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Would you do this marketing strategy?
There is a roofing company who went around putting pumpkins on people’s doorstep with this note. What are your thoughts?
Would you do this marketing strategy?
1 like • 10d
If it's like a sticky-backed pamphlet where you got to peel it off of the pumpkin, I don't think I would do something like that. I probably would make a foldable pamphlet to put on top to match the pumpkin theme and just kind of fold it to where it sits on top. You can prop it up where it's visible, so whoever comes home can see it, pick it up, and keep moving.
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@David Jones Yeah, I'm open to the hands-on approach. When I was younger, a young kid anyway, my mom was a real estate agent, and she would have door flyers and hangers. We would go house to house putting them on people's houses for her. I'm familiar with the process haha. When it comes to that, though, I was thinking about some people who like the visual aesthetic or set up their visual aesthetic for the holidays a certain way. Putting a sticker on it would basically negate that, and it would be hard to fix, especially when you peel it and it leaves residue or ripped paper, or whatever the case may be. If that person was worried about it flying away, then they could have just wedged it in between the pumpkins.
One file that stops you from repeating yourself to Claude Code
Been building with Claude Code for a while now. Small thing that made a real difference: a file called CLAUDE.md that tells it who you are and how you work, so you're not re-explaining yourself every session. Made a quick visual on how it's set up. If you're just starting out with Claude Code, this should help. Happy to talk it through if you want to try it on your own setup.
One file that stops you from repeating yourself to Claude Code
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@Yvette Jones - Swanson For that purpose, too, there's a better tool, I think (just my opinion, I guess), that can help you or assist you in that endeavor, which would be Google Notebook. You can check that out. Also, the tool I use to create the post here is called Excalidraw. If you want to put some illustrations to your ideas or whatever the case may be going on and give presentations, you can use that as well.
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@Yvette Jones - Swanson Yeah, for sure, no problem.
Found a new client on Upwork.
As some of you know I love entrepreneurship but hate having a job. Still, we find times when we just need to rally on our strengths to get us what we want. Last week I landed a clint on the Upwork platform. He is looking to expand his business and needed an experienced recruiter. That is in my specialty, as I have more than 12 years recruiting experience. So I took the gig. I probably wouldn't have taken the contract it if the sale of my self-storage facility went through, but things happen for a reason. I'm not sure the reason for this set back but I just have to own it. This one should be about $100k for 6 months @ 20hrs / wk. More than I usually commit for my time, but my other businesses are pretty passive at this point (3+ years to get to this point to be mostly passive and I couldn't do it without business partners). Anyway, just sharing the grind like all of you. Sometimes we have to do what we need to in order to advance.
Found a new client on Upwork.
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@David Jones What’s your opinion on using Upwork? I hear a lot of mixed things about it, especially when it comes to using it as a starting point in business to get experience and testimonials.
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@David Jones Yeah, I've noticed that as well. There are a lot of people that have requests for certain jobs but have no history of spending, and there are a lot of lowball offers or people want things for free on there, stuff like that. That's kind of in line with what I was hearing as well, as far as using it as a validation ladder and experience.
Introduction
Hello all, I'm Jamal Braxton, an Air Force veteran. I used to work on C-130s at Little Rock Air Force Base. Now I'm out and interested in starting a business. I work full time, so I want to replace that with a business, and this seems like a good place to start. Thanks for having me.
1 like • Sep 1
@David Jones the idea is an ai solutions and operations practice. Basically, I would implement workflows, automations, maintenance, governance, agents, etc, for businesses looking to implement ai in their companies and for those who have already had AI set up but it isn’t working as desired, I would come in and fix that system.
2 likes • Sep 1
@David Jones That’s exactly how I was thinking about it. Target one specific pain for a business and try to get a quick win, provide value and show ROI quickly. Then find another pain point, solve it quick and just stack wins until it compounds .
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Jamal Braxton
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Mechanical Engineer diving into AI Systems, agents, and app development.

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Joined Aug 31, 2026
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