Promote your business, week of December 20, 2021 small business |
- Promote your business, week of December 20, 2021
- How do you handle loneliness as an entrepreneur?
- I’m considering opening my own selfie museum.
- Hi! Former COVID nurse here :) current business owner, advice?
- I started a cottage bakery business on October 24th...
- Need ideas- 5 acres in Southern Missouri
- Gasping for air
- I am about to start a small skincare business.
- Google suspended my business listing and won’t reinstate it or tell me what the issue is - help
- Web Engine to help small business.
- Translate eCommerce store to German or English for German market?
- Translate eCommerce store to German or English for German market?
- 401K - 1099 vs w2
- Is there an easier way to have clients sign a contract?
- Any way to refund customers online (UK)?
- Considering making significant investment in marketing company
- I want to start a small business.
- PSA How much working capitol should your business have on hand
- Continued education to aid your business... what's worth it?
- How to memorize the price i bought the product and selling price and how do i keep up with market price that other retail store are selling?
- What’s the best way to sell a small business?
- Can I have your input on something ?
- What are some tips small business need to implement for a strong foundation to see growth?
- Small business up to 100K$ in Miami, FL?
- Who here sells customizable products online? Need your input.
- Partnering with schools/organizations for fundraisers?
| Promote your business, week of December 20, 2021 Posted: 19 Dec 2021 04:57 PM PST Post business promotion messages here including special offers especially if you cater to small business. Be considerate. Make your message concise. Note: To prevent your messages from being flagged by the autofilter, don't use shortened URLs. [link] [comments] |
| How do you handle loneliness as an entrepreneur? Posted: 19 Dec 2021 05:55 PM PST The loneliness and isolation of running a business isn't often talked about. I want to bring more light to the topic. What do you do? [link] [comments] |
| I’m considering opening my own selfie museum. Posted: 20 Dec 2021 03:47 AM PST I'm currently writing a business plan to open up my own selfie museum. Does anybody have any tips or vendors I should check out? Edit: A selfie museum is basically like a photography studio. It has different props, backdrops and lighting. People go to these places to take pictures for social media, family events ,and just for fun. A lot of selfie museum's includes illusion art and projection art. If you need an example Just google selfie museum. [link] [comments] |
| Hi! Former COVID nurse here :) current business owner, advice? Posted: 19 Dec 2021 03:28 PM PST So last year I was furloughed for refusing to work on a COVID unit after having a bronchitis & a collapsed lung. They cut me for about 6-months & thankfully paid me my base rate, I used to work nights. And overtime so my base rate was not cutting it. I began pet sitting on an app called Rover, I did very low rates because I didn't necessarily need money. Just something to keep from going crazy. In 3 months I amassed about 50 different clients and by 6 months I was making more pet sitting than as a nurse. But the required me to come back, or I'd be terminated. So I spend the last year in a COVID unit. We no longer get a break during our 12+ our shifts, they took away holiday pay to cut costs, it's AWFUL. So 3 months ago I quit, got back on rover and about 50% of my previous clients came back!! And I amassed new clients :) I recently started making dog treats and crafts, bandanas, leashes collars etc. and selling! My first three months were GREAT! I made an insane amount of money, but I'm hitting a plateau. Any advice for the plateau? Advertising? Should I hire take on more clients? I currently have 2 employees and a boyfriend. Should I add more products onto the website? I'm at a complete loss this plateau is slowly sinking downward. And I'm not having many sales online and pet sitting is dropping (holidays I know) Any advice I'd appreciate it [link] [comments] |
| I started a cottage bakery business on October 24th... Posted: 19 Dec 2021 05:37 PM PST ...and tomorrow I will reach $1000 in revenue. Super proud of my development and success. Most of my sales have been to friends, however I have gotten some from strangers through Reddit & Facebook posts. Any advice on how to reach more customers? I'm admittedly not terribly active on the bakery's social medias(probably averaging 1-2 posts per week, on Instagram & Facebook, occasional posts on Reddit & Nextdoor), and I haven't found any appropriate events to attend. In my city(DFW suburb), you need a permit to put flyers on people's doors, and I'm not familiar with any businesses that have a bulletin board I could put a flyer on. I have a stepson in elementary school and I have been considered sending a box of cookies along with some cards to his school, but other than that I don't know what else to try. Any other tips are welcome as well! [link] [comments] |
| Need ideas- 5 acres in Southern Missouri Posted: 20 Dec 2021 04:39 AM PST Morning folks! Right now I am just gathering info on what I might be able to do for a little extra income. My wife and I just purchased a flat 5 acres outside the city limits (half acre has house and storage stuffs) with a 32x28 shop building and a 1/3 acre pond. We are early 40s if that matters. Currently, we both work from home but we want to be more self sufficient. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Dec 2021 12:12 PM PST I'm a small fabrication/powdercoat business with a part-time employee. There seems to be a lot of work out there but I'm struggling to tread water. When I quote something its usually a response from the customer that I need to lower my quote to get the job. I do quality work and work a lot of hours but something is wrong. I should be able to pay my bills. Any advice would be appreciated. My part-time employee is my son in law who doesn't ask for much. [link] [comments] |
| I am about to start a small skincare business. Posted: 19 Dec 2021 06:32 PM PST |
| Google suspended my business listing and won’t reinstate it or tell me what the issue is - help Posted: 19 Dec 2021 11:24 AM PST As above. I recently bought out another business as part of my expansion and took over the GMB page, everything has been going well until last week when the listing was suspended. Google are hiding behind "policy violations" but will not tell me what the problem is and I'm not sure what else we can do to fix it. We've followed the appeal process, given them every document and proof of business operation that they've asked for and then again last night they cited "policy violations" as the reason and said the case is closed. No idea what to do! [link] [comments] |
| Web Engine to help small business. Posted: 20 Dec 2021 05:03 AM PST I know it's tough to start when we have a tight budget, but a strong digital presence is important to make it go big. I know this subreddit is not for advertisement and hence I will not advertise my company or about anything or quote any price instead I will like to keep this as an open offer to everyone with any budget and any need to contact me and we will surely help. I will only share my earlier work and link of our company if some one is interested and DMs me. This post is just for help , hope I will not get misunderstood. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Translate eCommerce store to German or English for German market? Posted: 20 Dec 2021 04:57 AM PST I have an ecommerce store currently selling in The Netherlands. I want to branch out to Germany. Would it be wise to translate to German or to English? I'm leaning towards English because my socials (Facebook, Instagram) are in English as well. I don't want separate Dutch social pages, separate German pages etc. I also want to run paid (Facebook) ads, would it be smart to do this in German or English? My target demographic is parents with children 0-8 years old. Also: When it comes to payment in Germany I'm reading everywhere that Lastschrift/SEPA Direct Debit is a must. Does anybody know if SEPA Bank Transfer/Banküberweisung is the same? I ask this because the platform I use (Shopify) only provides SEPA Bank Transfer/Banküberweisung and not SEPA Direct Debit/Lastschrift. [link] [comments] |
| Translate eCommerce store to German or English for German market? Posted: 20 Dec 2021 04:56 AM PST I have an ecommerce store currently selling in The Netherlands. I want to branch out to Germany. Would it be wise to translate to German or to English? I'm leaning towards English because my socials (Facebook, Instagram) are in English as well. I don't want separate Dutch social pages, separate German pages etc. I also want to run paid (Facebook) ads, would it be smart to do this in German or English? My target demographic is parents with children 0-8 years old. Also: When it comes to payment in Germany I'm reading everywhere that Lastschrift/SEPA Direct Debit is a must. Does anybody know if SEPA Bank Transfer/Banküberweisung is the same? I ask this because the platform I use (Shopify) only provides SEPA Bank Transfer/Banküberweisung and not SEPA Direct Debit/Lastschrift. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2021 04:39 AM PST I own a small business (a-corp). It consists of myself and the other owner as w2 employees. The rest of our employees are 1099. We are wanting to set up a 401K account, but have a question - do we have to offer the 401K to our 1099 contractors or are we able to offer this exclusively to w2? If it must be offered to all, what other options would I have for retirement investment beyond just a IRA with low contribution limit? [link] [comments] |
| Is there an easier way to have clients sign a contract? Posted: 20 Dec 2021 04:03 AM PST I feel that this process is so burdensome:
Is there an easier way to do this for consultants? For example, is it enough to have T&Cs on my website and ask them to confirm by email if they agree to these? (In terms of prices and turnaround time, these are set and based on packages that are clearly displayed on a web page that details the deliverables.) If it isn't enough and it's safer to use a contract, what's the easiest way to their agreement? Thanks in advance! [link] [comments] |
| Any way to refund customers online (UK)? Posted: 20 Dec 2021 03:42 AM PST I'm looking for some way to securely and conveniently provide refunds to customers remotely. I run a physical retail store, so most refunds are handled in person, but for faulty goods people often don't want to travel (especially at the moment), or if they've been accidentally overcharged for something. I can process a refund over the phone using our card machines, but it's a right old faff to organise, and asking for card details over email seems sketchy at best and a massive GDPR violation at worst. I know services like shopify can send an invoice that makes it easy to charge customers for things, but I'm looking for essentially the same thing in reverse. So the ideal process would be I generate a refund link for whatever amount, then send it in an email so the customer can enter their card details (securly) and get a refund and some sort of confirmation. Open to any other ideas that might make the process easier though. [link] [comments] |
| Considering making significant investment in marketing company Posted: 20 Dec 2021 03:37 AM PST In 2022 we are really looking to grow our business and as such I am looking to invest in a company to do Facebook Ads, Instagram ads, Google Ads and SEO. We are expecting it'll be approximately $9k a week including ad spend but just wanting to better understand peoples own experiences in doing this. We currently do it ourselves but like anything, I think we lack the expertise to get sufficient return on our Ads and doing our own SEO, we have reach a point where growth doesn't occur at a rapid rate. Please let me know how it went for you! [link] [comments] |
| I want to start a small business. Posted: 19 Dec 2021 11:12 AM PST But I'm not sure. Im not worried about my age and all because I've seen 11 year olds do it. But I've taken a likening to crocheting. Well at least I want to try to get into it since I have a lot of free time and I was wondering if I could make a a business out of it. My mom wanted me to do tshirts but I feel that's kinda boring. So I was wondering is there a market for crocheting? [link] [comments] |
| PSA How much working capitol should your business have on hand Posted: 19 Dec 2021 05:13 PM PST Now this post won't be for everyone, but more established companies, small and medium. We are a medium company. About 2-3 years ago there was a post on this sub asking how much capitol a company should have on hand. I saw all kinds of answers 30 days 60 days. We said 1-2 years. And almost everyone thought how crazy that was. You should take that money and expand - you are wasting opportunity - always expand always grow. Now a new company that is struggling - you need to pay your bills, make payroll and stay afloat. But once/if you get past that you should start to strengthen your company if your gonna be there in the long run. We had said what if you made no money for 2 months, can you keep your company afloat and not go under. Can you buy equipment for cash if you can? Can you self finance stuff? Then covid hit and we had what a month of lockdown I think? And then so many businesses had reduced income after that. I was shocked on just how many companies (not new but established) couldn't ride out just 30 day or 60 days of no income. Expanding is great and growing a business is great but it doesn't have to be the main goal. Sometimes just staying steady and slowly growing is a better option. You don't always have to be aggressively expanding because sometimes when the music stops you won't have a seat to sit down in. I know a few people that get a business started - aggressively expand and sell in 2-3 years. And that is their thing and they are good at it. but they also have lots of money to back up their thing they do. Sometimes instead of expanding way to fast - sit back and save some money for a rainy day. if you are just way too busy - instead of hiring more people - raise your prices up until you are not over busy. You will make more money and no extra work has to be done. At the time we said we could close the company down for 1 year and still be here to reopen 12 months later. Now mind you not a happy 12 months but we would still be in business. And we don't have money just sit there in the bank doing nothing but we invest in short term stuff like tbills and the like. Something that if we needed to we can get capitol in a heartbeat and don't have to ask any bank or lender for it. Yet we make a little bit with it to help keep up with inflation. So for those of you coming through covid with your business and your doing well, make sure you prepare for the next thing - whatever that might be. Save some of your capitol if you can for those downturn months or years. Some years we have three fantastic years money wise, then 2 not so good years. If you don't treat those fantastic years as windfalls and spend all the extra money - you can average it into the slow years and it will all average out. [link] [comments] |
| Continued education to aid your business... what's worth it? Posted: 19 Dec 2021 07:21 AM PST I'm a business owner. Successful. Have a graduate degree in a niche field and don't have any issues with my business. My primary education is the reason I'm able to own my business and be successful. But - when being a business owner, I wear many hats. And it's VERY hard to find people you can trust/outsource shit to. So I've often considered the idea of getting additional education in various fields (accounting, law, whatever...), just because it's so hard to find people in these fields that you can really, truly trust. It got me thinking about education in general. Got me thinking about MBA degrees. Economic degrees. And on and on. I'm curious, do any of you have any thoughts on what fields are broadly applicable and actually worth pursing additional education in that would actually help a business owner? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Dec 2021 10:23 PM PST I have a grocery store and its been 3 years and i have continued my dads business. I often forget the purchase price of the product and sell more than other retail stores are selling. For example if other store are sell a product X in 850 and because i dont remember the price i have bought and i sell at more price like 1000 bucks. If i know and remeber the pruchase price i can tell the margin accordingly and try to sell accordingly. [link] [comments] |
| What’s the best way to sell a small business? Posted: 19 Dec 2021 05:22 PM PST I am a partner in a festival business. For nearly a decade I was the operating partner but I moved on in interests and another business I own and operate took off. My other partners no longer have interest in running it. Searching online I see a few marketplaces for selling online businesses but what is the best way to sell a local business? Any and all suggestions appreciated. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Can I have your input on something ? Posted: 19 Dec 2021 07:58 PM PST Does it make sense to make your own product and resell other products all in one shop? I make soap, but want to start selling other products like candles, scrubs, home decor and even loungewear- I can't make all of that myself. Can I buy those wholesale and resell using my own brand of soap & other brands of candles, scrubs, decor and loungewear etc..? All the while I would still sell my soaps to boutiques and stuff but have my own online store of a variety of products.. [link] [comments] |
| What are some tips small business need to implement for a strong foundation to see growth? Posted: 20 Dec 2021 01:51 AM PST |
| Small business up to 100K$ in Miami, FL? Posted: 20 Dec 2021 03:53 AM PST Hello. I want to open some small business up to 100K$ in Miami, Florida. What is the best deal? [link] [comments] |
| Who here sells customizable products online? Need your input. Posted: 20 Dec 2021 12:04 AM PST Hey all. Own a small business selling customizable items. Currently we're using WooCommerce with the WooCommerce Composite Products plugin, and it is terrible. I am wondering what eCommerce system / plugins you guys use. Currently we're struggling with items in WooCommerce having their own link and showing up as items, and customers attempting to purchase the items individually. On top of that, WooCommerce does not look good and conflicts with WordPress CSS. It's a major pain in the ass. I had looked at Shopify in the past, but it does not seem there is any native configurator of any sort. All the third party plugins look super janky as well. Hoping to get some insight. [link] [comments] |
| Partnering with schools/organizations for fundraisers? Posted: 19 Dec 2021 11:40 PM PST So we have a small business and have done a handful of fundraisers with family and friends. Process is pretty simple. Parent handles fundraiser, that Parent hands out order forms, later collects the finished order forms with checks. And we being a big truck from 2-4 and parents come pick up their product. We do zero paperwork, and just a handshake and a few minutes chat with administrators and coaches. I mean the one high school chorus had an order of well over 5k and were very excited to raise so much money. It's mostly just been through our connections and such. But how would you begin to scale this? I really hate the wrapping paper and magazine corporate BS most schools end up pushing. [link] [comments] |
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