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  1. Devilery

    What are some creative ways YOU would promote this crowdfunding campaign?

    SPEEDWAY 
    Create a stand in a public place and sell water for an outrageous price like $545 per bottle (all labels removed). When someone comes up to you and asks if you're crazy, tell the story about the group of people to whom water actually "costs" that much. Or make the price $10,000. "Too...
  2. Devilery

    How did you handle packaging and product branding without burning a fortune?

    QUESTION 
    Here are hundreds, if not thousands, of great ideas. What I would do, though, is find 5 of the currently trending jewelry brands and see what their packaging looks like, then make it your own. There are so many brands doing it well that you don't need to pay someone a fortune to come up with a...
  3. Devilery

    Critique my latest video ad

    MARKETING SOCIAL MEDIA 
    Some will say it's good, some will say it's poorly edited, so just test it. Take whatever amount you're comfortable with and launch it. If it converts, cool. If not, you can measure its "worthiness" by Click Through Rate or at least Cost Per Click. Sometimes it's professionally done ads that...
  4. Devilery

    It's OVER. What do I do?

    IDEA MARKETING 
    Apologies, I'm tall, so biased from the start, but a few things: 1. The design is horrible; it's outdated by at least a decade. Any premium theme on Shopify would be great. The black background, generic font, and generic colors, just bad. 2. There's not much copy, but some wild pieces stand...
  5. Devilery

    Is minimalism a coping mechanism in response to stress?

    MINDSET 
    I'm sure there's a wide spectrum of minimalists, so speaking from personal experience. I've been deep into spirituality, which naturally made me a "minimalist" - most stuff is just stuff, it doesn't matter. While I'm "less spiritual" now, it's still true. A good way of knowing what you actually...
  6. Devilery

    Inferiority Complex

    MINDSET 
    Guess what! Even some of the smartest and most capable people still think they should be smarter and more capable. Just like gorgeous-looking, fit women still feel like their nose is too big, or they have to lose 10 more pounds. You will never be "good enough". You have to start being...
  7. Devilery

    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    Have you done any blood tests? No one can guess what the cause is, but blood tests can. You're likely deficient in something and need to adjust your diet/get a supplement to solve the problem. I do blood tests every year to know what that "something" is. E.g., if your car doesn't start one...
  8. Devilery

    How do I move faster? Ecom company sold 300 units over the past year - 10k revenue.

    SCALING 
    5 ads in a year is low, very, very, (very!) low. I used to work in an agency that specialized in running ads for e-commerce brands. We created 25 to 100 new creatives per client EVERY MONTH. 50% didn't do great. 40% did okay. 10% got new ads for the scaling ad set. Rinse and repeat every...
  9. Devilery

    Fakes?

    IDEA 
    Yeah, no difference in selling a Class A drug vs a fake Gucci T-shirt, right? I'm sure you mean well by suggesting him to build his own luxury clothing brand, but you do realize that building the next Gucci isn't exactly a straightforward process? The guy made $17k a month in Romania, where...
  10. Devilery

    Fakes?

    IDEA 
    Legal and ethical issues aside, I can see how this would work in a developed country. I was just in Turkey (but have been there many times) and saw lots of fakes. Most are in touristy places, low quality, and with high markups. However, if you get friendly with a local, you can visit...
  11. Devilery

    The True Power of AI: Just wrote/converted a complete website.

    IDEA - AI - WEB DESIGN 
    This seems like a nightmare. How is this a better solution than any common builder with templates available? Divi or Elementor has 100s of templates that look a lot better, and are easily customizable. AI builders are super annoying when small tweaks need to be made, and if you need to...
  12. Devilery

    Got my 1st sale! (Drkleo.com)

    EXECUTION 
    Beef tallow is trending on social media, so it might sell for a while, but I don't believe all those "fixed my severe acne in just weeks." Extra hydration is not a solution, it just treats one of the possible symptoms - dryness. Accutane is the only near-guaranteed solution for severe cases...
  13. Devilery

    "Self-compassion" vs. "Mental toughness" - A dichotomy for retards

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    You've explained this a lot better than I could, so I'll just share my personal experience. I used to be severely depressed. Naturally, it turned me into a person angry with the world, socially distant, hateful, etc. At my lowest point, I turned to spirituality. After a year or so of...
  14. Devilery

    Best website platform for a premium book site in 2025?

    FEEDBACK 
    Just type into Google: Best WordPress templates and Best Webflow Templates. Webflow wouldn't be my top suggestion in this case, but the visual experience is just another level. Sure, you can code anything on WordPress, but Webflow is a lot more interactive, animated, and visual by default...
  15. Devilery

    Best website platform for a premium book site in 2025?

    FEEDBACK 
    You could get a 1:1 duplicate of James's website created for $2K comfortably (on WordPress). More premium? Check out Webflow: Search HTML5 responsive website templates | Webflow Webflow is significantly more difficult to build, though. At least compared to WordPress and a theme/page builder...
  16. Devilery

    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    I'm still going to the gym and enjoying it. I'm just finally honest with myself about why I started - because I was an insecure teenager. Now that I'm older, made something of myself, I'm no longer (or at least not as much) worried about being "big". I'm more interested in being healthy, too...
  17. Devilery

    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    This is why I lost the spark I once had for the gym. I was super committed for years, endless bulking, chasing new PRs, until I reached my goals, and realized that I'm only as strong as the average 18-year-old fitness influencer. Powerlifting is a legitimate sport (though anything but healthy)...
  18. Devilery

    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    I told mine: "Note this down. This applies ALWAYS. Never ever use dashes, only hyphens, and even better if a comma can be used instead. There are no exceptions, and this applies to all future communication between us." ChatGPT response: Got it, 100%. No more dashes—ever. Just hyphens or commas...
  19. Devilery

    Lifestyle design help

    MINDSET 
    I'm sure many of us would like to hear about it, at least vaguely. I'm making digital nomad not F*ck you money, but I, too, have the problem of not knowing where I want to live long-ish term.
  20. Devilery

    Lifestyle design help

    MINDSET 
    Yeah, I can't comment much on the US. I have not seen enough yet. You said it right, though; it could work quite well if you're living in a wealthy area isolated from the problems. SEA is a love/hate for me. I love the nature and climate, but I would always be a tourist, and the poverty is...

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