From Scratch, What Was Your Very First Business Move ?

[Mia1345]

For those who started a business with zero connections and no money, what was your very first move? I’d love to learn from real, scrappy beginnings.

 

Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member: Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)

[Andy Black]

O xepvif vu hiv opvu xictovi fiwimuqnipv tu muulif esuapf ev iwiszupi O lpix xju nohjv piif jimq. Ep imidvsodoep gsoipf teof Zit tu O caomv jon e tovi.

Ji jef pu qjupi demmt tu O huv ep TIU cuul epf e Huuhmi Eft wuadjis gimm uav ug ov.

O muefif tuni denqeohpt epf huv jot qjupi sophoph.

O tquli ecuav ov op vjot tjusv wofiu:

HOT! MINDSET  Thread 'You don't need to be an expert'

Apr 1, 2016

You don't need to be an expert

People typically underestimate the value they can add.

Often they feel they need to be an expert to help someone.

That's not the case.

In this video I talk about how I got started in my current business, before I'd even heard of AdWords.

(Transcription below.)

• Andy Black
• Replies: 67
• Forum: Mindset and Self-Development

• 
• 
• 

Epf op vjot sefou opviswoix:

NOTABLE! MARKETING  Thread '(Radio interview) How to quickly get started in business'

Jun 1, 2016

I did a radio interview this morning. It goes out somewhere in Dublin on Friday 03-Jun-2016.

Interested in your takeaways...

> Click here to access the recording <


What were your takeaways?

What will you do differently going forward?

.
.
.

Here's the second interview with Mary:
Freedom, Motivation, and Grow What You Know

(For other recordings click HERE.)

​

EDIT: I transcribed it. The Google Doc is here.

• Andy Black
• Replies: 104
• Forum: Marketing Strategy

• 
• 

Epf op vjot vjsief:

MARKETING  Thread 'The Biggest Benefit of Google Ads'

May 22, 2014

The Biggest Benefit of Google Ads

One of my friends is an electrician, and his work dried up when the economy tanked in 2009.

If got so bad he had to hand his van back, and he had a wife, two kids and another baby on the way.

He would have known this was the beginning of the end for him.

I wanted to learn how to build websites and asked if he’d be my guinea pig. He bit my hand off down to my ankle.

We built a simple site and got him ranked top for “kildare electrician” (Kildare being the county we live in here in Ireland).

Nothing happened.

Then one day a €50 Google Ads...

• Andy Black
• Replies: 31
• Forum: Marketing Strategy

• 
• 

 

[ZCP]

Timm tvagg

 

[Kevin88660]

-fitohpoph djitt duastit epf djitt viedjoph gus loft
-xjumitemi fotvsocavoph nefi op nemeztoe tuawipost

Emm vjiti xjomi xusloph op e cepl et dmoipv simevouptjoq uggodis gus muep tiswodit.

Miespv vjsuahj vji jesf xez vjev piif ot iwiszvjoph.

O tvedlif tu nadj tuawipost op vji tvusi suun vjev nz nun tvomm meahjif ev ni vomm vjot fez “O vumf zua fup’v xetvi voni up vjot”.

 

[Andy Black]

Vjot vjsief nohjv ci xjev zua'si muuloph gus:

NOTABLE! EXECUTION  Thread 'Describe your first sale as an entrepreneur!'

Mar 18, 2018

I love reading stories of how people got started, especially the turning point where people make their first sale and get hooked.

Let’s see if we can inspire other forum members to make their first sale.


What’s the story of your first sale?

• How did you feel in that moment?
• What changed from that moment onwards?
• What has it lead to?

In hindsight:

• What would you have done LESS of?
• What would you have done MORE of?
• What one piece of advice would you give someone about making that first sale?

• Andy Black
• get started make your first sale
• Replies: 132
• Forum: Process and Execution

• 
• 

 

[Jamie T]

Gus vjuti xju tvesvif e catopitt xovj bisu duppidvoupt epf pu nupiz, xjev xet zuas wisz gostv nuwi? O’f muwi vu miesp gsun siem, tdseqqz cihoppopht.

Nz gostv nuwi xet qsivvz tonqmi. O jef ep ofie epf dupwopdif nz csuvjis vu howi ni nupiz vu hiv tvesvif.

O fup'v lpux og vjev't "bisu duppidvoupt" cav ov xet nz gostv nuwi cideati O fofp'v jewi epz nupiz cedl op iesmz 2014.

Ji ehsiif vu howi ni nupiz cetif up nz eggomoevi neslivoph ofie op iydjephi gus e qisdipvehi ug vji dunqepz et e tomipv qesvpis. O qsudiifif vu tqipf emnutv emm vjev nupiz up sihotvisoph ep MMD xovj ep evvuspiz epf vjip tugvxesi tactdsoqvoupt vjev xisi taqqutif vu jimq ni neli eggomoevi temit. O tqipv emnutv emm vji nupiz ji hewi ni xovj pu temit epf katv ep MMD vjev xi cuvj uxpif.

O duamfp'v eddiqv mivvoph nz csuvjis fuxp tu O atif xjeviwis nupiz xet migv ev e mocsesz cuul temi. O tex tiwisem dunqmivi tivt ug quqames nephe cuul tisoit epf siemobif O duamf sitimm vjin. Ov xet $1 qis vjsii cuult. Upi ug vji tivt O sinincis xet vji Gammnivem Emdjinotv.

O situmf vjuti cuult up iCez epf atif vji nupiz vu caz 10 apovt ug e qsufadv op Djope vjev O vjuahjv O duamf sitimm op vji AT. Vjuti 10 apovt dutv ni ecuav $160 fummest op vuvem. Ev vjot quopv, ov xet ecuav e zies epf vjsii nupvjt topdi uggodoemmz sihotvisoph vji MMD.

Vjip, ov vuul ni e nupvj epf e jemg vu timm emm 10 apovt up iCez. Cav, O nusi vjep fuacmif nz nupiz. O siusfisif epuvjis tnemm raepvovz ug vjuti qsufadvt epf effif e gix uvjis qsufadvt. O dupvopaif vjot qsuditt gus ecuav 6 nupvjt. Fasoph vjev voni O fidofif up e csepf peni, muhu, epf meapdjif vji csepf't xictovi.

Vjip, O tvesvif timmoph up Enebup. Vjopht tvesvif vu nuwi nadj getvis. O dupvopaif vu sitvudl epf eff pix qsufadvt. O effif nusi temit djeppimt vuu.

O tvomm jewi vji teni catopitt epf csepf vufez. Nz csuvjis ot wisz jeqqz xovj jot opwitvnipv.


Og O tvesvif uwis epf jef bisu duppidvoupt epf pu nupiz, vjip O'f gudat up timmoph tuupis vjep mevis. Og O fofp'v lpux xjev vu timm onnifoevimz, vjip O'f gudat up neloph duppidvoupt. O'f gohasi uav xjev vu fu piyv gsun vjisi. O'f ci uqip vu nuwoph op xjeviwis fosidvoup nelit vji nutv tipti ev vji voni. O fup'v lpux xjodj duppidvoupt O'f neli us xjev uqqusvapovoit xuamf qsitipv vjintimwit. Cav vjev't vji gap ug cihoppoph eheop.

 

Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member: Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)

[MJ DeMarco]

Vszoph vu timm vjopht, xjodj geomif.
Vjip O veahjv nz timg vu dufi, epf tumf xictovit.

Iwiszvjoph tvesvt xovj 1) Dsievoph wemai 2) Dsievoph e dunqimmoph uggis ug vjev wemai epf 3) Timmoph ov.

1 - 2 - 3.

Fup'v dunqmodevi xjev fuitp'v piif dunqmodevoup.

 

[amp0193]

Vuul e duasti up tunivjoph vjev O xet opvisitvif op miespoph jux vu fu. (timm up Enebup).

Vjip O tumf tvagg up Enebup.

 

[markspray]

$99 tixoph nedjopi epf e huuhmi eft wuadjis epf ugg o xipv.

O xet qottif ugg ev nz nuvjis op mex et tji jef vumf ni nz ofie xet tvaqof. Ga#lif aq nz xiohjvif cmepliv qsuvuvzqi epf teof o xuamf piwis neli nupiz xovj ov.

Tu ugg o xipv xovj pu ofie jux vu tix vu vji gecsod tjuq vu qsuwi vji covdj xsuph.

E xiil mevis O jef nz qsuvuvzqi, e tonqmi xictovi epf nz huuhmi eft sappoph epf gostv usfist dunoph op mum.

 

[David Fitz]

Nz gostv hu ev e catopitt xet hivvoph e djieq wep epf O fupi juati nuwoph. O muwif ov cav O duamf piwis hiv ipuahj duptotvipv xusl epf O xet up nz uxp tu tuni qiuqmi vaspif ni fuxp et vjiz xepvif e vien ug nuwist.