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  1. piano

    "Emergency" Service Businesses (NEED) Vs. "Luxury" Service Businesses (WANT)

    CHAT 
    You don't need a window cleaner if your windows are slightly dirty, but you do need a plumber or lockpicker if something went wrong and you can't help yourself. What do you have to say about them? Which business type do you find better? For me, a big difference seems to be that with Luxury...
  2. Michi49

    How to Actually Get Better at Sales? Need Advice from Experienced Sellers

    MARKETING 
    Hey everyone, I’ve been working as a salesperson for a multinational fertilizer company for the past two years. The technical training on plant nutrition is solid, but when it comes to actual sales training… well, let’s just say it’s pretty much useless (or non-existent). I’m selling a...
  3. Leafys1

    Sales Discussion - Do you use scripts?

    CHAT RANT 
    After reading tons of books on Sales, Implementing most of them and testing them in a B2B scenario while working as an B2B salesman in Tech and Marketing, I would like to hear some of your thoughts or expirience regarding „ Sales guru teschings“ Not so sure about in person Scripts… or the...
  4. S

    $9,000 in 2 months- can I do it? (DONE)

    GOLD! SIDE HUSTLE 
    Hello, I’m am still learning to code an app to be which has already gotten soft proof as I want to solve a small problem first. Whilst I wait, I want to make quick cash that isn’t my usual overtime at work. I’ll write a bit about my process here. I will go a bit old school and sell any...
  5. BizyDad

    Conversation Mapping: A Sales Tool For Beginners

    MARKETING 
    If you work for a sales organization, you tend to have an easier go of learning sales. This is because the organization has done a lot of the heavy lifting on sales scripts. They've hopefully tested them, improved them, and your job is simply to learn them. When you jump to entrepreneurship...
  6. envykyro

    Help! Value Skew ideas and market my Kittens

    MARKETING 
    Yup thats right , i am marketing kittens now , its not scalable but its semi-fast lane. I just find it fascinating how sales skills can really help in ALL topics of human life , what other unique selling points can you suggest for my kittens ? as they do need a good warm cozy home soon.
  7. BPH1994

    What is the best sales advice you've learned and can impart?

    GOLD! HOT! MARKETING 
    Not looking for quotes or things that simply sound good, but advice, resources, formulas, etc you've learned and implemented that significantly changed your approach and results. This stems from my own sales efforts falling short, and since I can no longer afford to run ads for my SAAS business...
  8. SpinnerRedPenny

    Private Labeling Travails

    IDEA 
    Hi Entrepreneurs! I'm turning to you all in the hopes of receiving feedback on a quandary I find myself in. I've been trying to broker a sales agreement between an original service provider (the SaaS equivalent of an OEM) and another seller. The OSP wants the seller to be a reseller. The...
  9. piano

    A Little Challenge: Selling an Old Wooden Piano for More Than "FREE"

    MARKETING 
    Da-da-da Duuuum!! @piano is selling his piano?? WHATAATT But it's true. Looking at the future, I think I'll do better with a flagship Stage Piano. The Flagship/Beast in question: The MP11SE, weighing a whopping 34KG!! I'll keep my motivations short: In the future I'm going to need to...
  10. steel-potato

    Finally have our MVP: now what???? Help please

    MARKETING 
    Hey... I'm a part of a bootstrapping skincare startup and we've spent the last year developing a proprietary product and we're finally ready to launch. We've got the recipe, the labels, the jars, the packaging, the ABN... almost everything set up. But we're unsure what the best place is to start...
  11. J

    Dealing with Competition

    PEOPLE EXECUTION FEEDBACK 
    Aloha, I am looking to develop an auto detailing business within the Island of Hawaii, but I have difficulty starting up due to competition, Could anyone with experience in the auto detailing industry or those who have successfully navigated a similar competitive market share specific...
  12. Crazy GG

    Dating coaching business - high or low ticket

    MARKETING 
    Hello there, I have started a dating coaching business where I help men get more dates. So far I have managed to land 4 clients who each paid me $1K for 8 weeks of coaching and have 3 public testimonials (clients are happy). I have a question around designing my offer. Alex Hormozi in his...
  13. I

    Advice Needed: Anybody got a SDR/BDR job that makes 50-60k a year net salary?

    SLOWLANE 
    Context: I want to get a sales job (sdr or bdr) at a company (i thought of a tech company) and I want to focus 1 year on selling and then get into entrepreneurship again. I saw on other posts (reddit) that people earn 50-60k a year and 100k OTE and i want that too. I dont really know what...
  14. D

    Advice on starting a side hustle on sales with a hearing impairment.

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Hello, Fastlaners! I have posted in the forums before and suddenly became a lurker...again. I won't lie, having been born deaf and living with hearing loss is a bitch. Mainly because interpersonal relationships and networking is much harder when I've struggled with clear communication skills...
  15. Alexander Mish

    How to improve your sales process

    MARKETING 
    Information can provide an anvantage. Then, those, who can search for right information, and do it fast, will have an advantage. What was the problem? I didn't know how to find relevant leads for cold calls, and how to do it efficiently. For my work i need information about who makes decisions...
  16. T

    Do I Need A Website To Get A Customer?

    MARKETING 
    Hi Everyone, I'm looking to start doing cold outreach to sell consulting services to small to medium sized organizations that need help managing enterprise software (think Salesforce, Workday, etc) on a monthly basis. Since I have experience with cold outreach from previous jobs I think I...
  17. Andy Black

    Don't Ask, Give

    NOTABLE! HOT! MINDSET 
    Too many folks just ASK... How do I find a client? How do I find a mentor? How do I find a business idea? Or they want to give, but ASK how... Can I help you? What can I help you with? Do you need help with XYZ? Don't ask, give. Don't even ask what you can give, or ask for permission...
  18. G

    The Art of Sales

    CHAT 
    Why listen to a random young dude on the internet for sales advice you might ask? Here's why, I've been in sales for the majority of my short career so far, and even though it's been short I've had quite a bit of success. According to "Personal Finance Data" I currently am in the top 99.8th...
  19. The Don

    Zero Conversion on Latest Product

    MARKETING 
    Hi fellow fastlaner! I’m now on my second attempt of launching a successful business, however the results so far are underwhelming. The business I’ve created is called Herbal Tranquillity and the plan is to create a number of products for babies/toddlers that will alleviate a variety of...
  20. E

    17, profited $60k already, but completely lost in life.

    IDEA 
    I'm 17 years old, and throughout the las year or so, I've been hopping around from business to business, side hustle to side hustle, and managed to save up $60k. However, none of these "side hustles" have been scalable, and at my best I made just under 7k in one month. For the last month or two...

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