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  1. Beijing

    Taking a ride in the slow lane -- and it's been great!

    I've been pushing hard for the past 12 days of my vacation. I gave myself a weekend, but otherwise I've been putting in 7-8 hour days, which for me, working from home without a boss hanging over my shoulder, is a couple hours more than I've been successful at doing in the past. This two week...
  2. Beijing

    Taking a ride in the slow lane -- and it's been great!

    It feels like months since my last post in this thread on April 5th. The past 18 days have creeped by very slowly, but I finally made it to my 16 day vacation. The last two weeks in particular were especially draining. A lot of negative circumstances at my day job left me reduced to just...
  3. Beijing

    Would love some feedback on my website.

    MARKETING 
    There are some good replies already about improving your sales copy, so I won't comment on that. Yula's suggestions are excellent and Paul David is absolutely correct about the need for some customer reviews. Instead, I'll just provide some editorial comments on the visual design and wording...
  4. Beijing

    Help a 31 year old loser who needs discipline.

    MINDSET 
  5. Beijing

    New here, business is new, still at day job...

    INTRO 
    It's exciting to read an introduction from a new member that focuses mainly on what they have already achieved through a combination of risk-taking and action.
  6. Beijing

    Feeling stuck and wondering if I'm trying too hard to find ideas to where it's hindering the process.

    IDEA 
    Why make it a competition? Better to both focus on a different subset target market and have a regularly scheduled time each week to share ideas and the best practices you're discovering along the way.
  7. Beijing

    Feeling stuck and wondering if I'm trying too hard to find ideas to where it's hindering the process.

    IDEA 
    1. Is AI creating PPT template pages? The product for this business model is the templates that users fill with their own content. You aren't creating content. 2. Even if AI is currently able to create visually appealing PPT templates (I haven't heard that AI is doing graphic design of this...
  8. Beijing

    Graphic designer - How do I get my first business client (B2B)?

    MARKETING 
    I have several graphic designers who work for me doing product development tasks. Several have earned over $1000 working for me. The work I need to have done always involves either a certain amount of drawing or repetitive tasks that require a few decisions here and there, and therefore can't be...
  9. Beijing

    Made a website.. now what?

    MARKETING 
    I wouldn't worry about monetizing it until you have some solid traffic. Since you're taken a content driven approach, it would make sense to keep creating more articles with specific keywords in mind to maximize SEO. If you get a traffic to a certain level, it's not going to be that hard to...
  10. Beijing

    I keep repeating the same mistake

    MINDSET 
    Who says that there is a problem? Four hours of solid productivity is not bad for a day, especially if that is on top of going to school fulltime. Even being productive 4 hours straight on a regular basis without a boss leaning over your shoulder is hard -- most people can't do that. Many...
  11. Beijing

    Feeling stuck and wondering if I'm trying too hard to find ideas to where it's hindering the process.

    IDEA 
    Can't think of an idea? Just replicate this: https://infograpia.com/ This is a pure execution play. There are several businesses already that are running this model. They usually run Facebook ads that promote a big time-sensitive discount. To differentiate yourself, just research and choose a...
  12. Beijing

    Taking a ride in the slow lane -- and it's been great!

    On Monday, I'll be one month away from putting in my notice at work and two months away from my last day altogether. Some recent frustrating situations at work (being told to tell lies to cover up for other people, among other things) has resulted in a lot of stress for me, but I took a long...
  13. Beijing

    What's your Lambo? What's your WHY or PURPOSE?

    NOTABLE! CHAT 
    I'm mainly motivated to run my own business because a job does not exist that allows me to maximize the value that I can create for others. I work in a corporate training related niche, and if there's one thing that makes me excited, it's helping others be more successful at their work. At my...
  14. Beijing

    Taking a ride in the slow lane -- and it's been great!

    Being honest and helpful isn't the same thing as being a dick. But just to respond to your comments... That's true, but these two individuals did not know that I'd made the product. They just assumed I'd purchased it somewhere myself and asked for the website address and wanted to know how...
  15. Beijing

    Taking a ride in the slow lane -- and it's been great!

    The last several weeks have been full-steam ahead on both product development and creating the product website. Rather than make the website my main project, I've been systematically working on it when I'm in the mood, but the bulk of my free time each week is going into finishing the product...
  16. Beijing

    How many action fakes can the fastlane come up with??

    GOLD! HOT! CHAT 
    Coming up with the perfect names for each of the three subscription pricing tiers before even beginning work on the product itself.
  17. Beijing

    Taking a ride in the slow lane -- and it's been great!

    Finally gave my landlord notice that I'd be moving out. On June 10th, I'll be leaving Beijing to go live somewhere cheaper for a while in south-east Asia while I focus on my business full-time for the next few months. Going to put in my notice at my day job in early May. I was apprehensive...
  18. Beijing

    Two hours everyday....what can be done?

    IDEA 
    The vague part is for you to figure out. If you can't think of a single problem in real estate that might be solvable with innovative technology, then you're not ready to innovate. If you want to refresh your coding skills in the meantime while you wait for your industry knowledge and creative...
  19. Beijing

    Two hours everyday....what can be done?

    IDEA 
    However you decide to invest that time, 2 hours a day is no small matter. I taught myself to be proficient in a niche area of curriculum development over a period of 2 years by putting about 2 hours a day a few times a week into skill building in my target area. After two years, I was able to...
  20. Beijing

    Is A Clothing Brand Still A Bad Idea?

    IDEA 
    On the other end of things, it's a brutally competitive marketplace with often thin margins, dominated by massive companies with deep pockets that have hundreds of millions for marketing, wide-spread distribution (that they will not want to share), established shelf-space, brands reputations...

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