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  1. csalvato

    Prediction: 2021 is going to be a total shit show. Place your bets now.

    HOT! INVESTING 
    I've spent most of the day today reading up and reflecting on the current state of the global economy - particularly it's response to the C0VlD-19 pandemic. Based on all I know, it seems like 2021 will be a total shit show, and I'm placing very big bets accordingly. Before I get into the...
  2. csalvato

    Visa mandates requirements on free products + trails

    MARKETING 
    Now, if you take Visa (or use a gateway like Stripe that supports taking Visa), you need to do the following: 1. Let customers know they will re-billed or auto-billed very clearly 2. Provide a very simple, online way to cancel the re-bill/auto-bill 3. Provide a clear, advanced notification of...
  3. csalvato

    The U.S. Only Pretends to Have Free Markets

    OFF-TOPIC 
    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/europe-not-america-home-free-market/600859/ This article caught my eye today. Some interesting quotes here: Basically, the assertion is that the US economy is no longer a free market but an oligopoly, whereas Europe has become more of a free...
  4. csalvato

    You copywriters are being replaced by AI..

    HOT! MARKETING 
    https://thehustle.co/JPMorgan-Chase-bank-robots/ Writing copy is driven by common language elements and metrics that can be measured...a perfect task for AI, and at least 250 big companies are replacing copywriters with computers.
  5. csalvato

    Here's how to hire people who will live and die for your company.

    MINDSET 
    There's a lot that goes into hiring good people, but if I could boil it down to the one thing you really need to pay attention to, it's something that's often overlooked. Something that takes about an hour of solid thought to get on paper, but that very few people actually do. If I could...
  6. csalvato

    Building a team around you that will follow you to hell and back.

    GOLD! PEOPLE 
    At the 2018 Fastlane Summit I gave a talk on our current hiring process at Territory Foods using this slide deck. The premise was on how to build a team around you that will actually want to work with you, and building a team that wants to work together. In other words, how to be a leader and...
  7. csalvato

    Building a team to grow your business.

    PEOPLE 
    Preface This one isn't for the newbies, so I think most people won't get value from this. If you're just trying to figure out what kind of business to start, then you can just close this thread. This post is for the people who have a business generating 6 or 7 figures, and want to break...
  8. csalvato

    Running $50k/month+ in Facebook spend?

    MEETUPS 
    A friend of mine is running a VC-backed startup looking to develop a product specifically for people who run $50K/month+ in Facebook traffic. He's looking to chat to learn more about your needs and do customer development (i.e. he is *not* arranging for a sales call). Here's a blurb from him...
  9. csalvato

    Less Hard Sell or More Hard Sell?

    FUNNY 
    Hilarious: Joe Coleman
  10. csalvato

    Help! Need Instagram and Facebook Analytics Help...

    SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING 
    I hope some of you social media gurus can help me out. We are running an influencer program, and want to keep track of two things - (1) are our posts driving people to follow our influencers? (2) are our influencers posts driving people to follow our page? Specifically we are looking at FB...
  11. csalvato

    Lifestyle Design? Please, Shut The F*ck Up

    MINDSET 
    https://medium.com/@pwross/lifestyle-design-please-shut-the-F*ck-up-a16dc38cd306#.9sazva2hl Great read. Thanks for posting on FB @benhebert
  12. csalvato

    How to make a change: Over-compensate to Compensate

    MINDSET 
    Another great one from Derek Sivers. https://sivers.org/compensate To make a change, you can't go half way. @AndrewNC @LightHouse @K.Y. @saigon @Kung Fu Steve
  13. csalvato

    How Transparency (Not Secrecy) Can Make You Money

    Just found this post from Empire Flippers on how they got horribly scammed by a Russian Syndicate for $25k, and recovered $20K of it due to transparency. http://empireflippers.com/russian-scammers-vladislav-smolensev-alexandr-smolensev/ This post is also a great read on real business...
  14. csalvato

    I need an accountant...

    PEOPLE 
    Doing my own taxes is just way too much of a burden, and given how complicated my business was in the past year, I really need to pay someone else to do this for me this year. I don't need to pay state taxes because I lived abroad the entire FY of 2014. Does anyone have a good accountant they...
  15. csalvato

    What was your biggest business and life lesson in 2014?

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    What was your biggest business lesson, and life lesson, of 2014? What did you learn in that year, above all things, that will change the way you approach your life in front of you. Business: The term "cost of doing business" exists for a reason. It's always about learning how to spend less...
  16. csalvato

    Leasing vs. Buying...?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    I am in the process of moving back to US from the UK. So, naturally, I need a car. Right now, I am cash flow negative, but investing in an education-prep project right now to try and fix that. This venture does require some capital for advertising. Right now, my ads are just slightly below...
  17. csalvato

    Billion Dollar Mastermind & Million Dollar Minsets...

    MINDSET 
    http://copybecker.com/billion-dollar-mastermind/ @AndrewNC Shared this with me, and I think there's some good nuggets on motivation in here. The description of creating million dollar funnels and appealing to HUGE markets is reminiscent of @JasonR and his success with a mass-market product on...
  18. csalvato

    SEO Niche Site Mastermind

    MEETUPS 
    I am starting a group for people who have created a niche site using SEO as your primary source of traffic. In case you don't know me, I have created a niche site in the education space that I am currently scaling. I am currently generating five figures annually from one site, and am aiming to...
  19. csalvato

    My EMBARRASSING copy from 2 years ago...redone today...

    MARKETING 
    Two years ago I set out to be an entrepreneur, quit my job, and started hustling trying to get web development jobs to pay the bills. I was recently clearing out my inbox and found an old piece of copy from when I was just starting. Looking back, I am really embarrassed at how self-centered...
  20. csalvato

    Peter Dinklage (Tyrion on GoT) on "lucky"

    MINDSET 
    Keep at it, all.
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