Interview with Fiverr Freelancer Jacob Thompson

I had the pleasure to interview Jacob who helps optimize gigs on Fiverr.  I had some questions on how his business has worked and grown sustainable in such a short period of time.  Check out Jacob below:

What is your website?
allseasonsbooklovergifts.com
All Seasons Book Lover Gifts, your number one shop for all things for book lovers. We are dedicated to giving you the very best of book-related products, with a focus on dependability, customer service, and uniqueness.

1. Please tell us your full name, your role, and startup.
   Jacob Thompson
   Owner of allseasonsbooklovergifts.com
   
   
2. How long have you been in that role?
   3 months
   
   
3. How do you balance work with your personal life?
   Lol I usually only work. There isn't much of a personal life.
   
   
4. Can you please tell us more about your daily tasks? How do those generate or maintain revenue?
   I'm a virtual assistant and when I'm not doing that I'm focusing on All Seasons Book Lover Gifts making sure everything is good and trying to market it.
   
   
5. What is the most challenging part about what you do? How do you overcome that challenge?
   Most challenging part is trying to market my website so people know about it. I try to do this the cheapest way possible for now. I do most marketing on my own.
   
   
6. What kind of marketing? I’ve been doing a lot of marketing on social media. I have a decent amount of followers on Twitter and Instagram. I do some e mail marketing and use other marketers from Fiverr.
   
   
7. Can you tell me more about your email marketing strategy? What's the most successful marketing fiverr gig you have ordered?
   E-mail marketing I find anybody book related, book stores, authors, etc. I usually do one state at a time and move to the next. I’m not the best marketer, I’m just trying to keep it cheap for now. I’m working with a guy on here right now who is a DJ on iheart radio, he’s gonna do a commercial on the radio for me.
   
   
8. Can anyone join? Are you open to the public or exclusive businesses only (B2C OR B2B)?
   I would love everyone to join. Everyone in the US that is. I only ship products to the US as of now.

To learn more about Jacob, visit his website here. 

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