🏛️ Why did the financial system collapse in ancient Egypt?

Pyramid Schemes. 🔺

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Issue 3: Gab Ads & DIY Posting

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Keep an open mind about your business marketing solutions. Every business is different, and as such, needs a unique recipe for marketing to bring about the most sales. Marketing requires trial-and-error. However, if you are starting a new business, it's important to give your business time to grow. Most businesses will see some sales within three months of starting. If not, it's time to see what tweaks are needed to get your audience's attention -- Or scrap the business altogether.

Let's get into this week's issue.

📰 Knitting Together the Parallel Economy

Did you know Gab has assembled their own Parallel Economy Shopping Catalog? Check it out here!

✎ Expect two to three segments per email, plus a business shout-out (reply with your business!)

True or False - The segment where I destroy some of the marketing advice every business owner has heard (and thought was true).
Newest Freedom Tool - A quick recap of the newest Parallel Economy tool on the internet, what it does, and whether or not it can serve your business.
Social Media Tip - Real steps I take when I promote my clients' businesses.
What I Learned this Week - Whether painful or pleasurable, let's see what I've experimented with this time and how it turned out.
Website Work - If you haven't done this to your website yet, you should.
Article Spotlight - Article I found that gives you insight into growing your sales.
Email Marketing Mastery - Guidance to add more power to your emails.
Take-away - Actionable steps to try this week to further your business.
Gab Guidance - I wonder what this section is about...
Ask me Anything - Answers to your burning questions.
Productivity Trick - Lose the fluff so you can work less and earn more.
Top Thread - Favorite social post with worthwhile content.

🗣️ I welcome your feedback - Hit reply to give me your honest opinion of this newsletter. It may be featured on my website!

Gab Ads & a Note about Facebook

I've experimented with Gab ads enough to know that it's expensive. Typically, you can expect to spend about $1 per click 🖱️. They have adjusted the minimum budget to $50/day, and you can schedule the day(s) you want to run it. I've noticed that $50 can stretch a number of days in most cases. You can even target people's interests in basic categories or their location. Videos or graphics can be used as well. Main Takeaway: They may be worth your time since you can spend less 💲 to test out different ads.

[Gab ad results from an actual client]

So About Facebook...

Facebook is one of my least liked social sites. Not because of its abilities, but because of the political and moral disagreements I have with the owners of the site. However, the tools available on Facebook can far outweigh those of Gab in some instances. Meta has had many more years to hone their ads 📰, which gives business owners a much better result for their advertising budget. Another instance is that Meta has local groups - Offering service-based brick-and-mortar type businesses the advantage.

Nine out of ten times I have gotten exponentially better results from ads on Facebook than ads on Gab 🐸

🗙 But Facebook is still out to get you. 🗙 They will still reduce your reach if they do not agree with what you're selling - Even if you do "all the marketing things" right.

⭐ Need Marketing Services? Read below & hit reply! ⭐

Jurina Enterprises, Inc | Email | Website

I've always had a passion for web design as well as advertising. Over the last year, I opened up my business to take on clients for social media, email marketing and website design. Many clients that I represent are Christian small business owners who aren't sure who to trust. Now I support these businesses while working from home and taking care of my family. Feel free to reach out for personalized business services.

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Homeschool magazine including homesteading lessons, self-reliance tips and much more. Visit their Website or on Gab.

📝 Want to DIY your posting? Here are some actionable steps below. Don't forget to try different ideas, run a few ads, and stick to one social site to start.

Main Steps:

Choose two days each week to post
Select a photo or create a graphic that's eye-catching
Write 2-3 sentences to go with it
Include a link to your website at the bottom
Schedule it on Gab (if you're PRO) or Facebook - Google must be posted the day-of
Plan to get two weeks' worth done at a time

A couple of notes...

If you choose to design graphics, I'd recommend Canva 🟦. Unless you have your own photos of your business to use, you can even use Canva just for photos. Faces, before-and-after, gifs, and questions are all good places to start for content and graphics.

If you want to increase your reach, try boosting your Facebook post for $10-$20. If this is too scary, then please reach out and I'd be happy to run some ads for you. You can also share the post with groups related to your audience 👪. For instance, if you sell hand-knit scarves, you might find homesteading groups nearby.

Here is an example post from a client:

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