February 17, 2011

Pre Sale Support for Earn1k

Today I was given the opportunity to handle some pre-sales support for Ramit Sethi’s Earn1k program. Having been through the program myself I am quite impressed with the materials offered, and the value they can drive for freelancers. With that in mind I was happy to help out when asked in an Earn1k Alumni survey. I was able to past the “test” question meaning I am familiar enough with Ramit’s strategies to share with others which was kind of cool. I am not sure how much traffic Ramit and his team expected for their day of Alumni provided support, but I was actually a bit disappointed when I only had the opportunity to field 1 interested lead’s questions. All-in-all I was glad to do it though as I may have been able to help another fellow entrepreneur launch himself into a success career.

If you are interested in starting to freelance, and would like to craft an offer that customers cannot refuse then check out Earn1k.com

~Nathan Hein
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February 13, 2011

Google Website Optimizer

As a student of Ramit Sethi (Earn1k, IWillTeachYourToBeRich.com) I am continually reminded to test, test, test, and then test some more to find the best value proposition for my target audience. So tonight in an effort to increase the amount of testing I am doing on the advertising of my products and services I setup Google’s Website Optimizer on BeardHats.com. I wanted to try a few different layouts for the page to see what effect it may have on conversion. Google’s Website Optimization tool makes it quite simple to setup and track A/B testing and even multi-variant tests. At this point I am testing different content layouts and even price points.

~Nathan Hein
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March 20, 2010

Overnight Web Site Challenge

This weekend, Saturday at 7am to Sunday at 9am I got the opportunity to work with the 9 best Designers, Front End Developers, and Programmers in the Twin Cities at the Overnight Website Challenge. An amazing group of individuals to work with.
We were teamed up with Tatanka Bluffs Corridor, a non-profit that is about developing a tourism industry in the Tatanka Blufs in Western Minnesota. Great bunch of people looking to accomplish some lofty goals. If our team of creatives has anything to do with it, the web site we build and market will help them get to their long term goals.
I used the Challenge as an opportunity to apply Earn1k’s strategy for getting inside you clients head to better understand there needs. It went pretty well. Challenging seeing as this is a non-profit and they are not “selling” a product or service and have a budget of $0, but it was great practice. Got good experience with getting challenging answers to the questions and having to re-ask the questions to get more effective answers.

Well we are over halfway through the Challenge, with but 11 and a half hours left. We have a great design, an awesome brand identity, killer content, and a solid platform for the entire site. Did I mention it was awesome working with this group?

~Nathan Hein
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February 18, 2010

Slow Week So Far…

Well maybe not slow, quite busy to be exact, but slow on the 4HWW/Earn 1k materials. I did complete this week’s Earn 1k lesson which was on pit falls to avoid and developing your target market. Pit falls being all the little nuances that get in the way of doing the real work that makes you money. Things like getting a logo designed, business cards, a web site, hosting, and the million and one things we find to do that are not necessary at the beginning to generate revenue. Then we moved into developing your target market and how to really niche your market down. Niche-ing being the key to becoming an expert to a specific group of people which need your solution. Then proceeding on how this niche-ing allows you to really get into your customers head in a way that you can deliver target solutions that no one else can offer your clients. Overall some good material.

~Nathan Hein
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