I have a lot going on right now. Ever since the recession hit it seems like everyone has been hustlin and trying to find ways to make money, which is good for me because everyone comes to me when they want something pushed hehe. I have realized that networking is a huge part of any business, so I always try to network with new people, and this has given me huge advantages when trying to find new products to push.
This month alone about 5-6 different people have came up to me asking them to help push there product (not cpm offer I dont do those). I turn a lot of people down, but I did find 5 products altogether which are great… and I will be pushing them.
I also have a new roommate, Tanner Waid, he has been doing some html and design work and now he is looking to get involved with the money making part of the business. Tanner and I will be creating 2-3 websites before Christmas together, he will be in charge of adding products, managing orders, support work, and the websites tweaks. I will be doing the marketing, managing orders, coding work, and helping out on the support work.
The system we will be using is set up a lot like hayneedles, however we will not be disclosing our other niches like they do. But we will be using wordpress for the CMS, and then a upgraded and tweaked e-com plugin from instinct. I already have the design being worked on by a designer named Eli, he is making it a cross between the hayneedle website and developer-hut.com design, I find that developer hut’s design is really good for e-commerce websites. With e-com stores you must keep it as simple as possible.
All of those products will be drop shipped, and we will be working hard on getting them all set up before November 15th.
I am also working on another e-com store with another buddy of mine, he already has the inventory and we will be using the same layout and system as the other websites. The main reason why we are using wordpress and that plugin instead of using my own custom made backend (which I prefer) is because we need to hurry up and get these websites up.
I am pretty excited to finally get working on a network of e-commerce stores. I have been working my ass off on my backend (which is pretty much done now) and creating developer hut so I can use those marketing services. Now I have a great platform to create more online real estate and manage all of it efficiently. I now don’t have to focus on those 2 projects, I can now focus my attention mostly to the marketing and creating parts instead of the “creating the foundation” part.
I still have a lot on my plate this month, below is some of the stuff I will be working on this month:
1. Bringing 2 products in-house instead of drop shipping (a lot harder the it sounds, I have most of the research done however)
2. 5 or so new e-com stores
3. Creating a automated email marketing system. It will work like aweber, were after X amount of days an email will be sent to the person in the list. Email marketing is a huge part of my business now, so this is a must before the holiday season.
4. Creating a ticket system for the wordpress e-com stores. I will be creating (probably paying someone actually) to make a contact plugin that will update a database with the support tickets. The the support tickets from all of my stores will be pilled into one place, so I can make a ticket system with users that will be able to view particular stores tickets. I already made a custom ticket system for developer hut, so It wont take to long to tweak a new one for all of these stores. I want to make sure that I have an efficient way to take care of support tickets, because I know how important those are.
Well that is all for tonight, I can talk all night about this stuff, take it easy.
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damn it.. you are awesome genius my friend…. i wonder how i can be like you
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I can listen all night! Its awesome long to do list. It looks like a lot of work. But I am sure it would happen eventually. Just stick to your goals. All the best!
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Christ, that’s ambitious. Don’t spread yourself too thin.
Na I wont be, ever since I got my backend systems done all I have been doing is some minor tweaks and support work. The backends really take a lot of time off my hands
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re:3, if you use something like Interspire Email Marketer then you get the full PHP source (unencrypted) so you can hack your own systems into it. Might beat coding something from scratch…
Interesting plans indeed. You are widening your businesses very fast and smart. Wish you all the best with projects, and i am especially interesting to see how will you manage the email marketing one, as the competition in that area is pretty big, but there is still a large need for it.
I wont be doing the email marketing for other people. I just use the system myself, the code is actually pretty simple, the most time too securing it up.