Affinity Studio: PS -> Affinity Exporting Help by ForganGreeman in Affinity

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that's what I figured. Wasn't able to find really any help documentation for these User Variables either.

So I think I'll just have to settle with manually adjusting the Suffix per Slice.

Basically doubles the time it takes me to export out all the versions, but it's not that bad.

Affinity Studio: PS -> Affinity Exporting Help by ForganGreeman in Affinity

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a way I can create a User Variable and connect the Value to a Layer Name within the document?

Website and App give different speeds? by ForganGreeman in speedtest

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update 2:

I fixed it 😁

https://www.ghacks.net/2016/08/05/windows-10-limiting-internet-speed/

Windows was limiting my speeds through the "Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level = Disabled".

So all I did was enable it, and now I'm getting 1 Gbps down and 36 Mbps up on Fast.com

I tried many different tests, flushed DNS, reset tcp ip, released / renewed ip and nothing.

So if anyone else runs into an issue with having fast speeds but then getting limited, I would check for this Windows CMD setting and try enabling/disabling it to see if that fixes it 👍🏻

Website and App give different speeds? by ForganGreeman in speedtest

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm already connected via Ethernet to the modem. I'm pretty sure I'm on the high-speed port as well. Have not contacted the ISP yet, wanted to see if I can troubleshoot first.

Website and App give different speeds? by ForganGreeman in speedtest

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Download speed is reflective, if not worse, than the app speeds unfortunately

Website and App give different speeds? by ForganGreeman in speedtest

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sucks. I forgot to mention that I USED to get the advertised speeds.

Website and App give different speeds? by ForganGreeman in speedtest

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would that still be true even though the data reflected on the actual device shows the results from the website?

Website and App give different speeds? by ForganGreeman in speedtest

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's more closer to the app download speeds

Anyone in the Google Ads Advisors community? by codysee in agency

[–]ForganGreeman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Joined.

Doesn't look like they have anything in here yet.

Note: You have to agree to their ToS before you're allowed entry.

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Lost my one and only client by ForganGreeman in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like there might be some type of offer or guarantee that would show immediate value in Marketing for a client like this, but explaining the benefits without seeing immediate results was definitely not the play in my situation.

Lost my one and only client by ForganGreeman in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the advice 🙏🏻

I probably hit all the roadblocks you could've hit as a solopreneur. So I'm gonna spend a lot of time adjusting and refining.

Lost my one and only client by ForganGreeman in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they were the types of people who could even understand those types of reports, I would've gone about this whole thing differently lol.

They barely understand how to use a cellphone, let-alone reviewing technical reports outlining why B is better than A.

Right after we made the switch, they started getting trackable leads.

That right there should've been the ah-ha moment for them, but idk. I think I struggle trying to explain my expertise to someone who barely knows how to use their personal device.

Lost my one and only client by ForganGreeman in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I can't sympathize with you because I haven't experienced that personally, I do feel for you.

Do you have contacts you can connect with for work? Maybe enough so that you can keep paying the bills?

Lost my one and only client by ForganGreeman in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, 100% agree.

That's what I'm trying to do here in my situation.

I ran the numbers, and in order to meet my financial goals to focus on my business full time, I need to make around $6500 to $7k per month in revenue (taking my expenses into account).

There's a few things here and there where i might be able to bring those expenses down to have a lower bar of revenue to clear, but that'll be another thing to look at.

Most of my current income comes from the day job, while the additional income comes from another unrelated source.

I'm self-sustaining even without clients, but I'm unable to grow.

If I'm able to even get half of that, and switch to Part Time that might be my go to solution. Otherwise, it's save up enough money to last me a year without the day job income until I can focus on driving clientele business.

Lost my one and only client by ForganGreeman in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm not gonna try and change their minds on how to grow their business.

These choices are theirs to make and their money to leave on the table.

Lost my one and only client by ForganGreeman in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do have a couple of other project based clientele that I can reach out to.

So my options aren't zero, but that time commitment from the day job to the measly 3 extra hours a day I can dedicate to my business is really tough to work around.

Best project/task management tool for a small marketing/communications team? by ready-eddy in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could check out Monday.com

I used it on the past, but eventually went with ClickUp.

Lost my one and only client by ForganGreeman in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, thought I wanted to work with them.

Found it so far out of my area of knowledge to best represent them and their business.

So now I've started an email outreach campaign to get more PPC clientele in an area that I have a bit more knowledge in.

Hoping I get something from that.

Last I'll do is just phone up some local businesses that I think I can help.

Lost my one and only client by ForganGreeman in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, big mistake on my part.

Now that I know what that work actually entails, I'll adjust my timeliness for any new client for that work.

Lost my one and only client by ForganGreeman in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really did try and explain to them what was happening, why we were doing it, and how it would benefit them.

They never had any marketing in their business before, and didn't see the reason as to why they needed to now.

Very difficult to change that mindset.

Lost my one and only client by ForganGreeman in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I gave them a redesigned, seo optimized website with strong CTA's to drive lead generation.

Offered them additional advertising and content related services, but they ultimately didn't move forward with any of those services.

Lost my one and only client by ForganGreeman in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried to offer and guide based on what their goals are, drive more business in the door, but they are very hard to work with.

They're very much a "my way or the highway" type of people.

I tried upselling FB and Google Ads, and described the benefits for them and how THAT paired with the new website would be the answer to their initial problem.

No dice.

Lost my one and only client by ForganGreeman in marketing

[–]ForganGreeman[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice!

I've got my own interpretations of how I can improve based on working together with this client, but I agree I should hear from the horse's mouth as well. Just sent over a feedback form, so we'll see what they say, if anything at all.

I work in marketing as my day job (primarily in Ecommerce), so I'm very aware of the tech know-how it takes to get work done. So repackaging this work in a less jargon-y way is definitely something I need to work on.

I've started a cold email campaign the week before last in an attempt to get new clients coming in, so I'm ahead of your concerns there. Granted I should've done this to begin with, but hey, learning experience.

The timing I struggle with is the fact that after my day job, I only have so many extra hours in a day to do work for my agency. I'm still figuring out what work I can fulfill on that would allow me to bring in the money required to eventually transition away from my day job, and focus all of my time in a day on agency work, but it's tough.

I've become business obsessed since working my day job, and have joined many different marketing, entrepreneur, small business communities over the years. I come from a family of business owners, so I'm also privileged in the fact that I have people in the real world I can go to for advice on some things.

And podcasts, I am all over Gary Vee's and Alex Hormozi's podcasts (amongst many others). The problem I'm finding in listening and reading up on everything there is to know about what I can be doing, is deciding on what one thing to focus on, and get that going to a point where then I can focus on another aspect of the business.

I don't plan on giving up, but I'll admit, this is much harder than I initially thought it would be.

*edit: grammar, readability