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  1. ApparentHorizon

    To What Extent are Old Sales Books Still Relevant Today

    To the extent that the market adapts to sales patterns. Arbitrage opportunities arise when people rush to the next shiny object. When a vacuum is created. Example: When everyone rushed to online marketing in 2013, traditional media collapsed. Billboards, newspapers, TV spots.... All of a...
  2. ApparentHorizon

    [AMA] SEO and Digital Marketing in 2016

    HOT! MARKETING 
    Most of the info in this thread is outdated, as well as anything you find on the other barren internet marketing forums. SEO can be a supplemental (long term) strategy, to your existing marketing efforts. Relying on it as your bread and butter, however, is a fools game. Over the past 3 years...
  3. ApparentHorizon

    What would you tell your 18 or 25 year old self?

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    Fixed that for you
  4. ApparentHorizon

    How To Be A Successful Businessman – 50 Rules Of Entrepreneurship Only The Rich And Ruthless

    EXECUTION 
    Isn't that the summary from the back of Dan Pena's book?
  5. ApparentHorizon

    Why I hate the podcast trend and watching Youtube

    MINDSET RANT 
    Text to speech software to transcribe some of the audio. Then outsource the cleanup and formatting for web use...hmm
  6. ApparentHorizon

    What was your biggest sacrifice?

    MINDSET 
    If you look up sacrifice one of the definitions is: "destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else." The real sacrifice is giving up your time to make someone else's dream a reality. The real sacrifice is being on call while the world moves past you. Putting your future...
  7. ApparentHorizon

    It's just a forum

    HOT! MINDSET 
    I may be biased, but with anonymity you can get to the core of a person much quicker. What they do online - when no one is looking - is the same thing they do offline.
  8. ApparentHorizon

    I don't know the answers ...

    Whatever experience you have, there will always be someone who has less than you. Just because you're not a multi-millionaire, doesn't mean you're unable help someone. Like a pyramid: The base is wide, and full of mediocrity. The top is narrow and plated in gold - full of wisdom. Once you...
  9. ApparentHorizon

    Is it okay to help people for selfish reasons?

    MINDSET 
    It's a bit of a meme, but don't get it twisted. The premise is that you still bank. Let me explain... You make money by solving a problem. (most of the time) However, you're only able to help 2-3 people as a 1 man show. Now imagine if you had 20 people running around passing on your...
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    Concierge Business

    EXECUTION 
    It has a web2.0 feel - the gradient buttons, the stock photos. If you are a one man show, consider getting ideas from other affluent focused websites. Themeforest as well - your customers won't know the difference.
  11. ApparentHorizon

    Hard work is irrelevant

    EXECUTION 
    Favorite quote by Musk: "You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve." There was another one, forgot who said it: "You need to be fired before you can hire." I took a position at a company a few years back, and it was nuts how often I was just dragging out tasks...
  12. ApparentHorizon

    Hard work is irrelevant

    EXECUTION 
    http://www.npr.org/2015/09/03/437291792/how-the-architect-of-netflixs-innovative-culture-lost-her-job-to-the-system Tldr Do whatever you want as long as you produce Pay your people well and let them create systems to make themselves redundant
  13. ApparentHorizon

    Overcoming Sales Anxiety

    MARKETING 
    You can also allow your anxiety to take control of the sale. Instead of using all of your energy fighting against it, maneuver around it. For example Don't like talking? Let the other person speak for the majority of the time. Use words like "ok" and "right" and then stare at them like you're...
  14. ApparentHorizon

    Pay to Get a Job?

    Good point about EU - from my understanding, it's much more acceptable to pay in full. Whereas in the US, installments are preferred. In any case, it sounds like a solid biz, as long as your friend has some cash reserves in the event of a series of bad placements.
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    Pay to Get a Job?

    I think if you move away from deli workers and apply it to growing industries, programming, etc. you'd have much better luck. As DL pointed out, if you're looking for a deli job, the chance of you having sound financial practices is much lower. Also, what if, instead of taking a chunk out of...
  16. ApparentHorizon

    Need Help Deciding Between Two People

    PEOPLE 
    I'd just be blunt, since that would take the least amount of your time. But if you're not an a-hole like me, you can allow him to come to the same conclusion. In a casual convo you can just go over what you've done. Pause and then let him speak. Ask if he's serious about it. How serious? Drop...
  17. ApparentHorizon

    Where to get capital?

    First thought that comes to mind is other businesses around your area. Who are the big players - maybe some sort of biz organization around your town. In the US there are actually websites where you can present your idea - do some research to see if they exist in Argentina.
  18. ApparentHorizon

    Helping Disadvantaged

    Another note on this, you may need to partner up with people, organizations, or a brand ambassador in each country for this to work. These kids wouldn't necessarily have access to the internet. I've helped one charity get off the ground with some online dev, and that's the route they ended up...
  19. ApparentHorizon

    Helping Disadvantaged

    Then after you receive the picture from the kid, make it super easy to share on social media with a link back to the site. The virality of this could be huge.
  20. ApparentHorizon

    Where to get capital?

    Can he get a loan? He may have to bite the bullet for a bit until it's repaid, but then he'll be doing 8k instead of 80. Credit card? Open a new one with no interest for X months. Partner/investor? Give up some equity for cash infusion. Social media and influencer marketing. Send out free...

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