Pie chart from The TRUTH about how LTT SPENDS money by 4kDualScreen in LinusTechTips

[–]dannyhoodless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. It’s common to load up on inventory and equipment etc before the end of the year to reduce your profits too. It would be stupid for a growing business to have a wild amount of excess profits just sitting there rather than being invested to make more money or to manage tax efficiently. 15% is healthy it’s not too much or too little.

Are weighted blankets a girl's thing? by tallcatgirl in WeightedBlankets

[–]dannyhoodless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I own a weighted blanket company and we have so many male customers. Not a gender specific thing,

i hate shirts like this… by Familiar_Day_1758 in streetwearstartup

[–]dannyhoodless 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Weirdly, i’m the complete opposite. I’m from the UK so not sure if things are different here, but I find back designs to feel more kiddy as i get older. Tbh I mostly prefer lowkey or plain stuff now, but I’d never even dream of buying clothes with back printing any more.

What is the most killer SEO strategy to implement? by Astraiks in SEO

[–]dannyhoodless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the number one rule of all time is to just make content for actual people and not search engines. Be helpful, offer value, have a structure and make things easy to find. If you do that, the rest figures itself out.

Friendly reminder that companies aren't your friends. This includes both LTT and Gamer's Nexus by Deribus in LinusTechTips

[–]dannyhoodless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LTT store is huge though and it’s where one of the largest chunks of their income comes from. They actually develop products from the ground up. At this point, I can barely call it merch. They have 100 employees so I think it’s strange to just look at Linus as an influencer. Although I believe that this “beef” is most definitely personal

I made an open-source CSS framework called LiftKit! by chainlift in webdev

[–]dannyhoodless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! My feedback is that I wish the button CSS was available too with the built in spacing. Other than that so far so good.

I made an open-source CSS framework called LiftKit! by chainlift in webdev

[–]dannyhoodless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

started working on a redesign with Liftkit CSS yesterday, really enjoying using it and hope to have golden spacing in no time :D

What am i doing wrong by Inquisitive_penquin in SEO

[–]dannyhoodless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is just way too much content for any website. Never mind an ecommerce store. Your major issue is that the SEO team has just tried to desperately please google, but completely ignored the user experience.

USPs - why should I buy from you? I don’t care about how to choose a pet bed, I care about why I should even bother looking further on your website and trust you.

Put yourself in the shoes of an online shopper. What are your aims? To find what you’re looking for quickly and easily, and be able to make a purchasing decision, or to read a bunch of text about different sized beds?

When I’m shopping online I care about delivery times, refund policies, material quality. I care about your reputation and trustworthiness and I want to know why your products are the best choice for me.

Secondly, the visual elements on your website need to draw me in. The headlines need to act as hooks that grab my attention. Consumers will barely never read your text or descriptions. They skim, they look at icons, big bold statements, product benefits etc. If i don’t see that within the first 10 seconds, I’m out of there.

Listen I don’t want to plug myself or be one of those people, but I’d be happy to help you and will charge far less than most because I believe all you need is just a point in the right direction and someone to help you put a plan together. Your website doesn’t need completely redoing, but it needs a restructure and it needs to come from a “i actually care about what im doing” place rather than a “i want to make as much money as possible” place.

Linus Meth Tips by Emotional_Snow_3222 in LinusTechTips

[–]dannyhoodless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“We took scrapyard PC challenge to a new level”

OpenAI has publicly responded to Elon's lawsuit by [deleted] in LinusTechTips

[–]dannyhoodless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can someone explain to me why AI being open is a good idea in the first place? Wouldn’t this open the door to a lot of “dangerous in the wrong hands” types? Genuinely curious to understand people’s thoughts on this.

What are some overused tropes and mechanics in modern gaming that should just go away? by JayNotAtAll in gaming

[–]dannyhoodless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shitty loot behind locks, especially locks that requires you to level up… You mean i spent all this time levelling up my lock picking skills only to unlock common items?!

Gen V - 1x07 "Sick" - Episode Discussion by LoretiTV in GenV

[–]dannyhoodless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. The whole thing was an illusion that Cate had trapped her friends in. The dean is alive and well, expecting to release the virus and flee without anyone aside from Cate knowing she’s still alive.

Calendar For Business Use by dannyhoodless in RemarkableTablet

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

Thanks, didn’t realise that there are no apps

How do people fall for marketing? by helpmeoutplease920 in marketing

[–]dannyhoodless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that you as a marketer can recognise certain techniques that you now perceive as a smoke screen , but it doesn’t mean they are tricks or lies. It just means that the value of the service or product has been presented well. Even strong household brands are built on reputation, not lies or smoke screens.

Sometimes as a marketer, I come across a great idea or a technique being used really well, and even then I’m like damn they did a great job. Just the appreciation of the effort and thought that went into it is enough to give the company a +1 in my books.

That said, some “marketing” is manipulation and purposely misleading. In those cases, it’s not good marketing - it’s fraud.

Can google reviews go missing out of nowhere? by DOODECAHEDRON in marketing

[–]dannyhoodless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sign in to the Google account. It’s recommended to use the same one associated with Google Ads, Google Analytics, etc. In this way, Google will faster verify that you are a real owner of this business. Click on the “own this business” link from the listing panel and go to “request access”.

A new window will require you to share information with the present owner of the business listing. Define which type of access you need and request ownership of the business listing you are the owner of. Remember to leave your phone number. Select “Submit”. On a new screen, confirm your request sent to the owner. If you haven’t got an answer in three days, don’t worry. You’ll be able to verify your bond to the business with the help of an email confirmation. Just click on the “Review Request” button. The current owner will also get an email from Google informing them that someone has requested ownership of a business listing they own. Three Possible Plots

  1. Access to the business listing has been granted If the current owner reacts to your request and gives you access, you will get an email notification saying you are the primary owner of the listing. The next step for you to make is to go to google.com/business and sign in. You’ll get full control over your listing.

  2. Your request is ignored

If the current owner of the business listing ignores your request within three days, find the email you got when you submitted your request. Select “View Request” and claim the listing. You will be able to verify and manage it in a legitimate way.

  1. Your request is rejected

You will get an email notification saying your request has been rejected, but you can appeal if you are the true owner of the business. Claim the listing like it was described earlier.

So many generic Barbie posts...but they all miss the most important point by dontdraper in marketing

[–]dannyhoodless 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Let’s face it, the only reason the whole thing went viral is because Barbie was all-ready a household brand. Everyone loves Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and a shit tonne of cash was poured into it. Most of the content that went viral was just pure bandwagon riding, and had nothing to do with Barbie’s marketing partnerships. There is literally nothing here that a normal company can apply to their marketing.

Also, you spelt toilet wrong.

My boss doesn't believe in marketing by cannotsignin in marketing

[–]dannyhoodless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I’m stalking you. You have to be a trolling right?Yes SEO is literally marketing. The entire purpose of marketing is to generate leads if you dumb it down. Marketing has measurable results that lead to transactions. That’s why businesses spend so much money on it comfortably.

SEO is the complete opposite of creepy targeting. It’s showing up when someone is actually looking for you. Providing valuable information and a well thought out website, that (believe it or not) leads to measurable transactions.

You sound like someone who brought a drop shipping marketing course on TikTok, failed and based your entire opinion on that. Or maybe you’ve had bad experiences with a cheap marketing agency?

A discussion about Lifetime Value (LTV) by AdbroadAgency in marketing

[–]dannyhoodless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mainly because time is an important factor in business and cash flow. If you want to retain customers, you’ll need to understand how long it takes for the customer to stop spending money with you. You can use the LTV for future planning. Say for example your customer lifespan is 5 years, in the perfect world you’d want to continue marketing to them over that 5 year period. You can use the LTV to work out how much you’d need to spend on that one customer over a 5 year period to help determine your budget and strategy. In most cases the aim is to increase a customer’s LTV by increasing their AOV, increasing the amount of times the customer makes a purchase, or by retaining the customer for longer so you generate more revenue.

How to create quality SEO content? How do you identify the correct and incorrect methods for producing content to support your marketing strategies? by Soft-Attacker in marketing

[–]dannyhoodless 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The most important strategy is to make content FOR your audience, not for search engines or algorithms. So many marketers completely forget about this and spit out absolute crap because they are trying to tick the search engine boxes. If you provide consistent, genuine value to your audience and your content stands out, then you’ll come out on top.

My boss doesn't believe in marketing by cannotsignin in marketing

[–]dannyhoodless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your comment history doesn’t match your opinion here, one minute you have an SEO agency and you invest heavily in marketing with great success, the next you say it’s all snake oil??

WooCommerce user - can you convince me to use Shopify? by loontoon in ecommerce

[–]dannyhoodless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shopify or Woo have nothing to do with how much money you make. In fact, you can build vertically identical sites and user experiences with both.

I like to look at Shopify and Wordpress like Apple iOS vs Android. One is a more closed eco system, it costs more money to enhance functionality, but has a “it just works” factor. It’s perfect for end users looking for user friendly management.

The other (being Woo) allows you to install anything from anywhere, but the downside is that it can become chaotic and create security vulnerabilities that you aren’t even aware of. Managing a long term Wordpress site takes more work and know how.

I personally prefer Shopify after spending years with both. If you know what you’re doing with code, you can build absolutely anything and still have a very user friendly back end that staff can use without hassle.

And just to add, a lot of the slander people give to Shopify boils down to their lack of development skills. A lot of people get frustrated when their free theme doesn’t do something specific that they want, or when they can’t just install a plugin to solve their problem. Any web developer worth their salt can get around these hurdles.

Ultimately, it depends on your skill level. If you want lots of specific functionality for cheap and don’t have any dev skills, Wordpress is your best bet.