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  1. 5holiday

    Opinion: Skipping college is not going to make you fastlane

    HOT! 
    I'm glad you got the joke... ;) I suppose this is just more stuff for the forum to have already picked apart before. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/18/upshot/some-colleges-have-more-students-from-the-top-1-percent-than-the-bottom-60.html Apparently: The Scary Smart Are The...
  2. 5holiday

    I don't want to dilute the thread with a simple thank you post, so I'm posting here. Thank you...

    I don't want to dilute the thread with a simple thank you post, so I'm posting here. Thank you for your reply to my question here: https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/sharing-my-lifetime-experience-in-export-import-product-sourcing-specialist.55062/page-62#post-895479
  3. 5holiday

    Sharing my lifetime experience in export/import. Product sourcing specialist.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    This thread is amazing, thanks Walter. My question is - how do you work out what you should be sourcing? Do you recommend following the winds of opportunity, or starting with a category you're interested in and then trying to sniff out something there? Same thing for the markets (to and from)...
  4. 5holiday

    Opinion: Skipping college is not going to make you fastlane

    HOT! 
    https://www.crimsoneducation.org/cn/blog/campus-life-more/how-to-become-a-millionaire/ https://slideplayer.com/slide/5712833/ Correlation doesn't equal causation but whatever. Everyone is free to take your chances without a degree. At the end of the day, we're always the special ones...
  5. 5holiday

    how to scale an eBay business?

    Hi all, I've been selling things on eBay for awhile now, finding things second hand/cheap and flipping them. But I was wondering, how do you scale your eBay operation? I see the two main hurdles is: A) getting product to sell. E.g. you'd just end up spending more and more time trying to source...
  6. 5holiday

    I have a problem with MJ DeMarco (Follow your passion gets a beatdown)

    GOLD! HOT! 
    This was actually a relevant, worthwhile point to make and discuss. It seems like 90% of the replies to this are dogmatic garbage, regurgitating 'the gospel' and referencing MJ as if he is some cloud breaking, light shining saint reaching down from heaven to impart words of unquestionable...
  7. 5holiday

    How to do SEO for a client? Any advice?

    MARKETING 
    Thanks for the support 100k.
  8. 5holiday

    How to do SEO for a client? Any advice?

    MARKETING 
    Good call Spawny. I've planned it so I will deliver a bunch of recommendations at each stage. At that point I will ask them if I can go ahead and make changes + for access to the things I need like wordpress.
  9. 5holiday

    How to do SEO for a client? Any advice?

    MARKETING 
    Update: Preparation I took those two links and some other stites and turned them into my gameplan. This became a massive checklist as I researched what each step means in SEO, how to do it, and whether they are still relevant. Proposal From there I created a proposal in Google Slides that is...
  10. 5holiday

    How to do SEO for a client? Any advice?

    MARKETING 
    Great feedback, thanks Welshmin!
  11. 5holiday

    Best internet marketing education in the UK?

    MARKETING 
    https://education.hootsuite.com/ they have an education program called Podium. So far I've found it more useful to read what social media gurus like @Garyvee say, and compare it to what the top ones do. Somewhere in the middle seems to be the truth on running a great channel. I'm trying a few...
  12. 5holiday

    How did you select your business idea?

    IDEA MINDSET 
    I'm not sure how the pros on the forum do it, but I haven't seen others with much success when they sit down and brainstorm ideas. When I think of the entrepreneurs that I personally know that have done well, they usually got there by branching off something they were already doing. They 'fell...
  13. 5holiday

    How to do SEO for a client? Any advice?

    MARKETING 
    See below: As The J pointed out - I haven't represented to them that I'm a SEO master. It came about by me wanting to do the work (for free) and learn. I don't see any problem with this, if I'm careful. I preferred to do this instead of reading about SEO all day and complain that "nobody will...
  14. 5holiday

    UK Meetup

    MEETUPS 
    How much does a meetup group cost? Could be a way to setup one of those pages, let people nominate to run an event in their area and see if others in the UK sign up. I'm keen for London... when I'm back from abroad.
  15. 5holiday

    How to do SEO for a client? Any advice?

    MARKETING 
    Update. Client has given me access to Google Analytics (but not webmaster tools) and responded to my Qs about objectives. It seems that they are controling pro-active promotion themselves so the SEO will be more about spotting errors and a tune-up. From here I'm probably going to review the...
  16. 5holiday

    Best internet marketing education in the UK?

    MARKETING 
    Can only comment on the ones I've done, but basically CIM was a waste of time. While billed as a 'practical course' it wasn't at all different from what you would expect to learn at university. It does, somehow, have cred in the marketing industry as a 'first base'. HubSpot's inbound cert was...
  17. 5holiday

    How to do SEO for a client? Any advice?

    MARKETING 
    Thanks Lowtek. had a look on Reddit, found this 'proposal template' by Webris which is pretty extensive. Also found this SEO audit guide by another firm basically open source. For anyone who is interested: http://webris.org/SEO-PROPOSAL/...
  18. 5holiday

    How to do SEO for a client? Any advice?

    MARKETING 
    I've been looking to get SEO experience and found a website willing to let me have a go on their site (for free). They sell property services to their local area. I know a basic level of SEO in terms of onpage, off page, keywords etc but I don't know how to tie these all together into an...
  19. 5holiday

    Guide: How to find and get a mentor using the web

    PEOPLE 
    Hi guys, Recently a colleague of mine pointed out how I've had a bit of success finding interesting mentors without any previous connections. I've wanted to contribute to the forum for awhile, so here are a few of my reflections that might give you guys some pointers on how to do it for...
  20. 5holiday

    Anyone in Shanghai? Network offline over here

    INTRO 
    hi folks, I'm in Shanghai, looking for other link minded TMF types to network with. It would be great to exchange ideas, contacts, etc related to China. Hit me up here via DM or reply! Cheers!
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