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[loop101]

The Long Island Serial Killer story gets weirder and weirder.

 

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[IceCreamKid]

The only problem is lead flow. There are only so many people searching for carpet cleaning in our city and I need to keep my employee busy.

In online carpet cleaning groups you'll encounter a ton of guys flexing how they're hitting minimum $1k-5k a day. The problem is they're not telling you the entire story.

Some of them have been in biz for decades therefore they have the credibility and trust with the premium clients and can charge accordingly. They've fired all their shitty customers and only service the good ones. Others have unscrupulous upsell tactics which I wouldn't recommend.

The harsh reality is this stuff takes time to get the snowball effect and you may have to figure out alternative ways to keep your employee busy. Another option is to hire part-time employees. I've had great success hiring retired airline baggage handlers. They have crazy work ethic.

The other harsh reality is the carpet cleaning industry as a whole is shrinking and more people are entering the game because the barrier to entry is low. Carpet was 60% of floor sales 20 years ago and now it's 30%. Do you want to fight for a shrinking pie while the competition increases? I'd invite you to continue carpet cleaning, but branch out into other services that your customer list might want:

• hardwood floor cleaning
• air duct cleaning
• water damage restoration
• til & grout cleaning

We charge stupid amounts for boat carpet cleaning because most competitors aren't willing to do it. You have to find your edge, find your niche, and go full psycho work your face off to make it work.

 

[Black_Dragon43]

Makes sense.

Any Business
"Regulars carpet cleans save money in the long run so you dont need to replace the carpet as a whole."

Property Managers.
"Our carpet cleaning services will raise the value of your property"

AirBNB Owners:
"Here are pictures of mold that grew in these airbnbs since they didnt get them deep cleaned every month"

Home interior renovators
"You can give us the contacts of clients with carpets who you finish doing a job on and we can sell them carpet cleaning since it will be dirty from the last job and we'll give you a cut"

@Black_Dragon43
Do you think i can educate them through cold email?

I like the one for home interior renovators... I would pitch it as THEM selling your service at whatever margin they wish, you just get paid your price, the rest can be their profit. This is one that you could pitch via cold calling too, as it's very obvious, and actually would give them a competitive edge too if they can offer your service in addition to theirs.

For the ones that require more education, I would probably combine physical direct mail, with a slightly warm call afterwards. Cold email could work for property managers and AirBNB owners, but there are certain businesses that don't rely on email all that much, and will often ignore ignore it, preferring more traditional means.

 

[MattR82]

Any other Prime time 99 Alex Stein fans out there?

 

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[Andy Black]

What is this magic?

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[MJ DeMarco]

What is this magic?

Adrien Velter on LinkedIn: #prospection #b2b #salestips | 51 comments

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That's amazing if that data is valid.

 

[Andy Black]

That's amazing if that data is valid.

He's got loads of little examples of his LinkedIn profile. I love the little videos.

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[GPM]

What is this magic?

Adrien Velter on LinkedIn: #prospection #b2b #salestips | 51 comments

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Have you tried it out? A few comments on LI for it say they just get errors.

 

[Andy Black]

Have you tried it out? A few comments on LI for it say they just get errors.

I haven't yet. I installed the Google Sheet plug-in (I think). Haven't had a chance to test it yet.

 

[Jrjohnny]

Let me get the 15 pounds for a warm up-

 

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[monnffffiiiiiii]

In the US, retirees are expected to be rich and help their kids by a house.

In Europe, retirees benefit from a lot of discounts (public transports, theater, etc) because they're expected to be poor.

!

 

[GPM]

Let me get the 15 pounds for a warm up-
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I am surprised they are even back on the rack. That in itself is a rarity.

 

[Daniel A]

I just got Unscripted : The Great Rat-Race Escape on Audible. I need to revisit entrepreneurship and financial freedom.

 

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[Jrjohnny]

I am surprised they are even back on the rack. That in itself is a rarity.

When I started going to the gym, a guy I regularly hung out with went:

“Want to hear a secret?”

“Sure”

“Don’t put weights back when you’re done. It’s a cheat code.”

 

[Eurojanek]

You guys know that huge rock?
Yes that one, travelling about 1.6 million miles (2.6 million km) a day,
or 66,627 mph (107,226 km/h).
I've just yesterday finished putting 200 hornbeam trees into it.
Thought I ought to let you know, since we are all sitting on it

 

[StrikingViper69]

I've been hiring musicians on Fiverr recently to do some recording. It's a bit depressing how many can't play in time.

 

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[loop101]

This story makes it sound like anyone using Freelancers has probably hired North Korean hackers. I assume the story is true, but everything seems like a war on small businesses lately:

"The Justice Department said Wednesday that IT workers dispatched and contracted by North Korea to work remotely with companies in St. Louis and elsewhere in the US have been using false identities to get the jobs. The money they earned was funneled to the North Korean weapons program, FBI leaders said at a news conference in St. Louis."

"Jay Greenberg, special agent in charge of the St. Louis FBI office, said any company that hired freelance IT workers "more than likely" hired someone participating in the scheme. An FBI spokeswoman said Thursday that the North Koreans contracted with companies across the US and in some other countries."

 

[StrikingViper69]

This story makes it sound like anyone using Freelancers has probably hired North Korean hackers. I assume the story is true, but everything seems like a war on small businesses lately:

"The Justice Department said Wednesday that IT workers dispatched and contracted by North Korea to work remotely with companies in St. Louis and elsewhere in the US have been using false identities to get the jobs. The money they earned was funneled to the North Korean weapons program, FBI leaders said at a news conference in St. Louis."

"Jay Greenberg, special agent in charge of the St. Louis FBI office, said any company that hired freelance IT workers "more than likely" hired someone participating in the scheme. An FBI spokeswoman said Thursday that the North Koreans contracted with companies across the US and in some other countries."

Regulation in 3… 2…

 

[Xeon]

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Go! Go and open your own cafe!
What's your excuse now?

 

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[BizyDad]

Other suspected teams:

Droopy Nips and Whiz Rock guy
JrJohnny and Johnny Boy
Private Witt and ? (just kidding!)

The question is why would they go through so much effort and use the same IP?

@JLE and @The One so they can "discuss" weight lifting.

What is this magic?

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This should have greater reactions. I'm hoping to play around with this over the weekend. Surprised no one else has tried it in the past 24 hrs.

You guys know that huge rock?
Yes that one, travelling about 1.6 million miles (2.6 million km) a day,
or 66,627 mph (107,226 km/h).
I've just yesterday finished putting 200 hornbeam trees into it.
Thought I ought to let you know, since we are all sitting on it

Sounds cool. Good work.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02do6VoUT2PeTM6D9wRHs7LS2nYvPJoWeUowrxWBYsYeCiiR9eSpwMha99bCNom23Zl&id=100002460641139&mibextid=Nif5oz

Go! Go and open your own cafe!
What's your excuse now?

Um... Have you started a business yet?

 

[Xeon]

Um... Have you started a business yet?

Tried and failed many times, now taking a break from it all!

 

[The One]

@JLE and @The One so they can "discuss" weight lifting.



This should have greater reactions. I'm hoping to play around with this over the weekend. Surprised no one else has tried it in the past 24 hrs.



Sounds cool. Good work.



Um... Have you started a business yet?

I'm confused, why was I tagged? Same IP? Can someone explain?

 

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[BizyDad]

I'm confused, why was I tagged? Same IP? Can someone explain?

It a running joke bud.

So JLE has a thread about bodybuilding and I recently suggested it belonged on a bodybuilding forum. Then suddenly you pop up with another bodybuilding thread, so the joke is that you obviously are a fake account to increase the amount of bodybuilding content on the forum.

Like I said, just a joke. Welcome to the forum. We kid around with the people we like.

Jokes are definitely less funny when they need explaining.

 

[Tim03]

I've been on the platform about a week and I can already tell there is A LOT of value to be learned by new users like myself. What i've also noticed is the insane amount of low quality posts of just lazy a$$ people putting in zero effort to provide any value first of all, but second not even asking good questions. Questions like: What do you think about this, how would I go about this, how exactly do I execute this. Do some F*cking research yourself, you think people are just gonna give you the answers to wealth with a 2 sentence worthless question.

Anyways that's the quick rant.

 

[The One]

It a running joke bud.

So JLE has a thread about bodybuilding and I recently suggested it belonged on a bodybuilding forum. Then suddenly you pop up with another bodybuilding thread, so the joke is that you obviously are a fake account to increase the amount of bodybuilding content on the forum.

Like I said, just a joke. Welcome to the forum. We kid around with the people we like.

Jokes are definitely less funny when they need explaining.

Lol I got scared thinking I was gonna get banned. I wasn’t even thinking straight


Be Aware I am Always Looking @BizyDad !!!!

 

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[Andy Black]

I've been on the platform about a week and I can already tell there is A LOT of value to be learned by new users like myself. What i've also noticed is the insane amount of low quality posts of just lazy a$$ people putting in zero effort to provide any value first of all, but second not even asking good questions. Questions like: What do you think about this, how would I go about this, how exactly do I execute this. Do some F*cking research yourself, you think people are just gonna give you the answers to wealth with a 2 sentence worthless question.

Anyways that's the quick rant.

I'm banning you. You're clearly MJ's second account.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

I've been on the platform about a week and I can already tell there is A LOT of value to be learned by new users like myself. What i've also noticed is the insane amount of low quality posts of just lazy a$$ people putting in zero effort to provide any value first of all, but second not even asking good questions. Questions like: What do you think about this, how would I go about this, how exactly do I execute this. Do some F*cking research yourself, you think people are just gonna give you the answers to wealth with a 2 sentence worthless question.

Anyways that's the quick rant.

Amazing you realized this in 5 days.

Imagine being here for 15 years and having to suffer through it over, and over, and over, and over... and it only has gotten worse, perfectly correlated to social media consumption (addiction.)

There's only so much I can tolerate without coming across like a total dick, so I hope some folks realize that simple questions don't have simple answers. And those who seek them, should stick to a job, and a boss who tells you exactly what to do, day after day.

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[Lex DeVille]

Went to several fall festivals this year at different locations. Multiple festivals just today. They all have a huge problem. The vendors are stale. One vendor copies the next vendor's products. Year after year a bunch of copycats and no creativity.

I don't know if I'll go again next year. Nothing stood out. Wood-carved American flags. T-shirts with quirky slogans. A bunch of jewelry nobody wants. Crocheted stuffed toys that are "unique" except they're not.

Fall festivals around here used to be super creative. You'd go there and find actually interesting and cool handmade stuff. Now it just feels like walking through Hobby Lobby.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Went to several fall festivals this year at different locations. Multiple festivals just today. They all have a huge problem. The vendors are stale. One vendor copies the next vendor's products. Year after year a bunch of copycats and no creativity.

I don't know if I'll go again next year. Nothing stood out. Wood-carved American flags. T-shirts with quirky slogans. A bunch of jewelry nobody wants. Crocheted stuffed toys that are "unique" except they're not.

Fall festivals around here used to be super creative. You'd go there and find actually interesting and cool handmade stuff. Now it just feels like walking through Hobby Lobby.

The infamous wood carving of "Faith, family and friends?" LOL.

 

[Lex DeVille]

The infamous wood carving of "Faith, family and friends?" LOL.

That about sums it up. ugh.