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  1. banjoa

    Is there any other way for a newbie freelance copywriter to get work without using upwork and other freelancing websites?

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    1) Slack: a) Join slack communities where your potential customers hang out. b) Make your display name ‘Your name (your company)’ c) Set up keyword notifications to jump into convos where you can add value. 2) Twitter: a) Open tweetdeck.twitter.com b) Track relevant keywords, hashtags...
  2. banjoa

    Ask Me Anything About SaaS ( I'm building my 7th )

    GOLD! HOT! SAAS / APPS 
    I don’t have a Saas but general principles apply. 1) Scratch your itch 2) Niche version of existing Saas. Example Shopify for florists. 3) Repeatable freelance & consulting work. 4) Build ontop growing platforms. Baremetrics built on Stripe.
  3. banjoa

    You WON'T Make BIG MONEY Until You Understand This... Even If You're Providing Value

    HOT! 
    I’m going with FOX. Here’s a concept I learned recently. Chain of beliefs. This refers to the belief that a prospect needs to belief, agree and realize in advance before they can buy your product. Without these beliefs in place, nothing you offer in terms of features, benefits, deals or...
  4. banjoa

    How to find out if there's a need for my idea?

    IDEA 
    Then the question becomes: 'What's the smallest (time & resources) bet I can take on this?' Don't worry if it fails or succeeds. Be outcome independent. The only goal is survival whatever happens. You just want to take the smallest bet you can so you can place many more bets in the future.
  5. banjoa

    How to find out if there's a need for my idea?

    IDEA 
    Don't try to validate this idea or any. Just take small bounded bets and let the chips fall wherever they may. The aim is to play again and again and again until something throws up golden gumballs. Farm luck. Be outcome independent. Take what works and discard what doesn't. Business is too...
  6. banjoa

    Selling B2B service while working 9-5

    MARKETING 
    Not personally, but I have done marketing for B2B companies.
  7. banjoa

    Selling B2B service while working 9-5

    MARKETING 
    1. Create content articulating the problems you are solving. Say you sell industrial machines to industrial companies. A problem many of them might face is sourcing quality machines at fair prices. This is the problem you are solving. Go ahead and create content in 1000 different ways...
  8. banjoa

    You actually don’t need business ideas...

    IDEA 
    Found this gem. Interesting take.
  9. banjoa

    A list of great copywriting books!

    BOOKS 
    16 sentence sales letter - Evaldo A
  10. banjoa

    how do i get my first sales freelancing??

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    1) Offer what people ask to pay you for. Don’t come up with the offer and try to sell. Instead, Be attuned to the problems of your market by engaging them where they hang out online. Ask questions about their business. Provide value without expecting anything in return. As you do this, you...
  11. banjoa

    Does anyone know any credible books/sources on selling digital products online?

    MARKETING 
    Do as Andy says. Works. More effort? Takes some time to push things along? Yes. But works. Here’s what’s has been working for me: Step 1: Create a opt-in to collect emails. Step 2: Send a lead magnet in exchange for emails Step 3: Email daily using infotainment emails. Got...
  12. banjoa

    Does anyone know any credible books/sources on selling digital products online?

    MARKETING 
    Which did you find more valuable and relevant?
  13. banjoa

    Has anyone had success with Twitter Ads?

    MARKETING 
    Automating engagement is everything now. Volume. Volume. Volume. If you aren’t selling enough, your problems isn’t sales. It’s Volume. You can use Ads. But that can quickly get expensive. For starters (like me) organic methods should be priority numero uno. If you were to reach out...
  14. banjoa

    Has anyone had success with Twitter Ads?

    MARKETING 
    Here’s how to play the twitter game: Engagement > Ads on twitter. Optimize your bio for your niche and offer. Put a lead magnet in your bio to grab email addy. Tweet actionable content. Look for big accounts in your niche or related. Go engage with people that engage with their...
  15. banjoa

    Side hustle fell through, £0 income, guess I'm going all in

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Doesn’t have to be twitter. Go where your audience is. It could be Facebook, LinkedIn or even Instagram. It doesn’t matter you have no tweets/followers or active page. We’ve all got to start somewhere. That’s why it pays to have a solid lead magnet and a powerful central idea. People...
  16. banjoa

    Side hustle fell through, £0 income, guess I'm going all in

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Create a twitter account. Create a lead magnet. Something valuable related to Facebook marketing. Nothing obvious and overdone like: 21 ways to make retargeting work for you... Use your lead magnet instead to drive a central theme or point about how you do Facebook marketing. Example...
  17. banjoa

    Can you add too much value?

    HOT! 
    Here’s how I see it: People are tunnel-visioned when they think about value. The popular view is: Value upfront. That’s not the only way to provide value. It’s the weakest form of providing value. The ROI on giving value upfront for most business model isn’t great. A better way is to...
  18. banjoa

    CHECKLIST: How to Start a Digital Marketing Agency & Hit $5K in Less than 90 Days

    GOLD! MARKETING 
    Market Ruleth: Maybe you’re trying to force a service on a market. Market should come before service. Find a market first. Find out what problems they have. Then come up with a solution. The problem has to be high on their totem pole. Their #1 problem in the business. Something that...
  19. banjoa

    CHECKLIST: How to Start a Digital Marketing Agency & Hit $5K in Less than 90 Days

    GOLD! MARKETING 
    You don’t need a websites to get started. I know people killing it as web designers without any website/blog. When you cold email/call you can present your portfolio directly. Re persuasion: All you need is results. If you can show results you’ll be fine.
  20. banjoa

    Using 3-tiered goals for weight-loss, or just about any goal (found on Reddit)

    MINDSET 
    That’s some fine writing!
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