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  1. Saint

    Manufacturer, Distributor, Service Provider, Retailer

    ASSERTION MARKETING SOURCING 
    Exactly! But it seems like so much entrepreneurship stuff out there starts with the premise of developing a product from scratch. I know Amazon FBA gets a bad wrap, but legit ones are even playing a meaningful role in the value chain. Again, it seems like at least as critical of a concept as...
  2. Saint

    Why you should buy a home as early as possible.

    GOLD! HOT! ASSERTION 
    This seems like reverse causation to me. The wealthy are able to buy homes, buying homes doesn't lead to wealth. Low wealth people don't stay low wealth because they don't have homes, they don't have homes because they can't afford it because they're paycheck-to-paycheck, terrible credit, etc...
  3. Saint

    I go to a lawyer for me legal needs, a CPA for my accounting needs, and a ______ for my marketing/technology needs

    IDEA 
    I have multiple clients who want this. I have shared this with many people who have affirmed they don't want a bunch of different "guys" to go to. Just like they don't want a bookkeeper guy, and a tax guy, and a payroll guy, they just want to find a good CPA or accounting firm. They don't want...
  4. Saint

    Manufacturer, Distributor, Service Provider, Retailer

    ASSERTION MARKETING SOURCING 
    A friend of mine is a (quite successful) business broker, and he shared a book on the process of buying a business. In the book it said that there are 4 types of businesses: Manufacturing Distribution Service Retail If you go look on BizBuySell or check the proverbial phonebook, that seems to...
  5. Saint

    I go to a lawyer for me legal needs, a CPA for my accounting needs, and a ______ for my marketing/technology needs

    IDEA 
    I think this would be similar to saying IT Consulting. It would be like a CPA who does bookkeeping saying they're a Bookkeeper. I'm also working with business that are too small for traditional MSPs, i.e. they don't need disaster recovery tools or significant desktop support, so they'd probably...
  6. Saint

    I go to a lawyer for me legal needs, a CPA for my accounting needs, and a ______ for my marketing/technology needs

    IDEA 
    SI and VAR also apply. I have two different clients who want me to do basically everything from MSP to ad campaigns. I also have partners to help with delivery. What do I tell people I do so they know I do all this?
  7. Saint

    I go to a lawyer for me legal needs, a CPA for my accounting needs, and a ______ for my marketing/technology needs

    IDEA 
    I am trying to blend two fields, and this is exactly why. If I make their website, why wouldn't I help with their email? If I help with their email, why wouldn't I help with their video conferencing and phone systems? and if I help with that, why wouldn't I help them with any other IT service or...
  8. Saint

    I go to a lawyer for me legal needs, a CPA for my accounting needs, and a ______ for my marketing/technology needs

    IDEA 
    LOL I'm sure plenty of people feel attacked. I agree, I found quickly I'd rather run an agency than freelance, so "Agency" over "Consultant" or "IT Guy". A few versions would be "Business Technologist" or "Marketing and Technology Strategist". "Digital Strategist" could work too. But again...
  9. Saint

    How to judge which way to go: Side businesses / Shiny object syndrome

    MINDSET SCALING 
    I'm at a far earlier stage of struggling with this. There are just so many so many opportunities, and so much you can help with. And part of the problem is that many of these things are hard to scale without building a team. I'm starting to lean toward the answer being pick one and start...
  10. Saint

    I go to a lawyer for me legal needs, a CPA for my accounting needs, and a ______ for my marketing/technology needs

    IDEA 
    That's exactly my strategy! The challenge is that it runs the spectrum from tech to marketing, even email or direct mail. I believe it's all very interconnected anyway, but I'm trying to communicate that it's BOTH solving the tech problems and advising/implementing their growth strategies that...
  11. Saint

    I go to a lawyer for me legal needs, a CPA for my accounting needs, and a ______ for my marketing/technology needs

    IDEA 
    Hoping to get some ideas for what to call what I'm helping people with. Imagine this scenario: Cindy wants to open a bakery. She loves baking and running a baking team, but she hates dealing with technology, marketing and all the digital stuff business requires these days. She has some money...
  12. Saint

    Most Investments are Bad. Here's Why.

    INVESTING 
    Thanks for re-sharing! Factoring in the lower value of that money when your health and vitality has declined really blows the whole slowlane model up. What I'm saying is that your books convinced me Fastlane is an infinitely better way to create wealth, CUL vs. ULL and so many other great...
  13. Saint

    Most Investments are Bad. Here's Why.

    INVESTING 
    Good point, deferred shrinking consumption. That's especially rough given how much time and energy homeowners put into their house. One thing I haven't looked into is who and why? Or is it just an accident of the monetary system we're stuck in. I'm starting a business that generates cash, one...
  14. Saint

    Most Investments are Bad. Here's Why.

    INVESTING 
    Right that makes sense, as an active real estate investment it's great, just like any other business. I mean more in the broad global/continental buy and hold perspective the article describes. I think about mine and my wife's parents - they've been diligent homeowners, in fairly fast growing...
  15. Saint

    Most Investments are Bad. Here's Why.

    INVESTING 
    Wow this is so relevant to something that just hit me this week. I saved a few $100K in my 20s based on slowlane principles. The first $3K I saved in an S&P 500 index in an IRA 10 years ago is now worth $12K. 4x - return is awesome right? Just this week I discovered that the ratio between...
  16. Saint

    Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Meetup.

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    Great to meet all you guys! What an awesome group! And huge thanks @amp0193 for hosting! It was so cool to see the shop and ride your luxury bikes.
  17. Saint

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

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Contributing a thought I had (sorry if it's already been covered) to this discussion. I've heard a lot of versions of: The second part of the argument does not follow. You could replace "so who cares what the business is" with "so it might as well be something you're innately interested in"...
  18. Saint

    Business Idea: Marketing Agency

    IDEA 
    This is the path I'm going down too. I'm a month in and the biggest thing I've realized - this stuff is so much work! Business owners need help! And there are so many people doing low-quality, low-integrity work. @EliaR's gameplan looks solid. I'm still working for free to get some competence...
  19. Saint

    Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Meetup.

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    I'll be there!
  20. Saint

    I think my calling strategy doesn’t work.

    MARKETING 
    Congrats on hitting the phones! I'd agree with the rest of the posters - your goal shouldn't be to catch them on the phone and close a deal, it should be to make people familiar with you so they'll eventually take a call. And like everyone said, if it's a big deal, it could take a longer time...

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