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- 1 Million subscribers celebration! Free Flair!
- I think I’ve decided to quit my job in the Spring.
- Who here has turned things around after 30?
- I run an actual Digital Marketing Agency
- Coder wants to "own" all his code
- If you could name three turning points in your life that put you on the path to becoming an entrepreneur, what would they be?
- Questions about entrepreneurial mindset, qualities and habits.
- Video Game Development Company
- I am going to start an Amazon FBA business with my team.
- What do I need to open a business bank account?
- Is anyone hiring?
- eBay, Depop, Etsy, Amazon sales booming, but nobody wants to touch the official Shopify site even though prices are 10%-25% cheaper. How do I encourage them to use the site instead?
- Cost for Album Cover Art
- Should I Charge A Client More Because He Makes More?
- How did you take that first financial leap?
- Take advantage of "company sign up bonuses"
- The Intellectual software of Elon Musk
- What’s your advice to copy other business
- Email Interview needed
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| 1 Million subscribers celebration! Free Flair! Posted: 07 Sep 2021 07:55 AM PDT Hello Team, We are approaching 1m subscribers, a huge milestone for any subreddit. I, personally, joined with this community back in 2016 with around 160,000 members; it has been my honor to watch it grow. We are always seeking improvement and ways to enhance our community. Over the years we have implemented the following features, some of these are site-wide, but highlighting nonetheless.
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| I think I’ve decided to quit my job in the Spring. Posted: 12 Sep 2021 07:39 AM PDT I know they say you shouldn't put dates on things like this but the reason is I want to quit my sales job to start a lawn care business. Going into fall I don't want to start raking leaves and fall clean up then have nothing to do over winter since this will be a start up snow removal is not in the question. Nothing is wrong with my job, but being 22 in the car business I feel like I'm completely throwing my life away. I am working 60 hours a week for someone else while constantly bailing on friends and family just so I can see the owner (who was handed the dealership from his dad) pull up in his 180K 911 Targa. I finally realized in life, I want the 911 Targa. I can't stand working for somebody else so come early 2022 I'm going to go the legal route of setting up an LLC and from Spring 2022 and on I will be working my own lawn care business. I'm pretty excited and after lurking in these subreddits and kicking ideas around I'm going for it. [link] [comments]  |
| Who here has turned things around after 30? Posted: 11 Sep 2021 03:46 PM PDT If you have, how did you do it? Need some inspiration before I off myself. [link] [comments]  |
| I run an actual Digital Marketing Agency Posted: 11 Sep 2021 09:37 PM PDT The title says it all, I run a digital marketing company, I've gotten probably over 300+ messages and I just wanted to give my two cents on what we did to get to were we are now. There are a TON, and I mean a TON of marketing agencies out there that are grinding to be a good one. I started this almost 5 years ago, and man it was a lot of work. I just wanted to make this post to hopefully inspire someone to not give up when it gets tough because it will get tough. Only the strong minded will survive and I just hope you know the harder you work the better it'll be. We are not even close to being done. We just started. You can find me on Instagram if you have questions. We focus on four core services from web design, local seo, ppc management and social media management. We have officially hit our 1M+ per year now. We as an agency normally take on a client if we take over all of their marketing. We don't simply come on just to build a website or to run their SEO. We take over everything because that's the only way I know we can truly help. If a client wants to do just a website build or socials we normally turn them away or recommend them to another agency. (I'm actually looking for agencies to recommend to people, but please be a bit qualified for this) I can't really go deep into specifics but I know the clients below we do the following for: web design, socials, ppc, seo, video work. We also run anything they need as far as graphic design goes or anything out of scope we figure it out. The client list below contains to pool companies, telehealth, doctor offices, lawyer offices, tire shops, iv therapy, dentist, chiropractor offices, and casinos. We work great with service based businesses. We stay away from product shops / dropshipping. Client 1: 264k annually (22k per month) Client 2: 180k annually (15k per month) Client 3: 132k annually (11k per month) Client 4: 130k annually (10.5k per month) Client 5: 60k annually (5k per month) Client 6: 60k annually (5k per month) Client 6: 43k annually (3k per month) Client 7: 36k annually (1.6k per month) Client 8: 60k annually (5k per month) Now that the number stuff is done. Lets go over exactly what we did. Some people are probably wondering; "is this idiot selling a course?" "why is he giving away secrets for free?" "BS" - The bottom line is that I can tell you what we did and maybe less than 1% of you will actually execute. I'm not worried about fueling my competition. I'm here to hopefully push someone in the right direction. Step 1: What I recommend you do before you start. Study your craft. Practice your craft. Learn, learn & LEARN. I indulged in a TON of YouTube videos before even attempting and I even practiced on a website I had for CSGO betting and started ranking it on Google. You CAN'T sell services you don't understand. It's also extremely bad for the industry because more than half the clients I have above told me they had terrible experience with bad agencies, and I'm not talking small agencies I'm talking about bigger agencies that just dropped the ball on their clients. I highly recommend grabbing a course in Udemy, YouTube or taking a course at your local college to really learn the ins and outs of his business before you even start. Then obviously you start with your business name, website, socials, and really start laying out your foundation. I have a ton of issues offering a TON of services. We now only offer 4 services and its been the best thing ever. Don't try and over think this. You are here to solve the businesses online issues. Don't over think this and think you need to offer them 50 services. Also, starting out I highly recommend you check out Upwork, and Fiverr. I know they get a bad wrap but every SINGLE agency uses them. The problem with this is you need to micro manage hard and you need to be on top of your freelancers. I know everyone has a dream of bein an owner and not doing anything but to tell you the truth the first 3 years you'll be a manager working for your company. Its the cost of working for yourself. We even went this route and finally in year 4 we were able to get everyone in house, and yes we still use a few freelancers because they do outstanding work. Step 2: How to attract clients? I think this is the most asked question ever. First thing first its all about being a human being and lending a hand when people need help. Now don't do free work forever, but here are a few things we did and still do: If anyone ever tells you to run ads for your business for digital marketing they have NO idea what they are talking about. You aren't a big agency that can afford 100k ads per month. You need to think outside the box. Keywords such as web design los angeles, or local seo los angeles or los angeles seo is super expensive. I normally go to Indeed.com and look up businesses looking for SEO specialist, Web Designers, Social Media Marketers and simply let them know you can pay us 60k a year without any liability, insurance, w2's, or pay into unemployment. Another really good converting way on what I would rather do is go to Amazon and buy a Amazon Fire HD tablet for $60 and make a YouTube video and go over their business website socials seo and ads. I've converted hard on this. I've also put up signs around my neighborhood on all major streets (big ass mistake) I was getting the lonely person for $200 social media marketing lol. Unless you are starting out this is a good way to get clients, its just footwork. We normally start at 5k per month so the small leads aren't really for us. The two steps have converted a lot more than the typical cold email which I've sent thousands but you need to know that EVERY SINGLE DIGITAL MARKETING company cold emails... It's so hard, and you really need to make yourself stand out. This is why the two methods above work, and ya sure I'm giving away a few secrets but again I don't see people capitalizing on it. I just hope it jolts somebodies mind away and takes advantage of this. I'm only listing a few steps here as I feel these are the most important. I just want to let you know that digital marketing isn't easy. You need to understand your craft before you go trying to sell yourself. Please DO NOT go after a client if you have no idea what you are doing. The last thing I'll leave you with is customer service. I recently went into a debate with a colleague of mine about talking with a potential client on the weekend. It shows us being desperate according to him. I highly disagree and I would even love to know what you guys think about that in the comments. Do you think it's weird to talk to a potential client on the weekends? I know from personal experience I've landed quite a few solid clients over the weekend. I don't believe in a Monday through Friday work week. If someone is willing to pay you xx amount of dollars you need to be there ready to answer them and let the know "I'll take care of this first thing Monday morning" I hope this helps someone! Cheers. [link] [comments]  |
| Coder wants to "own" all his code Posted: 11 Sep 2021 08:20 PM PDT Coder wants to "Own" all his code Hey all, We have a coder who just joined our team as our technical cofounder and it is his request that he & all other coders "own" their own code. What the fuck does this mean? If I do marketing work for my company, am I subject to owning all that promotion? No! Why does the coder get special priveledges? What can I do to incentivize him against this, or, if I am misunderstanding the concept here, please explain so I don't sound like a half-witted jerkoff. I think there is something missing here but I just don't understand… Maybe I make him sign a non-compete agreement and that will take care of it??? What happens when somebody "owns" their own code? Should that be allowed or is that company property? Let me know – Thanks, Father [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Sep 2021 06:38 AM PDT What were the three turning points in your life that put you on the path to becoming an entrepreneur? The three points that helped you realize that entrepreneurship (whatever that looks like) was the path for you, and that yes, you really can do it? Here are mine: #1: I played too many video games in middle school, so one day my dad handed me a C++ textbook and said to me, "son, if you learn this, you can make your own video games". I didn't read the entire textbook but I was enthralled with the idea of making my own creations with code. I've had many different kinds of jobs since then, but coding was always a central part of them. Now, I make my own apps, full-time. #2: In college, I got sucked in by money, status, and what everyone else around me was doing. I ended up working on Wall Street right after college. After doing so for only a year though, I realized that I did not want to move money around for the rest of my life. I wanted to express myself creatively by developing software that anyone could use. So I quit my Wall St job. It would be eight more years until I'd be able to develop my own apps full-time, but until then, I worked on my own software creations on nights and weekends, outside of my day job. #3: I had always made software tools on the side but never really promoted them nor sold them. I didn't think they were "good enough". Then I just said "fuck it". I took an iOS app I had recently made (had just learned iOS development to scratch a personal itch so it was kinda shitty, I had only made web apps before that), slapped a small in-app purchase on it, and people started paying for it. Mind blown. I've always seen others make a living from their software tools but I didn't fully realize how possible it was until I got a tiny taste of that life for myself. Your turn now! [link] [comments]  |
| Questions about entrepreneurial mindset, qualities and habits. Posted: 12 Sep 2021 10:11 AM PDT Hi All I'm a college student studying commerce looking to ask a couple questions for my networking assignment. Firstly, I would like to know what king of personal qualities, skills/mindset you believe have helped you become successful in starting up and running your business. Secondly, did you always possess these types of qualities and skills, if not how were you able to develop them. Finally, what advice would you have for a 19 year old who is a bit lazy, procrastinates and plays video games but has some lingering ambition inside to create his own business/ generate wealth through the market (crypto and stocks) and even through property investment/real estate. If you were in the same position as me once and were able to become a successful individual how were you able to change yourself. Any response would be greatly appreciated as a key part of my task is to engage with people and provide evidence of this engagement. Thanks :)) [link] [comments]  |
| Video Game Development Company Posted: 12 Sep 2021 12:23 PM PDT Is there anyone here in this sector currently? Any tips or places to start from? Has anyone got a rough estimation of required seed funding? [link] [comments]  |
| I am going to start an Amazon FBA business with my team. Posted: 12 Sep 2021 12:01 PM PDT As the title says, i am going to start an Amazon FBA business with my mastermind team. What are the things i must know? Tips before i get into it? Things i might expect? Taxes on Portugal? I am willing to take my time on this and learn it all [link] [comments]  |
| What do I need to open a business bank account? Posted: 12 Sep 2021 09:25 AM PDT I'm a bit confused on what I would need, all I really have is the articles of organization since I just filed for LLC a month ago online. Do I need to get a tax number? Or what else would I need? Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Sep 2021 01:07 PM PDT Any jobs or tasks I can do remotely just message me Update: okay I've seen a few comments saying my post is too vague. I am a third year accounting major so I have skills In business, accounting, auditing, economics, etc up to a college level I have history tutoring in the above listed subjects as well as in Writing and doing research papers. I also have skills in Writing, editing, proofreading and a lot more. I am also a very fast learner so with minimal training in an unfamiliar area I can and will adapt quickly. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Sep 2021 03:23 AM PDT Hi guys, wonder if I can get some input on this situation ... I'm running a hobby retail store on the side, mostly selling fashionable reworked items, that are my own designs. I'm so done with eBay taking 10%+ and now Etsy taking 25%+(!) in fees. I decided to open a Shopify. I paid a 1 year up-front, calculating that if I just got a handful of sales a month, the fees saved would pay for the subscription. So far, I've had ... 2 sales in 7 months. The site is a professional layout, runs smoothly etc. Looks better than most storefronts, and is something I would use/trust myself, so likely not a design issue. I've also included discount coupons for the website in all customers orders, yet I still get repeat eBay and Etsy customers preferring to buy through eBay and Etsy over and over again, instead of using the website which is literally 25% cheaper! Any advice on how I can encourage people to shop on the site instead? I've run marketing campaigns on social media, but the conversion has been terrible, compared to just promoting on eBay or Etsy. Or if there are any ways I can utilise the Shopify site subscription for maybe another use/project? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Sep 2021 09:16 AM PDT A friend of mine paints images and advertises them on Instagram. A rapper is interested in using his art for his album cover. The rapper is currently signed to a big record label and has had features with big artists. However, this will be the first album he is releasing. What is a reasonable amount to demand for the album cover art and and single cover art associated with it? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Should I Charge A Client More Because He Makes More? Posted: 12 Sep 2021 11:40 AM PDT Normally when I work with a client it tends to be a small service business like plumbers, roofers, electricians, etc..... and when I price them out for SEO I don't have a set price. This may seem like a negative to many individuals already; however, I price them based on the level of competition, search volume, and industry. The reason for this is that I see each industry and location as it's own separate puzzle and with that always comes new companies and problems you'll be put up against. In my mind it wouldn't be fair to say each industry is the same and each will take the same amount of resources to rank because that's just not realistic. Now here's the reason for my posting of this. I recently posted about how I landed a client who makes a great revenue stream on his clothing brand. This client tends to be different than my normal prospects, but I'm always open to new challenges and after doing my research I thought I could help him accomplish his goal of increasing his SEO prowess across his website for $1500 a month. This was something that I saw as huge because normally my clients pay $750 a month or $500 if the industry isn't heavily competitive. When I posted about this many of the comments were something along the lines of "If hes making millions in revenue than you should be charging him more" now I see where they're coming from but also I don't feel the need to overcharge my client just because he makes more revenue. I mean you never know he could always be putting back millions into his business in product, paying employees, and a variety of other things. So is there something wrong with my pricing strategy? keep in mind I can always renegotiate the rate later down the line. [link] [comments]  |
| How did you take that first financial leap? Posted: 12 Sep 2021 08:14 AM PDT As the title says, how did you take that first financial leap into your business or project? I have an idea which will need input from a web developer snd I do believe it will work! But even so, throwing a significant amount of funds (regardless of the fact I can afford it) seems like the first big leap! Has anyone any advice in just keeping my head on straight when I do this? What was your experience? [link] [comments]  |
| Take advantage of "company sign up bonuses" Posted: 12 Sep 2021 08:10 AM PDT This is a financial "hack" to make extra cash from companies offering signup bonuses. Many banks, credit cards, etc offer signup bonuses by joining them, often with no strings attached. For example, I recently applied for a $5k loan from SoFi using a referal link, got a $310 signup bonus, then immediately paid back the $5k loan. This only took took 10 mins of work for $310. Easiest $310 ever. I also regularly take advantage of bank and credit card bonuses from companies such as Chase,Huntington, PNC, etc. It pays to keep an eye out for opportunities like this, especially with how easy many are. By taking advantage of these bonuses (especially ones that can be had multiple times, ie: once per12 mo) a companies marketing budget translates in to a yearly dividend for you. [link] [comments]  |
| The Intellectual software of Elon Musk Posted: 12 Sep 2021 06:44 AM PDT Humans are the only species that can capture and manifest intelligent ideas. That has allowed us to rule all species. The greatest idea that man came up with, by far, is to compound knowledge - generation to generation. We built schools to teach systems that worked, libraries to harness the intellect of 1000 brains and our system worked really well for hundreds of years. Then we built the internet. Those systems fail in the metaverse, ruled by an intelligence far superior to us. As Elon would say, 'the percentage of human intelligence on earth keeps rapidly decreasing.' We're facing the AI threat, climate cancer, and institutional failure, all at the same time. The world is not being torn apart by different sets of beliefs. The world is co-existing in multiple centuries at the same time: thousand-year-old ideas coexisting with Bored Apes. There are cultures that celebrate authoritarianism, inequality, and institutional corruption; and those that cherish the unbundling of nation-states, separation of state and money, and individual sovereignty. We'll never solve complex issues by lecturing others on their beliefs. We'll solve them by showing progress and what brought that progress - the software of the smartest brains - ideas that changed the world. The more we study how genius works in others, the better we will be at understanding how it works in ourselves. This is Day 1. We study Elon Musk. To be honest, think of this as part 1 of a long, unending series in which we study Elon. There are far too many things about him to cover in 1 post and there will be far too many cool things he'll do in the coming decades. He's just getting started. Each of these gives a unique insight into how he thinks - on how he navigates the everflowing stream of ideas, captures the best of them, and builds SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink. One thing that I did notice after listening to many hours of his interviews is his listening skills are underrated. He barely misses a question and at times reminds the host that he's yet to answer a previous question. Rare trait. But he's a rare human being. Let's go. When he had to choose between his Ph.D. and building an internet business I was working on energy storage technologies for electric vehicles. And that's what I was going to pursue at Stanford - to improve the energy density for electric vehicles. It was clear the internet was happening back in 1994-95. And I wasn't sure if what I worked on in the Ph.D. would actually be useful. I was really concerned that the Ph.D. could be academically useful, but not practically useful. It could result in adding some leaf to the tree of knowledge. But then is it going to be a good enough thing to actually be used in an electric vehicle? I wasn't sure. I was uncertain as to whether success was one of the possible outcomes. I thought maybe it was, but it wasn't sure and then I thought, if I watch the internet get built while I'm doing this, that would be really frustrating. And electric vehicle technology, energy storage technology, there'll be some sort of natural progression in that. And I could come back to it later. But the internet was taking off and that was the moment to really do something although, in 1995, it wasn't obvious that you could actually make any money on the internet. Previously, people had communicated effectively by osmosis. And with the internet, anyone who had a connection, anywhere in the world would have access to all the world's information, just like sort of a nervous system. So humanity was effectively becoming a superorganism, and qualitatively different than what it had been before. I wanted to be part of that. On changing public opinion I was thinking, is there some way to reignite the dream of Apollo? And I thought it was maybe a question of will. Like we'd lost the will to explore it. But my original premise was wrong. We'd not lost the will to explore. But people did not think there was a way. And if they don't think there's a way then they'll give up. So that what if we can send a small greenhouse to the surface of Mars? And people tend to respond to precedents and superlatives. This would be the first life on Mars, as far as we know and maybe that would get people excited about sending people to Mars. If you're trying to convince the public to do something, you have to say, okay, how's this going to read? And what message are we going to try to convey? What will people respond to? What would I respond to if I was an objective member of the public? On his obsession with little details Really pay attention to the little details, the nuances of design and shape and form and function, and just the way it looks in different lights. You can train yourself to pay attention to the tiny details. Although it this is a very much double-edged sword because then you see all the little details. And then little things drive you crazy. Most people don't consciously see the small details, but they do subconsciously see them like you know the overall impression. And you know if something is appealing or not, even though you may not be able to point out exactly why. And it's the summation of these many small details. Essentially bring the subconscious awareness into conscious awareness. Try to find the details like why do I not like this? Building the Union Pacific railroad for space Just getting that transport thing I think will then open up a tremendous number of opportunities for people. Having the Union Pacific Railroad to California resulted in a system of other companies figuring out what they are going to get there and when you get there then that the opportunities for entrepreneurs are tremendous. That ranges everything you can imagine, like the first Italian restaurant or an iron refinery. And then there probably will be things that are just unique to Mars. But we got to get the Union Pacific Railroad there in order to get get the entrepreneurs that then create a fertile environment for other companies. I think there would just be a lot of super exciting things that are hard to predict, just like when they're building here in the Pacific. Nobody would have predicted Silicon Valley and Hollywood, that California would be the most populous state in the country. That sounds crazy. Direct Democracy and Word limits and sunset periods in our laws When the United States was formed, it was impossible to have a direct democracy. Sending a letter took weeks. So there was no way that people could vote directly on issues. You had to have representatives. A martian civilization would aim for direct democracy. And we should limit the number of words in a law. If you can't write the law in 1000 words, then it probably shouldn't be there. And I think laws also have an infinite lifespan unless they're given some sort of sunset period. If it's not good enough to be renewed, then it goes away. It should be easier to remove a law than to put a new one in place. Because over time the body of law just gets bigger and bigger and bigger. How do you avoid that? And you have inertia associated with the laws. And so maybe it would take 60% to create laws but only 40% to remove a law. Language is a failure to communicate Let's say you've got some complex idea that you're trying to convey to somebody else. How do you do that? Well, your brain spends a lot of effort, compressing complex concepts into words. And there's a lot of information loss that occurs when compressing a complex concept into words. And then you say those words, those words are then interpreted, then they're decompressed by the person who is listening, and they will, at best get a very incomplete understanding of what you're trying to convey. It's very difficult to convey complex concepts with precision because you've got compression-decompression, you may not even have heard all the words correctly. And so communication is difficult. What we have here is a failure to communicate. This is an open discussion. Eagerly waiting for your thoughts in comments :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for reading. If you enjoyed reading it, I share similar stuff here :) [link] [comments]  |
| What’s your advice to copy other business Posted: 12 Sep 2021 12:31 AM PDT |
| Posted: 12 Sep 2021 06:15 AM PDT Looking for an assist with an interview project for school. Would anyone who is either an SBA Rep, Venture Capitalist, or Incubator Manager be willing to answer 8-10 questions via email? Any assistance would be appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Need suggestions: Here is our online app builder... Posted: 12 Sep 2021 02:04 AM PDT We launched our app builder that builds iOS, Android, and desktop apps online. Designed to cater to the needs of business owners and entrepreneurs through hundreds of free and premium plugins on its marketplace, including readymade design templates that a user can customize entirely - because it's not a template or cloned copy app builder :) If anyone wants to have a look, try it free and give us your opinions as business owners and entrepreneurs, please get in touch with me. Here is the link, if you want to check out: www.zappter.com [link] [comments]  |
| How do you make an animated kickstarter video? Posted: 12 Sep 2021 01:28 AM PDT Not sure why this is so hard to google, but what application/program do people use to make animated kickstarter videos? Example: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/the-sidd/infinite-chaos [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Sep 2021 03:49 AM PDT Does anyone know anyway I can make some money online, I'm currently in college and can't seem to find a job and college life is just expensive.. or if anyone is looking to hire someone am here [link] [comments]  |
| Entrepreneur Meetup/Dinner in Philadelphia Posted: 11 Sep 2021 08:14 PM PDT Hi, I ran a small event business for a few years and do freelance website design, and I'd love to get to know more entrepreneurs in my area. I'll be organizing a meetup/event, hopefully with some cool speakers in center city/northeast philly. If interested, let me know. I could accommodate ~130 people. [link] [comments]  |
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