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Ask HN: Review my Startup: Pitch - stop re-writing the same emails

8 points by Tawheed 17y ago

I've been doing a lot of customer development lately, and so I built a little web-app that helps me templatize my e-mail pitches and send them faster. I figure this can help a lot of other startups, so check it out and please share your feedback. http://pitchapp.com

ScottWhigham 17y ago
1) Volume on video demo should be higher 2) Better mic on video demo - got tired of hearing sibilant ssssssssss within 20 seconds 3) Better demo 4) Less compression on audio on video demo 5) Does Tawheed really want his actual email address in your demo video? 6) I see the need but don't get it. Why is it free? How will you make money? If you don't make money, then you close. If you close, I've wasted x hours of work.
Tawheed 17y ago
Link: http://pitchapp.com http://pitchapp.com
jarsj 17y ago
I fail to understand the need. GMail has a lab feature called "Canned response", it does exactly what you do and its integrated into Gmail. Also, search-and-forward would work just fine.
- Tawheed 17y ago
  Canned responses work pretty well, but still not as tight of a workflow as I'd like. Also, I'm working on a premium version where you can track Opens and click-throughs on the links you share -- helping you A/B test and see ROI of your pitches.
  - apsurd 17y ago
    I like "A/B test your emails" better. I understand the problem of having to rewrite emails over and over again that are delivering the same message for the same goal, but need to be tailored to some specific-case scenarios. You might be entering into the email newsletter space with the more functionality you roll out so I would think it best to concentrate on those instances where you are doing customer development type stuff. The need to reach out to people in a very personal way entails that I DON'T spam them from an email newsletter, but yes I would want to approach it in a systemized fashion. Have a way to iterate on emails and refine your pitch - I like that.

8 points by Tawheed 17y ago

ScottWhigham 17y ago

1) Volume on video demo should be higher 2) Better mic on video demo - got tired of hearing sibilant ssssssssss within 20 seconds 3) Better demo 4) Less compression on audio on video demo 5) Does Tawheed really want his actual email address in your demo video? 6) I see the need but don't get it. Why is it free? How will you make money? If you don't make money, then you close. If you close, I've wasted x hours of work.

Tawheed 17y ago

Link: http://pitchapp.com http://pitchapp.com

jarsj 17y ago

I fail to understand the need. GMail has a lab feature called "Canned response", it does exactly what you do and its integrated into Gmail. Also, search-and-forward would work just fine.

Tawheed 17y ago
Canned responses work pretty well, but still not as tight of a workflow as I'd like. Also, I'm working on a premium version where you can track Opens and click-throughs on the links you share -- helping you A/B test and see ROI of your pitches.
- apsurd 17y ago
  I like "A/B test your emails" better. I understand the problem of having to rewrite emails over and over again that are delivering the same message for the same goal, but need to be tailored to some specific-case scenarios. You might be entering into the email newsletter space with the more functionality you roll out so I would think it best to concentrate on those instances where you are doing customer development type stuff. The need to reach out to people in a very personal way entails that I DON'T spam them from an email newsletter, but yes I would want to approach it in a systemized fashion. Have a way to iterate on emails and refine your pitch - I like that.