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  1. Mike Kavanagh

    When to tell people you have a business?

    PEOPLE 
    Let's say you have $40 to invest. Once you have that product purchase, you are in that product until it sells. If you have that $40 tied up to make $50, you miss other opportunities for 25% profit. Not only that, you have no idea if someone is going to buy your item at $50. I'd rather buy...
  2. Mike Kavanagh

    When to tell people you have a business?

    PEOPLE 
    This is what we call upside down. You have $3k wasting away in inventory. The only thing you should value is the speed at which you can move product at profit. If you buy something for $40 and sell it for $50, you made a profit on paper. If it took a month to sell, you lost money. Side...
  3. Mike Kavanagh

    Business owners, how do you track your expenses & income?

    If you're trying to go cheap I used excel/google docs/open office back when I was doing the hustling stuff. You just need to set it up with all the equations you need. For example- (cost of item) + (ebay fees) + (shipping fees) = total cost of item Sold Price - TCoI = Profit But if you have...
  4. Mike Kavanagh

    I am going all in

    This is one problem that I don't understand. If you were delivering your absolute best to your clients, you shouldn't be getting banned. In all seriousness, $200 isn't that much money to be made off of fiverr. Your clients, if they like your work, would be placing more orders or asking for more...
  5. Mike Kavanagh

    We do what we WANT

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Agree wholeheartedly. I was going through the mindset I see in most people. Hell, most blue collar people have to work two jobs and still can't get out of the race. Those people never get to see their family... It hurts me when I see myself or my family doing those things. I can only effect...
  6. Mike Kavanagh

    We do what we WANT

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Everyone works to achieve what they don't want. I don't want to be homeless, so I work a job I hate, to pay a rent I don't like, to live with people I don't get to talk to. When I try to break-free, I get told I can't. I assume this happens to everyone who is 'normal'.
  7. Mike Kavanagh

    We do what we WANT

    HOT! MINDSET 
    This hits home. I like when I talk with others who say I should "do xyz and abc will happen". I always ask, why don't you do it then? "I don't have time", while clicking on clickbait Facebook posts. If you want to do it, you'll make time. If you don't want to do it, you'll make excuses as to...
  8. Mike Kavanagh

    Are you sitting comfortably?

    MINDSET 
    The secret to actually working out everyday or e-mailing clients/customers is... Showing up. That's it. Show up. Once you're there you'll figure it's a waste of your time not to do it. I don't want to play basketball after work. It's 6:30am when I get to the court. Last few days, it's been...
  9. Mike Kavanagh

    Dump That Excuse Here ... Excusipedia

    HOT! MINDSET 
    "My life is set. I'll probably be dead in 10 years anyways" This one hurts. I've heard it from so many people in their 40's and 50's. They just accept their fate.
  10. Mike Kavanagh

    Copywriting Critique - Otherwise known as the Sinister Challenge

    Basically, it's helping people and leaving a legacy. That's what most of the older people here were taught. Give back to the community that gave you the icecream. @SinisterLex didn't have to help me. He could of told me to F*ck off and proceeded to block me. That's happened to me before, on an...
  11. Mike Kavanagh

    Copywriting Critique - Otherwise known as the Sinister Challenge

    I agree that it doesn't make an sense going off and trying something new and untested. and I meant no disrespect to those doing the Gary Halbert challenge. There is an inherit flaw with the challenge... You are copying copy. You fall back on Gary's laurels and not your own. Instead lets take...
  12. Mike Kavanagh

    Copywriting Critique - Otherwise known as the Sinister Challenge

    Just do something. Hand re-write copy if you need to. Read 10 pages Cashvertising then write your own product description. It doesn't have to be a real product. I'm not making money hand over fist. Hell, I haven't even gotten a customer yet. The only thing that has set me apart from everyone...
  13. Mike Kavanagh

    Copywriting Critique - Otherwise known as the Sinister Challenge

    Upwork hasn't been working for me today. So I said screw it and went over to Fiverr and posted a gig to write or re-write headlines. No hiding now. I don't know why I kept running from this. The way I look at it is, if I can even do 3 head lines an hour, I've up'd my hourly rate by 4 bucks...
  14. Mike Kavanagh

    Copywriting Critique - Otherwise known as the Sinister Challenge

    To be honest no. Here's why. My problem, as stated in my other thread, The Power I see in Daily Vlogs, @Andy Black and I had a break through. I get stuck in an education loop. It's a constant struggle between needing to know more and not feeling like you know enough. So it's learned...
  15. Mike Kavanagh

    Copywriting Critique - Otherwise known as the Sinister Challenge

    @SinisterLex I edited the short copy. When I said it out loud somethings weren't flowing properly. Adjustments have been made.
  16. Mike Kavanagh

    Copywriting Critique - Otherwise known as the Sinister Challenge

  17. Mike Kavanagh

    Copywriting Critique - Otherwise known as the Sinister Challenge

    Imagine the perfect morning... You come downstairs, The children are dressed for school and sitting at the breakfast table. You sit down at the table where there are two perfect slices of toast left for you. You don't have to rush today. You have the perfect cup of coffee and 2 slices of...
  18. Mike Kavanagh

    Copywriting Critique - Otherwise known as the Sinister Challenge

    Our 6-Slice Toaster Makes School-Day Breakfast In No Time! Monday morning, you wake up late. You start rushing, trying to get the children ready for school. Toast for breakfast. You missed the school bus. Your breakfast plan broke down. Maybe your youngest dropped her toast. Maybe your...
  19. Mike Kavanagh

    Copywriting Critique - Otherwise known as the Sinister Challenge

    I approached @SinisterLex yesterday with an offer to help him do freelance copywriting for free. No charge. I didn't have confidence in my skills as a copywriter... I didn't think that I had much to offer the market. He didn't see it that way. We broke down my mindset and figured out my...
  20. Mike Kavanagh

    Can Musical.ly help your business grow?

    MARKETING 
    For myself, I don't see value because of the audience. I'm not trying to target that market. Snapchat, IG, Facebook, and Twitter all have relevant places for business related things. That's what I'm more into. I think Music.ly will be a place where a bunch of people are trying to break into...
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