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  1. Sadik

    Hi Allan, You have to use what I call, "product strategy" for references. What that means is...

    Hi Allan, You have to use what I call, "product strategy" for references. What that means is that, create a product with your skills and give it away for free where some folks can use it and you can show social proof. So you can create a HTML5 / CSS3 theme and give it away for free on...
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    I've Read The Millionaire Fastlane!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    I read the book over a year and a half ago. It was not my copy. I recently ordered it from Amazon, to have one on the shelf or for re-reading. It arrived yesterday and I started re-reading it. On chapter 4 right now. And this is in Kolkata, India! Thank you Amazon :)
  3. Sadik

    Hi Allan, Yes, what are your skills?

    Hi Allan, Yes, what are your skills?
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    Lex DeVille's - I Deleted My Upwork Account...

    NOTABLE! SIDE HUSTLE 
    @SinisterLex Loved your client selection and loved the strategy to offer "free samples". Absolutely brilliant stuff!
  5. Sadik

    Hello!

    INTRO 
    Welcome Rikki, I have been on Upwork for many years. Mostly people have issues there if they don't understand the system. There's this excellent thread here, it will help. Progress Thread - SinisterLex's - I Deleted My Upwork Account... Cheers!
  6. Sadik

    I Have An Interesting Curveball

    Three steps, 1> Be an absolutely awesome video editor. 2> Learn to market yourself. 3> Raise your rates. Boom $70K
  7. Sadik

    Imagine this happened to your 28-year old kid...

    Question. You say you "love" the craft of copywriting and marketing. Can you prove that you do? Here's one way to prove it. Create something for copywriting / marketing without any thought of making a single dime out of it. Yes, work your a$$ off, create an absolutely beautiful 3 part video...
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    Would you hire Upwork salesmen?

    MARKETING 
    It depends on the product of course, but I would most likely need to hire a support person versus a sales person. But my perspective is from online products and driving sales through targeted advertising. If I had to do this offline via cold calling etc. sure I would hire someone off Upwork. But...
  9. Sadik

    What would you do (Have patent, want to sell license)

    Hi JMC It is far better to have a crappy site with paying customers than a pretty site with no customers. This isn't 2000 anymore. Build it and they will come is a strategy to fail. You might have the next best thing after sliced bread! (or cake! :) ) but if your potential customers don't know...
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    Biggest lesson from 15 years in business

    Why do you need to do all the listings yourselves? Here's an idea, How about creating a course on Udemy about how to sell electronics with e-commerce? (more specific, the better). And then use the community around that course to create a recurring e-commerce service?
  11. Sadik

    What would you do (Have patent, want to sell license)

    Advertise? Google Adwords, Facebook Ads...
  12. Sadik

    Lex DeVille's - I Deleted My Upwork Account...

    NOTABLE! SIDE HUSTLE 
    This! Reddit is so full of freelancers who keep saying Upwork is shit or scam! Case in point, look at this discussion I had on reddit only 3 days ago! And I am so sick and tired of this "third world country" BS. I am from India and I make more per hour than a majority of so called "First...
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    Lex DeVille's - I Deleted My Upwork Account...

    NOTABLE! SIDE HUSTLE 
    That is my experience as well. I have loads of people telling me that they don't get replies from client. And when I ask them, almost all of them use copy paste proposals. I don't get how any sane person can think a copy paste cover letter of their own qualification is going to get anyone in the...
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    Doing what you love? Or just catch needs?

    MINDSET 
    One thing I feel is that it is very difficult to actually know what you "love". Early on we have romantic ideas of what we love or would love to do... but it's all theory. I have tried out about half a dozen things and some I enjoy more than others but it's very difficult to put a handle on...
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    First Sale! (5 weeks from idea conception!)

    NOTABLE! IDEA 
    You can pretty much setup a site in Shopify in a day if you are used to it. If not, you can get used to it and setup a site in half a week. Not sure what he used though, just saying it's pretty easy.
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    Lex DeVille's - I Deleted My Upwork Account...

    NOTABLE! SIDE HUSTLE 
    @SinisterLex I just realized this is a Progress thread and I was being dumb there... Thanks for the pointer :thumbsup:
  17. Sadik

    1 month into 2017

    Yeah habits man! You don't realize how much of a slave you are to your own habits until you begin to realize them and try changing even one... By the way, to the OP, what's your one goal for 2017, which will make the year a success?
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    Lex DeVille's - I Deleted My Upwork Account...

    NOTABLE! SIDE HUSTLE 
    @SinisterLex I am a bit lost on what you are trying to say with this thread. I made about $40K on Upwork in 2016. I recently started a Freelancing Blog where I primarily help very new freelancers in navigating Upwork and NO I am not selling anything here. I don't want to post any links, so if...
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    Hey Everyone at Fastlane, Too many choices...!

    INTRO 
    Thanks MJ. Yeah I know it's part mindset problem. But I started a Freelancing Blog, teaching other freelancers why I am successful with Upwork. I think of starting a course / community around it, but I "fear" if I really want to do it for the right reasons. Then there's my oracle forum, it's 8K...
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    Rookie Entrepreneur Here.. Looking for constructive feedback..

    The problem with your website is that it doesn't have a single purpose of existence. You should rethink your branding strategy. If I was doing this, I would sell the products around a personal brand versus just trying to setup another ecommerce store. For example look at this site Summer Tomato...

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