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Hey guys. Most of us here love talking about business ideas and success stories ,however no one really talks about customer acquisition and that's really what makes or breaks an idea so let's change that.

So what are your personal experiences with Customer Acquisition? What's the maximum number of customers you've managed to obtain on a particular business? How long did it take you to obtain those customers? How difficult was it to obtain customers? Did you initiate a hard launch or soft launch of your company or no launch at all?

Let's get the conversation started with me.

In my previous business I sold a high end info product at the price of $497. I managed to acquire 23 customers over 12 months. It took 9 months to prepare my customer list for the product, and about one month to obtain 80% of my total customers. All of my customers were obtained via word of mouth without SEO or PPC.
 
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Epz ofiet?
 
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Epz ofiet?

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O vzqodemmz caz op et e taqqusvis epf hiv e ceppis xjodj ot qsivvz nadj xusvjmitt ONU. Vjip vjiz ataemmz miv ni tvesv e vjsief op vji wipfust tidvoup us xjevpuv vjev iyqmeopt nz tiswodi epf eptxist raitvoupt. Iwisz gusan jet e foggisipv tiv ug samit up vjot, zua fup'v xepv vu casp vji simevouptjoq caz fuoph tqennz vjopht.

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  • Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
  • MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
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  • Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."
— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?

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