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  1. Ludachris

    For those who still run print ads

    MARKETING 
    How are you tracking your different print ads? I have a client who wants to use different toll free numbers to track a few different ads - I know, who still does print ads? I'm looking for a service where you can pick up toll free numbers, set them up to forward to a specified phone number...
  2. Ludachris

    The Asher Burke/Ads Inc story and business model

    Yeah, I noticed that but I just looked past it. You sort of have to in the times we live in, where politics gets pulled into every discussion and every story.
  3. Ludachris

    The Asher Burke/Ads Inc story and business model

    I'm sure some of you have already read this article but I didn't see any threads about it here (did a quick search before posting this). Here's the article: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-subscription-trap-free-trial-scam-ads-inc Wondering how many feel like these...
  4. Ludachris

    Youtube's Search Result Censorship Continues...And It's Driving Me Nuts

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I'll just state the obvious - Youtube/Google is in the business of making money, first and foremost. They are the two largest search engines in the world and their algorithms are designed to deliver search results that they think the user expects, or wants to see. In most cases the goal is to...
  5. Ludachris

    Brand new forum - ideas for drawing in new members?

    IDEA 
    You're right, forums are more difficult to get started these days, but new ones are still being launched from scratch and gaining critical mass around newer topics all the time. I've seen it first hand. FB Groups are certainly easier to get off the ground and are great to build if you're...
  6. Ludachris

    Brand new forum - ideas for drawing in new members?

    IDEA 
    The main weakness is that they use the same old model forums have always used - they built up their audience and require companies who offer products in that niche to pay an advertising fee to participate. The problem with that model is that many companies have great content to share, and that...
  7. Ludachris

    Brand new forum - ideas for drawing in new members?

    IDEA 
    I thought this might be an interesting place to ask this question. Let's say you were launching a new online community around a fairly new niche - a forum site structured very similar to this site but around a completely different topic. What techniques would you employ on the site besides...
  8. Ludachris

    Product idea that isn't completely original?

    IDEA 
    I have a product idea I want to try and bring to market. I'm just about done reading Stephen Key's book One Simple Idea. My idea is automotive related, like most of my ideas, and it's for a specific make/model/generation car - a popular car to modify by enthusiasts. For the sake of not...
  9. Ludachris

    Failures in judging the NEED?

    EXECUTION 
    I'm working on a project and am starting to wonder, as I always do, if I'm identifying the NEED (relative value) correctly. It made me wonder what stories some of you might have where you thought you found a NEED and realized after a lot of hard work that you misjudged it and nobody really...
  10. Ludachris

    The "Virus of Amazon"

    RANT 
    It's stories like this that make it scary to do business on Amazon: This Amazon seller lost $400,000 in sales after being attacked by self-proclaimed 'virus of Amazon' Some anonymous 23 year-old with no ethics can ruin any legitimate seller in the marketplace using hacker tactics. I hope the...
  11. Ludachris

    Example of create value and solving problems leading to profits

    NOTABLE! MINDSET 
    I think I get the basic concept of adding value, serving a need, providing good service, etc. But when you talk about adding value to a product that others sell, some examples would certainly be useful to understand what is meant by that. Unfortunately, that is likely difficult without sharing...
  12. Ludachris

    When did you realize the system is rigged?

    NOTABLE! 
    I know this meme has been floating around lately, but it reminded me of the realization I had long ago and it's something I think about daily at my slow lane "day job". Business owners need people to perform tasks for them. If those people aren't performing the tasks, the business won't profit...
  13. Ludachris

    This forum's theme?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Hey @MJ DeMarco , I was going to PM you this question but I can't - hoping this is the best place to post it. Is this site using a modified version of Archon from Pixel Exit? Or is it based on one of their other themes?
  14. Ludachris

    Finding motivation when you have a 9-5

    NOTABLE! 
    I know I can relate... I feel like it's much more difficult the older I've gotten. It seemed so much easier my first time building a business 16 years ago. Trying to do it all again and do it 100 times better than the first time, at age 41, on a single income, with a wife and two kids, can be...
  15. Ludachris

    Kids, time management and business

    HOT! MINDSET 
    I don't want a plan for juggling it all either but in order to keep stability for my family I have to juggle it for now. That is, until I get my business growing to the point where I can quit my job and work on it full time. Right now that's my ambitious goal - get back to being full time self...
  16. Ludachris

    Kids, time management and business

    HOT! MINDSET 
    It can be REALLY tough when you have a family - I have a 7 year old and 10 year old. You don't get these precious years back, and I don't want to be that dad that was always working and never did things with my kids. I try to be present physically and mentally as much as I possibly can when I'm...
  17. Ludachris

    The art of testing new ideas

    IDEA 
    My first attempt at starting a new online business was fairly successful in some ways, though the niche I chose had something of a low profit ceiling and I failed at scaling it, so it wasn't quite the success I would have liked it to be. Live and learn. I've racked up a number of failed attempts...
  18. Ludachris

    I've Read The Millionaire Fastlane!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Finished the book a couple days ago. Planning to have my wife read it now.
  19. Ludachris

    Gathering directory data?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    The idea would be to create a niche directory for specific services that is currently fragmented. It doesn't look like scraping YellowPages or Yelp would even make sense - and it would violate TOS anyway. Would have to be mostly manual. I'm trying to gauge the NEED for it though via keyword...
  20. Ludachris

    Gathering directory data?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    The more I look into it the more I think a lot of it would have to be manually built out. Still possible but makes it more difficult. And then after I built it someone could scrape my directory. Hmmm...

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