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Sam Rizzi

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Serial Entrepreneur (4X Founder / 1X Exit)
Download my free tools and ebook http://samrizzi.com
- Want to create a directory website? Try https://ListingProWP.com
- Want to create a marketplace for doctors? Try https://MedicalProWP.com
- Want to create an events marketplace to sell tickets? Try https://EventProWP.com
- Want to go beyond? Check out https://cubewp.com

I can help improve your landing page conversion. If you want me to review your landing page please send me the link of live or mockup and I will let you know if I can help.

Recent Answers

Clarity

I am new to Clarity as an expert and I just got my first request for a call. How do I take that call?


Sam Rizzi

Growth Hacker

Clarity will generate the call details including a phone number to dial in. Both the parties must join the call using the number and extension.

Meeting Planning

How do you start a client meeting?


Sam Rizzi

Growth Hacker

Dan Martell founder of Clarity.fm has tips for you in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mm_q0X-R1c

Web development

How would you re-develop Clarity's website?


Sam Rizzi

Growth Hacker

Developing from scratch could be really expensive. I recommend building something with WordPress and validate as fast as possible. You can take a WordPress directory theme or plugin and get it customized to fit your needs. Start by watching this video https://youtu.be/bpONIUobOEQ

Raising Money

What are my options for raising money for a directory App that's 100% free.


Sam Rizzi

Growth Hacker

Before you ask money you will need to build something quick and dirty (MVP) and try to get few users to see if your idea can fly. Truth to be told that it’s going to be near to impossible to get funding unless your idea is A. High-Impact for global change where nonprofits like Chan Zuckerberg Initiative or Gates Foundation can fund it. B. The data you collect is so valuable that you can sell the data to make money. C. You can get ridiculous amount of traffic to generate ads revenue. In all the cases you still will need to build something while keeping things bootstrapped. I highly recommend you to build a desktop/web directory app vs native app to test your idea. Use open source technology like WordPress. Google “best wordpress directory theme” and you will find something suitable for your need. Here are some helpful reads https://brainhub.eu/blog/build-app-non-technical-person https://listingprowp.com/tips/why-99-percent-of-startup-ideas-fail

Startups

Why do Startups Fail?


Sam Rizzi

Growth Hacker

There several reasons but more often it's because you built a solution for a problem that didn't existed. You should focus on building something quick and dirty and get feedback from your real users. Try to have them pay for it. Here's a detailed article I recently published. https://listingprowp.com/tips/why-99-percent-of-startup-ideas-fail/

Business Development

How can I get started on building a directory website?


Sam Rizzi

Growth Hacker

If you want to start building your own Yelp like directory for a particular city and industry but you are on a tight budget with limited tech skills I would definitely suggest WordPress. But it can be tricky as WordPress has several different options and you can get easily lost and even it could end up getting very expensing if you don’t play it right. Here are few helpful resources for you to go over and decide. Adam from WPCrafter has done a very good job comparing top 3 WordPress products to build a site like Yelp, watch the full video here https://youtu.be/Ykid7UTXxYI Then you can watch a step by step full video on how to build the directory here https://youtu.be/sRbUsQXyEOc There was a detailed article by Codeinwp on the same topic that can be found here https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/create-a-local-search-directory-like-yelp-on-wordpress Hope this helps you get kick started with a tight budget.

Startup Consulting

What are the best ways to think of ideas for a startup?


Sam Rizzi

Growth Hacker

Google or YouTube "design thinking" and learn the process. It will definitely help you with early stages of idea validation.

Responsive Web Design

What is responsive web design?


Sam Rizzi

Growth Hacker

Responsive web design basically means a website designed to adjust different device screens example desktop, tablet, mobile or even a smart watch. When you building a website it's highly recommend to take this in account and always go for perfecting responsive site before creating a mobile app version if you have to.

WordPress

I want to build a expert marketplace directory listing website, which wordpress theme I should use?


Sam Rizzi

Growth Hacker

Hope you were able to find the right product to build a directory. IM so we can setup a free 30 mins call and I can advice you on this. Meanwhile checkout ListingPro, wp version is on its way http://themeforest.net/item/listingpro-multipurpose-directory-template/13800879

WordPress

Where can I find people to test / review a new WordPress Theme and Plugin?


Sam Rizzi

Growth Hacker

I am an author on Themeforest and we recently got our Video portal theme approved on TF. You can reach out to me directly and share the link to your product. I can definetly give you some valuable feedback. Link: http://themeforest.net/item/videofy-video-portal-html-template/16390488?ref=themedrone

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