Why Have You Not Started Your Own Business?

by hamzidosh

Posted: 10 years ago 7 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Hello,
The purpose of this post is to create a platform where newbies and those struggling with starting their own business can state their challenges and possibly get help from other warriors on this forum who can help out.

So kindly share your challenges here - an answer is on its way!

#business #started

kingde 10 years ago

How do you know if you're getting 'fuzzy' advice or real advice?

The fuzzy advice to me is people repeating 'wisdoms' but haven't really done enough to prove those wisdoms to themselves

Since people rarely give real examples for fear of copycats... it seems there's always a sea of fuzzy knowledge with an occasional expert now and then who attempts to clear the air.
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BlackKryponite 10 years ago

At this point im looking into it actually, im looking into investements and such. wish me luck
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- JamesOliver 10 years ago
  
  my challenge is getting a high converting funnel - don't want to waste my money effort and time on a funnel which is doomed for failure from the start..
  
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  hamzidosh 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by mo2menelzeiny
  
  My biggest obstacle is finding a niche that I'm passionate about, something that I could provide value to it's market.
  
  Now this is a real struggle, I can imagine what you are going through right now, I actually struggled with a similar issue a long time before I finally walked away from the croud and started to do some useful work.
  
  Take time out and pay attention to yourself some more...For me I had to walk away from the noise(especially from forums even WF), unsubscribe from several mailing lists (I even had to abandon one of my email addresses before I get the next email telling me to buy this or die)...and really think about your 10-15years from now - what would you like to be addressed as, what kind of impact would you like to make on the life of the people, what kind of picture do you see of yourself?
  
  If you are in need of something to do to foot your bills, I suggest you go ahead and decide on one path then follow through aggressively till you start to see some earnings, then you can break away from it later on, you'll learn some decent lessons from the experience even if you don't stay with this. (I had to do this for several weeks too)
  
  Originally Posted by JamesOliver
  
  my challenge is getting a high converting funnel - don't want to waste my money effort and time on a funnel which is doomed for failure from the start..
  
  I don't know that there's anyone who wants to fail, you just cannot sit there and let your fear of failure stop you from taking action at all.
  Learn as much as you can or find a mentor.
  Test and Tweak and test and tweak.
  
  That's my contribution, I know other warriors would contribute to this thread too.
  
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- hamzidosh 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by BlackKryponite
  
  At this point im looking into it actually, im looking into investements and such. wish me luck
  
  Since all you need is luck, you have all of it from me. - I hope it does you any good though...
  (I think you'll need more than just luck on this journey)
  
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mo2menelzeiny 10 years ago

My biggest obstacle is finding a niche that I'm passionate about, something that I could provide value to it's market.
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Aenea01 10 years ago

I'm more comfortable with code than creating content.

I fell for WordPress, love to muck about creating sites but am not much on art or being a content filler. I'm shy also. LOL big help that is... so I've started my first 3 sites, one sells a service (I make eBook files for authors, it does ok for itself) the second is a blog (makes nothing) and the third is an author marketplace. That third site is currently in testing to ensure the author setup and purchase process is smooth, then I'll be learning how to optimize and drive traffic. Ok I like eBooks

My biggest obstacle so far has been finding something (widget) to feature! I'd like to start a new commerce site before Christmas - so I need something I can turn over, whether I have to invest in an order or just resell for someone. I need some pointers in that direction if you or anyone else has any
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