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  1. Nicoknowsbest

    Paid Traffic For Creatives

    EXECUTION 
    Around a year ago, I quit my job and embarked on the journey of a graphic design freelancer with the idea of moving further along the sliding scale: intern > employee > freelancer > consultant > services > products After a rough start and a sudden take-off, the summer break has shaken up my...
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    Wiping the slate clean

    MINDSET RANT 
    First off, mad respect for you coming out in the open with all this. What you are describing sounds very familiar, only that I haven't experienced it to these extremes. I have been living my life in extreme cycles since I finished high-school. I'd not go party for 4 months, but then go party...
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    Doubts

    What helps me is to not give myself too much time to over-think. To worry. To be afraid. To doubt. I found that the best way to fight doubt is to take action. I'd suggest to take baby-steps, get feedback from your market as early as possible and adjust accordingly. Try to get paid to learn...
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    Need advice. I'm (maybe) too cautious with legal agreements, and it affects my progress

    MINDSET 
    In my experience, most of my peers give away their information way too easily. TOS? "What's that again? I need to check my status now..." I hear things such as: "Well, I am not that interesting anyways..." "What? You think they'd do such a thing?" "Wait, is that even allowed?" I myself...
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    Listening to customers and analyzing competitors

    MARKETING 
    You are welcome. Check out @Andy Black's threads in his signature - his posts helped me get traction. I'm a freelance graphic designer.
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    Listening to customers and analyzing competitors

    MARKETING 
    I am offering a service at the moment. What really helped me was to go out and help people. To find somebody I could help with what I knew back when I started. With each and every client, I am growing, learning and fine-tuning my offer. When talking to business owners, I get insights that I...
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    Andy's AdWords Course - Get found by the people already looking for you

    MARKETPLACE 
    The First Time (Original post here) I was a BETA tester and watched @Andy Black build the course earlier this year. I was so swamped with work over the last months, I could hardly handle it. Inbound leads were coming through because of my "Spend your money on diesel and coffee" efforts. I...
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    Woohoo! One in a row!

    MINDSET 
    Right now, I am sitting here at my desk, in my office, grinning like hardly ever before. I just finished a phone call. But it was not just another phone call. Let's go back two days in time. I started creating an Excel file with seeds and locations for my first AdWords campaign, after taking...
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    Too many ideas while in the slowlane...

    IDEA MINDSET SLOWLANE 
    Hi @sotomo! What if you started with what you knew today? What would happen if you go out and help people with something that comes to you easily? What if you didn't look that far on the horizon, but looked down on the ground you are standing at? What can you do today to create value for...
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    Marketing a service based company

    MARKETING 
    What worked best for me when I started out was: "Spend your money on diesel and coffee" (EDIT: Use the network you already have. Serve somebody you know. Make them smile. Get them to tell 1 friend. Repeat.) Now, after I exhausted my network a bit, it is time to grow it through referrals...
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    feeling Guilty

    PEOPLE 
    I am with @Waspy on this. I go boxing. I made it my utmost priority to do what the referee announces before each fight. "Protect yourself at all times." This means protecting my family, data, my property, my name - you name it... But most of all it means I protect my time. I protect it...
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    Business has come to a halt. No cash flowing and bills are overdue

    I totally agree with all the others and especially @G-Man and his advice here: Something is not working out. Have you looked closely at what you could change? Have you changed up your approach? Have you manipulated all variables to your favor in this equation? Maybe it helps to check out...
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    Have a record Label

    Interesting! A recent thread that comes to mind is - What problem/needs can artists solve? While I have no experience in this industry, some general questions might help? How can you help these celebrities and get them as testimonials in return? Have you found something they struggle with...
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    Should I leave this out?

    What if you turned it around? What if you spent years building your legacy? What if now somebody comes around the corner and asks you if he can use a part of your legacy, without giving you any credit? Would you be happy? Pleased? "If in doubt, leave it out." What if you use your own words...
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    People or Processes: Which Comes First? (Facing Scaling Issues - Need Help)

    I was listening to @Andy Black's latest call with @Almantas last night - AndyTalks with @Almantas about Making Plans and Making Progress Andy's gives his perspective on this analyzing his past - he tells the story of how he automated his own job so much that people had to fire him, because he...
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    What steps do you wish you had taken sooner?

    HOT! 
    I wish I had gotten out of my head sooner, started earlier, smiled more and made people laugh more. Life, business and humans are based around communication. Being a good communicator opens doors. Being a great communicator opens parallel worlds.
  17. Nicoknowsbest

    Preparing myself for entrepreneurship (common problems, valuable skills, typical days etc)

    Looking back at the time before I started, I was wondering similar things. If I could have asked my future self, I would have told my past self to just start. To start earlier. To stop "preparing" and to just get some skin in the game. All the reading, all my notes, all my theoretical...
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    What problem/needs can artists solve?

    Very interesting discussion. I'd be curious to hear how you guys define "artist"? I quick research provides the following: Artist - a person who creates art. A person who makes and creates art as an occupation. A person who is skilled at some activity. A person whose trade or profession...
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    Savers - just can't understand some decisions

    It's similar to people driving 20 miles to save $ 0.05 on a can of beer. Very interesting. Haven't thought of it like this. I also see a lot of people cheating themselves without realizing. They might be thinking they are getting the cheapest option, but once they run the numbers, they see...
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    Deaf and Daft, getting my first sale

    EXECUTION 
    It definitely does. I have been there myself and it just hurts. But it is just another bump in the road. I know you will turn around the situation very soon again. Great lesson there. So did I and I am still prone to it. What will you do differently next time? Yep, cut it out. All...

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