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Hello, I have been working on my website for a few weeks now and thought I would come here for help. I know that there are a lot of successful entrepreneurs that could help me.
So if there's anyone that's willing to help me get the business going or to just give some tips that would be greatly appreciated!
The website is http://puzzlingpotato.com
I've been running Twitter ads and I have been unsuccessful for with those. Thanks in advice for anyone that helps!
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  • Profile picture of the author camohit
    Make your query specific for people be able to guide you. Is it marketin, is it contents, is it PR, what area you need help with?
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    • Profile picture of the author JACK20NSM1TH
      I need help advertising and getting sales. Where would I post?
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      • Profile picture of the author Gambino
        Originally Posted by JACK20NSM1TH View Post

        I need help advertising and getting sales. Where would I post?
        I'm afraid you've fallen victim to becoming a copycat of a site that was able to create some buzz based on a unique and different idea. Right now, you're just a copycat trying to build a business around an idea that was already brought to fruition and become successful. I'd go back to the drawing board and come up with a unique idea like the person behind the mailed potato or build a sustainable business.
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        • Profile picture of the author discrat
          Unfortunately, I have to agree with Gambino. This was done back in April by that 20 something year old man doing it from his kitchen.

          Im not saying it will not work. But it could be a risk of valuable time and money to try to get something out of this when it could have been a one time gimmick that hit the right place at the right time back in the Spring.

          It is not a business but just a gimmick product.

          Who knows. This young man said he was clearing 10K a month with this and he could have actually been lying. And as a result it went viral and then it maybe had a bump in sales because of this being 'staged'

          I do like your Site though. And I can tell you put some time and thought in it. Really creative

          I hope I am proven wrong. Really

          P.S. I think if anywhere you might have luck is with some FB ads. Run some PPE or PPC. Narrow your Search to specific groups that might be inclined to want to buy this...i.e bosses or ex bosses or ex boyfriends ,politicians, etc..etc..
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          • Profile picture of the author Richer
            Have a look at reddit for traffic very underrated I started using for my reptile blog and result were impressive.
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  • Profile picture of the author jessegilbert
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    I thought it was funny. But yeah if it is not original then it is like trying to sell the 1 pixel ad spots.

    How about Potato Poetry or something...Have them send a poem on it instead...some slight variation at least.

    Anyways it is a funny idea.
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  • Profile picture of the author THK
    Your site looks good. I don't know if the idea will fly or not, but you probably should try to develop that blog. Talk about interesting topics, try to create a following and plug your product in every post.

    Never know, you might get lucky.

    All the best
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  • Profile picture of the author tuhinindia1971
    Ok, You must increase your site traffic anyway. To do this you can do SEO, article submission, blog commenting, Forum posting, rss. By which your site traffic will increase & page rank also will be increased. if you do not know how to do these work, you can hire a freelancer to do these work for you. Today there are may freelancer in many freelancing market place. You can hire from any freelancing market. Thanks a lot.
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