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Recent content by Balkins

  1. Balkins

    I built a platform for converting website visitors into individual leads

    IDEA 
    Hey Bud... thanks for sharing. Not sure what you are doing...but it sounds like a Scraping system... Correct ? ~B
  2. Balkins

    Can an industry with small margins be Fastlane?

    IDEA 
    Intense Labor and Management Issuses. Not to mention customer satisfaction can be tricky. One screw up, and you're reputation suffers... I'd say, look to the Franchise Chains for a success model. The new chains here are -Chipoltes -Burger fi -Checkers (although not new, very profitable op)...
  3. Balkins

    Creating a Thriving Personal Brand w/ YouTube - A Journal & A Personal Guide.

    GOLD! HOT! 
    1 mil....that's quite an achievement ! (i wonder if his income doubled) ??
  4. Balkins

    Does Anyone Here Do Local Lead Generation? Too Good to Be True?

    SIDE HUSTLE QUESTION 
    Ok man... best of luck~
  5. Balkins

    Does Anyone Here Do Local Lead Generation? Too Good to Be True?

    SIDE HUSTLE QUESTION 
    Fantastic... what Avenue are you trying to get leads? I heard FB is quite played out these days...
  6. Balkins

    At 26 owns 1,300 rental properties

    INTRO 
    Nice story...but definitely in need of an editor. I found myself going through the article and actually trying to figure out which word should go in this sentence. Normally I wouldn't even bother commenting but this one is particularly bad. In spite of the atrocious spelling errors, I did learn...
  7. Balkins

    100 Unsexy Business Ideas: Name as many as you can!

    GOLD! IDEA 
    I know a guy who does nothing but driveways. Who specializes in repairing asphalt driveways. He knows the money is in doing new driveway but in the meantime... he's booked solid months ahead. And guess what... when the time comes to build the new driveway who do you think gets the job???
  8. Balkins

    Building a billion dollar enterprise

    GOLD! EXECUTION 
    Congrats on your hard work paying off. 1. In my area, self-storage is saturated but then we have other developers with deep pockets come in and put up yet 'ANOTHER STORAGE' facility. When will it end? 2. What kinda LTV financing are you getting these days from Banks...when i was a commercial...
  9. Balkins

    Ask me anything about eCommerce (Ongoing)

    GOLD! 
    Depends....where would you look to find an E commerce site builder?
  10. Balkins

    3 Businesses & The Road to $1M in Personal Income

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    One reason your sales Candidate is not working is...he has money and is weighing opportunities. AS a sales guy myself, i've learned not to jump on the First offer. ALSO, interviewing is a 2 way process. The company interviews me, but i also 'interview them'.... Why would i want to work with a...
  11. Balkins

    Just finished reading The $1,000,000 Web Designer Guide

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    YES...it was obvious he is the author of that book...And now i see its a free Kindle book~ Got it....Thanks~
  12. Balkins

    Just finished reading The $1,000,000 Web Designer Guide

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    I've decided to do a 'Trans-animal Change' and go with Popeye~ 'Well Blown me Down....~' ~T
  13. Balkins

    Just finished reading The $1,000,000 Web Designer Guide

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    btw... where is this FREE BOOK? thanks~!
  14. Balkins

    Just finished reading The $1,000,000 Web Designer Guide

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    i've done coding (html, wordpress, php, mysql, etc)...its complicated and highly systematic. UNLESS you can find a code farm in India, China or Phillipines, you will eventually turn to HARD LIQUOR ~
  15. Balkins

    Just finished reading The $1,000,000 Web Designer Guide

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    The problem I see with web design is intense intellectual coding skills. Unless you can tap into a bevy of skilled labor that's cheap, you are competing against other programmers whu have a lot more experience then you. Correct me if I'm wrong?
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