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by palakchokshi 3377 days ago
That's a bit snarky no? considering you don't put in labor costs and time costs it's a bit ingenuous to say you built a profitable business. At a "profit" of $22 a day you could not pay your rent and food. Your customer acquisition cost at this stage is much higher than what the customer pays you.
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Probably. I apologise. Just reading so many negative comments it's (slightly) frustrating.

Maybe 'profitable' should have been in quotes instead of startup.

I never tried to wow anyone with my final results, but rather show what could happen if you just take action :)

I agree. But here's what I think would have gotten your point of "take action" across much better. At the end be honest about ROI and projections.

This is a cold calling marketing campaign you had to do to get your sales. If at the end you had actionable advice on improving conversion rate of cold calling campaigns with numbers to back it up(not anecdotal evidence) that would be very useful.

My suggestion is to track SpokenGrowth.com over a period of 3 months now that you've handed it off to someone who might not have your marketing skills. Do another post 3 months later that either proves you can make a viable business if you "just take action" or shows how hard it can be and maybe do a lessons learnt post.

I'm all for hustling to market your product or your skills. Good luck on SpokenGrowth.com