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Nick Buzz Says Aggressive and Controversial Marketing Acquires Clients
“You constantly have to market yourself. You have to be out there. You have to be aggressive. You have to have a tone that brings people in. It's okay if you're controversial. It works.”
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Nick Buzz Scaled Baked From $0 to $160k MRR With Two Founders
“End of July is when we made our first money from Baked, and then in August, we took it to 24,000 dollars, monthly recurring revenue. Next month, we made 48,000 recurring revenue, 94,001 10, one 20, One 60, and then I'd flatline to, like, one 20, a hundred, and…”
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Nick Buzz Says Faceless Accounts Succeed Through Authentic Storytelling
“It's okay to start anonymous or just faceless account. While you do that, be as authentic as possible. Don't be a guy who's just pushing out marketing or money and stuff. Talk to people. Interact with them. Tell your story in a way that people are inclined to …”
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Nick Buzz Made $90,000 Annually From a Single Freelance Client
“Little did I know that the client stayed with me for the next three and a half years. So I was making around like 80 or 90,000 dollars a year just doing freelancing.”
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Nick Buzz Initially Doubted the Market Needed Another Design Agency
“When she said we should start Baked, I said, no, I don't believe that the market needs one more design subscription agency.”
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Nick Buzz Earned $3,200 on His First Day of College
“Around 2016, some dev found me on Dribbble and the dev recommended me to the client. I just worked with them for like two days and they gave me 3200 dollars. I was like happy. I'm like, first day of university and I made 3200 dollars.”
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Facebook Paid Nick Buzz $8,000 Per Month For a Design Internship
“Like, I was getting paid 8000 USD.”
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Nick Buzz Launched a $9 Design Kit With 50 Landing Pages
“I said, okay, I'll launch this design kit, which will have around like 50 landing pages, and I'll charge you nine dollars. People bought it.”
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Nick Buzz Entered 200 Design Competitions Before Finding Success
“I think I participated in around 200 art competitions.”
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Nick Buzz Won His First Design Contest for $200 at Age 17
“It was too much for me, ah, for a seventeen-year-old to earn, like, I think, 10,000 rupees, or 200 dollars back then.”
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Nick Buzz Arrived in Canada With Under $100
“Didn't even have a hundred dollars. Like, I went to this hair salon in Vancouver. After the haircut, she said it cost one 50 dollars. I didn't have one 50 dollars, so I called my dad, he was sleeping again at midnight in India, asked him to transfer money so I…”
