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  1. SparksCW

    28 Year Old, Married, Father of Three from the UK - Need Fastlane

    INTRO 
    I have an eCommerce business and am working on some online ideas (lead generation & a directory) all sites are in the industry I spent 12 years working a slowlane job. Wouldn't say I was financially free yet but I am my own boss and the bills get paid each month.... I don't focus on the...
  2. SparksCW

    28 Year Old, Married, Father of Three from the UK - Need Fastlane

    INTRO 
    Welcome! And don't forget that you don't have to be a millionaire to be financially free, or own a Lamborghini! You could have £10 mill in the bank and not be financially free. Likewise you could have £100k in the bank and be financially free (with regular incomes and low debts) Great goal...
  3. SparksCW

    Tony from Suffolk, England

    INTRO 
    Welcome! Love the ambition, sounds like you're already doing pretty well for yourself as well! Keep it up :)
  4. SparksCW

    To go all in or to not go all in?

    EXECUTION 
    Sounds good but have you checked that it is something people will exchange their hard earned money for? I'm a qualified spark by trade if you want to run it past me by PM. I've been in your position a few times and shelved the ideas as although they were great in my head they probably weren't...
  5. SparksCW

    Passive Income Website Hacked - What I learnt

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I use Magento now, the site in question that was hacked was on Opencart (of which I wasn't keeping up to date at all). New site has now launched on Magento, all fixed and bug free with lots more features, all new product descriptions and much more new stuff going on. Hopefully we'll see the...
  6. SparksCW

    Passive Income Website Hacked - What I learnt

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    And this is one of the main things I've failed on. As the site just brings in some money each month without much ongoing effort, I've kind of ignored it.. including all the updates to the platform and all of the modules. Had I kept everything up to date then maybe this wouldn't have...
  7. SparksCW

    Passive Income Website Hacked - What I learnt

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    From my limited knowledge and a bit of Googling, I think they have exploited a couple of extensions (search extension and some others) and have somehow uploaded images with malicious scripts attached. There appears to be five files with base64 coding and it's all added to images. It's been...
  8. SparksCW

    Passive Income Website Hacked - What I learnt

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I'd noticed that sales were a bit down on one of my websites, it's my longest running site and it's a small niche which I command, it's direct sales and they are dispatched by my supplier, so it's kind of been a "leave it to do it's thing" type site, brings in some OK money with almost no effort...
  9. SparksCW

    Anyone investing in UK property?

    No because even refurbs apply to the above. I used to run a large contractors and we worked for builders on a daily basis so I saw the good and the bad. The small one man bands generally didn't really do so well. Some ended up applying to work for me as labourers!! Most builders were doing...
  10. SparksCW

    Anyone investing in UK property?

    I'm in the UK and the "housing crisis" is blamed on these mid-salary earners with two houses and the banks that funded them. You know the type, they have their own house and a cushy job then they mortgage up to buy a second property so they can call themselves a "property developer" or...
  11. SparksCW

    Dangers of expanding a niche e-commerce website.

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Thanks for the replies. I have decided to start a second site to compliment the initial. Whilst both products are in the same court, they are two different ball games. The market for this second site is about 10 x the market for my original niche, I'm keen to put everything I've learnt into...
  12. SparksCW

    Dangers of expanding a niche e-commerce website.

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Does anyone have any previous experience in growing niche sites? (direct e-commerce sales, not affiliates or anything) Are there any dangers to watch out for when adding other relevant products to a niche website? i.e imagine a site called hottubs.com who then add garden furniture to their...
  13. SparksCW

    Keyword & Competitor Research for Local Lead Gen

    MARKETING 
    Excellent post and very timely as I'm currently working on some lead generation projects. So being in the UK everything is a lot less than the USA. I see some decent search volumes for "Service X" in London (1300) but once you bring that down to a UK city it really tails off into very low or...
  14. SparksCW

    Should I study, or just do?

    This has just popped up on my Facebook feed. Thought it was quite fitting!
  15. SparksCW

    Should I study, or just do?

    Thanks! Ironically as well. This site that has sold almost nothing for the past 5 years is now primely positioned for a huge consumer led demand of the previously out-of-reach technology. We're now applying everything we learnt back to this original site, the target audience is far, far broader...
  16. SparksCW

    Should I study, or just do?

    Great point. When we say "just start doing" we do mean start doing something that has potential and is feasible. It's pretty easy to source some stock and sell it on eBay. It's pretty easy to grab a bucket and sponge and go car washing, or a lawnmower and go mowing. It might not make you rich...
  17. SparksCW

    Should I study, or just do?

    If you don't have an idea, then what are you studying? I started an online shop years ago with no idea what I was doing, to this date the shop I started is still going, but it doesn't sell much, if anything each month. However I started, learnt by doing, created two other sites using what I had...
  18. SparksCW

    Should I study, or just do?

    Trying is learning. This thread is action-faking. Learn by doing, start a business, learn each step along the way. Start a website, learn and study how to do it along the way. Learn SEO and put it into practice by doing. (replace website/SEO with whatever your idea is). To be honest unless...
  19. SparksCW

    Taking The Week Off To Work Smarter

    MINDSET 
    OK so here's my thoughts... - The Trello list (or any form of equivalent, paper, computer, written in the mud in your garden, whatever!) is key. Break down the big goals into daily tasks, you'll find yourself wanting to clear that list down. It definitely makes you more focused and more...
  20. SparksCW

    Taking The Week Off To Work Smarter

    MINDSET 
    The week went relatively well but now I have accidentally reversed the plan by driving 20 miles to work and left my laptop at home! I will post my thoughts on the experiment when I've got my laptop back, can't do anything without it [emoji23]

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