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Copyhacker.com has great content (I know its not a book). They (she) has ebooks, but so far I have only sampled the free content. Some of her pearls are worth the price of a book. For example,...

Here are some things to be done.

1) Research the market by googling. Is anyone already doing your idea? Are there products/services in other markets that could serve as validating analogues of...

Steven,

I see people like yourself as pragmatic business artists. On the one hand, you have customers that have specific needs you have to meet. On the other hand, you draw on your knowledge of...

Your probability of failure is about 99%. The probability of failure for people who know what they are doing, and secure a crap load of seed money to get started isn't much better.

Harold, that's...

Patrick,

It wasn't a musician, but an author (I was just drawing an analogy). And he has 17K followers. This was on my personal blog which I don't promote in any way.

Its interesting to see...

Try this one: write a gushing blog post about some narcissistic musician that googles himself every day. Worked for me (accidentally). Well he wasn't narcissistic, but he apparently was googling...

Here's an evaluation matrix of website builders:

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Starting a business is a very personal decision and its hard to give good advice without knowing someone--a bit. In his book, Drilling for Gold, John Warrilow, based on empirical data he collected...

Paul,

I totally agree with both your posts. Having your own business could be venturing out with something risky or it could be taking over your family business. Both are valid ways to be a...

Some additional suggestions. Make a list of people to talk to in the business and start learning more about it. Find someone with experience in the industry to mentor you. Experienced and...

Building a business to solve a problem you have and designing a website with yourself in mind as a user can be a great approach. Naturally there have to be enough other people out there who are like...

Patrick,

You're technically correct. Tumblr is a microblogging site, but Wikipedia defines Twitter as microblogging too, and Twitter and Tumblr are significantly different. So I'm not sure how...

Features and benefits, mostly summarizing Vangogh and Harold:

Express yourself and be creative
Share your expressions (reblog)
It is a social network where the value is in the people
More...

Every once in awhile I find myself the last one to discover some new fad or fashion. I checked out Tumblr over a long time ago and didn't get the appeal. Clearly I was missing something. Now I'm...

Your site and jewelry look great, but it may be time for a channel pivot--the channel being where you sell and a key element in your business model. You want to sell where the customers are going to...

The idea of the Etsy store is not necessarily to sell but to test-sell, to validate that you have a product that people want to buy or to choose between different types of jewelry that could be...

The terminology of the OP (I recently learned what OP means and am relieved that it doesn't mean dOPey) is a bit militaristic "target the client", "catch the client" ;) but I get your point, OP.
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What kind of commitment do you have to have to operate a kiosk? How easy is it to startup? Do you get a one year lease?

On an unrelated note, is the jewelry you're selling your own or do you own...

A little hate is a good thing ;)



The first thing you need to do is determine who your target market is.

Then determine what you want your website to do.

Then, organize how you want to...

Not my area of experience, but I'm curious, so I have a couple of questions.

Customer Segments

Can you describe the location you're targeting? Is the location a good fit for the business?
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Congratulations on getting it out there! It's not a small accomplishment. Where you are now, what you have is good in the sense that you have something up and running that has the ability to collect...

Here are some thoughts and questions.

Dig even deeper into your competition. Analyze their communication and messaging on their web sites from every angle. Ask: Who are they going to turn off? ...

Buzz words and phrases annoy me as much as the next person, but sometimes the best way to say think outside the box is to say "think outside the box".

That's just not thinking outside the bananna!...

Similarly for being remarkable in Purple Cow.

Purple Cow was a solid book because it made the case that having a remarkable product is often more important that pure marketing. Some entrepreneurs...

I'm interesting in understanding how small business people think and what words and ideas have power.

As for me, I read a lot too. I have read some of the authors you've mentioned and also read...