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Start your business in 50 minutes …the tech way LEE MALLON evenlearning.com / [email protected]

Start your business in 50 minutes

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Page 1: Start your business in 50 minutes

evenlearning.com / [email protected]

Start your business in 50 minutes

…the tech way

LEE MALLON

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evenlearning.com / [email protected]

5:15am

Reading news and saw this

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5:20am

Reading…

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evenlearning.com / [email protected]

5:23am

I could do with this…

Crap… this service is just for designers not coders

Humm….

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evenlearning.com / [email protected]

5:27am

I wonder if anyone else feels this way?

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5:30am

• I would personally pay £30 per month for this• What if I got just 100 people to do the same

£30 * 100 = £3,000 per month =

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5:32am

What do I need to do to test the idea

1. Website name and url2. Simple website explaining the service3. Email address for people to ask questions4. A way to record visits to the website5. Host website somewhere6. Promote to coders

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5:35am

Website name• .com• Contains remote or

freelance keyword• Doesn’t cost £3,000

Remotefreelancing.com

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5:40am

Website page• 1 page• Looks professional• Explains problem• Gives a solution• Gets people to signup

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5:53am

Email [email protected]

1. Setup [email protected]. Forwarded to my day to day email3. Setup my email so I can send from

[email protected] when answering peoples questions

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5:56am

Tracking visits• I want to see if people visit

my website• Where they are located• What time of day

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5:59am

Website hosting• Cost effective• Easy to manage• Scalable if site takes off/gets a lot of visits

+ =

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6:04am

Promoting• Comments of original article• LinkedIn groups for software contractors• Twitter list of people searching for “remote coding work”• Email to friends in the industry• Add website url to tech people focused news sites

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6:05am

• Website remotefreelancing.com – created• [email protected] – setup• website designed & content added – completed• Visitor tracking – added• Website hosting – configured

Website to test out new business idea… 50 mins… done!

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6:10am

Go for a run…

what could you build in 50 minutes

90% of jobs will require IT skills by 2015

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Questions

Ask me…