Alexander Moen

great tool. I've been using it for months. Happy to upvote it and support.

upvoting and commenting on this almost makes me feel like I'm giving up one of my big business secrets, but ByWord is great and Mack has done good work and definitely deserves recognition. I totally recommend it.

mine would provide you a list of foods upfront and the prices you'd be willing to pay for such a buffet. You win because you get the perfect buffet and I win because there's no wasted food and I get better margins at higher prices. (For clarity, my company uses customer evaluations and machine learning to help you build a product that your customers will want, haha)

recently, LinkedIn. I've put lots of time in there and developed lots of connections, so it makes sense. But, all of that aside, I launched a new company page and got it to get 1000s of organic views per post on a regular basis. I can't think of any other thing capable of delivering that in the time span of a couple of weeks.

A strong sales team is the only one of the options that can literally have a business built on zero dollars and with zero investment in the other two areas. You can find someone else's product and pitch it yourself and get commission-only sales people. Marketing requires money and product requires investment as well. And, all of you people who think you can create a product with zero...

I recently heard a different version of this term that I really like: Minimum Buyable Product. What is the smallest thing you can build and get people to buy? Nothing else really matters and is conjecture until you get other people giving you money, so use that as your north star.

My most recent read that I can't recommend enough is "$100 Million Dollar Offers" by Alex Hormozi. It's not your typical marketing book and is jam-packed with so many ideas from different angles I hadn't considered, that I just devoured it and took tons of notes. Affiliate link: https://amzn.to/38s9DBi

The only continuously successful referral program I've ever implemented or directly experienced that just obviously worked (or that I've even heard about within my network of people that I know) has all been related to talking to the customer directly. This was usually most successful when done by a salesperson right after a sale when they're most stoked and the rapport is there. Then, just ask...

Many of my early customers tend to be face-to-face, networking, or 1st and 2nd degree connections. Selling face to face (or at least over Zoom or on the phone) helps me pick up on all sorts of cues you miss when you're fully virtual right out of the gates. I can see when they are confused, when they have questions, which pitches work or don't work, what their actual objections or issues are...

I think it makes sense if you can get enough eyeballs on it. QVC and Home Shopping Network did really well in the US before the Internet for similar reasons. I'd done similar in-person stuff for selling products before too. So, if I could get the benefit of selling in-person but not be bounded by geography, seems like a win:win. I think it'll take a lot of work for small businesses to get...

typically I would say that it depends on usage. If it's used consistently, then a subscription fee makes sense; if it's used less frequently, then pay-as-you-go/one-time makes the most sense. That being said, listen to your customers. The people who pay you money have the most important opinion of all. And, as for why so many people do subscription models now, it's mostly because of the extra...

I like a lot of the responses here already about just getting through it. So, to add a little bit onto that, I'd recommend the steps to forming a habit by Charles Duhigg and his book "The Power of Habit." First, I'll start with my little mental trick of how to think about this. Don't judge the quality of your actions by the outcome. To use a sports analogy, if someone takes a horrible shot...

It's a great idea. I've seen AI-based website builders, but none specifically for landing pages. Getting one that optimizes for conversions could be a game-changer. The only issue I see is that a company would need a large amount of visitors to make the required statistically significant changes and determine true winners. A higher pricing point and first going for companies with high traffic...

Yeah, I can second what @edward_li2 said about Bubble.io. And, if that doesn't work out, you can always hire someone from upwork to try for you ;o)

I think there's a very high chance that you're asking the wrong question. All of this is first assuming that you don't have a broken interview process and that you have a great culture and product that people would want to work with. If you or someone on your team hasn't been good at hiring and bringing on talent, point the mirror back at yourself. It won't matter where you look until you...

Well, the question is way too broad without enough context to give anything specific. So, I'll give a recommended process: First, I'm assuming two big things: 1) that you have a way to contact current and former users, and 2) that you have data on each users usage. If you can't do those, then figure out a way to do that immediately. Put those people into 4 buckets (current low usage,...

Investors? Unless you have family and friends that would do it, or massive connections already, don't go that route. That's a full-time job in and of itself and takes time (and money, ironically) to do. And, chances are good that you will spend all of that time and money and not get investors anyways. Protecting your idea? Don't even worry about that. It'll be hard enough to get people to pay...

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Diet, frequent exercise, and sleep have the biggest impact on my mental wellbeing. I also give my brain some downtime where there's just silence and I'm not staring at my phone or watching TV or YouTube or anything like that. Also, knowing what your social and emotional needs are and giving that enough time helps too. I think a lot of it is on a case-by-base basis though, and just finding...