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    Not really a business - yet

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    ***update*** I submitted one of my posts to redditt and I got darn near 6k website views on it. I was surprised. I'm already up to 400 within the first hr. I need some ideas on how to seize on this uptick of views. Thanks again
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    Not really a business - yet

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Thanks for the reply. I created a profile on Reddit & will try it out. I'd like to get repeat traffic as content grows then maybe come up with my own products or service to take advantage of the traffic.
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    Not really a business - yet

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Was hoping to get some feedback on this. Like I was saying this is a fun project. Hoping for some input from some of those with more experience in this relm
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    Not really a business - yet

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Hello all I posted a while ago in the o/t section about my wife & I's weight loss transformation. Well its been 2 years now since then that we have maintained the loss, improving our health. To pay it forward & inspire those those improve their health, we decided to start a web project that...
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    Service based business marketing

    MARKETING 
    I decided to go the route of hiring a firm on a as needed basis, they will handle cold calls, initial contact, email database etc. Ill pay them a flat fee retainer instead of giving them a cut of commission. Ill report back on how it goes
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    Service based business marketing

    MARKETING 
    I decided to bring on Independent sales reps. Offering a 1 time %30 commission on new business. Anyone else have any experience using independent sales reps & how you structured the commission? Thanks
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    B2B vs B2C potential...

    LOL wow, I see I posted this in 08 ha ha.. Good info in the responses so far
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    Service based business marketing

    MARKETING 
    Thanks, that's a good idea. My target market is the Hospitality Industry... I'm still trying to figure out how to properly use social media as a viable tool.
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    Service based business marketing

    MARKETING 
    Perhaps more can post on this thread about their marketing experiences for service based businesses. As I'm sure not everyone on this site has only product based online businesses right?
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    Its good to be back..

    OFF-TOPIC 
    So much better, like night and day. On maintenance subject, we accomplished this from 6/9-5/10, and maintained our weight/sizes since then with continued improvements on body composition.. I know that this is the fast lane group on accomplishing big things, however I speak from experience...
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    Its good to be back..

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Thanks CarrieW. Prior to our lifestyle change, we had fun, but I was conscience of size, The tipping point was when after we got married, I looked back at the $1500 dollars worth of wedding photos and only liked maybe 10-15 of the hundreds taken. So since then we were on a mission. To...
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    Its good to be back..

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Its good to be back here on this forum, I took a long break from it to focus on my health. One thing I learned that no matter how much money you have, if your health sucks or is heading that way, you better address it so that you can enjoy your family and accomplishments. My wife and i...
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    Service based business marketing

    MARKETING 
    Thanks for replying Jack, Lets explore the sales person/people you mentioned. I have been bouncing this around in my mind, Id like retain a sales affiliate and offer a 1 time %25 commission on each retained client. My price points are high enough to where I can pay a commission. Mailers, not...
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    Service based business marketing

    MARKETING 
    Driving targeting traffic to the website & other methods of marketing/advertisement outside of the traditional hard copy ads etc.
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    Service based business marketing

    MARKETING 
    Hello All, Maybe I'm not looking in the right places, however I havn't found much discussion on marketing strategies for service based businesses. I started up a new b2b service back in the summer & did a soft launch in two metro areas, gained my first few clients & added to the client base on...
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    When the blah's visit..

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Greetings all, I didnt know if this should go into the motivation section or if this was the correct one for this. I havnt posted in a while but things are good, gotten married last Dec, both my wife and I changed our eating habits and dropped a signicant amount of weight & I got her to start...
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    70/30 - 60/40 challenge

    Good to see some further discussion on this. I have both a career & a business. & on my w-2 income I currently divert %20 percent of the w-2 income to a savings account. I recently pushed it up to %30 & I now plan on doing that with the biz income also. I pay all expenses off of my income so...
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    How does your religion coincide with your success?

    MINDSET 
    Thanks for posting this, Speaking for myself, I say that it has had a profound affect based on making sure my priorities are inline & foremost making sure that money or the pursuit of is NOT my God or end all/be all. It also gives me peace in changing the things that I can & leaving the things...
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    Getting Married

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Hi All, I wanted to thank you all for the well wishes, everything went great & for all of you fastlane romantics out there, I wrote about the day on my blog Choice Decisions : Apologies, Las Vegas, Wedding, Thanks & God bless
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    Getting Married

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Thanks for all the well wishes fellow members:smx1: I think this merger has the potential to be very fast lane, as we plan to live off(Pay expenses,etc) my w-2 income & invest her's & my extra income (her income,1099'sFrom my investments/biz):hurray:
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