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  1. Jon L

    How can I Fastlane my current business?

    NOTABLE! 
    Not that you could necessarily do this, but here is a (very) fastlane approach to appliance repair. At the very least, it will open your mind to what is possible. I know a guy that does consolidation of companies. What he does is finds a series of companies in an industry like yours (where...
  2. Jon L

    Launched to Crickets...Best way forward is?...

    HOT! MARKETING 
    I have to 'ditto' this. I spent several months last year reworking my landing pages. It was progressively getting better, but then one of the pros on here reviewed my landing page (@SinisterLex), and he explained everything that was wrong with it. At that point, I gave up and hired a real...
  3. Jon L

    A Cautionary Tale About eBay

    GOLD! 
    I sold about 5-6000 orders about ten years ago over the course of 10 months or so...busiest month was 800 orders. Most shipped out of a contract warehouse. The pendulum started swinging against me at the end of that, and I quit rather than figure out how to ride it. Back then, sellers were up...
  4. Jon L

    Start Out Personal Trainer

    I don't think you should become a personal trainer. Its too hard to scale. But that's just one guy's opinion on the internet. I'd recommend you go talk to the most successful personal trainers you can find and ask them what their life is like. Also ask how they plan on scaling their...
  5. Jon L

    Launched to Crickets...Best way forward is?...

    HOT! MARKETING 
    Family and friends will also lie to you to make you feel better
  6. Jon L

    Launched to Crickets...Best way forward is?...

    HOT! MARKETING 
    I think you need a separate landing page for each group. And, you probably need to focus even beyond that. Read through all of Andy Black's posts on Google Adwords (search for him on this site). They're pure gold. Then, look up SinisterLex's posts on copywriting. As I was reading through...
  7. Jon L

    Is it okay to help people for selfish reasons?

    MINDSET 
    Here's something to consider: I'd rather my car / health / house / tooth / etc. actually get fixed properly by someone I paid than messed up even more by someone that was 'doing me a favor out of the goodness of their heart.'
  8. Jon L

    Is anyone else experiencing this?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I think it started for me when I installed windows 10.1 (or whatever the latest big release of Windows is called). My wireless headset also stopped working, too ... something about a USB device not being recognized ... so it might be just general issues with 10.1.
  9. Jon L

    Trump as a businessman?

    PEOPLE 
    anyone capable of building and keeping billions of dollars when they started out with much less isn't a bad businessman in my book. Whether or not he's capable of being a good president? What do I think about him as a person? Not commenting on that.
  10. Jon L

    Is anyone else experiencing this?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I'm getting the same thing. Not running ad block Edit: I'm also using Firefox
  11. Jon L

    Amazon Made Changes To Review Policy

    HOT! 
    Saw this while looking for computer programming gigs on CL. Obviously, this violates Amazon's TOS, but how would they prevent this kind of thing?
  12. Jon L

    Need Help Deciding Between Two People

    PEOPLE 
    You already have significant reservations about each one. That will only grow larger. Being lazy and running a business doesn't mix. at all. So, I'd vote: Neither
  13. Jon L

    Advice for Sales

    MARKETING 
    The PO likely references a standard terms and conditions sheet...and you agree to that contract when you agree to the PO. It might not, but I'd be surprised if that were the case. Contracts are expensive to enforce, and therefore won't be enforced unless you're talking about large sums of money...
  14. Jon L

    How to find local millionaires willing to mentor you for free?

    EXECUTION 
    Software...we're doing custom work currently, and have a few larger product-based projects in the hopper. We've run out of enough custom work right now, so we're refocusing on getting that going again to support the other activity.
  15. Jon L

    How to find local millionaires willing to mentor you for free?

    EXECUTION 
    Maybe I should sell my company for millions, now. I just know its going to be successful some day, so if you buy it now for $10M, it will be worth at least $100M in a few years. Great deal. Ground floor opportunity.
  16. Jon L

    Where to get capital?

    Can he collect money up front and then buy and deliver the game later? Maybe take deposits? Also, the faster the inventory turnover, the faster he can make money (shorten the time it takes from ordering the product to selling and delivering it) What else can he sell as an add-on that has a...
  17. Jon L

    How to find local millionaires willing to mentor you for free?

    EXECUTION 
    Step 1: Start a business and then get sued out of existence 3 months later. Start another, then another side business Step 2: Work a depressing job for 7 years, then another for 9 months Step 3: Start something on the side, and get paid $5/hr for your efforts Step 4: Get more successful and...
  18. Jon L

    Get to that FIRST red light.

    MINDSET 
    I like this a lot. Every intersection is a red light for me right now, and the strong temptation is to turn around and go do something else. However, each light does change green at some point, and I will eventually make it to the freeway.
  19. Jon L

    The Top 10 Reasons Why You Might Be A Sidewalker!

    dude...and when it hits DOUBLETIME? SCORE!!!!
  20. Jon L

    would forex expertise be considered a fastlane to wealth?

    EXECUTION 
    I have a friend that sells dirt and rocks to landscapers. The way he is doing it is fastlane. It could also be slowlane. George Soros is pretty successful. Countless others have lost their shirts in forex. Pretty much, you're asking the wrong question. What needs have you noticed out...

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