Some hard life truths:
1. Pharmaceutical industry doesn't create cures.They create customers.There is no money in the cure.
2. Schools don't teach kids anything useful. It's a system based on memorization.
3. The education system is a fraud and a big business.
4. Mainstream media feeds people what is in the best interest of the government, not its people.
5. A job will RARELY get you financial freedom! It's a trap. The richest people in the world don't...
Man, I hope most of you are already aware of them...
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Saturday, September 30, 2017
Work is for Slowlaners
This short post is dedicated to our newest forum members.
I've been hearing multiple times that broke forum members who are living in a parent's basement don't wanna get a job, because, in their opinion, working for someone automatically labels them as slowlaners.
It's bullshit. Why? Let's illustrate:
John is working as an accountant. He wakes up 6am and takes 1h trip to job while listening to music. He starts at 8am and finishes 4pm. He's always in a hurry to get back home, because his...
Work is for Slowlaners
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I've been hearing multiple times that broke forum members who are living in a parent's basement don't wanna get a job, because, in their opinion, working for someone automatically labels them as slowlaners.
It's bullshit. Why? Let's illustrate:
John is working as an accountant. He wakes up 6am and takes 1h trip to job while listening to music. He starts at 8am and finishes 4pm. He's always in a hurry to get back home, because his...
Work is for Slowlaners
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Are You a Loser?
Where do you get your self confidence?
You can't buy it in the store. Can't dress it up. Can't eat it. You can't even manufacture it yourself, because you have to go build it from the ground up!
This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart, because although I was a bubbly and outgoing dude, two years of clinical depression had turned me into a depressive, suicidal, negative creature. To put things into perspective, my biggest challenge since crawling into depression has been phoning...
Are You a Loser?
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You can't buy it in the store. Can't dress it up. Can't eat it. You can't even manufacture it yourself, because you have to go build it from the ground up!
This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart, because although I was a bubbly and outgoing dude, two years of clinical depression had turned me into a depressive, suicidal, negative creature. To put things into perspective, my biggest challenge since crawling into depression has been phoning...
Are You a Loser?
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Join Our Skype Project
Hi guys,
This project is going to provide most value to guys whose English is secondary language. However, everybody is highly welcome and encouraged to join.
I'll be as straightforward as possible, so here it goes:
This is a Chat Group project where we will have few Skype call sessions a week discussing all things related to entrepreneurship. We'll keep our conversations relevant, packed with value and interesting. The reason why I am starting this project is because I'd like to improve...
Join Our Skype Project
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This project is going to provide most value to guys whose English is secondary language. However, everybody is highly welcome and encouraged to join.
I'll be as straightforward as possible, so here it goes:
This is a Chat Group project where we will have few Skype call sessions a week discussing all things related to entrepreneurship. We'll keep our conversations relevant, packed with value and interesting. The reason why I am starting this project is because I'd like to improve...
Join Our Skype Project
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Hello, Bart here. My eyes have been opened!
Hello all! So excited to be a member of this forum! I am just finishing the second book, Unscripted. Incredible book! Read MFL three times before this new one was released! These are life changing and have opened my eyes from what I have been taught and mindlessly following for my whole life and career. Finally there is hope of breaking out of the slow lane and joining the fast lane! I can't thank you enough MJ!
Bart
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I have a problem with MJ DeMarco (Follow your passion gets a beatdown)
First of all I have read the Fastlane Millionaire every year for the past 3 years or so. I love the book. And yes I already order Unscripted I'm still waiting for it in the mail.
I respect MJ Demarco and his work but since the the first time I read his book I can't get over the fact that he says that money is more important than your passion. That doing what you love will not make you rich.
Imagine you're on your deathbed sweaty, nervous, trying your best to stay awake because you know...
I have a problem with MJ DeMarco (Follow your passion gets a beatdown)
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I respect MJ Demarco and his work but since the the first time I read his book I can't get over the fact that he says that money is more important than your passion. That doing what you love will not make you rich.
Imagine you're on your deathbed sweaty, nervous, trying your best to stay awake because you know...
I have a problem with MJ DeMarco (Follow your passion gets a beatdown)
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Is it possible and legal to develop and publish IOS applications on app store using windows 10
I am a developer of mobile applications I work on unity, I have developed several games on the android system, Currently I want to publish m.
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Will we ever have a time machine?
I would say that it will be possible one day. Once we can create several stable black holes in Cern, insolate them and then muck around, then a H.G. ...
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Is Fiverr Still The Best Site For Starting A Arbitrage Business!
I will be doing some arbitrage selling some logo designs, business cards videos & a seo service Is fiverr still the best for a arbi.
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The biggest reason websites suck
The biggest reason websites suck (aka How to get started in business quickly)
I did a radio interview this morning. It goes out somewhere in Dublin on Friday 03-Jun-2016.
I'll also be able to create some bullet point teasers to sell you, dear reader, on doing yourself a favour and listening to the damn thing.
Interested in your takeaways...
The biggest reason websites suck
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I did a radio interview this morning. It goes out somewhere in Dublin on Friday 03-Jun-2016.
I'll also be able to create some bullet point teasers to sell you, dear reader, on doing yourself a favour and listening to the damn thing.
Interested in your takeaways...
>...
The biggest reason websites suck
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How can I reverse engineer a Facebook Ad?
I am new to online marketing and I am focusing on using Facebook ads. Does anyone know how to reverse engineer a facebook ad to find the ads.
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I want Free traffic to my website to get a good rank in alexa and search engines
hi this my first topic i am a newbie could anyone help with any unformation how to becaume first on search engines.
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How to extract specific email addresses from a list?
I have a list of email addresses from my subscribers and I want to send my email campaigns to them based on which email providers they use.
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I want to HIRE a dedicated Warrior...
Hey everyone, I would like to hire one Warrior and/or a team of Warriors, to make me money here on the forum. Here are the details:work da.
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Out From the Shadows, Time to Get Serious
Hey Everyone,
After listening to The Millionaire Fastlane while driving to and from my comfortable slow lane job, and spending a couple months stalking this forum, I've come out from the shadows and joined.
I'm excited / nervous to interact with the members on this forum as I often shy away from meeting new people. When I clicked submit to joining the form and the message popped up to introduce myself, the first thought through my head was "Oh, sh*t.... what have I done" But, here I am...
Out From the Shadows, Time to Get Serious
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After listening to The Millionaire Fastlane while driving to and from my comfortable slow lane job, and spending a couple months stalking this forum, I've come out from the shadows and joined.
I'm excited / nervous to interact with the members on this forum as I often shy away from meeting new people. When I clicked submit to joining the form and the message popped up to introduce myself, the first thought through my head was "Oh, sh*t.... what have I done" But, here I am...
Out From the Shadows, Time to Get Serious
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Is selling a Weight Loss Info Product Profitable?
I am a beginner and I've got the idea of selling a weight loss info product (short ebook). Before I start I want to know what to expect in t.
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From nothing to something to everything
Hello everyone,
Feels good to be back here.
I wanted to post here to share a bit of my story and the struggles I am facing now, hoping someone can undestand me as I have no entrepreneur friends.
I built a SAAS company (not entirely automated) on my own (coding, marketing, design, everything..). This is my first real business. Scaled it up from $90 August to $1000 MRR in September with 90% profit margin.
My next milestone is $9000 MRR by the end of October. I believe the market is big...
From nothing to something to everything
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Feels good to be back here.
I wanted to post here to share a bit of my story and the struggles I am facing now, hoping someone can undestand me as I have no entrepreneur friends.
I built a SAAS company (not entirely automated) on my own (coding, marketing, design, everything..). This is my first real business. Scaled it up from $90 August to $1000 MRR in September with 90% profit margin.
My next milestone is $9000 MRR by the end of October. I believe the market is big...
From nothing to something to everything
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The rise has begun
Hello everyone,
I read both of MJ's books. I read the millionaire fastlane when I was 22 years old, it changed my life. I always knew I was going to be an entrepreneur growing up. Now my journey finally begun.
I had an account here a long time ago when I was an aspiring entrepreneur, but couldn't find it.
Now finally back here, in the community again, I feel a strong sense of power.
I forgot the power of being in a community of like minded people.
Happy to be back.
Together we will rise.
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I read both of MJ's books. I read the millionaire fastlane when I was 22 years old, it changed my life. I always knew I was going to be an entrepreneur growing up. Now my journey finally begun.
I had an account here a long time ago when I was an aspiring entrepreneur, but couldn't find it.
Now finally back here, in the community again, I feel a strong sense of power.
I forgot the power of being in a community of like minded people.
Happy to be back.
Together we will rise.
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Living on Autopilot?!
Stop running on auto-pilot.
I see it all the time: People living their lives like robots. Mindlessly going about their days, doing the same thing on repeat without ever taking a pause and re-evaluating.
People do it in their businesses. When shit hits the fan, I see so many business people say, "Well we always did it that way!". As if that's a defense! It's not. It's a condemnation. If you can't regularly re-evaluate processes, strategies, approaches -- then you're just hiding from...
Living on Autopilot?!
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I see it all the time: People living their lives like robots. Mindlessly going about their days, doing the same thing on repeat without ever taking a pause and re-evaluating.
People do it in their businesses. When shit hits the fan, I see so many business people say, "Well we always did it that way!". As if that's a defense! It's not. It's a condemnation. If you can't regularly re-evaluate processes, strategies, approaches -- then you're just hiding from...
Living on Autopilot?!
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Received a SMS message from an app I don't have
I got a text with two things: 1) a link to the app store and 2) the number of my friends/contacts (supposedly) who are on the app. The send.
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Shopify store and first 10 sales
So I've been dilly dallying a lot and very indecisive about making entrepreneurial decisions, because of this indecision I've decided that:
I wanted to make this progress thread to help motivate others but also hold myself accountable.
So here goes.
Action:
I'm going to start a...
Shopify store and first 10 sales
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- I will be a little more playful in fulfilling goals
- not make assumptions that everything has to be some passion or life long mission,
- and simply lower my expectations of perfection.
I wanted to make this progress thread to help motivate others but also hold myself accountable.
So here goes.
Action:
I'm going to start a...
Shopify store and first 10 sales
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Preserving Wealth, My #1 Tip. Don't Get Married! (Or Maybe You Should?)
Quick credibility explanation. The reason you should listen to me is because I have been coaching men for the last 10 years on women and relationships. Many men over 40 have been severely damaged by a financial catastrophe that can be EASILY avoided. This goes for women also, I'm not posting this for the men only.
The easiest way to get rich and avoid financial ruin is.....
1- follow what's in the fastlane
2- pay all your taxes
3- do not get married, and do not get divorced
As far as #3,...
Preserving Wealth, My #1 Tip. Don't Get Married! (Or Maybe You Should?)
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The easiest way to get rich and avoid financial ruin is.....
1- follow what's in the fastlane
2- pay all your taxes
3- do not get married, and do not get divorced
As far as #3,...
Preserving Wealth, My #1 Tip. Don't Get Married! (Or Maybe You Should?)
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ETHICS IN THE FASTLANE: How low will you sink for wealth?
Historically, a lot of the largest winners in the Fastlane have been revealed to have a less than savory vision of what is ethical in the marketplace.
From throwing chickens into a grinder (Tyson) to low wages (Walmart, Carnegie Steel) to adding salt to soda to increase thirst (Coca-Cola), to lobbying politicians to get laws past that protect and/or benefit your corporation, if you can name a well-known enough Fastlane winner, I'm sure I could dig up something that calls their ethics model...
ETHICS IN THE FASTLANE: How low will you sink for wealth?
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From throwing chickens into a grinder (Tyson) to low wages (Walmart, Carnegie Steel) to adding salt to soda to increase thirst (Coca-Cola), to lobbying politicians to get laws past that protect and/or benefit your corporation, if you can name a well-known enough Fastlane winner, I'm sure I could dig up something that calls their ethics model...
ETHICS IN THE FASTLANE: How low will you sink for wealth?
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Finally learning from mistakes
Hi everyone.
I've been working as a a software engineer for the past 20+ years. Most of those years have been spent in a slow lane job and some as a business owner failing to hit the fast lane.
I am so glad to have had this group and MJ's books introduced to me by a friend. For many years I've been guilty of chasing money, violating various commandments of CENTS and other mistakes without realizing it. The books and the group have been extremely enlightening.
I have recently been able...
Finally learning from mistakes
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I've been working as a a software engineer for the past 20+ years. Most of those years have been spent in a slow lane job and some as a business owner failing to hit the fast lane.
I am so glad to have had this group and MJ's books introduced to me by a friend. For many years I've been guilty of chasing money, violating various commandments of CENTS and other mistakes without realizing it. The books and the group have been extremely enlightening.
I have recently been able...
Finally learning from mistakes
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Weekly Accountability Group
Hey guys,
Having been around here for a long time and falling into the wantrepreneur trap of spending a few weeks executing and then losing motivation. I have now discovered the perfect way to keep on track.
Over the last four months I have been posting weekly accountability pieces on a number of different facebook groups that I'm apart of and then following up later with results/lack of results and my goals for the next week.
This has really helped keep me on track as I travel through...
Weekly Accountability Group
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Having been around here for a long time and falling into the wantrepreneur trap of spending a few weeks executing and then losing motivation. I have now discovered the perfect way to keep on track.
Over the last four months I have been posting weekly accountability pieces on a number of different facebook groups that I'm apart of and then following up later with results/lack of results and my goals for the next week.
This has really helped keep me on track as I travel through...
Weekly Accountability Group
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From comfortable job to comfortable freedom
Hello everyone,
It's hard to figure out where to start. There's so much to tell before I can continue with the path I'm on now... (But iff you want you can skip down to the next title)
I'm from Belgium, mid-thirties and work from home as a production designer of steel structures for offices, manufacturing buildings, etc... Cad drawings, production files, cutting and welding instructions. It's with a decent pay, I choose my own hours, I have a nice apartment even though it's not finished...
From comfortable job to comfortable freedom
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It's hard to figure out where to start. There's so much to tell before I can continue with the path I'm on now... (But iff you want you can skip down to the next title)
I'm from Belgium, mid-thirties and work from home as a production designer of steel structures for offices, manufacturing buildings, etc... Cad drawings, production files, cutting and welding instructions. It's with a decent pay, I choose my own hours, I have a nice apartment even though it's not finished...
From comfortable job to comfortable freedom
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From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)
Week 1:
I went on Upwork, and sending proposals.
I would have a phone interview next week.
It would be a $3 an hour sales job with commission.
While it's a crap job, it's slow lane, it serves a few purpose:
- I have to start somewhere.
- I'll learn the sales skill, which will be crucial to become an entrepreneur.
My long term plan is to have a product that I can sell. So I have a website, solve a specific problem.
How can I know if my product will work?
Test it.
So next week I'll go out,...
From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)
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I went on Upwork, and sending proposals.
I would have a phone interview next week.
It would be a $3 an hour sales job with commission.
While it's a crap job, it's slow lane, it serves a few purpose:
- I have to start somewhere.
- I'll learn the sales skill, which will be crucial to become an entrepreneur.
My long term plan is to have a product that I can sell. So I have a website, solve a specific problem.
How can I know if my product will work?
Test it.
So next week I'll go out,...
From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)
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Are Any Of These Site Monetization Methods A Good Idea?
I'm a digital artist (and musician) and I've been trying to figure out ways to make money from my art for a long while now. Here's an idea I.
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Thinking about starting a crypto currency
I'm thinking about creating a crypto currency, does anybody here have any knowledge on crypto currencies? My understanding is that a crypto currency can be easily manipulated "similar to a stock pump and dump" but it's completely legal. Has anyone ever tried this before or have experience creating a crypto currency? If you would be interested in working with me on this PM me.
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How can i promote my fiverr gigs & get a good visitor
I am a new seller. I know some freelancing work. But My gigs are not coming first page of the fiverr. Please help me by which i can bring my gigs on ...
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Passive Income Robot - Death of Gurus
As someone who dabbles in coaching, both as a coach and a coach's writer, I pay attention to the industry. Every day a new coach pops up from out of nowhere to sell their digital course.
Facebook Ads lead to a webinar that shows the Simple 5-Step System to become a passive income coach earning $10,000+ per student. So they spend $10,000 and learn the system. How to sell their course using that exact system.
During the training they...
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What books are you reading currently?
I've got a stack of books by my bed that I'm working through:
Awaken the Giant Within - Tony Robbins (read it before, but recently started reading it again).
An Introduction to Psychology (can't remember by whom, but its the university type handbooks, so it often succeeds in putting me asleep - the theory bits that is).
How life imitates chess - Gary Kasparov (I'm about halfway through this one - was wondering how to become great in chess/life, and this book seemed...
What books are you reading currently?
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Awaken the Giant Within - Tony Robbins (read it before, but recently started reading it again).
An Introduction to Psychology (can't remember by whom, but its the university type handbooks, so it often succeeds in putting me asleep - the theory bits that is).
How life imitates chess - Gary Kasparov (I'm about halfway through this one - was wondering how to become great in chess/life, and this book seemed...
What books are you reading currently?
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Fellow Warriors What is the correct way to promote a MMO Product?
I am a newbie in affiliate marketing, and been promoting MMO productsfor about 7 months but I have had no sales at all. I finally figured o.
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I launched a Digital Marketing Agency 100 days ago.... Ask me anything
I am brand new to the Digital marketing world, and have no experience in creating a successful trafficked website yet. I have a strong work ethic and I ...
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I launched an Digital Marketing Agency 100 days ago.... Ask me anything
I want to get a feedback on a marketing service I have launched. Won't ask you any questions on your shop/niche/strategy anything. Have 3 questions ...
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I have a unique ecommerce marketing service to sell. How do I get started?
Hello I sell imgur ranking service for quirky/catchy products. How do I target ecommerce sellers?
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I'm 18 years old. This is my journey and future plan.
Hey, everyone! 
I'm currently half-way through the book and I have to say it's amazing. I'm reading at a slow pace mostly because I have to stop and translate some words from time to time, and also because I want to apply on the spot what I learn.
I had a problem with action-faking and procrastination until I read The Fastlane Millionaire where MJ talks about treating the root of the problem, not the symptoms. Now I'm happy that I progressed more in the last few days than I did in months...
I'm 18 years old. This is my journey and future plan.
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I'm currently half-way through the book and I have to say it's amazing. I'm reading at a slow pace mostly because I have to stop and translate some words from time to time, and also because I want to apply on the spot what I learn.
I had a problem with action-faking and procrastination until I read The Fastlane Millionaire where MJ talks about treating the root of the problem, not the symptoms. Now I'm happy that I progressed more in the last few days than I did in months...
I'm 18 years old. This is my journey and future plan.
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15th of October... add it to your Calendar Warriors
Because you deserve a FREE + Awesome Course To be sure you don't miss the launch Like us on Facebook ... we will announce the link firs.
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It's just a forum
Remember when you were a kid playing games or sports with other kids?
Did you ever come across someone who cheated?
Did they ever say "It's just a game."
... meaning it's not "real"
... so cheating doesn't matter?
You know how I'd always respond?
"If it's just a game then why can't you play properly?"
"How you do anything is how you do everything."
You're in a forum, possibly anonymously because you value your privacy.
You might not realise it yet, but you're here to build...
It's just a forum
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Did you ever come across someone who cheated?
Did they ever say "It's just a game."
... meaning it's not "real"
... so cheating doesn't matter?
You know how I'd always respond?
"If it's just a game then why can't you play properly?"
"How you do anything is how you do everything."
You're in a forum, possibly anonymously because you value your privacy.
You might not realise it yet, but you're here to build...
It's just a forum
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Anybody knows any good solo ads providers?
There are few good solo ads testimonials groups, you can read the testimonials before you make a purchase. I used to use a lot of different web to buy ...
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What is the best way to get backlinks easily?
Ryan Biddulph, Blogger, Author, World Traveling Digital Nomad Retire to a Life of Island Hopping through Smart Blogging at Blogging From Paradise.
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Looking for English (US) Best Free Translator
I am looking for a solution for the best translator online free for a book. I am a writer at the beginning and I need to translate my book into English (US).
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Friday, September 29, 2017
Need to rent a copywriter of English content for website
Hi everyone, I have a Premium Account website, so i need to rent a copywriter of English content. My keyword is related to "Premium Ac.
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How do I edit a Wikipedia page?
Please answer the following question if you know. 1. How many days it take to make change a page? 2. what is best? copy- paste or typing?
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Need opinions on this "Pre-Order" strategy to fund my business in the coming months
Hi all,
Currently, my business which I'm launching soon is funded by my day job (approx US$2000 / mth, if converted to USD and US living standards. Don't laugh!
).
Now, the products I'm selling are consumer retail products and I have only enough money to develop and release the first product around Nov 2017. For consumer retail products like mine, people usually buy only if there's enough variety and selection (imagine walking into a Nike store and you only see ONE...
Need opinions on this "Pre-Order" strategy to fund my business in the coming months
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Currently, my business which I'm launching soon is funded by my day job (approx US$2000 / mth, if converted to USD and US living standards. Don't laugh!
).Now, the products I'm selling are consumer retail products and I have only enough money to develop and release the first product around Nov 2017. For consumer retail products like mine, people usually buy only if there's enough variety and selection (imagine walking into a Nike store and you only see ONE...
Need opinions on this "Pre-Order" strategy to fund my business in the coming months
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Hello, I'm Neil, and my head is swimming
History
I'm currently 26. I went to college because everyone said to, hated it and really got nothing but a useless degree (linguistics) and 3.5 years of my life wasted on it. I pushed to graduate early because I wanted it to be over with and was out just before turning 22.
At that point I really had no idea what to do. I worked a ton of retarded jobs, some telemarketing and things like that, really bottom of the barrel. Then in one telemarketing position I actually was promoted to a...
Hello, I'm Neil, and my head is swimming
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I'm currently 26. I went to college because everyone said to, hated it and really got nothing but a useless degree (linguistics) and 3.5 years of my life wasted on it. I pushed to graduate early because I wanted it to be over with and was out just before turning 22.
At that point I really had no idea what to do. I worked a ton of retarded jobs, some telemarketing and things like that, really bottom of the barrel. Then in one telemarketing position I actually was promoted to a...
Hello, I'm Neil, and my head is swimming
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manufacturing medicated soap
I want to learn something about the requirements for selling and manufacturing soap with an ingredient that is somewhat regulated. I want to manufacture a batch and try to sell it to get some proof of concept. I can learn to make soap or have someone else do it for me, but putting the chemical in it seems the hard part with the necessary labeling. How would you start about making a medicated soap?
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Udemy pricing updates
Just got notice in a udemy instructor group - Right now instructors are allow to price their course between $9 and $300 - and most people price it right below $300 and then make sales through a substantial coupon code.
Udemy pricing updates
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- Updated Price Range: Effective April 4, 2016, courses on Udemy will be priced between $20 and $50; we will also continue to support free courses.
- Updated Price Tiers: Each course price will be individually set by the instructor between $20-$50, and...
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How to Design a Great Website
Each of these tips has been selected to make it look more professional, and to engage a larger audience.
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How to convince an "Old Timer" about the importance of digital marketing?
My friend's dad is partners of a huge import agricultural company. They are in the business importing millions of dollars worth of produce every year.
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Twitter Testing 280 Character Limit, Apple Switches To Google and Revised Adwords T & C: Weekly Forum Update
Beyond that, there was some interesting discussion around Apples switch to from bing to Google as the search engine for spotlight and Siri.
Twitter tests 280 character tweets
View full discussion here
Twitter announced that it is testing upping the twitter character limit to up to 280 characters.
Can’t fit your Tweet into 140 characters? 🤔
We’re trying something new with a small group, and increasing the character limit to 280! Excited about the possibilities? Read our blog to find out how it all adds up.
https://t.co/C6hjsB9nbL
— Twitter (@Twitter) September 26, 2017
Over on Webmaster World the sentiment seems positive or neutral on the change but over on CEO, Jack Dorsey’s twitter – long time users were not keen on the change and felt that the character limit was part of the essence of what Twitter is. Jack Dorsey responded to the criticism with the following:
We expected (and ❤️!) all the snark & critique for #280characters. Comes with the job. What matters now is we clearly show why this change is important, and prove to you all it’s better. Give us some time to learn and confirm (or challenge!) our ideas. https://t.co/qJrzzIluMw
— jack (@jack) September 27, 2017
Apple switches from Bing to Google for Siri web search results on iOS
A lot of the discussion on Webmaster World surrounding the switch was why Apple has not tried to buy a smaller search engine or build their own. One member commented seeing Applebot on their servers for a couple of years.
Google Adwords Updating Terms & Conditions
Some of the changes highlighted as part of the new Adwords Terms and Conditions include:
- Allowing Google to test campaigns without notifying advertisers
- Disputes to be settled by binding arbitration and blocks advertisers from joining class action lawsuits
On Webmaster World the discussion was around how users don’t ever read terms and conditions. Also, it was noted that with ‘deep enough pockets’ arbitration clauses can be challenged.
Best way to link to site in a Facebook post?
Over on SEOchat, a photogprapher asked about the best way to link back to her site from Facebook, without being spammy.
Member Mike Hoklin provided the following advice,
“This is what I do. When I come back from a trip (like I’m doing tomorrow), I post the photo on my blog with the details. Then I create a new Facebook Page entry with a short teaser and/or title of image….something like that. The paste that copied link into that FB entry. I usually share that FB Page Entry into my personal FB account and some of the FB Groups I belong.”
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She Hurt Me So Bad...I Cried Myself to Sleep
The title of this thread is not a click-bait. It happened almost 3 years ago. My first love left me after 3 years in a relationship. I cried myself to sleep at least twice a week, for almost a year.
Why am I telling you this? There's a simple reason:
Most people blame their ex'es for hurting them. Thieves for breaking their window to steal a TV. Or a competitor doing unethical things to win business.
There's a little crumble of wisdom that is so obvious, but so often ignored:
All of the...
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Why am I telling you this? There's a simple reason:
Most people blame their ex'es for hurting them. Thieves for breaking their window to steal a TV. Or a competitor doing unethical things to win business.
There's a little crumble of wisdom that is so obvious, but so often ignored:
All of the...
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New Wordpress site ... step by step
Hello all, I will setting up a WP site for a client on a new server, and thought it would be an interesting exercise by doing so, step by.
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XLeads 360
That's right, it's exactly $ 27, a friend of mine just bought it yesterday. [ 0 ] Thanks ... WP video press review - Create a stunning video player in minutes ...
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Internet Marketing - A Little Tweak Lead To Massive Results
Hi warriors! In your internet carrier, what was one of the most positive impact? For me, it was one phase. After i read it and applied.
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Project Management Software in Construction
My dad's company installs cable, but everything is kept in the books. Sometimes we go back to the same site twice having already installed there before.
We're looking for a better way to keep track of sites we've already installed at, preferably using a software of sorts.
Anyone have any experience with this?
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We're looking for a better way to keep track of sites we've already installed at, preferably using a software of sorts.
Anyone have any experience with this?
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Spicymemer45's Adventures in Capitalism (For life)
ACCOUNTABILITY
The thing my mother desired for me to have when I first discovered the glory that is the female species...
Anyway!
This will be my progress thread that I will update daily with current objectives. And I will frequently ask for feedback, comments are welcome.
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The thing my mother desired for me to have when I first discovered the glory that is the female species...
Anyway!
This will be my progress thread that I will update daily with current objectives. And I will frequently ask for feedback, comments are welcome.
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how do I wipe a really old computer so that I can recycle it? (won't connect to internet)
Wedding reception held in Asda cafe - BBC News With a three course meal at Maccers, perhaps? Maybe they should have waited, a couple of years?
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Huge vision (For Me) , need advice.
New warrior here. The name's Josh. This is going to be a rather long post and I hope you guys read 'till the end. I've just begun my journey.
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Creating a Freelancer website
Would you prefer to pay monthly or a percentage of your earns? Also, if you could change anything about upwork and freelancer what would it.
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Do I need more than PBN links and social signals?
In honesty, the person selling this service to me does has a lot of experience, and many good reviews BUT I just wanted to get some reassurance as I ...
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How to lose a long term client in a matter of moments...
@Chitown True story...
So the barber I go to is a small shop that is usually empty. Even on Thursdays and Fridays when the place should pick up (due to men prepping for their weekend) the place is relatively empty. The place has a patchwork shop with zero branding, atmosphere, or anything. But they do a decent cut and it's not a chain. Support the small guy eh?
Due to its convenience to me and that fact that I never have to wait, I've been frequenting these folks for a...
How to lose a long term client in a matter of moments...
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So the barber I go to is a small shop that is usually empty. Even on Thursdays and Fridays when the place should pick up (due to men prepping for their weekend) the place is relatively empty. The place has a patchwork shop with zero branding, atmosphere, or anything. But they do a decent cut and it's not a chain. Support the small guy eh?
Due to its convenience to me and that fact that I never have to wait, I've been frequenting these folks for a...
How to lose a long term client in a matter of moments...
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Help me with Affiliate Product
Look Guys. I am from Pakistan and I want to do affiliate Marketing. I have a little bit of knowledge and I am sure I can turn this up lucrat.
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Recover Negative Reputation
Hi all, If a business or organization is suffering from the negative comments and reviews then what be done in order to decrease the negati.
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Fresh Start, No More @$#%# Action-Faking!
What's up Fastlaners,
When I first joined this forum 3 years ago, I was all over the place. I wanted to write a novel, make a movie, do a product placement business, and a million other things. And the thread definitely reflected the action-faking and scatter-brained approach.
So here's where I'm at now:
I've been at a B2B software/telecom company for the past few years. Over...
Fresh Start, No More @$#%# Action-Faking!
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When I first joined this forum 3 years ago, I was all over the place. I wanted to write a novel, make a movie, do a product placement business, and a million other things. And the thread definitely reflected the action-faking and scatter-brained approach.
So here's where I'm at now:
I've been at a B2B software/telecom company for the past few years. Over...
Fresh Start, No More @$#%# Action-Faking!
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Which tools should I use for creating my funnel?
Hello! I want to create a funnel that consists of a landing page and a thank you page. In my landing page I would like to have a "lea.
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Anyone have advice on design options
I've been having EDDM mailers designed, on Fiverr, for the past few months. The work I've been getting back has been hot or miss. Some designs are great while others, not so much.
In particular, what I've noticed is the lower the price, the higher the quality. The higher the price the lower the quality. And, the more difficult it is to get quality designs.
It seems the opposite of what you would expect. But many of the designs I get back, mostly for the higher priced jobs, I probably could...
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In particular, what I've noticed is the lower the price, the higher the quality. The higher the price the lower the quality. And, the more difficult it is to get quality designs.
It seems the opposite of what you would expect. But many of the designs I get back, mostly for the higher priced jobs, I probably could...
Anyone have advice on design options
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[STEP BY STEP] How I Got Picked Up by 5 U.S. Sales Reps… With 6 Hours of Work
I stepped up my wholesale game this month in a big way. I’m leveraging the time and connections of showrooms and sales reps to get my product distributed into retail stores.
This Thread is For:
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This Thread is For:
- People with products/brands selling only on Amazon/ecommerce, who want to expand offline.
- People looking to increase the multiple for which their product business is worth
- People looking to get some CONTROL in their business model.
- People who are trying (and failing) to...
[STEP BY STEP] How I Got Picked Up by 5 U.S. Sales Reps… With 6 Hours of Work
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Best way to send 300K-1 Million Emails?
Have a list. Thanks! ... Would you rather pay a month fee of $20 or a %10 on each gig you complete as a freelancer? 4 Replies. Share. 84 84 ...
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$1M for an introduction
I've recently started working with the wealthiest individual that I, or anybody I know, knows.
The run up to this..
My company has been doing pretty well, nobody demands me to do anything and I work in a role that suits my skills. Me and my business partners are on track to make high six figures each.
A reputable guy came to my firm with an idea he wanted us to run, but it needed a lot of cash - more than we have.
So I knew this wealthy individual was in finance and controls a...
$1M for an introduction
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The run up to this..
My company has been doing pretty well, nobody demands me to do anything and I work in a role that suits my skills. Me and my business partners are on track to make high six figures each.
A reputable guy came to my firm with an idea he wanted us to run, but it needed a lot of cash - more than we have.
So I knew this wealthy individual was in finance and controls a...
$1M for an introduction
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Mentality: The Starting Place For All Things "Game"
Hey Gents (and Ladies),
Long time lurker, first time value-adder. While my legal business is my priority, I'm also big into self-improvement with the ladies and love to respond to questions and give advice in that realm.
In my humble opinion, there’s one thing that all game (and most of success in life, such as entrepreneurship) stems from: your mentality. Everyone talks about becoming more confident, social, improving your approach game, texting strategies, etc. It’s all important stuff,...
Mentality: The Starting Place For All Things "Game"
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Long time lurker, first time value-adder. While my legal business is my priority, I'm also big into self-improvement with the ladies and love to respond to questions and give advice in that realm.
In my humble opinion, there’s one thing that all game (and most of success in life, such as entrepreneurship) stems from: your mentality. Everyone talks about becoming more confident, social, improving your approach game, texting strategies, etc. It’s all important stuff,...
Mentality: The Starting Place For All Things "Game"
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Online Marketplace Rent and Sell
Im in the process of launching my own Online Marketplace where vendors can sell or rent goods with local pickup option. I have decided to use the WordPress Framework (Offered by my host as a bundle). I just added the Verified SSL certificate ($150 on Go daddy Sale) for secure interaction. I setup the Stripe gateway for payments. I am almost ready to soft launch the website. In parallel, I would like Vendors to start posting their products and building their Shops.
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Hello from Poland
Hi everyone,
I am a software developer (Mobile apps) living in Poland, Warsaw.
After reading the TMF (Actually listening to the audiobook) I realized that I am living on the sidewalk. Working a 9 - 5 is not something that I see my self still doing in the near future. I joined the forums so that I can read other peoples experiences and hopefully learn something new
P.S. Currently reading Unscripted and I am loving it.
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I am a software developer (Mobile apps) living in Poland, Warsaw.
After reading the TMF (Actually listening to the audiobook) I realized that I am living on the sidewalk. Working a 9 - 5 is not something that I see my self still doing in the near future. I joined the forums so that I can read other peoples experiences and hopefully learn something new
P.S. Currently reading Unscripted and I am loving it.
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Stock Market Trading Rotation System
A few months ago I bought and read the book Stocks on the Move: Beating the Market with Hedge Fund Momentum Strategies, by European fund manager Andreas Clenow.
Basically, the premise of the book is to buy top-performing stocks and sell them when they cease to be top-performing stocks and then use the cash generated from the sales to buy the now current top-performing stocks. Investing in this manner will align your portfolio with the macro trends and hot sectors in the...
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Basically, the premise of the book is to buy top-performing stocks and sell them when they cease to be top-performing stocks and then use the cash generated from the sales to buy the now current top-performing stocks. Investing in this manner will align your portfolio with the macro trends and hot sectors in the...
Stock Market Trading Rotation System
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[STEP BY STEP] How I Got Picked Up by 5 U.S. Distributors… With 6 Hours of Work
I stepped up my wholesale game this month in a big way. I’m leveraging the time and connections of showrooms and sales reps to get my product distributed into retail stores.
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[STEP BY STEP] How I Got Picked Up by 5 U.S. Distributors… With 6 Hours of Work
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This Thread is For:
- People with products/brands selling only on Amazon/ecommerce, who want to expand offline.
- People looking to increase the multiple for which their product business is worth
- People looking to get some CONTROL in their business model.
- People who are trying (and failing) to...
[STEP BY STEP] How I Got Picked Up by 5 U.S. Distributors… With 6 Hours of Work
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#1502 Awkward conversation with the founder of Princeton Review
The awkwardness you’ll hear at the end of this interview is completely my fault, but I stand by the questions I asked. I do wish, however, that I wasn’t so abrasive.
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Adam Robinson is the c–founder of The Princeton Review whichoffers test preparation for standardized tests including SAT, ACT and graduate school entrance exams.
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Need to restore my old account
I want to create a funnel that consists of a landing page and a thank you page. In my landing page I would like to have a "lead magnet" ... [read more].
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How to Become More Professional on Amazon Affiliate Marketing?
I know there are a lot of strategies for Amazon affiliate marketing. But I don't know which strategy is the best. So I would like to know.
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Elon Musk stopped by today...
and he promptly left.
And he will never return.
Why?
He visited the forum at an unfortunate time.
On the front page, he was greeted with shit threads like this:
Sex, Drugs, and Hookers? Where Do I Find Them?
From $0 to $1 Billion in One Month! Help me pick a Wordpress Template.
Does Anyone Here Own a Business?
I'm Rich!
If you have been linked to this thread, your thread topic was moved to the...
Elon Musk stopped by today...
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And he will never return.
Why?
He visited the forum at an unfortunate time.
On the front page, he was greeted with shit threads like this:
Sex, Drugs, and Hookers? Where Do I Find Them?
From $0 to $1 Billion in One Month! Help me pick a Wordpress Template.
Does Anyone Here Own a Business?
I'm Rich!
If you have been linked to this thread, your thread topic was moved to the...
Elon Musk stopped by today...
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Getting the MOST out of Fastlane (Required Read)
Welcome to the Fastlane Forum! As a new forum user, we'd like to acquaint you to the forum, its rules, and how to maximize your membership. REVIEWING THIS THREAD IS MANDATORY.
#1: READ THE BOOK(S)
Getting the MOST out of Fastlane (Required Read)
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#1: READ THE BOOK(S)First and most important, this forum and its philosophies are predicated on the two best-selling entrepreneur books, The Millionaire Fastlane and...
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Realty Shares
Has anyone looked into or invested into Realty shares I have been reading quite a bit about them,attended a webinar, seems like a great idea and well run company, little nervous committing that type of money online.
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Hi from Malaysia!
My name is Reza. I live in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
I have read The Millionaire Fastlane and loved it for telling how it really is and providing useful advice. I am now halfway through Unscripted.
I am the co-owner of a printing company that is not doing so well at the moment due to a slowdown in the niche we serve. But even when things were good (ie. we had steady clients) we weren't really growing. My business partner and I were able to take home middle class incomes that gave us a decent...
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I have read The Millionaire Fastlane and loved it for telling how it really is and providing useful advice. I am now halfway through Unscripted.
I am the co-owner of a printing company that is not doing so well at the moment due to a slowdown in the niche we serve. But even when things were good (ie. we had steady clients) we weren't really growing. My business partner and I were able to take home middle class incomes that gave us a decent...
Hi from Malaysia!
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traffic for a website
What is the minimum number of traffic thats required to get ranking in alexa ? as well as for getting good domain and page rank. I recently.
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read the millionaire fast lane book
Pheeewww, mind blowing book by MJ, loved it.
Very practical and no bull shiting stuff. Amazing....
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Very practical and no bull shiting stuff. Amazing....
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Confessions of a Money Chaser (Plus a Question for Fastlaners)
This is a long post, but help would be greatly appreciated as I try to reform my previous money chasing ways.
Afters reading @MJ DeMarco ’s Unscripted and it's made me re-evaluate where I'm heading. I’m looking to get some feedback from people with far more experience than me in business and ecommerce as I try to plan my next 12 months.
Just to give you some background on me. I've been trying to build a business selling through Amazon FBA for the last 18-24 months. It's not...
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Afters reading @MJ DeMarco ’s Unscripted and it's made me re-evaluate where I'm heading. I’m looking to get some feedback from people with far more experience than me in business and ecommerce as I try to plan my next 12 months.
Just to give you some background on me. I've been trying to build a business selling through Amazon FBA for the last 18-24 months. It's not...
Confessions of a Money Chaser (Plus a Question for Fastlaners)
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warriorplus.com site off line?
"Arguing with...strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be, or to be indistinguishable from, self-righteous ...
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What kind of tool do you guys use for e-mail marketing?
I have never been a fan of using wordpress plugins to manage any type of email marketing campaigns. The tools that I use are all independent, and i ...
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In need of professional advice regarding redirection
I am setting an e-commerce store when I want to display sliders on my homepage. The way my theme works is that it first wants me to create a.
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Thursday, September 28, 2017
Signed my first client!
I created a couple of power-points, prepared some notes and I approached them in person! And It worked! One has already agreed to a contract and ...
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Am I "Hitchhiking" Someone Else's Fastlane?
Hi guys,
I did some research on the forums and didn't turn up a definitive answer from people who have a lot of speed points. I didn't turn up an answer from people who have proven or well respected results.
I'm really taking that "Do as I do" thing to heart. It feels right.
So there's a section in the TMF book that says you need control and not to be a hitchhiker.
My problem is that I have a partner I'm working with who hasn't really turned over any passwords or worked to setup legal...
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I did some research on the forums and didn't turn up a definitive answer from people who have a lot of speed points. I didn't turn up an answer from people who have proven or well respected results.
I'm really taking that "Do as I do" thing to heart. It feels right.
So there's a section in the TMF book that says you need control and not to be a hitchhiker.
My problem is that I have a partner I'm working with who hasn't really turned over any passwords or worked to setup legal...
Am I "Hitchhiking" Someone Else's Fastlane?
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Violinist seeks fastlane
Hello, Fastlane Community!
My name is Anna, I am 27 from Brazil and I am currently living in Sydney, Australia.
I grew up in a humble family in Brazil and I was always very ambitious and driven. When I was 13 I started playing the violin and when I turned 16 I decided I wanted to study abroad. My ambitious led me to move to Bulgaria at the age of 17, and as one could imagine, the path wasn't all flowers.
I finished my bachelor's in Sofia and then received an invitation to go to the...
Violinist seeks fastlane
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My name is Anna, I am 27 from Brazil and I am currently living in Sydney, Australia.
I grew up in a humble family in Brazil and I was always very ambitious and driven. When I was 13 I started playing the violin and when I turned 16 I decided I wanted to study abroad. My ambitious led me to move to Bulgaria at the age of 17, and as one could imagine, the path wasn't all flowers.
I finished my bachelor's in Sofia and then received an invitation to go to the...
Violinist seeks fastlane
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Walter Hay, Imp/Export Extraordinaire (Vandalay Industries)
Note from MJ:
Our next FEATURED USER is another forum regular who has provided tremendous value to the forum in the the realm of import/export. He is our very own Art Vandelay.
FEATURED USER!
Please give some love to @Walter Hay !! He also has a book available for purchase as well, so please check that out!
Oh No! Not Another Rags To Riches Story!
Off To A...
Walter Hay, Imp/Export Extraordinaire (Vandalay Industries)
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Our next FEATURED USER is another forum regular who has provided tremendous value to the forum in the the realm of import/export. He is our very own Art Vandelay.
FEATURED USER!
Please give some love to @Walter Hay !! He also has a book available for purchase as well, so please check that out!
Oh No! Not Another Rags To Riches Story!
Off To A...
Walter Hay, Imp/Export Extraordinaire (Vandalay Industries)
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Would doing a direct advertisement deal make me an ad network?
If I was to run a free prize daily raffle and get companies to sponsor it, to bring product awareness etc to there businesses. Would this me.
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Promoting Clickbank offer by email
I'm planning on testing a few CB offers by sending paid traffic to a squeeze page, then linking to the offer from the thank you page. The pr.
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Music that Motivates
For me, one of the things in my life that has always been there when I was down or needed a pick me up or a push, and many times that extra 'kick' to push me that one step further, is music. The messages and moods given by the multitudes of artists are countless, and there are way too many great and outstanding songs with positive and inspirational influence that I'm amazed that nobody else hasn't already started a thread like this here in such a positive and inspiring web presence.
I'm...
Music that Motivates
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Music that Motivates
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Buy discount Temazepam a
Buy discount Temazepam a is a Warrior Member of Warrior Forum. Check to see what Buy discount Temazepam a is saying about Internet Marketing.
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Do you really need to try 40 products per month?
I hear some people advising test test test products. How true is this? Someone every goes to say test 30 to 40 products a month. Assuming I.
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Starting my journey towards freedom
Hello everyone,
I accidentaly found this forum when me and a friend of mine from college had the idea of creating a clothing brand so I was doing some googling about the subject it led me to a thread from here. That was three months ago when my account was created. I did nothing ever since and actually knew nothing from this "universe" so just being here and reading/following threads was an eye opener for me that made me think that this is a "world" where i want to be. (Just bought TMF...
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I accidentaly found this forum when me and a friend of mine from college had the idea of creating a clothing brand so I was doing some googling about the subject it led me to a thread from here. That was three months ago when my account was created. I did nothing ever since and actually knew nothing from this "universe" so just being here and reading/following threads was an eye opener for me that made me think that this is a "world" where i want to be. (Just bought TMF...
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Which hosting company give 3 domain host opportunity for $12-15?
My client want to know for $12-15 have any good hosting plan? Godaddy have a nice offer but there are only one domain can be host. He want t.
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How to Use Influencer Marketing to Build Stronger Content for Your Blog #InfluencerDays
First of all, content marketing is ALL about influencing – not just your potential customer – but also about influencing the influencer, i.e. those people who can effect buyers’ decisions.
And what’s a better way to accomplish that than to actually get that influencer create content for you?
According to the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) report, The Value of Influencer Content 2017 from Linqia, 57% of marketers indicated that influencer-powered content outperforms brand created content:
- Influencer-powered content is more authentic and trusted than brand-created content (because influencers are real people who have already earned that trust);
- Influencer-powered content sparks audience engagement (because people engage with people)
- Influencer-powered content provides higher ROI (because it’s more trusted and authentic and spread easier with help of participating influencers)
A few case studies and examples:
- ShaeBaxter: Here’s how an influencer-powered articles led to over 80% boost to the blog’s organic search engine traffic
- Robbie Richards: Here’s another case study on creating an influencer-powered roundup that got the host 11,065% more organic traffic in 6 months
- And here’s how Sam Obrart increased his inbound links by 310% in 21 days by having influencers contribute for his blog
Tools to Identify Influencers:
- MyBlogU is always a place where I start my outreach because it’s full of people who are actually eager to participate in your content ventures. When you have a few participating experts, it’s easier to branch out to more influencers. MyBlogU also helps with many other stages of putting collaborative content together: It allows bulk emailing and auto-notifies participants of published piece.
- A good place to find more influencers is BuzzSumo: Search your primary topic of your future article and use “Interviews” filter to find people who don’t mind contributing their answers to blog roundups.
Ways to Keep in Touch with Influencers:
- Use Twitter lists to monitor all of them on Twitter. For example, back when I was managing contributors for Search Engine Journal, I made sure I added each of them to a separate Twitter list. Then, using my Twitter manager Tweetdeck I was able to add a separate column to monitor that list and made it part of my weekly schedule to engage with them on Twitter.
- Use Private groups (Facebook, Slack, etc.) to keep in touch with those influencers on a regular basis. For example, we invite all the influencers we interview on #VCBuzz Twitter chats to a Private Facebook group where we encourage them to ask for help, shares or anything else they may need.
Mistakes When it Comes to Influencer-Driven Content
- Doing too many expert roundups: An expert roundup is the most popular type of content collaboration which is quickly becoming overused. It’s simple to replicate the tactic, so too many marketers and media outlets are jumping into the bandwagon.
- Scaling too much: it’s really more about relationships than the content you get. Instead of trying the tactic too often, try investing more time into managing those relationships, connecting to those influencers more, interacting with them more, making sure those relationships will become stronger.
- Failing to find an interesting and engaging topic for your content. Content is still king! Influencer-powered content has been widely used recently, mostly by people who don’t get it. They don’t get personalized outreach and relationship building, but more importantly they don’t get what lies at the foundation of a successful influencer-powered content. The key to influencer-powered content is finding an interesting and engaging topic. In fact, most people who plan to include influencers into their content marketing strategy think too much about influencers and totally forget about a more important part of the process: What the content is actually going to be about. It’s still content, so unless you find an interesting question to discuss in your future article, you’ll see:
- Most influencers ignoring your pitch
- Much fewer shares from social media users
Invest a lot of time in topic brainstorming, focus on current trends, events and interesting tools. Avoid boring topics everyone else is covering.
Bottom line
Stand out. Don’t do what other people are doing. Play with formats and topics. Remeber that mega live show example from David Bain I was talking about? No one did that before in our industry, so it did very well! Think out of the box!
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Online Information Tracking
Hi Fastlaners,
Does anyone have experience with online information tracking? For example, Weight Watchers allows members to login and enter the information of the food they ate that day. The WW site then saves that info.
I'm looking for a starting point with creating a membership page that allows users to login to their own personal page and then enter their information. Doesn't need to be anything fancy, just a simple way of allowing members to enter info and save it for the next time...
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Does anyone have experience with online information tracking? For example, Weight Watchers allows members to login and enter the information of the food they ate that day. The WW site then saves that info.
I'm looking for a starting point with creating a membership page that allows users to login to their own personal page and then enter their information. Doesn't need to be anything fancy, just a simple way of allowing members to enter info and save it for the next time...
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Facebook’s Targeting Expansion Box: Should You Check It?
It’s crazy what a difference checking one box can make on the success of your Facebook ad campaign.
In November of 2016, Facebook rolled out targeting expansion:
You’ll find this button underneath the detailed targeting section at the ad set level of your campaigns:
Long story short, when you check this box, Facebook will show your ad to people outside of who you have already selected… if they believe those people are likely to convert.
But… does it work?
We decided to put this box to the test!
Facebook Targeting Expansion: The Test
We created two campaigns. They were identical OTHER than one had the box checked and the other didn’t.
This was a website conversion campaign optimizing for people to opt-in for our “Perfect Blog Post Template” Lead Magnet.
We created 14 ad sets…
- One to warm traffic (people who are familiar with your brand)
- Five to various lookalike audiences
- Eight to varying clusters of interests
Here’s a screenshot for those of you that are visual learners:
And here’s the ad on Facebook:
We ran the test for ten days, with a $5,000 budget for each ad set…
…and the results were VERY surprising and unanimous across each ad set!
Facebook Targeting Expansion: The Test Results
When we checked Facebook’s targeting EXPANSION box our cost per lead was 25% higher…
…and it also produced less volume. When we checked the expand box, we generated 322 fewer leads than when didn’t check the box.
The cost per unique click was 17 cents higher when we checked the expand box.
The conversion rate on the page dropped from 66% to 58% when we checked the expand box. This makes me think that the traffic hitting the page was less qualified for the ad sets where the expand box was checked.
Every one of the above metrics from this test goes to show that checking the expand interest box produced WORST results for our campaign.
So, here are my thoughts….
1. This Isn’t the End All Be All… You Should Test Facebook Targeting Expansion
Remember, this is just one test.
Although we saw a significant difference in our metrics when we checked the expand interest box, this doesn’t mean that this will be the case 100% of the time.
There are a few factors here at play, like the objective. We were running a website conversion campaign for this test. The expand interest button could behave differently under different objectives (I wouldn’t expect to see anything drastically different from what we saw, though).
Moral of the story… if you’re curious, run this test on your own.
If you’re not, take our advice and DO NOT check the expand interest box when launching campaigns, especially if they’re to cold traffic (people who have never heard of you before).
2. Facebook Targeting Expansion Could Be Used for Scaling
I wouldn’t recommend checking the expand interest box when launching campaigns to cold traffic, BUT I do believe there could be a use for this box when scaling your ads.
Once a campaign has run to the point of fatigue (your frequency is high) clicking this button could allow you to scale and show your ads to more people that are most like the ones who have already taken your desired action.
This box could allow you to broaden your targeting and to quit showing your ad to the same users over and over.
We are in the process of testing this strategy and will report back.
(RELATED: The Ultimate Guide to Scaling Paid Traffic Campaigns)
3. This Feature Will Get Better
While the results aren’t very promising for Facebook’s expanded interest box, I do believe we will see improvements over time.
But for now, leave the box unchecked… our tests show that you’ll see better results for your Facebook ad campaigns.
(NOTE: Want The Ultimate Facebook Ad Template Library? Copy and paste these seven proven Facebook ad campaigns to create low-cost, high-converting ads on demand. Get them here.)
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Hello From the Road.
Hello Forum.
My name is Shawn i am 38 and when im not touring the country with a Broadway musical I live in the Lehigh valley area of Pennsylvania.
i found this forum during a manic phase when i was consuming as much information about finance, entrepreneurship, side hustling etc etc etc as i possible could, and it was while looking for a review on a online appliance flipping program i found this site,it was eye opening to find so much quality information available here.
My job and...
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My name is Shawn i am 38 and when im not touring the country with a Broadway musical I live in the Lehigh valley area of Pennsylvania.
i found this forum during a manic phase when i was consuming as much information about finance, entrepreneurship, side hustling etc etc etc as i possible could, and it was while looking for a review on a online appliance flipping program i found this site,it was eye opening to find so much quality information available here.
My job and...
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Personal Challenge: 1 Month To Impossible Success
What Is Challenge
I am new here, but I am am not new to investing, entrepreneurship and doing hard things. I love a good challenge. I love impossible challenges. So I am giving myself Until Oct. 28th to hit $120,000 with a new business. I am not sure what it is, but I have a few really good ideas. I probably won't hit the goal, but I am going for it.
Why Am I Doing It?
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I am new here, but I am am not new to investing, entrepreneurship and doing hard things. I love a good challenge. I love impossible challenges. So I am giving myself Until Oct. 28th to hit $120,000 with a new business. I am not sure what it is, but I have a few really good ideas. I probably won't hit the goal, but I am going for it.
Why Am I Doing It?
Because I can. Well because I want to but also because there is a reason to do it. Being the Entrepreneur I...
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What Your Failures Can Teach You
Inventing A New Tool
Is failure a good thing? I believe it is, if you learn from it.
Since 2001, I have tried to start many businesses. The past 16 years of my life have been littered with failures. But, each failure has taught me something that has moved me closer and closer to success.
In this thread, I’m going to discuss the businesses I’ve tried to start but failed. What is in this post for you? Lessons from failure that you don’t have to make yourself. So, let’s begin.
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Is failure a good thing? I believe it is, if you learn from it.
Since 2001, I have tried to start many businesses. The past 16 years of my life have been littered with failures. But, each failure has taught me something that has moved me closer and closer to success.
In this thread, I’m going to discuss the businesses I’ve tried to start but failed. What is in this post for you? Lessons from failure that you don’t have to make yourself. So, let’s begin.
I...
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Stop Building Stuff
Stop Building Stuff
(Originally posted here and then here.)
I worked for a company that was building a content creation platform.
I worked for a startup that was building a new social network.
I worked for another company that was...
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(Originally posted here and then here.)
I worked for a company that was building a content creation platform.
I worked for a startup that was building a new social network.
I worked for another company that was...
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looking to get some thoughts and feedback on a concept
sometimes i come up with a crazy idea that surpasses all other crazy ideas. only, just because its a crazy idea doesnt mean its stupid. does it?
anyways this is the one ive been kicking around. id like to get some first impressions on what you guys think of it.
its a book. a book that will sell for $500 a copy. a book that doesnt have a single word written it.
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its a book. a book that will sell for $500 a copy. a book that doesnt have a single word written it.
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Been programming for 8 years, freelanced for 5, quit job of 3 years and moving to Thailand.. next?
I'd appreciate the opinion/insight of any level-headed members.
I taught myself programming about 8 years ago and ground away for 5 years freelancing until I decided to go get a 9-5. I've learned a massive amount in the last few years working among a team of 50 other developers, but I always knew this wasn't for me. I'd already tasted freedom when outsourcing towards the end of my freelancing journey.
I'm now in a position where I can build pretty much any kind of application I can think...
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I taught myself programming about 8 years ago and ground away for 5 years freelancing until I decided to go get a 9-5. I've learned a massive amount in the last few years working among a team of 50 other developers, but I always knew this wasn't for me. I'd already tasted freedom when outsourcing towards the end of my freelancing journey.
I'm now in a position where I can build pretty much any kind of application I can think...
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[Influencer Traffic Rolodex] Reach MILLIONS Of Targeted Audiences Without Spending A Dime On ...
You dont EVER have to pay based on every 1,000 impressions... or heck...You dont even have to pay per click! You just pay for a POST! "Influencer ...
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Keyword Research like a BOSS!!!
For example, if I'm trying to sell an affiliate product, I want a strong buying keyword. I want a keyword someone is searching for when they are READY ...
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New guy from Los Angeles, CA
Hello my name is Daniel and I live in the city of Lynwood, CA [South Los Angeles]
I just finished reading TMF and it has opened my eyes. I am currently stuck in the "slowlane" while my side hustle is computer service (mostly residential, some SMB) but I don't have a passion for it anymore. I honestly stopped enjoying it some time ago because I feel forced to do the work.
I am currently in the process of trying to figure out what to do exactly and I'm having trouble. I am here to help me...
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I just finished reading TMF and it has opened my eyes. I am currently stuck in the "slowlane" while my side hustle is computer service (mostly residential, some SMB) but I don't have a passion for it anymore. I honestly stopped enjoying it some time ago because I feel forced to do the work.
I am currently in the process of trying to figure out what to do exactly and I'm having trouble. I am here to help me...
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Paid Advertising Crash Course
I was asked to write this for another forum and I got permission to share it here.
There is a lot of reformatting I need to do and some of it doesn't transfer over well text wise. Also, there will be several posts on here, so if you don't see them all.. please wait as it takes some time to transfer over
Below is my posting from there
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Paid Advertising Crash Course
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Starting to build momentum!
Whats going on Fastlaners? My first thread here on TFLF, I wanted to make sure I have another way to hold myself accountable and keep a journal of sorts. I hope that others may find value in my journey as well.
Here's a brief introduction of myself...
Currently, I am a college student at Boulder, Colorado studying business and graduating at the end of December this year. Up until recently I've always wanted a nice management job at a big consulting corporation like Deloitte or something...
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Here's a brief introduction of myself...
Currently, I am a college student at Boulder, Colorado studying business and graduating at the end of December this year. Up until recently I've always wanted a nice management job at a big consulting corporation like Deloitte or something...
Starting to build momentum!
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plans & progress - my notes
this weekend i will be going back to my home state. original intent was to fix my transportation issues and look around for a apartment and possibly a van. had a phone convo that added another objective to the trip - the cheesecake hustle.
i cant build my dream house until i lay the foundation.
i am considering this breaking ground to start working on the foundation of my plans.
action plan for this week
search cl for apartments that fit my requirements
post cl ad looking for...
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i cant build my dream house until i lay the foundation.
i am considering this breaking ground to start working on the foundation of my plans.
action plan for this week
search cl for apartments that fit my requirements
post cl ad looking for...
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What are the best ways to see a spike to my website?
I want increase traffic to my B2B website, I want relevant traffic at the same, I have started SEO campaigns, Email campaigns, SMO postings.
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9 Tips for Recovering Your Google Rankings After a Site Hack
While WordPress is a relatively secure platform, it can still be hacked. In fact, out of the 11,000 hacked websites Securi analyzed in 2016, 75 percent of them were running WordPress.
If your WordPress site has been hacked, fear not. By following these tips you can fortify your site and kick wannabe hackers to the kerb.
And provided you act quickly, your WordPress site’s SEO traffic—and even its reputation—can recover within 24 hours.
Here’s what you need to do.
Tip #1: Kick Out the Malware
The first step towards getting your site back into Google’s top SERPs is to make sure it isn’t harbouring hidden malware – malicious code the hacker has inserted into your site. If you don’t, all your repair efforts will be wasted. Worse still, you could end up infecting the computer of anyone who visits your website.
And while you’re at it, get rid of any spam, installed content or other suspect material you find.
Tip #2: Add Your WordPress Site to Google Search Console
Next, make sure you’ve entered your website into the Google Search Console (GSC). It will reveal your site’s overall status, and help you understand which URLs on your site are being affected by the hack. You can even use it to take down your site’s blacklisting.
Of course, you should already have GSC set up for your site as it can help enormously. But it can be especially useful when your site has been hacked. For example, it can send you a warning email when the message “This site may harm your computer” appears in Google’s search results — a sure sign your site has been hacked. Just make sure the email address it gets send to is one you monitor regularly.
You’ll need to go through a submission process to assure Google your site has been fixed and you’ve removed all malicious code. They will then remove the message from their search results.
Tip #3: Request a Malware Review
Google can review your WordPress site for malware and unwanted software. It’s a simple process, and it’s definitely effective. Navigate to the Google Search Console “Security Issues” report and request a review.
Tip #4: Download These Plugins
Once you’ve started recovering your website’s rankings, you should download a couple of plugins that are conducive to long-term security. Check out:
These plugins can secure your website from all angles, and give you complete control over unwanted visitors, admin permissions and keyword tampering.
However, try to minimize the number of plugins on your site. The fewer you have, the less chance there is of your site’s security being compromised.
Another option is to use a combination of Cloudflare (which hides your site’s actual IP address, making it harder for hackers to find) and a secure host such as WP Engine.
The post-hacking pick-up process is a long one. But it’s not impossible to overcome.
Tip #5: Find Out How You Were Hacked
If you’re dealing with a WordPress website hack, you need to understand how you’re being hacked. Narrow down the options, and look for inconsistencies. Ask yourself:
- Is my WordPress site being directed to another website?
- Does my WordPress site have any illegitimate links?
- Has Google marked my website as Insecure?
These factors all play a major role. Once you’ve answered each questions, contact your hosting company. If your weak point was a plugin, remove it and protect your site from that vulnerability.
Tip #6: Clean up your Index
If your site has been infected with irrelevant pages, they can dilute your content and affect your rankings. Google may not recognise the hack, and take them into account when ranking your content. And if that content weakens your original content authority, your rankings will suffer.
These pages usually contain links that divert traffic away from your site. And it can be difficult to understand why why your rankings are dropping if they’re still being indexed.
To fix the problem, you need to isolate and manually remove the URLs from your index. Fortunately, it’s easy to do. Just go to Search Console, and under the Google Index section select ‘Remove URLs’.
And once they’re gone, you’ll need to monitor any crawl errors and re-submit your site maps.
Example of a Government site that has been hacked and cached by Google.
Tip #7: Move to a Secure Host
Your blog’s first line of defence begins with strong security from a robust hosting provider. That’s why we recommend WP Engine. It has exceptional security, and won’t let you install plugins that could compromise the security of your site.
Tip #8: Protect Other Avenues of Entry
If you’re using shared hosting, your other websites may have also been affected. So talk to your provider, and see if they can identify any backdoors that may have led to your website being hacked. They may even be able to set up an additional login step that hides the real login page.
And don’t forget to change your passwords.
Tip #9: Consider Restoring your WordPress Site
Always keep backups of your WordPress site so you have the option of restoring it if necessary. If your WordPress blog is updated daily, you may have lost a lot of blog posts, comments and other content. If that’s the case, you may need to consider restoring it from a recent backup.
Even if you haven’t lost much content, it may still be worth restoring an earlier version to ensure your site isn’t harbouring unwanted content, visitors or other material.
You may also want to invest in an online security scanner, which can identify any WordPress files that have been compromised.
If you’d rather do it yourself check these files on your WordPress site:
- Header.php
- Index.php
- Footer.php
- Function.php
- wp-config.php
- .htaccess
You should also check your uploads and wp-includes directories.
Replace any compromised files, and if necessary reinstall the WordPress core files. But be careful. And stay up to date with WordPress’ new features, updates, bug fixes and news.
Chances are you’ve put a lot of work into both the design and the content of your website. So make sure you protect it by following these tips.
But always remember that if the worst comes to worst and your site is hacked, it’s not the end of the world. And with a bit of hard work you can recover your site and your Google rankings.
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Launch a new product in 10 days, I will do everything for you!
View Parent Reply Originally Posted by Omarkenawy Interested! Can you send me sample please_ Also is it possible to post the product in Warrior.
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8 Old-School Blogging Tactics That No Longer Work
You feel misguided.
When you started your blog, you thought you could just follow in the footsteps of your favorite blogger, right? Just publish great content and maybe spend some time on social media and you thought the readers would come.
But in reality, you find yourself grinding.
You stay up late after your 9-5 to write articles. You hustle for every single visitor. And you feel as if you’re spinning your wheels in a rut, not getting anywhere with your blog.
You wonder if it’s your writing. You wonder if it’s your topic. You wonder if maybe blogging just doesn’t work anymore.
But I have good news for you:
It’s not blogging that doesn’t work anymore. It’s these old-school blogging tactics that somehow still pop up online as effective methods of growing your blog.
Instead of throwing in the towel on blogging completely, throw in the towel on these outdated strategies and start upping your game (and your traffic) with what works today.
Tactic #1: Hoping “Great Content” Will Save Your Sorry Ass
You’ve been told that “content is king” and “if you build it, they will come.”
So you’ve spent countless hours building a hub of awesome content on your topic, and you just know it’s what your target audience is looking for.
Once upon a time, that might’ve been enough. People would’ve found you and spread the word about you.
But these days, everyone is writing amazing content. There are hordes of carefully crafted, ruthlessly researched, expertly written blog posts on every topic.
Readers won’t come looking for you. You need to go looking for them. You can’t do that if all you do is write, write, write.
What to Do Instead
Instead of spending all your time writing and publishing content, you need to spend more time getting that content in front of readers.
In fact, Derek Halpern suggests you should only spend 20% of your time creating great content, and 80% of your time promoting it.
So build relationships with influencers. Develop an outreach strategy to get links and shares. Repurpose your articles for maximum exposure.
If you don’t, it won’t matter how amazing your content is; you’ll keep struggling to build an audience.
Tactic #2: Guest Blogging on Huge Media Sites for Traffic
It was July 2015, and I was so excited.
I had only launched Unsettle six months prior and Huffington Post accepted me as a contributor.
So I got to work. I researched Huffington Post’s business section to find the perfect topic. I stayed up late to write an article that I thought would resonate. Then I logged into my contributor dashboard, loaded the article, and pressed “publish.”
The next morning, I woke up early, excited to check my stats, and … crickets. I saw maybe 20 visitors from the article I’d worked so hard to write.
What happened?
The problem is that these huge media publications keep on growing in size and staff. And the more they grow, the less chance you have of drawing significant traffic from them. After all, it’s much harder to stand out when they publish thirty or more posts alongside yours.
Sure, if they happen to feature your post prominently on their front page, you may go viral and draw more traffic than you can handle. But you’re more likely to lose the traffic lottery than win it.
When it comes to guest blogging, you have much more reliable options.
What to Do Instead
Guest blogging is still hugely beneficial for bringing in traffic, email subscribers, and social proof.
But instead of targeting huge media sites like Huffington Post, you should target more specific, topic-based blogs. For example,if you’re a finance blogger, instead of guest blogging on MSN Money, you would target Budgets Are Sexy or The Penny Hoarder.
These blogs usually have large, engaged audiences specific to your topic.
Also, these kinds of blogs are often run by a single influencer. Guest blogging for them will help build your relationship, which can lead to them sharing your posts in the future. (This could end up sending you more traffic than the guest post itself.)
As for those huge media sites, the only reason to write for them is if you’d like to add your logo to your “featured on” list. You may not get a ton of traffic, but having written for these big websites does lend you credibility in the minds of many readers.
Tactic #3: Asking Readers to “Subscribe for Free Updates.” (Is It 2009?)
Listen, you can no longer expect people to give you their email in return for “free updates” or your “free newsletter.”
Yes, you’re supposed to grow your email list, but if you’re asking for emails without giving anything in return, you’re ignoring an important psychological societal norm: reciprocity.
This tactic may have worked in the past, but everybody knows the power of email marketing today, so every blog, website, and shop is vying for your visitor’s email address. You’ll see pathetic opt-in rates if you’re not offering anything concrete.
What to Do Instead
Instead of just asking outright for email addresses and hoping your readers are generous enough to cough them up, you need to give them something valuable in return.
That means creating an opt-in offer your visitors can’t refuse.
An opt-in offer is a free resource you provide related to your topic that you give away in exchange for an email address to incentivize email subscriptions (and rapidly grow your email list).
With the right opt-in offer, you’ll see your subscription rate go from a measly 1%–2% to an encouraging 5% or more.
Tactic #4: Trying to Build an Ad-Driven Media Empire
Back before the days of affiliate marketing and product creation, there were the days of advertising — one of the only ways bloggers of yesteryear could begin to monetize.
The idea was that you’d build a huge site with lots of pages ranking in Google, slap ads on them, and you’d see profit.
Now, even back in the day, the gains you’d get from ads were modest. Even then, you’d need a whole lot of people clicking your ads to make a decent living. But if you had enough pages ranking for profitable keywords, you could make it work.
These days, it’s even harder than it was before. Not only do you face a lot more competition, but most people have developed “banner blindness,” which means they pay so little attention to the ads on a page that they don’t even notice them.
Advertising is an ineffective (and unprofitable) means of monetizing your blog. Fortunately, you have much better options.
What to Do Instead
Blogging is more of a viable career than ever before.
But now, instead of relying on tacky display ads to earn you pennies for the hard work you do, you can earn much more by creating products, offering services, or selling online resources and courses.
Turn toward treating your blog as an actual business, and away from scammy monetization practices like advertising.
Tactic #5: Lurking in Comments Sections Looking for Traffic
Back in the day, the way to guarantee traffic was to leave comments on articles posted on other blogs in your niche.
If you left your comments in enough places, they could bring you significant amount of traffic. You’d just leave a link in the URL section of your comment, and wait for the traffic to roll in.
Why do you think you still see so much spam in comment sections? Because this used to work like gangbusters.
But now this no longer works. Nobody has time to comb through the comments section of an article and click the links to see if commenters have a blog they might want to follow.
What to Do Instead
Commenting on other people’s blogs is still an effective way to build relationships with other bloggers. If you connect with other bloggers in their comment sections enough, they learn your name and will recognize you.
Then, if you want to send them a pitch, or a link or share request, they will already have warmed to you. They will be a lot more receptive.
Of course, leaving half-hearted comments (“Nice article!” “I totally agree with your fifth point!”) isn’t the way to do it. You’ll actually have to read their articles and share which insights you gained from it, and if you have any additional ones to offer, mention those too. (Just make sure you don’t outright contradict them, if you want to build up your relationship with them.)
You want to be more like this:
Tactic #6: Writing Y.A.R.P (Yet Another Roundup Post)
It seems as if every time you open your browser, you see another headline like this:
“32 Productivity Experts Reveal Their Morning Routines!”
This type of post is called a roundup post, where the blogger has reached out to several influencers and bloggers, asking them the same question to use their answers in an article.
This used to be an excellent strategy for getting your blog on the map. The influencers who contributed would get a backlink and a feature on your blog, and in turn they’d share the article with their social media followers.
But because they worked so well, everybody started doing them. So influencers’ inboxes are now flooded with the same old roundup questions from everybody and their dog. If they even respond with an answer (because a link is a link), they’re far less likely to share it today.
What to Do Instead
Featuring influencers in your niche is still a good way to put your blog on the map. Instead of asking a generic question and making a list post out of the answers, you can take one of two other approaches:
- Using influencers as case-study-style examples (without bothering them for their input). This is what I did with my Buffer guest post that ended up being one of the top pieces of content on the Buffer blog that year.
- Getting extremely creative and interesting with your question. Instead of just asking what the influencer’s favorite superfood is, get more creative to capture their interest and rise above the rest of the roundup questions in their inboxes. Bonus: this also appeals to more readers.
Both of these options allow you to reap the benefits of a roundup post without ending up on influencers’ hit lists (or being completely ignored).
Tactic #7: Writing for Rankings (Rather Than Readers)
Not that long ago, bloggers could “game” the search engines.
You could write short, keyword-rich articles for your blog and actually rank. The more content you published, the more keywords you had the opportunity to rank for.
In fact, I wrote a blog called Suburban Finance, and because I wrote several articles about buying a house, I ranked in the top 50 for the search term “house.”
True story.
But since then, Google’s algorithm has become much more savvy.
See, Google’s business model relies on its users getting the search results they want — relevant, valuable content about whatever topic they’re searching for. So instead of valuing content based on quantity, Google uses measures of quality.
That means that it looks at factors like:
- “Dwell time” (how long a user will spend on the page)
- Bounce rate (the percentage of users who leave your site after visiting one page)
- Content richness (the length and depth of the search result)
These factors all show Google (and other search engines, not that they matter) that the result they displayed to their user was relevant and valuable.
What to Do Instead
Cranking out five 300-word blog posts per week so you can rank does not lead to relevant or valuable content.
Instead of becoming a content mill, hoping to rank for keywords, focus on creating quality content for the keywords you’re looking to rank for.
You must write for people. And people are looking for answers. When you write detailed, long-form content, it is more likely to have the answers they seek.
Tactic #8: Being a “Jack” of All Social Platforms (Instead of a Master of One)
It used to be standard practice to have a social media presence on every platform possible to cover your bases. But that’s no longer effective.
With the introduction of algorithms for many social platforms, your posts reach fewer of your followers than ever before, so blasting your blog posts to every social media platform won’t bring you much traffic at all.
If you have 1,000 likes and follows on your Facebook page, that used to mean you promote your blog posts in front of most of those followers, but now only 6% (and often far less) of your fans will even see your posts in their newsfeeds.
Facebook isn’t the only social platform that has taken this approach. Instagram is the latest platform to follow suit.
To get your posts in front of more people on these platforms, you need to drum up engagement so the platform trusts that your followers want to see your posts.
But that’s nearly impossible to do unless you know the platform intimately and build up a strong presence. And it’s tough to do so if you are spreading yourself across every social network out there.
What to Do Instead
Focus on just one social media platform and promote your articles more heavily.
The only way to get more people to see and like your posts on social media is to develop a deeper understanding of each platform and post on a regular basis so you can conquer those prohibitive algorithms.
How regularly?
CoSchedule says that it depends on the social platform, but here’s a quick breakdown:
- Post to Facebook 1–2 times per day
- Tweet 15 times per day
- Instagram 2–3 times per day
Develop a deeper, more intimate knowledge of the social platform to truly benefit from social media marketing.
Wake Up and Ditch the Outdated Blogging Advice
I bet you’ve thought it.
I know I have.
“If only I’d started sooner.”
You know, back when professional blogging wasn’t so popular. Back when the blogosphere wasn’t more competitive than the restaurant industry. Back when all you had to do to get traffic was post on Facebook every time you published a new post.
It’s tempting to write blogging off as one of those things you had to start back before it became popular.
But I have good news …
You can still make in the blogosphere. You just have to ditch the old-school blogging tactics that no longer work and lean into the new strategies.
And sit back and watch the traffic, readers, and subscribers roll in.
About the Author: Sarah Peterson writes insanely useful guides on marketing and entrepreneurship at Unsettle.org. Get her report, 10 Free Tools That Reveal the Product Your Audience Is Begging For to finally start making money from your blog… the right way.
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