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Recent content by DurianGray

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    Manufacturing/Designing my Dream

    EXECUTION 
    Blueprint: 1. Set up shitty woo commerce site - DONE compared to my previous magento store that i spent ages on… this is doesn’t look as nice but F*ck it, its like 80% of the way there and took me 1 hr instead of 2 weeks lol. 2. Facebook Ads for Lead gen: Got my old account banned...
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    Manufacturing/Designing my Dream

    EXECUTION 
    Its been 5 months back in the States and I expected my progress to be further along :( Since my last post I just focused on my internet marketing skills. Busted a$$ learning media buying promoting shitty app installs in India. Read every single thing I could find online and on some forums a few...
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    Manufacturing/Designing my Dream

    EXECUTION 
    Update on this thread... So working online in China is kinda a pain in the a$$ because of the firewalls to Google and Facebook. Also because my IP is not from the US I had to go through a lot of extra hoops. I don't advise travel / working before you set up a lot of accounts in the US. Also...
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    MJ Demarco needs to clear the air on affiliate marketing once and for all.

    MARKETING RANT 
    I agree with @Coalission Affiliate marketing should be encouraged since it gives you the skills of marketing. The hardest part of the business in my opinion is the sales and marketing and less so of the product. Once you learn how to sell someone else's product, selling your own isn't that...
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    What Is Your Dream Business?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Own a hostel and a porn production company. Peter Acworth of kink.com is my hero. Also to be a writer.
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    Minimalist lifestyle?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I'm backpacking around Asia right now. All my stuff fits in a 50L backpack. 4 shirts / 3 shorts / jacket/ a pair of chacos / umbrella / macbook / iphone / kindle / sunglasses / notebook / toiletries/ water bottle/ strong spirit And I'm good to go. Working in cafes and cutting down costs...
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    Being rich vs being upper class

    MINDSET 
    I'm liking the conversation going on this thread. To clarify, what currently is on my mind is: social status. You can't buy that. (Or can you??) Everyone has to choose their niche. However, there are "professions" that are generally looked down upon. Merchants in the past were frowned upon...
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    Being rich vs being upper class

    MINDSET 
    Some people say America doesn't have a class system, that it is only a remnant of aristocratic Europe. I strongly disagree. Now more than ever, the 1% have more power and money than ever. Being rich isn't enough. When people on this forum talk about the mindset, it is primarily from the...
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    Manufacturing/Designing my Dream

    EXECUTION 
    I arrived in the Heart of Capitalism (aka People's Republic of China) a week ago. A 20 hr total trip from SFO->SEA->PEK->CAN. What a brutal trip in economy class sitting in the same row as the over caffeinated and sugar fueled toddler. Motivation for me to build those airline miles/status. I...
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    Manufacturing/Designing my Dream

    EXECUTION 
    Took a break to get my mind together. Hanging out with friends who I will probably not see again for a few years. Spent a lot of time reflecting. Ordered some samples. They arrived. Sold a few. Built another ecommerce website. This time I used magento. It is a lot more powerful than opencart...
  11. DurianGray

    A Software Engineer's New Venture

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    From my experience in the mobile gaming industry, companies like Zynga are a data analytics company first and a gaming company second. Pocket Gems for example pretty much remakes the same games with different skins/story lines. These companies try to milk the most money they can from "whales" -...
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    Manufacturing/Designing my Dream

    EXECUTION 
    Think I finally found my niche. Just when things were getting hopeless, I sold something on amazon. I then contacted 25 suppliers in my niche on Alibaba. Hoping to place an order by the next few days. E-commerce store 2 is in the process of getting set up. I realized that I needed to focus on a...
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    Manufacturing/Designing my Dream

    EXECUTION 
    Existential Crisis: Felt really stressed out today for some reason. I was reading about marketing your site (Traffic Blackbook 2, etc.) and many were affiliate marketers/ vitamin sellers. I dabbled in that back in 2006 when I was in high school but I wanted to avoid getting in that industry for...
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    Manufacturing/Designing my Dream

    EXECUTION 
    UPDATE Getting things sold is the biggest issue here. I was too focused on getting the actual business set up and making the website look nice instead of making $$$$$. So now I’m back to researching niches and trying to sell stuff on ebay. Action items should be to list items for sale on ebay...
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    I Have Decided That I'm Moving...

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Have you considered moving out of the country? I am planning to move to SE Asia to bootstrap my company. I'm from the SF Bay area. There are relatively cheap places in like Vallejo, Richmond, San Leandro, etc but that is still like pushing you $500-$800 at best. SF was insane when I lived...
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