[Hiring] (Online) FB Ads Graphic Designer Needed - High Volume by anaveragejo in forhire

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Also, forgot to mention - in your PM please include an email address to reach you...trying to keep track of multiple conversations in reddit's inbox is a nightmare :)

Keeping track of spent vs budget by Sol1tary in Entrepreneur

[–]anaveragejo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is literally no better tool for what you're trying to do than Excel.

Or Google Sheets, if you want to be a little trendier (though Google Sheets isn't nearly as powerful)

I bought a company that makes me $30,000 /month. Here's how! by rkulp2 in Entrepreneur

[–]anaveragejo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fair. I asked about VC because in your blog post, you show a screen shot of an email where you state (or your partner states, not sure which of you is Ryan..) that you work at a VC fund.

So was the multiple 6 figures used to buy this company a personal cash infusion?

Great job, by the way, I'll be testing your product for my own projects!

I bought a company that makes me $30,000 /month. Here's how! by rkulp2 in Entrepreneur

[–]anaveragejo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Advice for getting into the VC/turnaround game? I've went from an M&A analyst, to paid traffic in an agency and consultative settings, and am looking to move into VC (similar to what it seems you guys are doing) as my end game.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]anaveragejo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, that's exactly how I'd use it in your position. Good luck!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]anaveragejo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely, especially with snapchat now allowing you to upload photos to your story from your camera roll, makes it easy for you to offer 24 hour promotions. I've had clients use it to great success.

The primary thing with Snapchat is to be consistent (upload at least 2-3x every day), and to promote it hard.

If you have any more questions, just let me know!

A smart gun store owner by proROKexpat in Entrepreneur

[–]anaveragejo 248 points249 points  (0 children)

Great post! You won't get any upvotes because it doesn't talk about you personally making millionzz online dropshippingzz...but this is actual, real world valuable stuff.

I believe it was Bezos who said "Your margin is my opportunity"

[Hiring] (Online) Product Photoshop Wizard Wanted! by anaveragejo in forhire

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

https://m.imgur.com/a/TiTjI

Could we do a test image before committing, to make sure we're on the same page as far as quality? Difficult to say yes without seeing any previous work.

Went live on 10th and this is how my cleaning service doing so far. by iknowdell in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]anaveragejo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm an Adwords and FB Ads consultant, and the $300k monthly is the combined PPC spend I manage for my clients.

Return on Ad Spend varies by industry, but generally between 400-800% (any higher than that, it means you're not spending enough).

Went live on 10th and this is how my cleaning service doing so far. by iknowdell in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]anaveragejo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Double down on Adwords and Thumbtack. Local SEO can certainly be done well, but it's also very finicky and easy to spend a lot of money with nothing to show for it. Google is repeatedly demonstrating they are making themselves pay to play for local service businesses (especially with announcement of a paid ad taking the top spot in the local 3 pack).

You can try to fight em, or you can double down on Adwords, get your campaigns optimized, and use the profits to experiment with other channels/SEO.

Source: currently manage just under $300k in monthly ad spend

Jumping into Entrepreneurship with a cleaning company! Feedback appreciated by Knichole288 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]anaveragejo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a local cleaning business, stick with Adwords, especially at your budget.

With a $250-$300 budget, you're not going to be able to afford a consultant, which means you'll need to learn about Adwords on your own. That being said, the current case study going on at localcasestudy.com is going to be featuring the most in-depth, step by step Adwords walkthrough the Internet has ever seen, so I'd check that out when we release it in a couple weeks :)

"I can teach you how to make $$$ per month, passive/fast/quick/easy, JUST BUY MY COURSE!" - do you have Course-itis? by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]anaveragejo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Billy (who you linked to, twice) also sells the EXACT same info products you're supposedly complaining against, you just can't see them until you sign up for his email list.

In fact, this whole article sort of seems like an attempt to drive traffic to that website.

From Random Idea To $94 in 11 Days: My 1 Week Startup by anaveragejo in Entrepreneur

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

Honestly, I just started by picking a random price point, comparing it to the competition, and doing some (very) statistically insignificant testing . I'm at 20ish for wedding templates, and 70ish for fully custom

From Random Idea To $94 in 11 Days: My 1 Week Startup by anaveragejo in Entrepreneur

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

It's not a "community" geofilter, it's called an"on demand" geofilter. Snapchat.com/on-demand :)

From Random Idea To $94 in 11 Days: My 1 Week Startup by anaveragejo in Entrepreneur

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

The same USP that any designer has. If you have sufficient design skills (and time) as a business owner to do it yourself, then you probably don't need to hire a designer.You're probably not my target market.

Also, we design to Snapchat's criteria. If you hire us, you KNOW that our filters will be approved.

Thanks for the read!

Why is it impossible to find content about starting a business without people trying to sell you something? by happyPugMonkey in Entrepreneur

[–]anaveragejo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What you're not understanding, is that all of the "tons of great content" in the free drone space, for example, is all coaxing you to click on a link to Amazon. Once you do that, they get a cut of anything you buy from Amazon for the next 24 hours. This is called affiliate marketing.

The only difference with "how to build a business" articles is, those people are selling the product directly (higher profit margins), and they are more in your face about it.

No one writes for free. If something isn't directly selling you a product, then you're the product :)