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Good evening everyone,
I figured I'd keep this thread as my progress thread to keep me on track.
I figured I'd give a little update on what I've been working on, what I need help with, and my future goals. If you read through some of my previous posts, I've had some success in the past, but I've also had many failures as well. The past year I've been in a drought though, basically a lot going on. Had a baby that was stuck in the NICU for a while - lot of stress. I also have been dealing with idea overload. Seriously, I have a notebook with around 1500 solid ideas and problems/needs/desires and I've just taken zero action.
I'm in a very good position though. I'm 32. I have a job with a pension that will allow me to retire in 8 more years including paid health benefits. My schedule is 6am to 2pm and I really don't do much at work. I also own a home and I have some money in the bank. The reason I'm here is because I'm not the type to settle. I'm a hustle type entrepreneur.
I decided to put an end to procrastination 4 months ago. So, I've been experimenting with a few ideas lately.
A few months ago I built a site on Junk Cars. Not the most sexiest business but my purpose for doing the site was to just experiment with some SEO work. I have some friends in this business that are absolutely killing it (one is driving a Maserati) so I figured I could build an asset for them that generates leads and then sell it. Its not fast lane, but I couldn't just sit on my a$$ so I figured I'll learn a little, I'll build a web property, and I'll have something to sell to my friend if it generates enough leads. Anyway, the site is doing ok at this point ranking for 184 keywords with extremely high CPC's - all white hat. Not too bad. By the way, I have absolutely zero interest or passion in junk cars, I just thought I could build a nicer site than my friends and out rank them on Google - then sell them the property. That's my goal for this lol. Don't want to publish the link but pm if you want to check it out.
The next project I'm working on is within the golf niche. I actually been very fortunate in that I've met quite a few people that are members to some super exclusive clubs in Jersey. So, I have an idea for a concept in the golf travel niche (a service) to sell them that my gut is telling me may work. I'm going to put a landing page up this week. I want to run some Google ads to it and see what kind of response I get. The golf market is massive and if I can get a few thousand to sign up for launch, than I know there's interest there and I'll pursue this. My plan is to dress the page up with some sexy imaging, a nice branded logo, and of course web copy that makes leads want to pay me for it before it's even an actual thing. If it's a dud, I'll shut it down and move on.
Like most entrepreneurs, I'm absolutely tired of just sitting around. I love to work on things and I'm tired of failing.
I still have a ton of time on my side. My biggest hurdle is that I really want to focus my efforts on Ecommerce. I'm willing to put 8 hours a day into this. I think Ecommerce would be most suitable model for my lifestyle - either my own digital products or my own physical product brand. I thought about retail/dropship business just to break into Ecommerce but it fails the entry barrier test. I think based on my skillset and ability to launch things, my own brand would be better.
Sourcing and manufacturing is my biggest issue. I'm not overly concerned with the risk of importing, but I worry about alibaba products and patent infringement. That's fear 1. I also know nothing about the process of shipping products. That's fear 2. I also feel that eventually the Chinese market will ship their products direct to FBA and US importers will get crushed. So, my focus for my own brand will be to make sales primarily from my own site. I seem to be very good with launching, marketing, and branding and I'm an idea guy. I'm wondering if it's worth hiring a coach for guidance. I have serious work ethic, I've seen failure and I've seen success. I'm humble and I'm willing to work my a$$ off.
Anyway,
My overall goal - (6-8 years) is to build some type of fastlane business and eventually get into the vacation real estate business, acquiring rentals in vacation communities. That's the big picture.
Job > Fastlane Business > RE
Every millionaire averages around 7 income streams - it's a process not an event. 8 years of hard work ahead of me. You should join the ride.
I'm going to continue to update this thread like once a month to document my progress. I've been doing a lot of digging, but if you know of any threads or can drop some knowledge I'm all ears.
Stevie
I figured I'd keep this thread as my progress thread to keep me on track.
I figured I'd give a little update on what I've been working on, what I need help with, and my future goals. If you read through some of my previous posts, I've had some success in the past, but I've also had many failures as well. The past year I've been in a drought though, basically a lot going on. Had a baby that was stuck in the NICU for a while - lot of stress. I also have been dealing with idea overload. Seriously, I have a notebook with around 1500 solid ideas and problems/needs/desires and I've just taken zero action.
I'm in a very good position though. I'm 32. I have a job with a pension that will allow me to retire in 8 more years including paid health benefits. My schedule is 6am to 2pm and I really don't do much at work. I also own a home and I have some money in the bank. The reason I'm here is because I'm not the type to settle. I'm a hustle type entrepreneur.
I decided to put an end to procrastination 4 months ago. So, I've been experimenting with a few ideas lately.
A few months ago I built a site on Junk Cars. Not the most sexiest business but my purpose for doing the site was to just experiment with some SEO work. I have some friends in this business that are absolutely killing it (one is driving a Maserati) so I figured I could build an asset for them that generates leads and then sell it. Its not fast lane, but I couldn't just sit on my a$$ so I figured I'll learn a little, I'll build a web property, and I'll have something to sell to my friend if it generates enough leads. Anyway, the site is doing ok at this point ranking for 184 keywords with extremely high CPC's - all white hat. Not too bad. By the way, I have absolutely zero interest or passion in junk cars, I just thought I could build a nicer site than my friends and out rank them on Google - then sell them the property. That's my goal for this lol. Don't want to publish the link but pm if you want to check it out.
The next project I'm working on is within the golf niche. I actually been very fortunate in that I've met quite a few people that are members to some super exclusive clubs in Jersey. So, I have an idea for a concept in the golf travel niche (a service) to sell them that my gut is telling me may work. I'm going to put a landing page up this week. I want to run some Google ads to it and see what kind of response I get. The golf market is massive and if I can get a few thousand to sign up for launch, than I know there's interest there and I'll pursue this. My plan is to dress the page up with some sexy imaging, a nice branded logo, and of course web copy that makes leads want to pay me for it before it's even an actual thing. If it's a dud, I'll shut it down and move on.
Like most entrepreneurs, I'm absolutely tired of just sitting around. I love to work on things and I'm tired of failing.
I still have a ton of time on my side. My biggest hurdle is that I really want to focus my efforts on Ecommerce. I'm willing to put 8 hours a day into this. I think Ecommerce would be most suitable model for my lifestyle - either my own digital products or my own physical product brand. I thought about retail/dropship business just to break into Ecommerce but it fails the entry barrier test. I think based on my skillset and ability to launch things, my own brand would be better.
Sourcing and manufacturing is my biggest issue. I'm not overly concerned with the risk of importing, but I worry about alibaba products and patent infringement. That's fear 1. I also know nothing about the process of shipping products. That's fear 2. I also feel that eventually the Chinese market will ship their products direct to FBA and US importers will get crushed. So, my focus for my own brand will be to make sales primarily from my own site. I seem to be very good with launching, marketing, and branding and I'm an idea guy. I'm wondering if it's worth hiring a coach for guidance. I have serious work ethic, I've seen failure and I've seen success. I'm humble and I'm willing to work my a$$ off.
Anyway,
My overall goal - (6-8 years) is to build some type of fastlane business and eventually get into the vacation real estate business, acquiring rentals in vacation communities. That's the big picture.
Job > Fastlane Business > RE
Every millionaire averages around 7 income streams - it's a process not an event. 8 years of hard work ahead of me. You should join the ride.
I'm going to continue to update this thread like once a month to document my progress. I've been doing a lot of digging, but if you know of any threads or can drop some knowledge I'm all ears.
Stevie
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