Conversions, marketing, ecommerce and content.
Shopify for sure. But, why limit yourself there? There are some other really great systems out there that provide more tools out of the box. Oh, and while I'm sure *some* businesses do well with a Facebook store, it's not so simple to just "build and they will come." Stores are connected to Pages. You might want to get a start locally using Facebook Marketplace.
Content Marketing Advisor & Agency Consultant
Hi there, I wish I could give you an exact amount — or even a decent range. But, in reality, the answer is it depends. There are a number of factors I would use to quote this. Some of those factors include: - How much content, and what kind, is being created? - How much time are you expected to put into strategy, planning, and vision casting? - How well do you know the company culture that you are managing for? Will you be responsible for sourcing the answer to questions? What does that process look like? - Are you expected to manage the ecommerce store on an ongoing basis? Maintenance? - Are you coding this from scratch? Building out a Shopify or Woocommerce solution? - Are you training them on how to use the product? - Are you responsible for project management? Copywriting? Product photography? As you can see, there are many factors to building out an ecommerce solution. Your original question, how much to charge, is dependant on how you answer these questions, your skill set, and how you value your time. If you’d like more information, or would like to create a marketing strategy, I am happy to help. Just reach out and shoot me a note. All the best,
Referral Generation
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Affiliate/Referral/Partner Program Expert.
What you are really talking about (given the info) with the two programs is: -Refer-A-Friend/Customer Referral Program: This is often implemented for customers of the service only and usually the bounty/reward is credits not really commissions. It can be dual benefit (Referrer and Referee get credit for the transaction, or one sided). -Closed/private Affiliate Program: Open to your network of people you want to offer it to, and they receive commissions for referred clients. There is no one-size-fits all solution given there will probably be some technical requirements to do what you'd like on the Service Provided Referrals. Nonetheless, check out Tapfiliate.com. You can create multiple partner programs with different commission rules and regulations, all under one platform. It also fits your requirements above. If you'd like to discuss this more, just schedule a call on Clarity; happy to help out. Thanks!
Fashion Industry Expert - US & Canada
One of the biggest challenges for new or growing brands when approaching multi brands (whether on or offline) is convincing the retailer of the following: a) You can delivery the product as promised b) It will sell and do so at an acceptable margin c) That you can find a way to cover them if b) fails If you are approaching them as an unknown and are getting significant push back, then your best bet is to ensure that they feel comfortable with the inventory risk they're taking. Here are 3 different ways in which that can be done: a) guarantee their margin b) sell on consignment c) offer a return guarantee ("put it on wheels") I generally only recommend c), as guaranteeing retail margin can become a drain on your own margin, while selling on consignment means you have to wait to get paid until the product is sold by the retailer. I therefore suggest to offer an upfront return agreement (either x%, or if you want to get really aggressive, take back anything that doesn't sell). The point is to cap their risk and make them feel comfortable about taking a shot with a new and unproven vendor. Make it clear upfront that this is for the starting season only to test the brand, so that they don't expect to maintain that kind of return agreement forever.
Business Development
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Focus is your first step.
I would first start by identifying who your perfect or ideal partners are. From there, begin thinking about who in your local market might fit that profile. The path becomes more apparent when you have a crystal clear view of who you want to do business with.
Conversions, marketing, ecommerce and content.
Studio Press has a plethora of great templates, including magazine style.
20 years working in and with food companies.
You'll need to provide some level of detail to get answers from this group. - Consumer retail or wholesale foodservice or ingredient? - Do you have a competitive advantage that is easily communicated? Happy to provide some direction if you can define the scope a bit.
Sustainable Business
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I help you buy, sell, plan, value a business
Hi, giving farmers ownership, such as shares, in your business would only invite confusion as the level of business awareness is likely to vary among all the different parties. Instead, create a relationship whereby the farmers have a direct benefit tied to their sales to you such that they will always want to sell to you over others and they will want to direct potential customers to you. Essentially, some kind of volume bonus to the farmers akin to the volume rebate schemes often seen in B2B sales. If you hit certain goals, they get something extra. It gives them a stake in your business without all the complications of actually making them owners. Good luck and arrange a call if you'd like to discuss your situation further. Dave
Coach and honest Trainer for Local Businesses
Depending on your target group I would recommend doing facebook lead ads with a zapier integration to your mailchimp list. That works quite well. There is also an option on linkedin, where you can get directly leads within the channel. Hope that helps you :)
Social Media Marketing
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Conversions, marketing, ecommerce and content.
You're best bet is to find out who's behind some of the campaigns you love.
Strategy Consultant | Marketing | BI | Analytics
Hire a smart virtual assistant (VA) capable of performing various activities. This will ensure focusing on your core activities and relatively cheaper cost. Don't hire freelance VA, always look for companies who provide these services. You will be better of with almost no downtime plus having access to their tool and automation platform. I collaborated with one, who gave special services like: 1. Flexible hours of work based on need 2. Work as per your desired time zones. 3. No additional Project Management charge. 4. No upfront investment. 5. 100% security i.e. own the copyrights of the work done. 6. Track performance by daily reporting schedule. 7. Rate as low as $8/hour. Let me know if you need any help.
Cold Calling & Sales Expert
Focus on improving your sales skills and delivering constant value to your accounts. With that in mind, I would recommend: "If You're Not First You're Last" by Grant Cardone "Closers Survival Guide" by Grant Cardone "Fanatical Prospecting" by Jeb Blount
Cold Calling & Sales Expert
I recommend reading "Will It Fly" by Pat Flynn and "The 4-Hour Work Week" by Tim Ferriss. Go ahead and run a Google Adwords Campaign to a landing page with the option to purchase something related to your topic. If you get a good conversion rate of people who click the Buy button, then it is a winner. Ideally, you are looking for a topic that is a huge need for your target audience. A friend of mine always says that he is looking for at least an 8 out of 10 on the BIG Problem scale.
20 Years in Tech, Startups and Marketing
This is an interesting idea. In fact I faced a similar problem recently - I wanted to pick up a sofa that I'd bought from ebay. My options were - borrow a big van and drive it there and back, hire a man and a van to do so. I chose the man and the van via this service - https://www.anyvan.com/ So a solution already exists here but perhaps there's a spin on it? Get people to pick up your items when they're traveling that way anyway - it's been done too - https://www.nimber.com/ It maybe that your market isn't mature and there's a need for this where you are. What I'd suggest is the following: Sketch out the problem/s and what people do about that problem Sketch out the use cases Sketch out all your assumptions Then try and debunk them - one by one Speak to people - whether that be on forums, facebook, in person, friends, relatives etc and gain as much insight as you can. Once you've got that insight try and sketch out the solution to the problem Once you've got that - then go back to your BMC and re-hash the whole thing Then build a cheap website/landing page saying that you can solve that problem by doing xyz - you don't even have to have the service or anything Promote it and collect feedback Re-hash the BMC Then decide whether it's viable or not. Happy to chat through in more detail.
Start-up & health insurance payer experience.
Clinical Decision Support coupled with cost optimization will grow over the next ten years in light of AI and Amazon development. So what do I mean in a practical sense by this? Say you are a patient with abdominal pain. Your doctor thinks you may have a gallstone, but it could also be a kidney stone or perhaps a bulging disc in your back among other conditions. A test would help your doctor diagnose you. But what test? It could be an ultrasound, CT, MRI, or a nuclear medicine study along with blood work. But what would be the best test for you given your medical history, past tests you've undergone and cost of the tests in the area? This is way too much information for a busy doctor to analyze in a 15-minute office visit. Ahh, but there is an AI platform with all your past medical history and costs of local services Amazon has figured out. Your doctor, working in conjunction with the platform can enter relevant clinical information based on their physical exam and interstation with you to determine the optimal test to order to diagnose your condition. This would result in high-quality, cost-effective care to be delivered with the help of AI in collaboration with your doctor's input. How does this change the job of a doctor? Well, it would make them more efficient and able to provide higher quality. They would need to learn how to interact more closely with an AI platform and recognize a stronger partnership with technology. As a result, decrease mental burden and job satisfaction would result. Ultimately, there could be lower rates of provider burnout and increased job satisfaction with more individuals wanting to enter medicine. This could help address our issues around limited access in light of an aging population requiring more services.
CEO at www.TextHub.com
Chartmogul is the best one I've found. There are many great ones though. You can even use open source analytics software to build your own.
Father of 2 teenage girls and married.
Hello, I wholesale part time. I have sold multiple products to a variety of different stores. My goal was to never get into a huge department store, it was to provide small mom and pop shops with products that would sell. Steps I took to sell multiple items: 1. Establish a contact person 2. Provide sample products to display in store on counter 3. Follow up with contact person to see what reaction they are getting from the consumer. 4. Discuss how your product will bring more revenue to there establishment. 5. Sell your idea. I have done this in multiple different types of stores. Example: Sold knives to a gift store to put in gift baskets. Sold shot glasses to a dollar store. Sold musical gardens to a small knick knack store. Sold table top fountains to a novelty shop. I used the steps above in order to achieve my goal. My personal opinion is 85% of your time and effort is going to be selling the idea. That's it. It really is that simple. Feel free to contact with any questions. Happy Earnings!!!
Co-Founder at Lexulous
Yes, this is possible. I am an active stakeholder in an organisation that has developed high performing voice apps and is currently building fitness apps (skills) for Google Home and Amazon Alexa. One of the easiest ways to start is from the following link: https://developers.google.com/actions/dialogflow/first-app There is a lot of nuance in this upcoming field of Voice Development. If you need further answers or would like a call then please connect with me.
Clarity Expert
I've been using UW for a few years. It is very useful but you have to be careful. Lot of unreliable people out there. Over the years, I've narrowed a couple of people I keep using. And have excluded others. Few things: 1- It's best to give clear instruction. I tend to build GSheet on what I need, interact a lot of Skype at the beginning 2- If you are searching for mails, do use email verification services. I find that people I work with tend to have a 95% success rate but, at the start, best to be on the safe side rather than burn your mail server (bounce rate need to be low) 3- Focus helps but if you are testing things out, you could use a platform like Reply.io to test out a few verticals and see what works or what doesn't work. 4- It feels your target markets are a bit too generic. Using UW, you'd have too wide a net. There are various ways to narrowing things down, from geos to title to company size or even keyword in company profile. Again, what is possible is to set a filter and share it with UW. Hope it helps, UW etc... are useful and best in my experience than the products out there. But it is a bit of work (no pain no gain). Happy to set up a call if you see value (am rather new to Clarity so not too sure how it works!). Best, H
Fractional CTO
1) Payment distribution. Use a system like Post Affiliate Pro or similar, which allows you to export a .csv file compatible with PayPall "Mass Pay". "Mass Pay" cost $1/batch to process, so your Affiliates won't be charge normal PayPal fees. 2) You must send 1099 Misc forms to all people you pay more than $600/year. Failure to comply... well... Like the bootleggers in Oklahoma (where I grew up) use to say... "Don't mess with the revenuers." I suggest anyone with a US address, you require a SS or EIN number. Period. Do this during their signup process. You'll thank me for this tip, as it's like pulling teeth to get this info at some future date. Here's another trick. Defer asking for SS or EIN number till the first scheduled payment to each US affiliate. Then send an email saying payment will be issued when SS or EIN has been provided. 3) Don't ever wait for an affiliate to invoice you for their payment. This will create a mass of nonsense work for you + all your affiliates, which will rapidly sour your affiliate relations. 4) Sounds to me like you're new to affiliate payments. You're welcome to schedule a call with me for information about how to select + hire an affiliate manager. After you provide me with details about your business, my guess is I can recommend one of several affiliate managers which might take on your project, if their schedule permits.
Brand Growth Pro, Project Management
You may improve your product's credibility by getting endorsements from vets. Consider partnering with local/regional animal welfare groups.
Fractional CTO
Wow. This is a tough one. If I found myself in possession of a business like this, I'd likely create an IDC domiciled in non-US jurisdiction. Then look for insurance for the non-US company. My guess... insurance rates will be far less this way.
Design Thinking | Consultant
What price points are you looking for? Do you want drop ship with allowance of white labeling a product? Does it need to be direct link e-commerce or will you personally fulfill each drop ship order? I have a client that sells watches through amazon, get in touch with me and I'll see how I can help you!
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Hello! My name is Humberto Valle, I'm a marketing strategist for www.unthink.me. The term “growth hacking” is now being widely used to describe startup marketing, but its meaning has changed since Sean Ellis originally coined the term in his 2010 blog post. You have a very good question here! In short, the answer is No, its not just for SaaS. Service based companies, professionals looking for work, and other non-digital physical product based companies use Growth Hack methodologies every day with great success. Let's get a few things straight first, there is no traditional or digital marketing, only good marketing. Just as how there is a difference in advertising and marketing. Marketing is a management level effort for anything customer facing while advertising is much much simpler than that, albeit still a complex responsibility. traditional is now also including platforms like social media and PPC so in many ways, growth hackers are referred to as that when they can combine management level insight in a business and it's market and pair with easily launched and measured customer acquisition tactics. Sometimes these efforts can very well combine traditional and new traditional as well as highly technical efforts. What differentiates a growth hacker from a "traditional" marketer? Well, while a growth hacker certainly has the skills of what is now becoming traditional marketing in his toolkit, Sean Ellis recognizes that those skills are not always relevant to most early startups, but just as well they are used by many. I have personally implemented non-technical growth hacking methodologies for service-based businesses such as in the cleaning industry, manufacturing of sports apparel, table top games, and others. I haven't had the chance yet to apply Growth Hacking to a SaaS which tells me that it can be done outside of the SaaS industry. If you think about it, growth hacking is understanding where your customers are coming from, what will make them tick, and how to be in the right place at the right time with an offer that is so easy to claim or engage with that it's almost intuitive so the conversion is high. Growth Hacking may have been coined by a technical aspect for a SaaS but in reality is no more than good practice marketing efforts at a management level effort. As a business owner, startup founder, or high level CEO - and of course as head of marketing - you must know who your ideal target it, the market, the competitors, things that make your prospects tick, how much are they willing to go through to acquire what you offer, what are their stages of decision making, howlong is your pipeline for conversion, where and how to retarget them, etc. - this is what every good marketer should be able to do, but in many ways it was unfortunately coined for the higher level experts like us who do have this type of insight when it reality it should be common practice for anyone wanting to call her or himself a 'marketer.'
Experienced eCommerce Expert
Cost will definitely depends on your specific requirements, and the web agency. For example, for the mobile repair side, are customers able to schedule a date/time for the repair and have to enter in their location? Does there need to be a system in place to ensure there's no double bookings? That's just the tip of the iceberg, but a good web agency will dig in deep and ask you a lot of questions in a discovery session to determine your requirements, so that they can propose a solution that'll meet your needs. The first step is find a web agency who has experience building similar websites. Then, have a conversation with them. Look for professionalism, clear communication and honesty. Ask if they have a minimum project budget. If they check all those boxes, consider paying them to do a discovery session to help you determine all of your requirements (paying for 2-5 hours should be enough). This is a useful exercise for you as well, so that you are clear about what you really need (even if you don't end up using this agency). After that, the agency could put together a proposal for you. Generally speaking, a website of this nature will not be less than $3K to build. It could easily be upwards of $20K, depending on all your needs. Your best bet is to keep things as simple as possible, and launch with the essentials rather than building everything at once. Use tools like Squarespace, LemonStand or Shopify to get a lot of features out of the box and reduce development cost. After launching, gather qualitative feedback from customers, and measure traffic patterns and conversion rates using Google Analytics. This data can tell you what to change, add or remove from your website. That way, you're building what customers actually want without just making guesses. Best of luck on your project!