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  1. Rakona

    What have I learned from B&P?

    One of the most valuable things I learned was from Russ' presentation on Maslow. I've always looked at the pyramid relating to myself, but when I plugged customers, employees, friends & family into that it was pretty amazing. An employee that doesn't have consistency (one of the bottom levels)...
  2. Rakona

    Beer & Pancakes 2010 info

    HOT! 
    Great, great time. Thank you all so much Some priceless lessons learned. So cool meeting everyone in person.:thankyousign:
  3. Rakona

    CPA is cool, but fastlane THIS!

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Getting to them is not the hard part, it's getting to the 'right' ones and everything that happens after you've reached them that takes some work. Figure you need to reach 250k - 500k with a conversion rate of 1%-2% to get your 5,000 subscribers. Obviously with attrition, this would be an...
  4. Rakona

    What's with the Lamborghini obsession?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    The three cars from my childhood: Magnum PI's Ferrari, Miami Vice Testarossa, Countach poster on my wall....ohhhh yeah...and maybe the A-Team van
  5. Rakona

    Anynone here managing/leading Virtual teams?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I use a real simple MBO - management by objective worksheet. I'm usually pretty go with the flow, but a consultant I worked with strongly urged me to handle virtual teams this way. As my team grew, I found myself cutting people slack because I "liked" the person or in some cases was afraid to...
  6. Rakona

    Beer & Pancakes 2010 info

    HOT! 
    I'm still planning on coming. Sorry for not being around much. re: rooms, I have family in Phx, so will not need lodging.
  7. Rakona

    Business partners..... I am wary

    Sounds like you're pretty clear at this point. I started a business with a friend, 7 months in it was dragging along. I thought to myself, if this was just a business partner I had no history with, friendship etc, would I still be proceeding with this. It didn't require a second of thought...
  8. Rakona

    Business partners..... I am wary

    Would you mind sharing what your friend brings to the arrangement specifically? There's a lot of talent out there you can access without giving up a chunk of your company.
  9. Rakona

    seo sources

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Agreed! To me it's a bit like saying the best chef should have the busiest restaurant on his skills alone. A REAL online business is like an offline one. All parts must be firing on all cylinder. SEO is just on of many parts you need. If you put out great content, and your competitor puts...
  10. Rakona

    Trying to sell t-shirts in a overcrowded market

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I have a client in the e-commerce t-shirt business. We sell a ton of shirts, the site gets A LOT of visitors and it took years to build up. I think all the above posts have spelled out the logistics, competition, SEO, manufacturing vs. outsourcing...etc I can add to any of those if you wish...
  11. Rakona

    Email marketing software

    MARKETING 
    would agree with Aweber for just email. Infusionsoft can be worth the price if you spend a lot of time seting it up, segmenting and setting up sequences. I've used it for about 6 months and probably only touch about 3% of it's capabilities.
  12. Rakona

    Looking for Advertising Ideas- With breakdown of what we've tried

    IDEA 
    Re: Looking for Advertising Ideas- With breakdown of what we've t I'd get an arrangement setup with a current writer or two, and a special page on your site offering the special, with a links to the homepage. In the WSO I'd also put a little something like: to have writers compete for your...
  13. Rakona

    Review sites and lawsuits

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    keyword: Non-commercial If you would use the site to promote some type of music download service...etc you'd certainly be crossing the line or awfully close to it. If the site really provides great content and provides the consumer with VALUE, which should be the ultimate goal, it should make...
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    Looking for Advertising Ideas- With breakdown of what we've tried

    IDEA 
    Re: Looking for Advertising Ideas- With breakdown of what we've t cool concept. What about putting together a small package and promoting it as a WSO on Warrior forum. Something like 10 articles for $40 or 5 email sequences pieces for $100???? Have a provider already willing to take the...
  15. Rakona

    My Intro: E-commerce, a "glamorous job" and FastLane Goal

    Thank you all for your kind replies. Will certainly keep you posted and contribute as much as possible. Can't make the cruise, but the event in Phoenix for sure!!
  16. Rakona

    Need suggestions on reaching out to local businesses

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    few other ideas: 1. If you can offer your service for free to develop case studies. 2. I think there's not much better than referrals from current clients, make that part of your routine.
  17. Rakona

    Need suggestions on reaching out to local businesses

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I'm a fan of fax sequences, ask who handles the marketing, then ask for permission to send over some info (req'd by law - be careful with that). Send them a few well thought out faxes, this way when you call back, they may have some idea who you are. "I sent you over a few faxes" hopefully...
  18. Rakona

    Looking for Advertising Ideas- With breakdown of what we've tried

    IDEA 
    Re: Looking for Advertising Ideas- With breakdown of what we've t I don't think price point for posting a project is place to focus much energy yet. If few people are posting now, $5 vs $7 isn't going to get things rolling. I think you cross that bridge when you have a good amount of real...
  19. Rakona

    My Intro: E-commerce, a "glamorous job" and FastLane Goal

    Hello Everyone. Great group here. I started my first online business in ’02 selling personal development products like T. Robbins & the Cashflow game. The business did well, but once it peaked, it never made enough money to completely be a full-time job, always was a middle of the night...
  20. Rakona

    Why is my site not being indexed? [http:/www.vipwithme.com]

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Do you have an seo plan for the site? I see it's being indexed, but don't see much there for Google to fall in love with, pun kind of intended!

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