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Re: Show HN: Unlimited marketing advice and consulting from $89

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Post by hluska »

marketingadvice wrote: post #19
ssharp wrote: post #12

There are six listed examples of tasks you could do. None of those could be effectively done in the 30 minutes you wish for a task to take. Marketing evaluations even on small companies with a low number of pages, landing pages, emails, and conversion funnels should take several hours. In 30 minutes you could provide heuristics/best-practices which could be effective, but could be a waste of everyone's time. I doubt…

On the unlimited plan I can execute on the initial advice in bursts. For example, if you have a spa in Toronto, Canada. I can make a channel or campaign suggestion and then spend your sessions in the month setting up and optimizing that campaign.

I would leave this thread, but comments like this make me think that you're actually dangerous so I'm going to follow this up. In thirty minutes, you CANNOT learn enough about a single spa, its services, or its competition in its particular area of Toronto to gain any sense on whether or not Adwords is a good channel. I think that you simply have bought so many Facebook/Google ads that it is the only game you know, so it is the only channel you will ever recommend.

I wish you the best and I hope that your advice does not outright kill any companies.

Re: Show HN: Unlimited marketing advice and consulting from $89

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Post by marketingadvice »

happywolf wrote: post #22

Do you do job-based consultation? Say one has a project/website, and that person has some marketing goals in mind, can you quote a price instead? Also, any guarantee on effectiveness?

Projects I take on aside from this I usually tie goals and performance metrics to. It very much depends on the goals and objectives to be achieved for the project.

For example if your project is to take an iOS app from 100 users to 1,000,000. That I wouldn't take on as a project, that's what someone should take on as a career/job more than a contract. 100 users to 10,000 is something I would consider freelance/contract size.

Marketers on Demand was setup as a test of the 7 Day Startup framework and to run an idea validation thought. Not really for full on projects.

Re: Show HN: Unlimited marketing advice and consulting from $89

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Post by marketingadvice »

mcdoug wrote: post #20
marketingadvice wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In 30 mins I can do a basic AdWords campaign setup, review and probably adjust meta tags on your website, write you new copy, setup a marketing strategy (this would be multiple sessions), etc. You would be amazed with what can be done in 30 mins. If you are on the monthly plan I go above and beyond. If I need to spend an hour learning your brand and company, I'll do it and then spend the 30 minutes executing. But as…

So what is your strategy in terms of making money here then. At $175/mo for 30 minutes a day, you are working for $17.50/hour. Is the idea that most people won't use up the entire 10 hours/month? I am going to wait and see if reviews/testemonials show up that talk about results this actually delivered in terms of increased traffic, conversions, etc.

I'm running this as part of a test of the 7 Day Startup method. Just generating revenue to start is the goal, but the pricing and everything will be iterated on over time.

From past experience there is usually a divide of those who will make full use of the service and those who will use it as a net to help when it's needed. But that has yet to be seen and iterated on.

Re: Show HN: Unlimited marketing advice and consulting from $89

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Post by marketingadvice »

hluska wrote: post #14
marketingadvice wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In 30 mins I can do a basic AdWords campaign setup, review and probably adjust meta tags on your website, write you new copy, setup a marketing strategy (this would be multiple sessions), etc. You would be amazed with what can be done in 30 mins. If you are on the monthly plan I go above and beyond. If I need to spend an hour learning your brand and company, I'll do it and then spend the 30 minutes executing. But as…

You can set up a quality marketing strategy in 30 minutes???

30 - 45 minutes x 10 - 15 sessions over a month is possible. It depends how in-depth and how far out the strategy is effective for.

A 3 month strategy for an early stage company is workable in the 5 - 10 hours in a month.

Re: Show HN: Unlimited marketing advice and consulting from $89

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Post by marketingadvice »

hluska wrote: post #21
marketingadvice wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the unlimited plan I can execute on the initial advice in bursts. For example, if you have a spa in Toronto, Canada. I can make a channel or campaign suggestion and then spend your sessions in the month setting up and optimizing that campaign.

I would leave this thread, but comments like this make me think that you're actually dangerous so I'm going to follow this up. In thirty minutes, you CANNOT learn enough about a single spa, its services, or its competition in its particular area of Toronto to gain any sense on whether or not Adwords is a good channel. I think that you simply have bought so many Facebook/Google ads that it is the only game you know, s…

Learning and executing are 2 very separate things.

In 30 minutes you definitely can execute a campaign. Then come back a few days later and spend another 30 minutes reviewing and optimizing.

Learning is something that is very separate from the request process. The 30 minutes is execution time post-learning.

That being said, for quick results Google AdWords is a very reliable channel for hyper local businesses. There definitely are other passive lead generation channels like Instagram, but as an example Google AdWords is an easy go to.

Re: Show HN: Unlimited marketing advice and consulting from $89

#27

Post by hluska »

marketingadvice wrote: post #26
hluska wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would leave this thread, but comments like this make me think that you're actually dangerous so I'm going to follow this up. In thirty minutes, you CANNOT learn enough about a single spa, its services, or its competition in its particular area of Toronto to gain any sense on whether or not Adwords is a good channel. I think that you simply have bought so many Facebook/Google ads that it is the only game you know, s…

Learning and executing are 2 very separate things. In 30 minutes you definitely can execute a campaign. Then come back a few days later and spend another 30 minutes reviewing and optimizing. Learning is something that is very separate from the request process. The 30 minutes is execution time post-learning. That being said, for quick results Google AdWords is a very reliable channel for hyper local businesses. There…

This still doesn't add up. You offer a 24 hour turnaround, yet you hope to learn about a company, plan a campaign around that situation, figure out appropriate metrics to evaluate whether it is effective, and then execute on that in 30 minute bursts.

Even if you can do that, you will have an incredible amount of trouble making a consistent profit unless you can keep your acquisition costs very low. And, frankly, based on what I've seen it's very hard to trust you so I'm not sure how low your acquisition costs could get.

Re: Show HN: Unlimited marketing advice and consulting from $89

#28

Post by happywolf »

marketingadvice wrote: post #23
happywolf wrote: post #22

Do you do job-based consultation? Say one has a project/website, and that person has some marketing goals in mind, can you quote a price instead? Also, any guarantee on effectiveness?

Projects I take on aside from this I usually tie goals and performance metrics to. It very much depends on the goals and objectives to be achieved for the project. For example if your project is to take an iOS app from 100 users to 1,000,000. That I wouldn't take on as a project, that's what someone should take on as a career/job more than a contract. 100 users to 10,000 is something I would consider freelance/contra…

I see. Make sense. Thanks
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