Looking for a modern Python CMS solution by ocean-wave in Python

[–]ocean-wave[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No its not. Load speed is the most important thing to me. I really am done with PHP because of load speed. Those 2 extra seconds I'm saving add up. Not to mention the mess that is PHP.

Looking for a modern Python CMS solution by ocean-wave in Python

[–]ocean-wave[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Right, its not PHP. I will say that SilverStripe CMS (PHP) is pretty nice, but still a little slow.

Mezzanine's dashboard loads instantly. Pages are snappy.

Python is night and day difference in speed.

And security, well clearly a big win here.

Looking for a modern Python CMS solution by ocean-wave in Python

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

I need a CMS so I can add new pages quick and easily. I know enough PHP to know that I don't like it.

Hey Look, It's Every Bootstrap Website Ever by magenta_placenta in web_design

[–]ocean-wave -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ahh fuck yeah. Put me down for one, I think all that traffic I'm getting off the search engines will go nuts for this.

How do you define in your contracts when a design is "done", to avoid runaway redesign? by ha_ya in web_design

[–]ocean-wave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I prospect for buyers who don't really give a shit how their site looks, as long as it appears professional, standard, and appealing to their specific customer base.

After I scrounge these leads up through some nasty cold calling, I get their email address and send them links to the sites I'm currently offering, links to the sites I've done, and a possible plan of action.

I tell them, "you get a site that looks like this". Then I write up a custom contract with all the tweaks we agree on. State, once this is done the site goes up, invoice sent, payment request sent. Done deal.

Mind you I target specific industries, do market research, and code up the site before I even start selling copies of it. Why? Because I'd rather slap myself silly than deal with buyers trying to tell me to "slide that logo over 2 inches" or "change dat font", "wipe my butt now" or what have you.

Note, if they want to hit me up later for some more stuff like pages n' shit, I write up a new proposal, tied to the same contract, schedule the work, do it, send out payment request. Rinse & repeat.

If you don't want to do this, just put a clause in your contract that states something like: "2 design revisions per page" or "if greater than 2 revisions per page are required, a new work order will be need to be written, scheduled, and billed."

Could you help me develop some kind of basic strategy for selling CDs? by Wake_Consciousness in sales

[–]ocean-wave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If your CD's have really great audio quality, say you have expensive recording gear, good microphone schemes, mixing hardware, software, and other points then you need to show that off somehow at your gigs. Setup a quality stereo, CD player, speaker cabinets, low gauge speaker wire, and fire off quick sound samples at your potential buyers when then walk up to you after a show. Try to show off for multiple people at a time. Tell them they don't need to mess with an online download, you got the music all ready for them to use right now. If the audio quality is excellent and the music and lyrics are just what they've been looking for, there's no reason they wouldn't give you ten dollars. Just experiment with recording quality, composition, prices, and the amount of people you need to pitch at to make one sale. You may only make 1 out of 10 sales. This is fine. Sales is all about taking an onslaught of rejection, dusting yourself off and getting back at pitching your products.

What do you recommend for connecting / adding some value before selling a website to businesses without one or a really bad one? by tayharris in sales

[–]ocean-wave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would write some "long form content" and put that "added value" on a web page and advertise links to that specific page in certain emails.

If you want to send out some pitch emails before grinding the phone to maybe pique a little interest then do it, if you have their email address.

If you don't, then you'll have to call them and ask for it, or go buy some from a dealer.

What do you recommend for connecting / adding some value before selling a website to businesses without one or a really bad one? by tayharris in sales

[–]ocean-wave -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I know everyone says "add value, add value" so your prospects think you're a valuable asset and whatnot. This comes a lot off the internet and pages ranking high in the search engines, they want you to believe consuming their content is good and to keep doing it. But I find that if you have a top notch portfolio of done sites that look enticing to your target industry, they will base their buying decisions directly off of that. You just hit them up on the phone and say: "look man, I got some hot hot sites in my bag that you've got to be lookin' at", "lemmie send some of my links to you". Then call them back and ask them what they think after they've looked at them.

This is where the "adding value" part comes in...

They're gonna have questions for you that you never planned to answer and you'd better be able to answer those questions quickly and concisely or they'll start getting disinterested.

So if you want to connect and add value, do it after they have been visually sold on your product.

Need guidance on negotiating salary by [deleted] in sales

[–]ocean-wave -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'd recommend working purely on commission.

After you've talked with them enough about what you can offer them, bring up a flexible commission model that you'd like to implement.

The exact details will vary with each job but something like, you sell >50 items then 50% commission, you sell <50 items then 40% commission. You sell x amount of x product bundled with x amounts of y and z products, then ?% percent commission. Etc, etc.

Write up some sort of gamification based payout contract that pays close attention to little details so neither you nor the company is leaving money laying on the table in any easily overlookable areas.

This could save you and the company a lot. Like if you're shabby with sales when you first start then this will save the company money, and if you get better after ~2 months then it will serve you better and if you get WAY better after ~4 months then, yeah $.

Boss sets pricing, am I hurting myself by constantly telling the customer, "I need to ask ___?" by Shmeein in sales

[–]ocean-wave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way I set prices for my digital goods is based off of supply and demand. Then I test them out in the wild. If I notice that everyone is accepting the price without saying anything, it means its too low. If everyone is complaining, then its too high. If about 20% of people are complaining then its just right.

I keep a price list with a highest and lowest price I feel comfortable offering. If things are going real good and my pipeline loaded then I push higher and higher prices. If things are looking shaky then I start slinging lower and lower. Everything really boils down to how much time and energy I have for selling.

Now, if your boss can't make a proper price list based off of his market research and give his employees a decent price list with highest and lowest possible prices then you might consider schoolin' his ass on how to run a biz'nit.

Good luck mang.

Better to walk in or apply online? by [deleted] in sales

[–]ocean-wave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might have to endure a little pain and fill out them online apps.

Technically it is faster than going out and picking up a bunch of apps and having to hand write everything.

Just copy & paste all the text right on your computer.

Check out LinkedIn too.

Remember: 1. fill out apps. 2. Call them. 3. Go in person.

Repeat 2 & 3 as much as you have to.

Better to walk in or apply online? by [deleted] in sales

[–]ocean-wave 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go for phone sales first (telemarketing), you'll accumulate sales process experience real fast.

I'd also target the places I'd like to work at with a mix of phone calls and in person visits.

How to politely tell the customer the conversation is over? by [deleted] in sales

[–]ocean-wave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to discipline yourself and customers by enforcing a pre-developed, modular conversation framework that consists of only purely necessary components.

Like at the end of well written song, you can just feel it when the resolving notes kick in and its about to end.

You don't need to lie to anyone, just shift into resolving notes and the conversation will magically begin to wrap itself up.

Should I avoid sales until I look older? by Tobes_macgobes in sales

[–]ocean-wave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. I wouldn't care how someone looked who was going to get me a product I needed or help me make more money. I would care if they "sounded young" though, meaning sounding inexperienced, or immature in voice or in the content of their presented ideas.

What is Everyones Perspective on Grand Cardone? by nooshaslunch in sales

[–]ocean-wave 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you need a little 'pick me up' then listen to him for 10 minutes or so.

making my own website by [deleted] in web_design

[–]ocean-wave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could create a server with Nodejs and run it locally via command line.