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    Callin' them there biz owners

    EXECUTION 
    What's up guys?! Quick question for ya... I want to extract some information and insight from my target market. I don't have an exact product/service that I want to gauge interest for, I simply want to hear more about their businesses, their regular needs, and their wants. I'm very...
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    Landing Page Help

    After designing a landing page and having people visit your site via ppc how do you guys begin the process of changing the site to get more conversions (if its not doing well)? How do you even know what to change about it? I'm sitting here wondering why people don't want to do business with me...
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    Re-Commerce!

    EXECUTION 
    Never heard of it? Basically it's a business model in which you buy people's unwanted items and then resell them for a profit. A good example of this is Gazelle.com I'm a fan of inc magazine and while going through their annual inc 5000 list of the fastest growing businesses I saw this...
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    Can you "fast-lane" a landscaping biz?

    EXECUTION 
    Hey guys, I've been working on a different type of service of business, but I sold my last business (landscaping) to my younger brother. He's been running it for about 6 months now bringing in only about $8,000 revenue/month because he's not as knowledgeable as me YET. Because he's my...
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    Offline Business Advertising

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    For the most part people on here are usually running/starting online businesses. Personally, I'm more of an offline guy because in my mind it's easier to disrupt something old and boring rather than the ever-advancing online space. With online and offline businesses some advertising methods...
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    Ask for email or mailing address?

    EXECUTION 
    I'm going to be making quite a few cold calls and I was wondering if it would be better to simply ask for the person's email address or to ask for their mailing address. I need to send each person a letter and some of my business cards. In the past, I've just got their email address (saves...
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    Lead Generation or Middleman? My Process

    EXECUTION 
    Hey guys, So those of you that are insiders know much of the details about the business I'm currently operating... but regardless of that I have a question involving my process. As of right now, when I get a request from a client: 1. I send it to the independent contractor 2. They send me...
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    First Failure... New Ideas

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    Hey guys, It's been a while since I last posted about my Home Maintenance company (https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/narrowed-it-down-to-two-ideas.48041/) but I would like to update everyone on the status of that. I'd also like input on three ideas I've had for a while. So...
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    Insurance Costs

    PEOPLE 
    My new business is going great, but the insurance I need is very expensive. Excluding workman's comp, I have to spend 5-8k a year for just two employees. At the rate we a projected to grow I will be hiring a couple employees a month which will really drive up the cost. When you guys get large...
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    What the hell...

    PEOPLE 
    I've never felt so shitty/angry/(insert negative emotion) in my life. I woke up this morning and out of nowhere just felt like I lost all confidence in my business (like "why would this work?") and everyone/everything seems to be pissing me off. This mindset has literally caused me to feel...
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    Employees come to home?

    EXECUTION 
    So my employees are given equipment at the start of each day and must return it at the close of each day. For security reasons I'd rather them not know my personal address. I need help figuring out a way I can have them pick up/drop off each day without having to come to my home. I remember...
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    Black friday!!

    EXECUTION 
    Are there any items I should scout out and try to buy tomorrow that will help me on my path to the fastlane? I'm not looking for a TV or other bullshit, just items that will help me/increase productivity. I want to take advantage of these sales while they're here... Thank you!
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    Phone Service or Voip?

    I don't want to use my personal telephone number for my business and so I want to get a new service. I'm curious as to whether I should use something like grasshopper.com or one of the voip services? I'm looking for reliability and affordability. Thank you!
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    My Birthday

    PEOPLE 
    So my birthday is the 12th and everyone keeps asking me what I would like as a gift. However, I don't really want anything and would rather receive gifts that could be useful to me in business. Could you guys please list some items that you feel it would smart to ask for?
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    buying a muscle car

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Okay so basically a while back I made a thread about buying a new car. I helped my Aunt Negotiate at the dealership when she bought her new car, so she gave me her old car (~2003 dodge stratus). I also am starting a business that won't require more than 10k max to start and have just sold my...
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    Keeping track of customers and vendors

    Hey guys I was just wondering how you personally keep track of all of your customers along with other businesses you conduct business with. Do you use straight forward CRM software or do you have another way of achieving this?
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    Billionaire Partner

    PEOPLE 
    So basically my buddy's dad is a billionaire movie producer and my buddy wants to partner with me on my new business. I've never partnered with anyone before, not even my own brother, but he is a smart/get it done type of guy and I've known him since 2nd grade and I think the...
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    Choosing the perfect business name

    How important is the actual name of a business and how do you about thinking of one? Is the domain name important with googles new seo updates. For my new business everything is taken and names like Housepros.com are fetching five figures. Would something like KellyHomeMaintenance.com...
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    Narrowed it down to two ideas

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    So basically after struggling to sit still for a few days of long long hours and think of business ideas, I'm confident I've narrowed it down to two ideas. My thoughts on this... if they fail, I learned and will move on to the next one. I'm also not afraid to share my ideas. Idea 1: A...
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    Website for New Business

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    I will be starting a home services company (basically facility services but residential), and would like to know whether I should create the website myself with wix.com or have someone build it. Not sure of the pros/cons. Also anyone with experience have any suggestions of whether residential...
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