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    Does "Integrity" matter to you?

    EXECUTION 
    This doesn't touch on integrity and morality per se, but I have more and more I've found that impediments to my business/personal development are overcome by repeating the mantra to myself "will they pay your bills?" I think that you have to ask yourself "if I don't do x, and in x years I'm...
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    Can a fast-lane business be started on WordPress?

    NOTABLE! 
    Wordpress is fairly dynamic - you can run just about any kind of website off of it (although some platforms support certain operations much better than Wordpress). Checkout Themeforest.com for some good, cheap Wordpress themes/templates. Full disclosure - as a non-programmer, I run all my sites...
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    It's the only technique I've used that's worked so far :)
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    Update - a rental company submitted individualized responses for 2 of the leads listed on my website. The rental company is the same one that agreed to a trial run for my website. So, in a certain sense, I've proved the concept from both ends of the business model (customers filling out surveys...
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    Just had a rental company contact me and said they were going to try the system on a trial basis; they've already started sending matching properties for leads. 1 down, 39 to go!
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    Thanks for this - great blog and a good success story for everyone to read.
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    In my case, I'm intentionally trying to save rental companies (and vacationers) money as opposed to going the commission-based route. Most rental companies spend ungodly amounts of money on these gangly travel websites, mostly because at the end of the day it works, although it's painful and...
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    Update: I submitted a proposal to the rental company that asked for one. It basically laid out a bunch of different options for payment that they can choose from, and I made it clear that everything is negotiable. I haven't heard anything in a few days, and my leads are waiting for a response...
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    General Forum Area for $Million Ideas

    IDEA 
    I think brainstorming is good, and throwing out ideas can certainly be helpful when it comes to getting generalized guidance, but I would caution that at the end of the day it's about market validation, not entrepreneur validation. It doesn't matter what MJ, myself, theag or anyone else here...
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    Thanks! My hang up used to be that I didn't want people to perceive me as stupid, so I felt I needed to have all the answers and insider information ahead of time, and I needed to prove to whoever I was talking to that I was a smart "insider". I've over time taken the approach that the smartest...
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    The Price of Inaction

    I think this is why the "follow your passion" advice ultimately makes little sense. All the uncomfortable crap you have do to validate an idea and get it up and running usually has nothing to do with the original business idea (which may have been born of some sort of personal passion). You...
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    Update - I just got off the phone with the business development director. They asked that I put a proposal together in writing, but that they would be willing to pay more per lead than I had hoped for, with a monthly cap as a trial. Looks like I'm in business! Now I need to strike similar...
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    Update - I called the director of business development at one of the rental companies I had a previous relationship with. I had a nice conversation with her - I was pretty honest and non-salesy. I said that I basically had $60,000 in leads that it seemed no one wanted, I was at a loss for what...
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    I will certainly use this approach with the marketing directors. To clarify, these leads spend an average of over 4 minutes telling me in detail via an online survey exactly what kind of rental they'd like, when they want to arrive/depart, and how much they'd like to pay. So in terms of lead...
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    I took a look at just one rental company - they are currently offering 20% off weekly rentals for 60 properties (some with discounts for several weeks), so clearly there is a need to fill some vacancies, especially in the off season. I think I'm going to go down two paths and see which one...
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    I agree with the general concept of your reply - clearly I misunderstood their needs in some way (otherwise they'd be calling me back). In thinking about my approach, I assumed property management companies wanted to rent more properties and reduce their vacancy rate. Perhaps what they want...
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    The Good: I came up with an idea relating to one of my favorite vacation spots. Since opening 3 days ago, I have 15 clients willing to pay over $60,000 collectively to rent vacation homes at this location. I am easily getting 3-4 new clients per day. I'm astonished at how quickly I've had...
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    billionaires winding paths. what is yours?

    The challenge I have struggled with is when to throw in the towel. I have a hard time figuring out when the market is communicating to me "we don't like this." On the one had I want to make sure I give my idea enough effort and focus, but on the other I am deathly afriad of spending years on an...
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    Ecommerce solution for selling services

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    How did you do your testing? I need to test some of my new concepts, but I don't have a lot of experience in idea validation (I tend to jump into things without doing the right kinds of due dilligience).

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