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  1. The-J

    I started an SMMA to help landscapers

    IDEA 
    WII-FM: what's in it for me What do employees want to know? Probably pay, hours, benefits, and whether they are a good fit for the job. Be specific, too. "Good pay flexible hours" = bad; "$22/hour, available for morning (7a-11a) and evening (3p-7p) shifts" = good I really don't know about...
  2. The-J

    I started an SMMA to help landscapers

    IDEA 
    I have a client where, half the time, we run employment campaigns because they always need workers. I can get them employees for half the cost that Indeed charges. We don't always run it, we only run it when we need to. I would not have known this earlier Also niching down only makes sense if...
  3. The-J

    Fast Lane at 43?

    INTRO 
    Eckhart Tolle was a self-described failure until he was in his 50s. He was an academic who quit after having a "spiritual awakening". He ended up homeless and stayed homeless for years after that. He became a spiritual teacher and lived poor in England and then Vancouver. His first book was...
  4. The-J

    Streamlining Work With AI - Anyone Else Using It?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I think one of the biggest things GenAI can do is create personalized solutions for real-time situations. Imagine a newsletter that knew EXACTLY what you were going through, had EXACTLY the knowledge to point you in the right direction, and could word it EXACTLY in a way that would motivate you...
  5. The-J

    Streamlining Work With AI - Anyone Else Using It?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I created some GPT-powered automations which have a specialized purpose: give an overview of advertising performance, point out important outliers and data points that might have a deeper indication, detect winners and losers, and suggest action steps. It's ugly right now (it connects to Google...
  6. The-J

    Fast Lane at 43?

    INTRO 
    Colonel Sanders was a failure until his 60s. Dude went into the restaurant business, failed. Went into the motel business, failed. Went BACK into the restaurant business, sold his original restaurant for a pittance. At age 65, dude was collecting social security checks when he sold his first...
  7. The-J

    Do You Have A Successful Entrepreneurial Premise?

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    I think I paid for a ringtone in 2007 LOL
  8. The-J

    Need some help with identifying customer needs/problems.

    IDEA 
    No. Your other hunch is almost certainly correct: these people have money and want to spend it to solve their problems. This. 1,000 is the MINIMUM. Bare MINIMUM. And don't do a "survey" either. Actually offer something. If you've done motor home (I assume that means RV, that's the term I'm...
  9. The-J

    “But Jamie, How Are You Going to Afford All Those Taxes?!?!”

    REAL ESTATE TAXES | REGS 
    He's peanut butter and jealous
  10. The-J

    A newbie trying to make it since 7 years.

    INTRO 
    https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/do-you-have-a-successful-entrepreneurial-premise.3056/ This is one of the first threads ever posted on this forum. It was posted almost 17 years ago. Pretty good start if you ask me.
  11. The-J

    The Elephant In My Mind: Fear of Failure

    MINDSET 
    You're either earning or learning. No such thing as "failure"
  12. The-J

    Is my prospecting method good?

    IDEA 
    People don't value what they don't pay for. Also you're sending too few emails. You really need to be sending at least 100 per go. You'll get a good amount of data after sending around 1000. @Fox could help you more, I've never sold websites like you're doing but he has & has taught hundreds...
  13. The-J

    Weekly Meetup Accountability Call Megathread

    MEETUPS 
    Was a W for the week... the automations I started with were simple (pulling in ads data automatically via the APIs) but now I'm using GPT-4o to make them super powerful, such as including automated summaries & basic analysis of what went on. There's even more I can do and I've been exploring...
  14. The-J

    How do I Find my First 10 Clients as a Student with a Small Social Circle?

    QUESTION 
    The same is true for SaaS (lots of setup time, lots of dev time, and lots of competition) but I would recommend SaaS way before recommending a course. Why? It's a better value proposition. Think about it: with a SaaS, what the end user wants is easy to access and only needs someone to spend time...
  15. The-J

    How do I Find my First 10 Clients as a Student with a Small Social Circle?

    QUESTION 
    Congratulations! You're going to an elite institution with high-quality people. That's more Fastlane than you think. By this time next year, hopefully you've met over 1000 new people, all who are connected to different people. I will say, though: why not just sell discord bots instead of a...
  16. The-J

    Is "the Skool Game" a scam?

    SIDE HUSTLE SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION 
    Fair. And I don't mean to insult the bizopp crowd because we've all been where they are. And as for the other side: I respect Russell Brunson and I think Clickfunnels is good software, but I remember that Russell did the exact same thing as these Skool guys. He targeted first-time business...
  17. The-J

    Is "the Skool Game" a scam?

    SIDE HUSTLE SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION 
    Smart people can make silly assertions. I'm curious to see how this goes. I don't know much about the "selling community" business but I've been paying MJ for a while to be here, and the reason I do is because of the community itself (and MJ, who is here literally every day) So it serves to...
  18. The-J

    10 years here. Curious what had the most impact on you

    FEEDBACK 
    WRONG. Every business needs to be doing this all the time and if you're not, you're falling behind
  19. The-J

    Is "the Skool Game" a scam?

    SIDE HUSTLE SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION 
    I thought Sam was smart lol. Dude had one of the best MMO funnels on Facebook. Couldn't go a day without seeing his face for a while. But he's not wrong. There will be SOME people who do exactly that. There is a segment of people who are hungry for information & will just click click click and...
  20. The-J

    Is "the Skool Game" a scam?

    SIDE HUSTLE SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION 
    For S+Gs I signed up for Skool First thing they did after signup was send me to their affiliate program! To create a community it costs $99/month, free or paid. Compare that with Discord which is free, or you can upgrade with Nitro which is $9.99. Also compare that with Kajabi, which is like...
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