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[Progress] The Glory of Johnny boy

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I’ve been overthinking this sh!t for years. Don’t be like me.

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Just landed a 3k client from posting ads on craigslist for website design and marketing consulting. I will be doing this freelancing in Thailand all December.

Making money isn't reinventing the wheel, more like hopping into an already existing game of double dutch.

The decamillions and billions take some creativity, but not just making some good cash. That's just about not choosing something stupid like having a job.
 

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Just landed a 3k client from posting ads on craigslist for website design and marketing consulting. I will be doing this freelancing in Thailand all December.

Making money isn't reinventing the wheel, more like hopping into an already existing game of double dutch.

The decamillions and billions take some creativity, but not just making some good cash. That's just about not choosing something stupid like having a job.
I thought you were more into other kind of business. Are you planning to keep freelancing, or is just for some cash for the trip and/or not getting too bored after a week? Also, do you have the website design skills, or are you planning to outsource it?
 
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Just landed a 3k client from posting ads on craigslist for website design and marketing consulting. I will be doing this freelancing in Thailand all December.

Making money isn't reinventing the wheel, more like hopping into an already existing game of double dutch.

The decamillions and billions take some creativity, but not just making some good cash. That's just about not choosing something stupid like having a job.
Nice work, what was your point of difference or value proposition. I imagine craigslist would be a competitive space?

And enjoy the trip to Thailand
 

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I thought you were more into other kind of business. Are you planning to keep freelancing, or is just for some cash for the trip and/or not getting too bored after a week? Also, do you have the website design skills, or are you planning to outsource it?
we don't mow lawns in the winter. Johnny needs more crews.
 

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Nice work, what was your point of difference or value proposition. I imagine craigslist would be a competitive space?

And enjoy the trip to Thailand
We post a lot of ads nationwide and call ourselves a firm.

No value prop really. The entire business from idea to finished site and posted ads took me 4 hours in a coffee shop. It's a sole prop and my buddy is the salesman.

Least competitive space there is. Cost per client acquisition is around $50 worth of ads at most.

Y'all sleepin on CL, I think people are crazy for it. More for me.
 
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Just landed a 3k client from posting ads on craigslist for website design and marketing consulting. I will be doing this freelancing in Thailand all December.

Making money isn't reinventing the wheel, more like hopping into an already existing game of double dutch.

The decamillions and billions take some creativity, but not just making some good cash. That's just about not choosing something stupid like having a job.

Ah man take me to Thailand with you! I hate the cold.

On a serious note, have a good time, send some beach pics.
 

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We post a lot of ads and call ourselves a firm. Least competitive space there is. Cost per client acquisition is around $50 worth of ads at most. Y'all sleepin.
Very nice, we don't use craigslist in Australia but have similar platforms, may be worh experimenting. and is web design your primary business?
 
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Very nice, we don't use craigslist in Australia but have similar platforms, may be worh experimenting. and is web design your primary business?
No I run a lawn care company. I need more crews. Hoping investors pull through but if not I'll bootstrap it by building sites this winter. This is my favorite side hustle of all time.
 

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What are your thoughts on shoveling? Too sporadic?
It snows for 3 days a year here on a random schedule. Maybe December...maybe February.

My focus is more valuable being spent in other areas than shoveling snow.

+ it sucks

+ I cant do it in Thailand on a beach in 90 degree weather. I can’t stand the damn cold.
 

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Just landed a 3k client from posting ads on craigslist for website design and marketing consulting. I will be doing this freelancing in Thailand all December.

Making money isn't reinventing the wheel, more like hopping into an already existing game of double dutch.

The decamillions and billions take some creativity, but not just making some good cash. That's just about not choosing something stupid like having a job.
Nice man. I just took the leap too from my job.

Would love to hear about your Craigslist strategy. I’m sure OP would too.
 
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Nice man. I just took the leap too from my job.

Would love to hear about your Craigslist strategy. I’m sure OP would too.
Here's an ad we posted

our website link is in the post

We post to big cities in america at a rate of about 1-2 a day. $5-$10 a day....


When you reach out to us, my "account coordinator" works with you and when you finally sign up, you start working with your very own "account manager" (me).

We only do wordpress, shopify or wix type sites. The marketing consulting is essentially regurgitating Gary Vaynerchuck. It's pretty good stuff anyways. I have no idea how to code. Only how to sell. And boy can we sell.
 

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Ah man take me to Thailand with you! I hate the cold.

On a serious note, have a good time, send some beach pics.
Definitely. tickets were $385 there from Seattle. Heading to India for a rickshaw run (look it up) in january and flying directly there from Thailand. If I have enough money for adding another crew for my lawn care biz and have some left over, I'll stay on a beach somewhere until mid February.
 

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Here's an ad we posted

our website link is in the post

We post to big cities in america at a rate of about 1-2 a day. $5-$10 a day....


When you reach out to us, my "account coordinator" works with you and when you finally sign up, you start working with your very own "account manager" (me).

We only do wordpress, shopify or wix type sites. The marketing consulting is essentially regurgitating Gary Vaynerchuck. It's pretty good stuff anyways. I have no idea how to code. Only how to sell. And boy can we sell.
Very nice. Would you put "Google Ads" into your keyword footer?
 
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Haha. Op's first progress thread turned into a surprise @Johnny boy progress thread.

@Icecreamchild if you want to see how you can just take an idea and turn it into something explosively checkout: NOTABLE! - Starting a lawn care service business
Lol

hasn’t exploded yet. Doing just fine though for the first year. I had a hell of a summer.
Just wanted to let @Icecreamchild know that they can make a nice 5k a month bonus from their laptop without having to reinvent the wheel.
 

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Maybe I missed it, so you will outsource it? Fiverr or something like that?

He executes and gets sales. He can outsource or hire someone to do the coding. That's what Gary Vaynerchuck does, or 99% of CEOs.
 
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Here's an ad we posted

our website link is in the post

We post to big cities in america at a rate of about 1-2 a day. $5-$10 a day....


When you reach out to us, my "account coordinator" works with you and when you finally sign up, you start working with your very own "account manager" (me).

We only do wordpress, shopify or wix type sites. The marketing consulting is essentially regurgitating Gary Vaynerchuck. It's pretty good stuff anyways. I have no idea how to code. Only how to sell. And boy can we sell.

First thing I noticed on your ad is that you use a lots of “We”. That makes you very bussiness-centric rather than customer-centric. Try to do a little copywriting on your ad, replace those “we” with “you”s, and see the magic happen. “You” is a trigger word, you look like bringing more value for them just by using this very simple word.

Good luck!
 

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First thing I noticed on your ad is that you use a lots of “We”. That makes you very bussiness-centric rather than customer-centric. Try to do a little copywriting on your ad, replace those “we” with “you”s, and see the magic happen. “You” is a trigger word, you look like bringing more value for them just by using this very simple word.

Good luck!
How is YOUR web design and marketing consulting firm doing?
 

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Here's an ad we posted

our website link is in the post

We post to big cities in america at a rate of about 1-2 a day. $5-$10 a day....


When you reach out to us, my "account coordinator" works with you and when you finally sign up, you start working with your very own "account manager" (me).

We only do wordpress, shopify or wix type sites. The marketing consulting is essentially regurgitating Gary Vaynerchuck. It's pretty good stuff anyways. I have no idea how to code. Only how to sell. And boy can we sell.
Have you outsourced sales to handle calls, emails, etc? Or are you pretty available most of the time to handle it?
 

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Have you outsourced sales to handle calls, emails, etc? Or are you pretty available most of the time to handle it?
I pay my best friend 50% of profits just to deal with customers and sales and sending the quotes, contracts and invoices.
 

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Well F*ck me maybe you should’ve posted more than one sentence in your thread.

There’s valuable advice that’s been shared so far. You’d be better off to take it.

Otherwise #landfill
 
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Well F*ck me maybe you should’ve posted more than one sentence in your thread.

There’s valuable advice that’s been shared so far. You’d be better off to take it.

Otherwise #landfill

I thought I should create a new thread for my journey.
So I changed the title of this thread.
Not to offend anyone.
 

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I thought I should create a new thread for my journey.
So I changed the title of this thread.
Go for it. But we still have no idea what you’re doing so please elaborate in the new thread so we can help.

I’m interested to know what digital assets are.
 

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