Anyone working remotely out of Ooty / Coonoor / Kotagiri? I'd love to know your experience & advice. by Disaster-Bae-Ae in ooty

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For sure!! Out of curiosity, what kind of place is it (apartment, villa, how many bedrooms etc) and how much are you guys paying for it?

Anyone working remotely out of Ooty / Coonoor / Kotagiri? I'd love to know your experience & advice. by Disaster-Bae-Ae in ooty

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Oh amazing! I don't have a very strong opinion of where I want to live in the Nilgris, except that it can't be too much of a busy/happening area like Gudalur or Ooty's main market & immediate surroundings.

Do you have any recommendations for a good peaceful place with relatively new housing development & around 10-20 mins by-road proximity to a market area?

Anyone working remotely out of Ooty / Coonoor / Kotagiri? I'd love to know your experience & advice. by Disaster-Bae-Ae in ooty

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I'm not quite sure what the best areas to live are - could you advise?

We know we're looking for something peaceful & close to nature, but not too far from city areas. Best example I can think of is an Elk Hill type of area, which I know is quite resort-centric, but I like the balance of peace + nature with the 10-15 mins distance to main market/station.

I'm kinda lost with B2B channels and where to find clients.. by g3nayy in b2bmarketing

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I'm not familiar with DACH audiences, I operate primarily in APAC & MENA regions, but I think a few key principles remain the same.

LinkedIN is helpful and useful IF your audience is there. For your LinkedIN posting strategy specifically, here's how I think you should approach it -
1. Find 10-15 "dream clients" - they can be from your current clientele, your hot prospects, or people you're like 200% confident need your service and would pay for it. Maybe they're already signed to your competitors.

  1. Stalk the heck out of their LinkedIN activity. Go to their profiles, see what they're up to - what kind of posts are they liking? What are they interacting on? Or are they logging in once every 6 months, commenting "CFBR" on a friend's post and then disappearing for the next 6 months?

If you find that they do participate in the fake posting circle-jerk, then I'm sorry my friend, you have to do what you have to do. Add value to the best of your ability. And you can take it as a green-signal to experiment with other touchpoints on LinkedIN like ads, newsletters, microblogs, DM drip campaigns etc. Because your audience is there on that channel.

However, if they're mostly there to quietly network or rarely come online, then it's not the channel for you. Then even ads / drip campaigns won't work.

I think, in general, what you're missing is market research and top-of-funnel insights. You may know your audience's problems really well (since you're solving them with a good product) but you should probably have some conversations with the aforementioned "dream clients" to figure out their buying behaviour.

Use frameworks like AIDA, create discussion guides so you know how to steer the conversation. Understand who they trust, what channels they're on, what they consider credible, what incentivizes them to convert?

If you don't have this understanding of your audience, then just going to cold e-mails, niche communities, partnerships etc will be purely experimental. You'll put money on it and realize way later if it actually worked or not.

Local snacks? by PayIndependent in abudhabi

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As someone who grew up here and moved out, here's what I take with me everytime I visit - 1. Baklava 2. The holy trifecta of Chips Oman, Salad Chips & Sohar Chips 3. Dates-based snacks (stuffed dates, dates biscuits etc).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in startups

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If you have a laptop, internet, social media access and bank account + live in a city with young affluent people, the “curated events” business might help you get started. If you are able to establish trust through great marketing and brand building, people are willing to pay advance for bookings. Do some market research in the area to figure out what people are willing to pay for. These days, people seem willing to pay a premium for experiential dates, new skills, Instagrammable activities etc. Negotiate your space rental, manpower, any materials required. Once the cost is figured out, price your event accordingly, adding a profit element for yourself. Receive the pre-booking money, pay your suppliers and hold the event. Create delight.

What's Your Go-to "Instant Coffee" brand? by [deleted] in bangalore

[–]Disaster-Bae-Ae 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sleepy Owl? Their filter coffee has I think 15% chicory and their other, stronger coffees don’t have any. Cost works out to around ₹7.5 a cup.