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    Booked My First Meeting With A Potential Client After Being Laid Off From Corporate Job!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    Excellent advice, the top performers at my last orgs have always been consultative in this way.
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    Booked My First Meeting With A Potential Client After Being Laid Off From Corporate Job!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    Currently 25 years old with three years of experience working in the corporate world in tech sales, specifically focused in CPaaS (communications platform as a service) - all the companies i've worked for have helped organizations commmunicate with customers through various channels such as SMS...
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    Outbound Sales Agency Execution Thread

    EXECUTION 
    First Week Update - I've been making cold calls (not as much as i'd like too since work and life responsibilities get in the way). On the positive side ive been getting 1 person to pick up out of every 10 calls. The problem is that I'm getting "not interested" or "we use another competitor/do it...
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    Getting a list of outbound leads?

    MARKETING 
    I just posted a execution thread about building an outbound agency - I'd recommend using LI Sales Navigator and Rocketreach.co
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    Outbound Sales Agency Execution Thread

    EXECUTION 
    Hi Everyone, After like maybe 10+ false starts in the past 3 - 4 years I'm finally committing to an idea - building personalized & relevant lead lists for sales reps in B2B SaaS organizations. My day job is in Sales Engineering so i'm very familiar with the pain points of sales teams - and...
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    Do I Need A Website To Get A Customer?

    MARKETING 
    Thanks for the input guys (especially @Andy Black & @MJ DeMarco) I just created a new personal LI profile and new business LI profile attached to a professional email. I'll work on creating a simple website like Andy's while I'm conducting cold outreach.
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    Do I Need A Website To Get A Customer?

    MARKETING 
    Could I just say something like "in the spirit of transparency I'm relatively new and still building my website?" If they ask. Honesty is the best policy sometimes.
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    Do I Need A Website To Get A Customer?

    MARKETING 
    Hi Everyone, I'm looking to start doing cold outreach to sell consulting services to small to medium sized organizations that need help managing enterprise software (think Salesforce, Workday, etc) on a monthly basis. Since I have experience with cold outreach from previous jobs I think I...
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    Cool & Unique Lifestyle Habits & Tips You Implement Daily?

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    What are some interesting & unique "lifestyle" things you implement into your life daily that either give you joy, make you more productive, improve your health, improve your relationships, improve your living environment, etc ... ? I'll start. Started making playlists based on time of...
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    How To Make A New Business Seem "Bigger" Than It Actually Is?

    MARKETING EXECUTION QUESTION 
    Hmm, interesting. I suppose I could get some family & friends to be "contractors" aswell.
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    How To Make A New Business Seem "Bigger" Than It Actually Is?

    MARKETING EXECUTION QUESTION 
    Hi everyone, After much wannabe-entrepreneurism I have settled on a software agency I'd like to pursue that is in the same industry I currently work a job in and has few competitors which all have a nice customer base. I'm in the process of building a website and also going to start cold...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] Solving obesity in the trucking industry ... one meal at a time

    EXECUTION 
    So I'm going to be setting up shop near truckstops and also delivering through FedEx in just the west coast region along I-5 and I-90. I've spoken with a food consultant and ensure that the packaging methods I use will last long enough for delivery. And to answer your point about trucker's not...
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    Getting my first ten customers

    MARKETING 
    Hi everyone, If you haven't read my execution thread already - I'm starting a pre-packaged meal delivery service for truckers that are busy on the road and eat unhealthy gas station/junk food. I'm getting my first 10 meal boxes made soon to go out there and test with truckers. I'd love to...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] Solving obesity in the trucking industry ... one meal at a time

    EXECUTION 
    Here's a few updates considering everybody's very helpful feedback and suggestions. COGS Breakdown per weekly meal box: - 7 meals that cost roughly $2.50 per serving = $17.50 - Packaging for 7 meals at $1 each = $7 - Custom branded container box that fits 7 meals = $2 Total: $26 to produce...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] Solving obesity in the trucking industry ... one meal at a time

    EXECUTION 
    Thank you so much for your input - I intend to stick to the meal delivery Idea and make it as affordable as possible. i don't necessarily want to open a restaurant like that but probably a location nearby a Truckstop where I can distribute the meals easily. Do you mind If I DM you since you...

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