A smart way to build a profitable business is to take advantage of a rapidly growing trend using a well-proven playbook.
I just spent 2 hours going through my personal trend database.
Then I matched the most promising ones to my favorite playbooks.
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📈 Dog Talking Buttons
Speech pathologists use recordable buttons to communicate with nonverbal individuals. These buttons can also help dogs and other animals communicate their needs and wants.
💡 Apply the 12 Months to $1 Million ecommerce playbook by @RyanMoran.
📈 Leaf blowers
No idea why interest in leaf blowers is growing so steadily but this is definitely an interesting trend if you're not afraid to get your hands dirty.
💡 Start a leaf blowing service business, @sweatystartup style.
📈 Dynamic QR Codes
Dynamic QR Codes make it possible to change destination addresses and other code functionality at any time without having to reprint the Codes themselves.
💡 Build a micro SaaS using the Start Small, Stay Small approach pioneered by @robwalling.
📈 Solana Prediction
Crypto predictions are still hot. There are plenty of paid newsletters and communities on Gumroad doing $10k+/month.
💡 Build an infoproduct empire using @russellbrunson's Expert Secrets playbook.
📈 Remote Workers
Remote work is here to stay and companies, big and small, need remote-native tools (not skeuomorphic stuff) to adapt properly.
💡 Use the Laskie B2B SaaS playbook by @ChrisJBakke.
📈 Dice Making
Dice making is one of these niche hobbies that's blowing up right now on Reddit.
💡 Use @JamesonCamp's playbook and acquire an affiliate site in the dice making niche (plus possibly turn it into an ecommerce store).
📈 Hairloss Research
The hairloss research subreddit is blowing up right now.
💡 Apply the $100M Offer playbook by @AlexHormozi to make people struggling with hairloss an irresistible offer.
📈 Bourbon Whiskey Barrel Shelving
Apparently more and more people are interested in how to store bourbon whiskey barrels.
💡 Start building your portfolio of small bets @dvassallo style by selling barrel shelves you built yourself and then a course how to do it.
A related subreddit that's blowing up right now is dedicated to Fence Building.
📈 Financial Modeling
The financial modeling subreddit is all about sharing and discussing ideas and practises.
💡 Use @arvidkahl's Embedded Entrepreneur playbook to immerse yourself in this community, study their problems, and eventually sell a solution.
📈 Expat FIRE
An exploding subreddit about using geographic arbitrage, a nomadic lifestyle, or relocating abroad to retire early.
💡 If you have any first-hand experiences, use @nateliason's Article MVP playbook to validate demand. Then sell a course, book or community.
• start with a specific goal, say, $10k monthly profit
• make a list of all projects you're working on and all ideas you have
• break down what it would take to reach your goal with each idea/project
• assess how realistic each option is
(examples below)
Say you're offering a productized service for a one-time fee of $49 with little potential for return customers.
($10,000/month) / ($49/order) = 200 orders/month
How realistic is it that you bring in 200 fresh customers each month? (Very hard imo)
What about a weekly newsletter that is monetized primarily through ads?