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  1. Itizn

    What are your experience & advice in getting your first customers?

    MARKETING 
    So it sounds like you are selling software to B2B? but also B2C? I got confused with your last sentence. That said you have the right approach if it is B2B. Cold outreach and starting conversations, that eventually become relationships. And relationships lead to sales. My first customer took...
  2. Itizn

    What are your experience & advice in getting your first customers?

    MARKETING 
    It would be more helpful if you told us what you offer, to whom, and what your current approach is.
  3. Itizn

    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    One of my favorite restaurants is barely ever open. It really irritates me as their window of service is only from noon to 4 on weekdays. And even then sometimes I arrive at 3:15 and it's got the closed sign. I'm here again and the place is packed. Seems like a marketing strategy lesson is in...
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    Where should I "move to" for a month?

    MINDSET 
    Been here since pre-pandemic. As per rates and infections, they've vaxed a lot of citizens and are reporting significantly lower hospitalizations as of late. http://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/colombias-vaccine-drive-surpasses-32-million-vaxinated-adults/27885 That said, I've come across...
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    My Odyssey - Finding Meaning And Achieving Financial Freedom

    GOLD! HOT! EXECUTION 
    It's been said before, people want to hear your story, almost more so than what you can do for them. The first post was great, congrats on what you've accomplished. Haven't read through the entire thread, so sorry If it's been answered, but are you planning to remain in Bulgaria or do you have...
  6. Itizn

    Worried

    EXECUTION 
    Your plan is to service those in the financial sector right? Start talking to those guys, don't be afraid to sound dumb or inexperienced. Just keep talking and engaging with them. IME, that approach helps navigate you to where you need to be. (note I say "need to be", not where you "think you...
  7. Itizn

    Lex DeVille's: How to Build a Kickass 4-Step Brand

    NOTABLE! 
    Wow this was an amazing post.
  8. Itizn

    Fed Up With Your Country? Where Is Left to Go?

    HOT! 
    Haven't read through the entire thread but Mexico, Estonia, and Singapore seems like countries that have been praised by numerous people.
  9. Itizn

    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    I'm not a long time contributor and everyone has a different working style. But I think starting an execution thread, at bare minimum, offers a lot of value 6-12 months down the road, assuming you stay on the same path. Sometimes I go back to my original thread and see how naïve and...
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    Having trouble getting any return on cold email outreach

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    my cold emails are usually a result of being referred by a colleague or acquaintance, but the ones that have good responses always speak "their language" whatever industry you are pitching to has people who's ears perk up at a certain key-word or phrase. Identify what they are by talking to...
  11. Itizn

    Having trouble getting any return on cold email outreach

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Are you even running a follow-up process with these prospects?
  12. Itizn

    I am trapped into rat race and I don't know how to escape

    INTRO 
    Not going to pretend I know what its like building a business with such government "interference", but my original point still stands. Make the decisions you need to make and build a plan around that. You make it sound difficult but not impossible. If you feel you must remain in Italy because...
  13. Itizn

    I am trapped into rat race and I don't know how to escape

    INTRO 
    Well this is when you start making tough decisions. Stay in Italy? Move with GF? Try in Italy, disregarding all your excuses listed? If you are in as much pain as you write, the above need to be answered. Also going to highlight this probably the first thing to work on is removing such talk...
  14. Itizn

    Fed Up With Your Country? Where Is Left to Go?

    HOT! 
    Been living in Colombia for last 18 months but will be heading back to the U.S. sometime in the fall. As my industry requires me to work with companies predominantly found in "red" states, there will be a lot of ground travel between said states and "blue" ones. Once I take care of pressing...
  15. Itizn

    Author spent 5 years interviewing 177 selfmade millionaires to find their secrets. Findings inside.

    MINDSET FEATURED! 
    This is a great thread with a lot to review and reflect on. Bumping to dive deeper when time permits. Thanks for sharing OP.
  16. Itizn

    Does work ethic really matter?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    The past few weeks have been slow for me. Despite dialogue between former and prospective clients, there has a been a downturn in revenue generating activity. My business is still very young and I don't quite know how to best ride these waves of "inactivity" Since my business model caters to...
  17. Itizn

    What is the freest state in the USA?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    That's interesting news....do you have a link or source? a quick search hasn't brought up anything, but would love to read more into it.
  18. Itizn

    Does work ethic really matter?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    What has become clearer to me is that work ethic allows you to distinguish what parts of your business need most attention. Without work ethic you won't be engaged often enough to find out what works and what doesn't in the grand scheme of things, all the way down to the nuances. To me that's...
  19. Itizn

    Is it possible for very rich people to hang out with poor/working class people?

    HOT! PEOPLE 
    Good point here, and great post overall.
  20. Itizn

    Building an audience on twitter, is it worth it?

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    not on twitter that much but I've heard of "money twitter" and those types of accounts. Why do you suggest avoiding or muting them?

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