Where do you find people with their problems?

[peter_go]

<div class="bbWrapper">Hello,<br /> <br /> I have a question to succesful entrepreneurs:<br /> I wonder how and where do you find people problems / groups of people with their problems?<br /> What strategie do you have?<br /> <br /> I&#039;m searching online: forums, facebook groups... and I spend a lot of time there recently.<br /> <br /> Cheers <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-shortname=":-)" /></div>

 

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[Ninjakid]

<div class="bbWrapper">Facebook. Everyone tells the world about their problems on Facebook. Not only that, but they act like their problems supersede everything else in existence.</div>

 

[peter_go]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 24242" data-quote="Ninjakid" data-source="post: 488374" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=488374" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-488374">Ninjakid said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Facebook. Everyone tells the world about their problems on Facebook. Not only that, but they act like their problems supersede everything else in existence. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Thank you for your reply, Ninjakid.<br /> <br /> 1) I&#039;ve found one group on Facebook with a big problem: parents with children skin disorder. They discuss issues, problems and solutions.<br /> I can give them a solution, but this solution is based on network marketing products (and not mines)<br /> <br /> 2) How do you find a group facebook you can help with your skills and competence?</div>

 

[iAmAttila]

<div class="bbWrapper">Getting involved with a community helps. The stuff i know about some niches puts us way ahead of other affiliates. All because i signed up on some forums and engaged with the userd on it</div>

 

[Mattie]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 34689" data-quote="peter_go" data-source="post: 488377" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=488377" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-488377">peter_go said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> 2) How do you find a group facebook you can help with your skills and competence? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>What is your skills and competence? Facebook has tons of groups, Reddit as well, and tons of other forums. I usually focus on everything to do with psychology, philosophy, holistic healing, mental toughness, and other niches under the Umbrella of psychology or has to do with the mind. You hone your skills and competence by learning on certain subject matter, studying it thoroughly, hanging out in those forums and threads, and learning what the problems are, and it&#039;s up to you to problem solve and come up with solutions. When you have solutions others will listen.</div>

 

[Longinus]

<div class="bbWrapper">Don&#039;t seek for it too far.<br /> <br /> I went to the world expo in Milan this weekend and there were like 200k visitors every day. That meant very long waiting lines. Same with amusement parks. People hate waiting. That&#039;s an opportunity.<br /> <br /> I also had a great idea for an app this weekend: a sort of dating app that tracks the people you crossed paths with (some people are too shy to approach). After writing down everything, I found out it already exists under the name of <b>happn </b>and it&#039;s just one year old.<br /> <br /> My problems: having too much books to read. Some dudes started a website where you can download summaries of business books. <br /> <br /> Just listen to people complaining. Listen to their problems. Just don&#039;t lock yourself up at home.</div>

 

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[peter_go]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 25730" data-quote="Longinus" data-source="post: 488939" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=488939" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-488939">Longinus said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Don&#039;t seek for it too far.<br /> <br /> My problems: having too much books to read. Some dudes started a website where you can download summaries of business books.<br /> <br /> Just listen to people complaining. Listen to their problems. Just don&#039;t lock yourself up at home. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Yes, you&#039;re right.<br /> <br /> But how do you resolve the problem to find out if people will <b>pay</b> for it?<br /> <br /> I&#039;ve had a similar idea to launch: website that helps you find a book by your current preferences (book consultant).<br /> But two challenges appear (always I think):<br /> 1) first you don&#039;t know what could you sell to them<br /> 2) how to make initial website (made in 1-2 days) to test.<br /> (I was looking for wordpress templates, but it&#039;s really hard)<br /> <br /> Really would you like to pick and download summary of business book? I thought people prefere read whole entire book. <br /> Do you know does a site like book advisor online exist? <br /> <br /> Edit: I&#039;ve looked up. Yes, it&#039;s for example <a href="http://www.getabstract.com/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.getabstract.com/</a>. So it&#039;s a huge company in this niche. It would be hard to compete. But the good new it doesn&#039;t exist in my language/country not at all. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></div>

 

[Longinus]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 34689" data-quote="peter_go" data-source="post: 489008" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=489008" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-489008">peter_go said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> But how do you resolve the problem to find out if people will <b>pay</b> for it? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> That&#039;s the big question everybody is asking.<br /> I started a catering service in my country because everybody was/is complaining about wanting to eat healthy but lacking time. With that in mind, it should be a huge success, but it isn&#039;t.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="" data-source="" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I&#039;ve had a similar idea to launch: website that helps you find a book by your current preferences (book consultant). </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> That&#039;s kinda what Goodreads is doing.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="" data-source="" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Really would you like to pick and download summary of business book? I thought people prefere read whole entire book. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I do, but sometimes poorly written books have interesting content.<br /> <br /> I have plenty of good ideas, but just as MJ writes in TMF, ideas don&#039;t make money, execution does.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="" data-source="" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Edit: I&#039;ve looked up. Yes, it&#039;s for example <a href="http://www.getabstract.com/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.getabstract.com/</a>. So it&#039;s a huge company in this niche. It would be hard to compete. But the good new it doesn&#039;t exist in my language/country not at all. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> If you want to compete them, you need to read a lot and make good summaries. Also my problem with Get Abstracted is that you have to pay for a subscription if I&#039;m right. Paying for bundles of 10-20-50 summaries for example would be much more attractive for me. <br /> <br /> OR<br /> <br /> You can ask people to make summaries and trade them for others <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></div>

 

[peter_go]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23749" data-quote="Mattie" data-source="post: 488902" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=488902" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-488902">Mattie said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> When you have solutions others will listen. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>And what to do when you don&#039;t have a solution which will make your own business? ;-)</div>

 

[peter_go]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 25730" data-quote="Longinus" data-source="post: 489014" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=489014" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-489014">Longinus said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> That&#039;s the big question everybody is asking.<br /> I started a catering service in my country because everybody was/is complaining about wanting to eat healthy but lacking time. With that in mind, it should be a huge success, but it isn&#039;t. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Why? <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-shortname=":-)" /><br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 25730" data-quote="Longinus" data-source="post: 489014" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=489014" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-489014">Longinus said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> That&#039;s kinda what Goodreads is doing. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Yes, it&#039;s something like that.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 25730" data-quote="Longinus" data-source="post: 489014" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=489014" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-489014">Longinus said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I have plenty of good ideas, but just as MJ writes in TMF, ideas don&#039;t make money, execution does. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>So, the challenge is how to execute to check out faster does your idea succes! <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-shortname=":-)" /><br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 25730" data-quote="Longinus" data-source="post: 489014" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=489014" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-489014">Longinus said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> If you want to compete them, you need to read a lot and make good summaries. Also my problem with Get Abstracted is that you have to pay for a subscription if I&#039;m right. Paying for bundles of 10-20-50 summaries for example would be much more attractive for me. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Why?<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 25730" data-quote="Longinus" data-source="post: 489014" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=489014" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-489014">Longinus said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> You can ask people to make summaries and trade them for others <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> Yes, if there&#039;s a demand.</div>

 

[mayana]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 34689" data-quote="peter_go" data-source="post: 489008" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=489008" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-489008">peter_go said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> But how do you resolve the problem to find out if people will <b>pay</b> for it? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> This is relatively easy, though it will probably require a small investment initially. (This works best for ideas that you are going to sell directly to consumers or even small businesses):<br /> <br /> 1. Create a Wordpress site in about 15 minutes, design a decent landing page that presents your solution (whether or not it actually already exists - it doesn&#039;t matter yet). <br /> <br /> 2. Install Google Analytics or some other tracking to your site so you can track your visitors&#039; activity<br /> <br /> 3. Have a &quot;buy it now&quot; button that takes you to an e-mail sign-up page (where you can say that the product is launching soon and they can sign up to get notified as soon as it&#039;s ready). <br /> <br /> 4. Spend a hundred bucks or so on PPC ads (Facebook or Google) driving would-be customers to your site.<br /> <br /> 5. See what those people do on your site. How many of them click on the link to buy? How many of them sign up for your e-mail list - meaning they really, really want the product.<br /> <br /> Even if you spend two or three hundred dollars to run a test like this and nobody is interested, it didn&#039;t go to waste. Imagine how much time/money you would&#039;ve spent developing the product only to find out it won&#039;t sell.<br /> <br /> * Make sure your landing page is good - just as good as you would make it if you had something to really sell. And your PPC ad copy, too.<br /> <br /> If your product is something that you can develop relatively quickly, then why not pre-sell it? That&#039;s another great way to see if your idea will sell.</div>

 

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[Get Right]

<div class="bbWrapper">I just logged into Twitter for you. Searched &quot;Hate Dogfood&quot;. Flood of ideas.<br /> <br /> Most repeated &quot;hate&quot; - &quot;I hate getting dogfood on my hands&quot;<br /> <br /> Now, go get em.</div>

 

[Bouncing Soul]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 17030" data-quote="Get Right" data-source="post: 489072" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=489072" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-489072">Get Right said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I just logged into Twitter for you. Searched &quot;Hate Dogfood&quot;. Flood of ideas.<br /> <br /> Most repeated &quot;hate&quot; - &quot;I hate getting dogfood on my hands&quot;<br /> <br /> Now, go get em. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Awesome...someone solve this cheap. I hate feeding our dogs more than cleaning the toilets.</div>

 

[Longinus]

<div class="bbWrapper">Put dogfood in the toilet reservoir. Both problems solved.<br /> <br /> You&#039;re welcome.<br /> <br /> Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G800F met Tapatalk</div>

 

[Mattie]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 34689" data-quote="peter_go" data-source="post: 489022" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=489022" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-489022">peter_go said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> And what to do when you don&#039;t have a solution which will make your own business? ;-) </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>In my experience if you don&#039;t have a solution, you keep searching for the answers until you find one. There&#039;s always been times I didn&#039;t know what to do. If I sat around waiting for someone else to give me the answers I would have never found the Fastlane. When anything breaks down in life, whether materialistic, psychological, spiritual, emotional, physical, or even financially, there&#039;s always a problem, and at first you may not know the solution. This is where you start asking questions. Why isn&#039;t it working, and what do I have to do to fix it. Gather evidence, facts, evaluate the situation, make observations, do research, and usually somewhere in there you find the answer.</div>

 

[DeletedUser394]

<div class="bbWrapper">Just found this picture I took years ago. Not sure what book it&#039;s from. <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/dsc_0154-webp.10676/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/7/7306-83fb46c2fd87ca951421fcb9221e1de8.jpg?hash=lcWzmVKZd7" class="bbImage " style="" alt="DSC_0154.webp" title="DSC_0154.webp" width="200" height="267" loading="lazy" /></a></div>

 

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[Andy Black]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 989" data-quote="GrumpyCat" data-source="post: 489336" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=489336" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-489336">GrumpyCat said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Just found this picture I took years ago. Not sure what book it&#039;s from. <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/10676/" target="_blank">View attachment 10676</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> You&#039;re recommending Groupon?<br /> <br /> That&#039;s a first...</div>