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  1. Andy Black

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

    CHAT 
    Week Commencing Monday 18-Mar-24 1) What will make you happy with progress this week? 2) What are you doing to make a sale this week? 3) What are you not doing but should be? 4) Who will you help this week? 5) What are you doing that you should NOT be doing?
  2. Andy Black

    Your Best and Worse Defenses for Inflation...

    NOTABLE! INVESTING 
    You're not starting from zero at all. You left the starting block and achieved a lot already. What needs to happen for you to be happy with your direction?
  3. Andy Black

    Substack or X's article feature for long-form content?

    MARKETING 
    I get the same feeling. It will encourage more people to go Premium, and they wouldn't introduce a new content format and not at least test it. I'm super tempted to start posting to Twitter because of these longer articles. Those threads were annoying to create.
  4. Andy Black

    What's Your Problem?

    MINDSET 
    Loads of people complaining about problems, not realising they're the stepping stones on your journey.
  5. Andy Black

    How to get through the “stuck” feeling?

    QUESTION 
    https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/whats-your-problem.52780/
  6. Andy Black

    Generating 5k per month through linked In - Progress thread for 2024

    MARKETING SIDE HUSTLE SOCIAL MEDIA WEB DESIGN 
    What's the quote from The Podcast Guys about? Is that a testimonial or something?
  7. Andy Black

    MTF needs a slumpbuster: Too many swings, no hits.

    GOLD! 
    Don't businesses do this all the time though? They run ads to either be profitable immediately or breakeven on the front-end with the goal being to acquire new long-term clients and get profitable in the longer run?
  8. Andy Black

    Generating 5k per month through linked In - Progress thread for 2024

    MARKETING SIDE HUSTLE SOCIAL MEDIA WEB DESIGN 
    I don't know what to call the written section below your name. Note that people only see the first few words when they see you post, reply, or DM them. E.g.
  9. Andy Black

    Generating 5k per month through linked In - Progress thread for 2024

    MARKETING SIDE HUSTLE SOCIAL MEDIA WEB DESIGN 
    Maybe tighten your bio? It's not clear to me what you do, for who, and how. What do you want to be introduced to people as? "Meet Ash, my web guy."? Maybe lead with that and then expand on it in your second sentence? Are you able to add a link to your site too? Here's mine currently...
  10. Andy Black

    Google Ads Freelancer at 16 - Progress Thread

    EXECUTION 
    Yeah. We learn by doing. It's easier to sell to people who already see the value and who are already spending money. Indeed. Adding value first is a great way to get new business.
  11. Andy Black

    The Shortest Google Ads Tutorial Ever

    MARKETING 
    No downsides switching if you're using manual bids. If you're using maximise clicks, maximise conversions, etc then it would likely force the algorithm to start learning again.
  12. Andy Black

    MTF needs a slumpbuster: Too many swings, no hits.

    GOLD! 
    Maybe this will help too... I'm figuring out how to grow newsletters with Google Ads and writing it up on LinkedIn. I'm considering posting the same content to Twitter now I see premium members can have longer posts. Here's the first post from a week ago...
  13. Andy Black

    MTF needs a slumpbuster: Too many swings, no hits.

    GOLD! 
    Just those three are enough to study I'd say. Bear in mind Sahil's Twitter and LinkedIn accounts aren't him talking about how he's growing his business. That's his consumer-facing content. The podcasts where people interview him is where you'll learn what he's doing, why, and how.
  14. Andy Black

    MTF needs a slumpbuster: Too many swings, no hits.

    GOLD! 
    Maybe go listen to those podcasts I linked to before. Sahil Bloom is a smart guy. So is Nathan Barry.
  15. Andy Black

    MTF needs a slumpbuster: Too many swings, no hits.

    GOLD! 
    Exactly. It's also that Jay Abraham favourite of "Who already has your clients?" Keep this top of mind @MTF ... You can partner with someone who already does the part you don't want to. If you don't want to build the productised service then focus on how to grow audiences and generate leads...
  16. Andy Black

    MTF needs a slumpbuster: Too many swings, no hits.

    GOLD! 
    Look for interviews with Hunter Hammonds. He's growing "creator-led" productised services, where he partners with people with a big audience who then generate the leads for the service. If you could figure out how to create the audience then maybe you could partner with an operator who's...
  17. Andy Black

    MTF needs a slumpbuster: Too many swings, no hits.

    GOLD! 
    Another limiting belief? I really think you should watch how you say things. I'm super protective of my mindset and watch my language like a hawk. And you came to the wrong conclusion imo. I start all projects asking "How can I use my high ground?" How can you use your current skills...
  18. Andy Black

    MTF needs a slumpbuster: Too many swings, no hits.

    GOLD! 
    I think you're generalising again. Growing audiences is a skill. Some people are better at it than others. Be careful of these limiting beliefs @MTF. Yep. Lots of people don't value their time. Whenever I feel I'm on a treadmill I step off immediately. Ah. That's interesting. It makes...
  19. Andy Black

    MTF needs a slumpbuster: Too many swings, no hits.

    GOLD! 
    Just to clarify, I wasn't suggesting @MTF provide a Google Ads service to other businesses. I just see people putting so much time, effort, and money into getting organic visitors from Google, YouTube, and other platforms. And then complain when it's too slow, too inconsistent, or they feel...
  20. Andy Black

    MTF needs a slumpbuster: Too many swings, no hits.

    GOLD! 
    Why not run ads? I've been running Google Ads for clients since 2009. It's been very rare for accounts to get shutdown for no apparent reason.
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