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  1. Nick T

    Building An Old School Service-Based Business From Scratch...

    SCALING EXECUTION 
    Some tips for your first sale... Frame your mind right to get rid of nerves... Your goal is to actually serve your first customer, not "sell" them. Whenever you are making your first touch. Don't think "I need to sell this person", Think, "I have a really good service that people should know...
  2. Nick T

    Need Advice on Starting a Business – What Do You Think?

    IDEA 
    If all you need is to incorporate (become a business) in your country there is no barrier to entry. However, it sounds like the connections are the barrier to entry. Why don't you just find industry connections to work with? They are also who will fund you because they understand the business...
  3. Nick T

    Still around I have just been working on my next project. Please feel free to give me feedback...

    Still around I have just been working on my next project. Please feel free to give me feedback. It's an AI-driven digital product management platform for software startups. You can find it at iKooru.com Read my latest article on starting a tech startup if that is something you want to do.
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  4. Nick T

    Any iOS developers around?

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Oh a fellow ENTP... Alright, I can really empathize with you. :) Now I know why you don't have a clear picture... I went up and down a ton until I found the steady climb... and it was because I was thinking in a year or two not a decade. I didn't pay attention to my weaknesses enough, or focus...
  5. Nick T

    Been here since 2017, going from trucking to school

    INTRO 
    What will accelerate you faster than a degree... is just learning to code and building something. Here is some free resources... https://www.freecodecamp.org/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8butISFwT-Wl7EV0hUK0BQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4JX40jDee_tINbkjycV4Sg...
  6. Nick T

    Information regarding app development? (Create Your Own VS Outsource Developer VS In-House Developer)

    Yeah, you won't go wrong binge reading his stuff. You can use them alone or together....Both are prototyping tools... What I do is make a rough layout in justintime because I find it faster for me, then I go to Fiverr and have someone clean it up... The Justintime file type isn't usually a...
  7. Nick T

    17 Years old Lost Direction

    INTRO 
    Congrats man! Super proud of you for taking action. "Ideas don't move mountains, bulldozers do." - Peter Drucker I remember the days of walking into a business and walking right back out. What I found though is it wasn't me, but my lack of experience in what I was trying to sell. I didn't...
  8. Nick T

    Any iOS developers around?

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    The thing I have found on my SaaS journey is its not about the products platform or the code IOS, Android, Web etc... Because you can be on all three at the same time, and hyrbids for native apps via the web are trying to break through as well. You can waste a lot time debating that... As you...
  9. Nick T

    Information regarding app development? (Create Your Own VS Outsource Developer VS In-House Developer)

    I have a couple SaaS companies, because you have a lot of ambiguity on the coding side I would test your hypothesis with a prototype VS a programmed MVP. I use Adobe XD and Justinmind to make clickable prototypes for testing. (Both you can get a free version of, and they are fast/easy to learn)...
  10. Nick T

    Looking for GDPR conform Marketing strategies for a product prohibited on facebook (CBD)

    MARKETING 
    Ahh ok... it was kind of vague so I wasn't sure. As far as your conviction... that's on you amigo. I've dealt with enough people that results are what matters... On your reasons though... Fantastic... You see it wasn't until I put reason's over goals that I began to perform. My reasons were...
  11. Nick T

    Building an Email List for Sneakerheads

    I've heard worse ideas... I've also heard better plans for testing your hypothesises... Why don't you see if you can get someone to read your content first before buying any promotions? For example... you are hanging out in a FB group for sneaker heads... and you drop some knowledge. Does it...
  12. Nick T

    Looking for GDPR conform Marketing strategies for a product prohibited on facebook (CBD)

    MARKETING 
    On the GDPR thing... it's more of an issue of collecting data/security, and if you do collect data just keeping it in the EU. You don't need software to rank websites (This kind of stuff was more valuable pre-peguin(2012), and not sure how you are planning to use it for affiliate...
  13. Nick T

    what are the threads on Email list building

    If you are just looking for threads... use the TFF search Search Results 1. Just use something like MailCheat(Chimp) at first... Once you get the hang of it you can move to Klaviyo or similar. 2. Youtube "How to start an email campaign on MailCheat(Chimp)" 3. Tips... Tip #1. Build your list with...
  14. Nick T

    Running my first Kickstarter campaign!

    EXECUTION 
    Hey David congrats on getting your product ready to launch. So some good signs is you have at least 350 people aware, got 10% of that to subscribe, and hopefully 10% of those will convert. If you could scale and could convert like that you would be winning. Here are some thoughts that might...
  15. Nick T

    How To Retain Clients?

    PEOPLE 
    Set expectations clearly from the beginning, and when they call to complain.(Not if, but when) Make sure you keep them in frame. Its called the velvet ropes. When you go to a movie you walk down the velvet ropes to get to your destination. ALWAYS hold frame. ALWAYS. If you set expectations...
  16. Nick T

    Sending 1,000 Emails/Day?

    MARKETING 
    What are you selling? I imagine its consulting/marketing... I have mass emailed both for consulting and for ecommerce... being the list is from linkedin I am going to go with consulting/marketing. "My question to anyone with email marketing experience (of this magnitude and in general), do...
  17. Nick T

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

    GOLD! HOT! SAAS / APPS 
    Lol, you called it... They are trying to do the old "knock everyone else's building down, instead of building their's up in order to have the tallest building." We have a retainer fund we add to every month because of it. (And they don't know we eliminated their ability to force people to stay...
  18. Nick T

    Marketing books for my start-up

    MARKETING 
    Hello, You would probably get a lot out of Russel Brunson's books. A quick search on Amazon will bring them up. You should start an execution thread and document your progress. This way we can all learn as you go about your journey. You can also drop your product idea in the idea thread, and...
  19. Nick T

    34 and Ready to Embark on Life in the Fastlane!

    INTRO 
    Well, here's what you are up against... Learning to code effectively takes time. There are lot's of concepts to grasp. There are lots of abstractions you have to sleep on to understand, and errors you have to wade through. The more ambiguity you mix in on your journey, the harder it gets... I...
  20. Nick T

    Ecommerce - driving cold traffic to LANDING PAGE vs PRODUCT PAGE. Or should it be the same page?

    Generally speaking the higher the ticket the more info someone would need. So I would suggest a landing page. However, you can do both it really depends on the product, who you are selling it to, and how much they need it... So its kind of hard to give you an answer besides... Just telling you...
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