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  1. DoTheWork

    [PROGRESS] Building a search tool for farmers

    EXECUTION 
    A bit of a late weekly update. What happened this week: This week I added more than 400 businesses (added 6 new states) to the site, which is a lot. This was mostly due to having the week off from school for Thanksgiving. I sent some emails out (30-40) to businesses who I've recently listed on...
  2. DoTheWork

    [PROGRESS] Building a search tool for farmers

    EXECUTION 
    Google does not work well for most the of businesses that I have on my website. Here are some examples (keep in mind, you're a farmer): Searching for a butcher on Google will bring you lots of results for meat markets (where meat is sold), NOT necessarily where you can take livestock to be...
  3. DoTheWork

    [PROGRESS] Building a search tool for farmers

    EXECUTION 
    ** Thread MOVED to Fastlane Insiders Forum ** This thread will highlight my progress towards building a search tool for farmers. I'll be posting weekly updates as an overview of the progress I've made for the week. I'll also post occasional updates about other things that happen along the way...
  4. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    Thanks for the input. I think it would slow me down way too much to try to describe each business by hand. For businesses that I can't find a description for, I usually do: "[BUSINESS NAME] is a [CATEGORY] business located near [CITY], [ST]." I'm considering switching to using this phrase...
  5. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    This comment got me wondering if what I'm currently doing is a bad idea. For listings that I'm adding that have a website, I'm copying and pasting a snippet of text from their website for the description. Is that a bad idea? The site is linked on the same page.
  6. DoTheWork

    What are the top skills required for the Fastlane?

    MINDSET 
    The ability to focus on important tasks rather than filling up one's time with busy-work that doesn't get you closer to your goals.
  7. DoTheWork

    BIG Opportunity...Not sure how to get started. Please help!

    MARKETING 
    I'm currently doing a very similar thing for farmers. My website is Agservicefinder.com. Send me a PM and I'll be able to give you some guidance on some things. (Btw my name is also Jon, lol)
  8. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    Can you give me any insight as to which services might be best to prioritize on the site? I'm getting started with 6 different categories: - Livestock hauling - Equipment hauling - Equipment Sales & Service - Large Animal Vets - Custom butchering - Custom farming Also, what do you think is the...
  9. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    Maybe in the future, but the software I'm using to run the website does not support this. If I am doing well enough to be able to afford to custom code the site in the future, I'll be sure to implement this.
  10. DoTheWork

    Brows, lashes and lips bar

    Local Google search ads may be a great way to get more customers. Also, if you haven't already, create social media accounts and encourage existing customers to follow.
  11. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    Thanks for your input. The farming community online is actually pretty substantial. Tractorhouse.com and livestocknetwork.com are an example of two big agricultural sites, and there are more. Additionally with social media, there are a ton of popular farming Facebook groups and Twitter is also...
  12. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    I found that comment by MJ pretty interesting, thanks! It'll definitely be a challenge, but it definitely sounds like I'll need to keep working hard on adding businesses to the site.
  13. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    Should I make a progress/execution thread for this? If so, like this comment.
  14. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    I can see what's wrong with the headline now. It's interesting, because I would have never noticed this because I've been staring at it since I've started working on this. Thank you!!!
  15. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    I've never thought of it like that, so thanks for your input! Is organic social media even worth my time? I post 1-2 times per day on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (FB and Insta I schedule 3-5 days at a time; Twitter is manual). Would it be better to devote this time to working on adding...
  16. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but I don't believe that sending emails to businesses that I list manually would be pushing monetization. The email would simply let them know that their businesses was added to the directory and nothing more. Maybe that isn't worth my time, what do you think? I...
  17. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    I see what you mean. So would you say it would be best to add businesses by hand, then follow up with them by sending an email letting them know their business what listed on the site? Then they'll know the site exists. The site has the ability to let businesses promote their listing at the top...
  18. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    Currently roughly 10-20 per day, primarily from social media. Clearly, it's not much. Yes, I've gotten a lot of input recently from farmers. They really like the idea. They were able to point me in a better direction as to what types of businesses to add to the site. Thanks for input! I'll...
  19. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    I agree with your points, but some of this will be difficult to implement because my website isn't custom coded. It runs on Wordpress and uses a theme to operate. It's obviously not the best way to do this type of site, but it's what I could afford to do. If money starts coming in I should be...
  20. DoTheWork

    Feeling stuck... Made 1 sale, struggling to get more (Agriculture)

    That was my plan from the beginning, but I'm a bit hesitant. For some of the categories, it's easy to add businesses that aren't actually useful to farmers. For example: When searching online for a butcher, you'll find lots of meat markets (where meat is sold), but not custom butchers (who...

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