🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoAnon sells girl scout cookiessh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1700arrow-down113
arrow-up1687arrow-down1imageAnon sells girl scout cookiessh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoGo online Post advertisement for obvious scam Get no sales ThinkingFace.jpg Spend more money on advertising Get a few tiny nibbles at my scam ThinkingHarderFace.jpg Spend enormous amounts of money on advertising Finally, some traction. Approaching break-even point. I can see the light of day on the horizon. Perhaps I can turn a profit in another few months. Look at my budget. Oops! All Advertising! Realize I could have operated a real for-profit business that made something useful and turned a profit much faster
Go online
Post advertisement for obvious scam
Get no sales
ThinkingFace.jpg
Spend more money on advertising
Get a few tiny nibbles at my scam
ThinkingHarderFace.jpg
Spend enormous amounts of money on advertising
Finally, some traction. Approaching break-even point. I can see the light of day on the horizon. Perhaps I can turn a profit in another few months.
Look at my budget. Oops! All Advertising!
Realize I could have operated a real for-profit business that made something useful and turned a profit much faster