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  1. itfactor

    Make Money with building Websites: The ultimate Way

    HOT! 
    I had some limited but rewarding success using this method in the past in selling SEO services. What I did was: - Find a local business that have just published a print ad in the newspapers. In case you don't know, a tiny square in the classifieds can cost $X,XXX to $X,XXXX. This way I know...
  2. itfactor

    Subscription vs Ads

    Are your users aware of your competitors? Perhaps they find your competitors’ offer more enticing than yours, plus they have the authority because they are “bigger”?
  3. itfactor

    Resources for idea generation

    IDEA 
    I believe the key to minimalizing the danger of over commiting is to have more than 1 business ideas in the pipeline. When you see an opportunity in one of it, you can drop the rest (or sell them) and pump more funds into the one with highest potential. As for market research, you should...
  4. itfactor

    Did It: Zero to $12k a Month (Now $75K) While Traveling the World

    GOLD! EXECUTION 
    Why not do both? Pick up SEO since its easier to tag on as an additional offering for your website, then outsource PPC to someone else if hour client wants it. I’m working in the PPC space myself and 70% of my clients come from SEO agencies who only do Adwords but not Facebook Ads. In case...
  5. itfactor

    Resources for idea generation

    IDEA 
    If it’s niches that you need (for bloggin or affliate marketing), you can hire a freelancer to do it for you cheaply. There are even automated tools that can churn out hundreds of untargeted niches. Business ideas are more nuanced. It’s about finding gaps in current market offers to fill, or be...
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    Resources for idea generation

    IDEA 
    Type this into google: For reddit: site:reddit.com “I hate it when” | “It’s frustrating that” | “better way to” Just replace reddit with twitter, or any other url (facebook, quora etc)
  7. itfactor

    Lex DeVille's 2019-22 Step-By-Step Upwork Tutorial for Brokeass Bootstrap Beginners Who Need Cash Now!

    NOTABLE! SIDE HUSTLE 
    After sending 22 proposals, I've received 2 responses and 0 contracts so far. Either I'm doing something really wrong in my approach, or clients are really stingy on their rates for writers. Feels a little demoralizing, as it wasn't this tough to land jobs a year ago. Anyways I've signed up...
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    Google disapproving repair ads?!?

    MARKETING 
    Not only they are misinterpreting, but they are also throwing the baby out with the bath water. Used to work for Adwords compliance department many moons ago. Let's just say these guys are definitely not the sharpest minds in the entire Google campus.
  9. itfactor

    Google disapproving repair ads?!?

    MARKETING 
    Well, that's the problem. There's no way to tell for certain why X is considered good while Y is considered bad on Adwords or FB, unless someone from the inside tells us. They aren't obligated to do so either, which can be frustrating.
  10. itfactor

    Google disapproving repair ads?!?

    MARKETING 
    Google and FB are rich enough to turn down this sort of money from advertisers who make ads that bring down the user experience. They make way more money keeping users happy and collecting their data than selling ad spaces
  11. itfactor

    Google disapproving repair ads?!?

    MARKETING 
    Sounds like your Google rep doesn't know what he/she is doing. How is washing machine repair under tech support? Maybe you should try doing the advanced verification? P.S. I haven't touched adwords in awhile so I'm not sure if this would work.
  12. itfactor

    Significant Change to Upwork coming in May 2019... “Pay to Bid”

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    Would love to hear what is your thought process in filtering out clients from group 1 out from the rest.
  13. itfactor

    Significant Change to Upwork coming in May 2019... “Pay to Bid”

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    As much as I HATE the big chunk of fees Upwork skims from my hard work, I think this is a move in the right direction. Why? Because the fees are tier-based. Upwork takes 20% for the first $500, then it drops to 10% at $500.01 until you reach $10,000 (where it stays at 5%). This encourages the...
  14. itfactor

    Lex DeVille's 2019-22 Step-By-Step Upwork Tutorial for Brokeass Bootstrap Beginners Who Need Cash Now!

    NOTABLE! SIDE HUSTLE 
    Spent 2 nights cleaning up my profile page following @Lex DeVille 's advice, converted 12 of my past client work into pdf and uploaded them onto my portfolio with cover images done in Canva. Only sent 5 proposals so far. Most of my time was spent cherry picking on potential winners rather than...
  15. itfactor

    Lex DeVille's - 200 Mostly Offline Rental Business Ideas

    NOTABLE! IDEA 
    In my city, there are lots of new power companies popping up. Recently, they're leasing out air conditioners at around $20/unit/month for 72 months. Not sure if it includes the power bill or not though.
  16. itfactor

    Properly Executing a Soft Proof

    MARKETING 
    Fitness is a pretty crowded space to be in. Make sure you drive in hard on the USP (unique selling point), and focus on your reach
  17. itfactor

    Lex DeVille's 2019-22 Step-By-Step Upwork Tutorial for Brokeass Bootstrap Beginners Who Need Cash Now!

    NOTABLE! SIDE HUSTLE 
    Reading all 8 pages just remind me that my top-rated upwork profile with 50+ extra connects has been languishing for months. I did mostly copywriting work too, started from like $5/1000 articles about 3 years ago to $60/article (still long ways to go from FU money). Wish I had all these info...
  18. itfactor

    Unpopular Opinion: "Give Value for Free" is Bullshit More Often Than Not

    NOTABLE! MINDSET FTE 
    A little late to the party. As a freelancer who is always on the fence on this issue, I think its important to distinguish one fact. Giving value and demostrating value aren’t the same thing. Using the cookie store example. Instead of giving away free samples to passerbys, demostrating value...
  19. itfactor

    Lex DeVille's - How I Bought a $4k Laser and Started an Engraving Side Hustle for Free (super easy)

    NOTABLE! SIDE HUSTLE 
    Living in a city with high humidity, tropical climate, and expensive electricity costs, this probably isnt the right type of business to run out of my poorly ventilated tiny apartment. Still, lots of lessons to learn about hustling. kudos!
  20. itfactor

    Crushing B2B Sales with LinkedIn

    HOT! MARKETING 
    Thanks OP. As someone who’s sucks at public speaking, this video message method should keep things interesting for me. Are there any examples available of these video messages that you send out?

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