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    Lead Gen for Local Service Businesses

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    I've gone through all of your AdWords threads and this is the first time you flat out say: better off focusing on a niche. Can you elaborate why?
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    Please Bid On Your Brand Name!

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    Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that one can make a business just by... - making branded searches for small businesses - if that particular company isn't at the top of the page, then a hypothetical entrepreneur could reach out to them and "sell" the top spot - then just make a branded...
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    How to get profitable or fail fast with Google Ads

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    These real-time examples are unbelievably helpful. Andy you're the best.
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    Don’t Let Google Control Where Your Traffic Goes

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    Oh I see! Thank you Andy!
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    The Holy Trinity of Paid Search

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    So just to clarify you prefer the modified broad match with negatives over the one-exact-match-keyword-per-adgroup structure?
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    Don’t Let Google Control Where Your Traffic Goes

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    Is this an example of A/B testing?
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    Business Ideas for the (emerging) stay-at-home Economy?

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    Thank you for validating that.
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    Spend your money on diesel and coffee

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    Wow! What an amazing thread. Thank you Andy. Perfect timing too. The critical path has lead me to a position where its time to start reaching out to people. I came across this thread to ready my approach. Below are the notes I made to keep in mind while I make my approach. “Spend your money on...
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    Business Ideas for the (emerging) stay-at-home Economy?

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    Thank you for always taking the time to share your wisdom with me Andy. I apologize for my ignorance I'm just not sure I get what you mean. I wanted to get the leads first so I can be taken more seriously when I cold call these people. Are you saying I should reach out to verticals where...
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    Business Ideas for the (emerging) stay-at-home Economy?

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    Call it an excuse, but I have less than $100 in my bank account and that sounds expensive. That’s why I was just going to pick one or the other. Guess I can use a credit card.
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    Business Ideas for the (emerging) stay-at-home Economy?

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    Home health is set to boom because of all the issues with assisted livings. Cleaning services is a very generalized service. There’s 1k-10k avg. monthly searches just for that phrase. So high volume yes, but generalized. The more specific you get (ie carpet cleaning, house cleaning, janitorial...
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    Tips Working Remotely

    Thanks for the post Andy. After thinking about it more it comes down to the whole process over events thing. For example, the one rock I’ve had the last 3 days was to finish my website. At the end of the day I don’t feel productive because I haven’t reached that event and I disregard the...
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    Tips Working Remotely

    Been working remotely at home for the first time in my life. I’ve found that at the end of the day, I never feel like I got enough done. It’s weird. I review my day and I know the day wasn’t a waste, but for some reason I’m just never satisfied with my level of productivity. I’m assuming it has...
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    Anyone learning something useful in quarantine?

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    I'm working through the "Complete Digital Marketing" course on Udemy. With no prior experience or knowledge in that area, I've already learned a ton. Started building a website three days ago. I had no experience at all with website development either but after a three-day long conversation...
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    Who here has quit social media?

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    I have never had a Facebook. It's one of the best decisions I've ever made. I had an Instagram for the better part of 2016-2017 but I deleted that too because I started to feel exactly the way you described. I have a LinkedIn profile for networking purposes, but I never sit and scroll through my...
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    Laid off will get $2,400 per month on top of 100% of wages - WTF?

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    The first thing The Federal Reserve did in response to coronavirus economic fears was slash the Discount Rate to 0%. This is the amount it costs commercial banks to take a loan from the Federal Reserve. The result of this decrease is making loans cheaper so the banks can borrow more money -> so...
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    Launch & Learn

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    Fear of 1) failure and 2) losing money .... is a bitch. Edit: so is going to the same job everyday with no hope of having something that you own and can rely on. It's a process, not an event. Embrace the suck. Fail fast and revise until profitable. Thanks Andy!!
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    Anyone using the Wim Hof Meditation Method?

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    I've found that body scanning first thing in the morning in complete silence has always benefitted me the most. Otherwise I get identified with my imagination.
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    AndyTalks with @Contrarian about starting his side hustle in local lead gen

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    Notes from Lead Gen Side Hustle Convo Fixed monthly fees for leads. Super simple landing page "The client can add their billing details into the Google Ads account and pay the bill directly to Google. You or the client may own the Google Ads account. Alternatively, you can pay the Google Ads...
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    The Worldwide C0VlD-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Discussion Thread...

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    The US has surpassed every country with 82,000 confirmed cases. China has 81,000 confirmed cases with 60,000 recoveries in Hubei Italy has 80,000 confirmed cases with 11,000 recoveries US has 82,000 confirmed cases with 600 recoveries. WE SLACKIN!!!! Any ideas on how the...

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