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    Shipping costs - How they do it?

    Your shipping costs aren’t going to get much cheaper than $9. If youre going to make this business work you’ll need to find a pricing or bundling strategy to cover shipping in that range. Don’t try to “make it up in volume” If you signup for shipstation you’ll get a discount on usps rates (over...
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    E-Commerce from Start to Scale to... (Sold?)

    GOLD! 
    Format: For the first few posts I plan to recap the past few years starting from 2010. I anticipate each post will be pretty long and I could certainly make them shorter but I think it will be more fun for me to write them longer/more thorough and potentially more helpful for current and future...
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    I need to make an extra $500 by July 26. And now my hustle has begins. (copy/web design)

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    I need some emails written that I don’t want to write. If your copy is good I’ll hire you. Send me a link to your Upwork profile and past copy examples if interested Fair warning it’s a lot of emails
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    Would You Open This?

    No chance I open this. I got a video mailer the other day. Really slick looking and looked very expensive. I watched the entire thing and even showed it to multiple of my employees. Here’s the first company I found on google to show you the type of thing I got in the mail. Maybe it would work...
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    Common Question by clients

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    I am guessing something you are saying or doing is leading them to this conclusion. Maybe it is your pricing being low or lower than they would expect that is making them think this. I guess it depends on the type of client you're speaking with but assuming this is just some random local...
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    Life changing income as an Amazon seller (while breaking their TOS)!

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    #landfill
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    Estimated Cost Of Importing Large And Heavy Items From China

    SOURCING 
    Agreed on this. To give you an estimate you can calculate the size of your shipment. Step one: figure out the CBM (cubic meters) Take your dimensions in inches and convert to cm then to cbm you're around 1.75cbm The chargeable weight for 1cbm is 167kgs so your chargeable weight is around...
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    Estimated Cost Of Importing Large And Heavy Items From China

    SOURCING 
    Quick math a container will hold around 50-60 of these depending on how packed and also stacked. (Container is 40’x8’x8’ approx) Container will be in the $3000 range to import to USA.
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    List @ The Few People who have Lamborghinis

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    Great idea, this got me thinking, I’ve been trying to lose a little weight. My goal weight is 175 pounds, I have decided to find everyone who weighs 175 pounds and only listen to their advice on how to get there
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    Help craft Fastlane an effective tag line...

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    Entrepreneurs for an Unscripted Life Entrepreneurs Living an Unscripted Life
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    Instagram username debate

    MARKETING SOCIAL MEDIA 
    I would go with including the keyword in the username so long as the example was similar to what you used in your post. I am currently using Instagram to find accounts in a certain niche and it’s much easier to find them (and instantly know what they do) when they include the keyword in their...
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    How important is a brand story?

    I think it's highly likely that most of the people commenting haven't started a premium brand based on their responses. In the long run that $250 is nothing for a crafted high quality brand story. $250 is especially nothing if you are selling a premium item that can be compared to the shoes...
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    Start School to Develop Entrepreneurs

    Thanks this looks interesting! Have you done this or do you have kids that have done this? Could you tell me a bit about your past experience with the program?
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    Start School to Develop Entrepreneurs

    Oh yeah I see what you’re saying. They don’t address this aspect at all in the book but you would have to imagine it plays a part. In regards to school I guess this could be something to consider when assigning work to be done at home although it seems like schoolwork and computers are pretty...
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    Start School to Develop Entrepreneurs

    The studies they quote in the book say that kids with less than 8 hours of sleep were 300% more likely to be obese than those with 10 hours of sleep. These were elementary aged kids. Research in middle and high schools in Houston showed an 80% increase in obesity for each hour of sleep lost...
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    Start School to Develop Entrepreneurs

    Reading a book called Nurture Shock currently and one of the parts is about sleep and how lack of sleep is killing this generation of students. One study the book quotes is that on average for each extra 15 minutes of sleep a student gets per night it translates to 1 grade level. I forget the...
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    Is PPC a must?

    MARKETING 
    Yes you can do this. Here is an article that discusses how you can do it without putting yourself at risk. AdWords Competitor Targeting: Everything You Need To Know To Do It Right In short bid on the keyword just don’t mention them in your ad at all Google pretty much any saas and you’ll see...
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    The MAIN difference between someone who makes 100k /year and someone who makes 1m?

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    I will just speak about this in regards to E-Commerce businesses as that is where I have the most experience. I think one of the most important differences between those who $100k and $1M is execution. The people making $1M have the vision for the end goal but also the ability to put a plan...
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    HELP! ONLY GOT 3 MONTHS TO MAKE IT. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

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    Move to a cheaper city where cost of living is half of what LA is
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    What book are you reading? Right now. Post up!

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    Peterman Rides Again Just started last night so not sure on it yet but I think @AllenCrawley recommended this to me so it must be good

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