To read a guide on how to get customer traction, including how to identify your core channel using the bullseye framework, read our blog post titled What is the best way for my startup to get traction? In this post, we’re not going to cover the framework. Instead, we’ll briefly review each of the 19…
Good morning everyone. Yesterday I rounded home on a new blog post about customer traction and distribution channels. In the post, I cover 19 specific channels as well as some examples of when I’ve used them. I think it’s a really helpful post for those learning about customer channels. Hopefully I’ll get it proofread and…
Let’s first describe what is traction and why it is so important for a startup Traction, or more specifically customer traction, represents how much customer interest your startup has. Depending on your startup this might be people that purchase an eBook, people that pay a monthly fee to use a SaaS product, people that register…
Good morning everyone. I’m writing this at 4am. Putting some extra time in today as I couldn’t go back to sleep. Yesterday, Kevin and I recorded episodes 34 and 35 of our podcast The Startup Menyu. You can give them a listen by clicking on the Podcast link in the main menu of this site….
Putting in the Work Yesterday, I put in the normal time working on the business. I was able to proofread and publish my latest blog post How do I Research Keywords For Free?. It covers 6 great ways to research and find keywords without spending any money. I also entered a menu for an Italian…
Good morning everyone. I’m writing this at 5am. Yesterday, I worked 5am – 7am, 12pm – 1pm, and 6pm – 8pm – my normal schedule with the exception of sometimes working longer in the mornings and evenings and skipping my lunch because the day job requires it. Yesterday, I punched three restaurant menus in Hot…
Today I worked on our business from 5:30am to 7am, 12pm to 1pm, and 6pm to after 8pm. I punched two restaurant menus for our startup themenyuapp.com. I also worked on my upcoming blog post on how to make your first $100 online. I’m just about done with it. It’s over 3K words, so it…
On Sundays I prefer to rest, mostly working in the yard or reading. This gives me time to rest my mind from the startup grind and not burn myself out for the coming week, including working on my startup and at my day job. COVID-19 still has our traffic at about 50-60% of what it…
The number one question every startup must face is how to raise money for your startup. Lack of funds due to either poor money management or the inability to raise more money can be the number one cause of most business failures. To help prevent that from happening here are three of the best ways…
My name is Adam VanBuskirk and I’m one of the cofounders of Menyu (Menyu). We’re an online restaurant marketing platform that makes it easy for consumers to contact the restaurant as well as see the food menu. My cofounder Kevin Sims and I founded Menyu in I believe 2015 (its kind of fuzzy as I…