. So why not place all that distraction outside of a temple. The art work is open to multiple interpretation-mostly derogatory. But inside the Temple there is no such art work enabling people to choose in chaos. Do I need to tell you that procreation is fundamentally linked to economy. At such times most of the ideas will fail but because no one will ask or tell you anything. The secret is to keep going and transform your worst distraction to best ideas. Happy The wally [link] [comments]  |
| How to Attract Clients as a Newly Launched Business Posted: 18 Jun 2021 01:31 AM PDT By Dima Syrotkin – reposted by his permission. Lessons from launching an enterprise SaaS startup, consumer platform startup, and event business You launched, congrats! Now you need to attract the first clients to use your product or service. I've had the experience of doing it for an enterprise SaaS startup, consumer platform startup, and event business. Let me share with you my secrets on how to attract your first clients. Be clear whether you are testing for desirability or valueThere are two things you need to test when you launch:
Testing for desirability is a higher priority because if no one signs up, the value to the clients automatically is zero. The number one reason startups fail is that they build something no one wants. To test for desirability, you only need to build a façade. At this stage, what you care about is whether people would even click to try your product, not whether it brings value. And even that facade, don't worry about it being perfect. You don't have a brand to damage at this point, either people sign up, or they don't remember you. And if there is demand, it will be obvious. This is what we did for my startup LaunchClub. First, we only launched a website without any real users or matching algorithms. Once you see enough demand, you can build the product. At this stage, you can do everything manually on the admin side, and you don't need to make it automated or scalable. It just has to do the job the client intended it to do. With LaunchClub, we spent 6 months validating the value before we decided to build an algorithm for matching our users. Recruit first clients by handNow, how should you attract people to your website? The secret is not to overthink it. The scalability of the method doesn't matter at this point. The cost of acquisition doesn't matter either. Even the target audience doesn't matter, as you can start by signing up everyone and then see who the best customer is. Bring them by hand. Message your friends and family. Post in random Facebook groups. Meet people on the street and ask them to sign up if you have to. Here is what we used to get the first users for LaunchClub:
How to market your productYou have to be aware of what problem you are trying to solve for your clients and what your value proposition is. If thinking about a specific problem your client has is difficult, you can try to think of it as a job they need to get done. What job will your product do for them? For example, for LaunchClub, it would be the job of finding the peer support group and the job of getting ideas on how to solve certain business challenges. The value proposition can be of two kinds. One is very direct and is targeted towards solving the problem. For example, for LaunchClub, it would be "Get your first clients!" The other way to position your product would be to compare some other product and make clear the difference. For example, "LaunchClub is like an accelerator, but you can actually get in, don't need to spend equity, and continue your journey for years surrounded by a community of peers." One crucial piece of the sales process is asking for money or some other form of commitment. For freemium products, that would be about measuring the time users spend on their app, but for most products, it is about the hard cash. Giving your product for free doesn't help because people grab free things not because they need them but because of the fear of missing out. As a result, you typically don't learn much from clients who don't pay. In our case, we even charged our friends in the very beginning. What to do if your launch failedIf your launch doesn't attract the demand you expected, learn, build something new, and launch again. The critical piece here is learning. You need to understand (or at least develop a hypothesis) why there was no demand. Is it about the product, how you marketed it, or something else? If you have less than 100 data points, it is not statistically significant, so you should revert to interviews. The typical recommendation here is reading the Mom Test book. The main advice here is to listen to the customer stories, problems, and how they solve them now and not talk about your product. The reason is simple: clients often can't tell you what they will pay money for, but they can tell you about their struggles. In the case of LaunchClub, we first launched it as a peer-to-peer coaching platform for anyone. We interviewed people who paid and didn't and quickly understood that people had many doubts about the usefulness of a random person to coach them. So we pivoted toward a more focused platform that became LaunchClub. Find your support group and brainstorm ideas on a weekly basisIn my experience, there are two traps people get into when trying to get their first clients. One is getting stuck with ideas. The other is giving up due to the lack of emotional support. A community of like-minded people would solve both problems. Communities come in various shapes and forms. What you should be looking for are places where you can form genuine relationships. Forums could work but work worse than video calls. On the other hand, you also want a structure that allows you to exchange ideas and insights, not just a networking platform. Communities get spoiled by sales and monetary relationships; look for those that are pure in that regard and are focused solely on sharing knowledge. [link] [comments]  |
| Suggest ways for a little extra side income. Posted: 18 Jun 2021 12:16 AM PDT I am not asking thousands of dollars a month passively which I think takes time to build but a small extra income of about $500 a month setting up a business online. Please don't suggest dropshipping and affiliate marketing. [link] [comments]  |
| Seeking a small business loan for a new startup. Posted: 18 Jun 2021 08:54 AM PDT I'm looking for a loan from a reputable bank, ideally CA-focused. I've spoken to endless bank reps across 15 banks, with no luck. The usual reasons for the decline are: -new business/no historical revenue or proof of success. -loan will be used to buy land and build (construction loan) -startup They are running far away from these type of businesses. All constructive non-spam advice welcome. [link] [comments]  |
| 5 Tactical tips to improve your landing page conversion Posted: 17 Jun 2021 05:40 PM PDT Here are 5 tactical things you can do improve your marketing page's conversion rate. 1. Tell a story A landing page is a story, so make sure your structure is on point. Sketch it out on paper first before going to design, and make sure that the whole page flows in a cohesive story. Include the following:
Hint: The structure is to convert the "logical" thinkers. To cover the "emotional" ones, sprinkle in some calls to action across various sections. 2. Make it look good You could have a product that isn't built yet, but if your landing page looks good people will trust you enough to sign up. Design shouldn't be an afterthought, it's a core feature of your marketing site. Now, I like doing design, but I like saving time more. I use TailwindUI to quickly spin up LPs - the cost is worth the time saved trust me. 3. Get a healthy dose of unfiltered feedback Does your landing page make sense to someone that didn't write it? You're going to need some help for this one. Show it off to others and ask for brutal feedback. This IndieHackers group is phenomenal. Just drop your link and you get amazing honest feedback. 4. Live by the numbers "What gets measured gets managed" If you don't know your conversion rate, you're flying blind. Track overall conversion rate, and conversion from your various acquisition sources. I use Google Analytics because it's free and plug and play, but there are good alternatives too. If you don't have a success page for signing up, to track conversion you'll need to fire a custom event in javascript. I'd also recommend screen-trackers like HotJar or FullStory to see where your visitors are dropping off. 5. Don't forget the little things Your landing page should look fabulous on web AND mobile. It should also be fast - use google PageSpeed Insights. Don't forget to have all of your open graph tags too - so you feel proud of your page when you share it on the socials. That's a wrap! Hope you liked the tactical tips. If you'd like an IRL example, I just redesigned my site GummySearch and have used these 5 tips - at the moment the signup conversion is 25% and I'm hoping to get it to 50% over the course of the next month ;) What else did I miss regarding tactical tips for landing page conversion? Please share your advice! [link] [comments]  |
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