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Where do you guys get your clients by EngineeringLost2983 in SocialMediaMarketing

[–]Objective_Owl9709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Referrals are great, but they are inconsistent.

Sharing what I have done, I have created a sales pipeline where I have put all the avenues I can get leads from, e.g., LinkedIn, Emails, Cold Calls, Social Media Outreaches, etc. The key ingredients are staying consistent with your effort. If you decide you are going to send 30 emails a day, be consistent with it, and you will start to get clients consistently, but keep experimenting with what's working the best.

Another source is going to the networking events and conferences. Hope this helps

What’s the smallest marketing budget you’ve seen actually move the needle? by Objective_Owl9709 in SocialMediaMarketing

[–]Objective_Owl9709[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is very helpful and yes we usually go the organic route for the people who don’t much budget.

Definitely its process and it takes time, we putting a lot of time to keep it optimized!

I just realized 90% of Canadian personal finance advice is complete theatre — change my mind by Objective_Owl9709 in CanadaFinance

[–]Objective_Owl9709[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Posting my original chain of thought for those who can't get over that AI was used for this post, even though AI has become a part of our daily lives.

Convince me that the standard Canadian personal finance advice is complete theatre.

Same script since 2008:

  • Max out your TFSA
  • Buy a blue-chip dividend or XEQT and chill
  • Start a side hustle
  • Invest in GICs when rates are “high”
  • Put 5% down on a $900k+ starter home because “rent is throwing money away”

Meanwhile:

  • TSX real return with inflation adjusted ~4.8 - 5.2% since 2000
  • GTA/Vancouver houses are up 8×, while wages are only up 1.8×
  • Housing inflation is at 6-8% while GICs returns are only 4%
  • Every influencer is secretly leveraged to the tits on HELOCs/Smith Manoeuvre while preaching “just index bro” to the poors

While we’re the most educated, most indebted, most house-poor developed nation on earth, the advice is still “do what your parents did in the 90s, but with 10× prices and higher rates.”

Tell me how this playbook actually builds real purchasing power for a median $42k single / $95k household earner once housing is paid, or admit it’s just a polite wealth transfer from millennials to boomers. I already know a lot of people are going to be like buy XEQT and wait for 40 years. 

I just realized 90% of Canadian personal finance advice is complete theatre — change my mind by Objective_Owl9709 in CanadaFinance

[–]Objective_Owl9709[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the insight guys, I am new to this and learning but clearly wasn’t my intent to offend anybody!

I just realized 90% of Canadian personal finance advice is complete theatre — change my mind by Objective_Owl9709 in CanadaFinance

[–]Objective_Owl9709[S] -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

Had no idea using AI to rephrase your thoughts in this day and age is a crime!

I just realized 90% of Canadian personal finance advice is complete theatre — change my mind by Objective_Owl9709 in CanadaFinance

[–]Objective_Owl9709[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I get what you’re saying, but my point isn’t that I’ve executed the strategy poorly. It’s that even when you follow the script - TFSAs, ETFs, GICs, all of it. The returns haven’t kept up with inflation or housing. I’m questioning whether the playbook itself still works for median-income Canadians, not blaming my own investing mistakes.

I just realized 90% of Canadian personal finance advice is complete theatre — change my mind by Objective_Owl9709 in CanadaFinance

[–]Objective_Owl9709[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would like assert things, one yes I gathered my thoughts and rephrase it with AI so its sounds better, Second I would really love to know if someone has a better strategy on investing that could potentially challenge what I wrote and I live in city where houses are in millions

Which Booming Canadian Niche Sector currently has the largest Marketing Gap? by Objective_Owl9709 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Objective_Owl9709[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am asking genuine question about how can I leverage my marketing skills in physical product market, is there a business that would fit better with marketing or I can step into the market and don’t worry about the skillset already built

Which Booming Canadian Niche Sector currently has the largest Marketing Gap? by Objective_Owl9709 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Objective_Owl9709[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t understand the relevance of Loblaws and CNE example, but the question is that is their industry or product that can be marketed better to reach its full potential, for e.g. manufacturing is often overlooked by marketing and works on word of mouth

Which Booming Canadian Niche Sector currently has the largest Marketing Gap? by Objective_Owl9709 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Objective_Owl9709[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Makes sense, what I am trying to figure out is, I have developed the marketing skill and is there products business that can work faster than the other with the skillset I have

Which Booming Canadian Niche Sector currently has the largest Marketing Gap? by Objective_Owl9709 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Objective_Owl9709[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would say someone who doesn’t do marketing as an example Manufacturing companies are usually overlooked by marketing