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I've read a bunch of articles about a "clever hack" the author used to get into an accelerator where they hyper-target a facebook ad to one or two influential p

I've read a bunch of articles about a "clever hack" the author used to get into an accelerator where they hyper-target a facebook ad to one or two influential people to convince them to accept their application. I imagine it's being done a lot now. I wonder what percentage of the ads sama sees while browsing facebook linkedin or twitter are hyper-targeted specifically towards him.

mkagenius 11y ago
Hmm.. makes me think, there should be a way to delist yourself from getting targeted albeit paid one. Kind of paid version vs free version.
FabianBeiner 11y ago
I read that article, too. But it was done with LinkedIn targeting and it didn't receive the recipient directly, but he got a lot of messages from friends. So in the end, they got the contact. Don't recall the URL, though. :(
- minimaxir 11y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9957083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9957083 ?
brudgers 11y ago
There are lots of accelerators out in the wild. Some of them are modelled on reality TV with prizes and judges and montization schemes based on something other than billions of dollars in capital appreciation for the portfolio companies. In such accelerators, there is a lot of emphasis on SEO and pitch decks as the road to value rather than products. Sometimes this correlates with selling SEO expertise and pitch deck coaching as components of an accelerator's revenue stream. Despite these reducing runway. Facebook or pornhub campaigns might demonstrate suitability for that type of program. On the other hand, press releases are not a viable minimum product for most companies.
krapp 11y ago
Bothering Sam Altman As A Service?
extc 11y ago
On a related off-topic topic, does anyone know why AdWords doesn't allow super specific keywords? i.e. if keywords get under X hits then AdWords won't enable them even if there might be a few perfect people who will enter those keywords.

mkagenius 11y ago

Hmm.. makes me think, there should be a way to delist yourself from getting targeted albeit paid one. Kind of paid version vs free version.

FabianBeiner 11y ago

I read that article, too. But it was done with LinkedIn targeting and it didn't receive the recipient directly, but he got a lot of messages from friends. So in the end, they got the contact. Don't recall the URL, though. :(

minimaxir 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9957083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9957083 ?

brudgers 11y ago

There are lots of accelerators out in the wild. Some of them are modelled on reality TV with prizes and judges and montization schemes based on something other than billions of dollars in capital appreciation for the portfolio companies. In such accelerators, there is a lot of emphasis on SEO and pitch decks as the road to value rather than products. Sometimes this correlates with selling SEO expertise and pitch deck coaching as components of an accelerator's revenue stream. Despite these reducing runway. Facebook or pornhub campaigns might demonstrate suitability for that type of program. On the other hand, press releases are not a viable minimum product for most companies.

krapp 11y ago

Bothering Sam Altman As A Service?

extc 11y ago

On a related off-topic topic, does anyone know why AdWords doesn't allow super specific keywords? i.e. if keywords get under X hits then AdWords won't enable them even if there might be a few perfect people who will enter those keywords.