Message from @Logan

Discord ID: 533791605686272010


2019-01-09 23:53:08 UTC  

Things of this nature, hidden startup costs -etc.

2019-01-10 00:11:25 UTC  

Marketing:
I have only done 2 marketing campaigns in my 2.5 yrs in business.

1st Campaign) I asked local dry cleaners if they would give me "Bring 3 items, get one free" promotion. They all agreed.
On a set of custom business cards hand delivered to Realtors offices.
"Bring 3 Items, Get 1 FREE!!!"
Courtesy of Tyler0317's Company!!

2nd Campaign) I hired bodybuilders to dress like Rambo, with red bandanas and to hold my company signs at an intersection in front of Realtors offices. They flexed and posed for the crowd and put on a show.

-I need local Realtors to funnel business to me, so I cater myself to them as a demographic.
-The Realtors in my area are 65% Female, and largely between 30-60 yrs old

2019-01-10 00:12:26 UTC  
2019-01-10 00:14:12 UTC  

hahaha okay, that second one is epic.

2019-01-10 00:14:22 UTC  

For a phone, I use this service, it's worked OK so far,https://grasshopper.com/

2019-01-10 00:17:49 UTC  

Yeah so both men and women would be interested in my service. The sort of women who would be interested are the same sort who don't mind paying 300+ per month at hair/nail salons (it's not a beauty service, guys...lol). Once I have business cards, I intend to go to the better salons in the three countys that I intend to serve and set up either a referral program with them or simply offer to buy their staff lunch once a month if they keep a tiny business card holder with my company stocked at the front counter.

2019-01-10 00:17:58 UTC  

Not sure how to reach the fellas but I'll get there.

2019-01-10 00:19:14 UTC  

I will check out Grasshopper. thanks @Tyler0317. not exactly parallel industries but some good stuff none-the-less.

2019-01-10 00:21:28 UTC  

I hear you. There is never really a template to follow. Take bits and pieces from others as you go.

Also, join a business group/guild. If one doesn't exist, make one.

2019-01-10 00:21:50 UTC  
2019-01-10 00:23:08 UTC  

Yeah, way ahead of you there, my friend.

2019-01-10 00:23:26 UTC  

I joined real estate meetup groups, then started one of my own, where I could invite only heavy hitters. Those connections later paid off with house flipping, I just finished my second one after Xmas.

2019-01-10 00:23:40 UTC  

I have a lunch meeting tomorrow with a gentleman who runs the largest Entrepreneurs group in the main county I want to serve.

2019-01-10 00:25:09 UTC  

@Tyler0317 Yeah Louis indicated that was your line of work before, so I kinda-sorta knew what you were up to. That's awesome.

2019-01-10 00:31:14 UTC  

@Tyler0317 have you been on biggerpockets.com? Lots of good info/potential contacts there

2019-01-10 03:51:35 UTC  

If anybody needs a website or digital marketing for their business, just reach out 😃

2019-01-10 19:59:46 UTC  

Hey everyone. I have expertise in running startups. My MBA concentration is entrepreneurship. I’m here to help.

2019-01-10 20:12:14 UTC  

@Papa Pizzagate have you done market research for your potential endeavor? Have an ideal consumer in mind? How do others in your particular industry acquire and retain customers? Feel free to keep it as vague as you need.

2019-01-10 20:20:10 UTC  

@Ryan -NJ I've done a good amount of research, yes. Youre coming to Philly this weekend, right? Let's talk about that as well as that other thing you dmed me about in person

2019-01-10 20:20:48 UTC  

@Papa Pizzagate Sounds good. Looking forward to it.

2019-01-12 23:37:16 UTC  

has anyone here got into trucking as a lease or owner operator? Just got my doubles/triples after a few years non-CDL work and may buy a tractor after a few months as a company driver on a local route.

I'd like to get a second truck and start putting IE members through trucking school here in northwestern Montana. The goal is to be OTR for just three or four days a week. There seems to be no shortage of loads to and from northwestern Montana on load app I'm looking at.

2019-01-13 01:06:15 UTC  

Trucking is in high demand. Great idea. Good luck.

2019-01-13 01:22:55 UTC  

@Logan If you need any help with creating and implementing a startup strategy, let me know.

2019-01-14 02:44:07 UTC  

@Logan trucking sucks for a family man, dude. The only money is over the road, and you only go home once a week

2019-01-14 02:44:15 UTC  

@Ryan -NJ are you a trucker?

2019-01-14 02:46:43 UTC  

@John O - I am not. I have experience in startups and business strategy.

2019-01-14 02:48:31 UTC  

@John O - I was OTR for a year. If you work for yourself and are directly in touch with a broker you can go out for three days and it will pay the bills for the whole week

2019-01-14 02:49:02 UTC  

Right on, dude

2019-01-14 02:49:03 UTC  

If anybody needs help with digital marketing, hit me up.

2019-01-14 02:49:04 UTC  

my current job as a company driver gets me home every night and pays almost 70 a year which is not bad really

2019-01-14 02:49:46 UTC  

Cool. I didn't know you already had experience in it, I thought you were going in blind. Sounds good, man, good luck

2019-01-14 02:52:59 UTC  

$70,000 a year?

2019-01-14 02:53:13 UTC  

lmao you make more than I'm gonna make in computer science @Logan

2019-01-14 02:53:28 UTC  

Truckers rise up

2019-01-14 03:06:02 UTC  

@Jacob yea I was going to wait until you got here but I want to get you in the compound.

2019-01-14 03:06:28 UTC  

be your own boss, start your own company, very cheap rent, be part of a little community, etc

2019-01-14 03:07:14 UTC  

cheapest rent is if you live with us. We are going to buy a house in a few months, possibly with a workshop and a granny flat for IE Kingz to stay in on a semi-permanent basis

2019-01-14 03:10:15 UTC  

that would actually be cool

2019-01-14 03:31:16 UTC  

yep. by the time you graduate we should be in the flow of things. We want to do team runs to CA and back, taking 3 or 4 days so the rest of the time we can just be with family or working on projects like writing and athletics

2019-01-22 02:25:15 UTC  

good evening folks,

I’ve been thinking about getting into freelance translation (English>Russian and vice versa) and I wanted to start in friendly circles. If anyone can point me towards an individual or organization that could use such a service, I’d love to know more.

(reposted from languages channel)

2019-01-22 03:11:11 UTC  

I don’t know much about translation. Is this a service that would be useful to market to multinational corporations with reciprocal agreements?