raleigh_user

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by raleigh_user 8y ago
Speed is so valuable in this. The momentum you get from deals dropping more than makes up for the cost. And getting around other high performers
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by raleigh_user 8y ago
Go buy some courses/coaching programs. It’s way less about one specific action turning you into a great salesperson. You don’t turn into a marathon runner overnight. Ive spent $7k on coaching and sales this year (just what I could affo
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by raleigh_user 8y ago
Commented above.
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by raleigh_user 8y ago
It’s really simple. Just talk to people with money (business owners) and ask them what problems they have. Then solve the problem for money. If you get in a habit of doing this you’ll get very good. This is similar to building a web app in
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by raleigh_user 8y ago
Sales certainly can be that. But I don’t sell things that way. If you solve a problem you get paid for it. Just do this over and over.
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by raleigh_user 8y ago
Learning sales. I use to only code and my ability to make money doing things I enjoy went way way up once I dedicated $$$ and time to learning how to sell.
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by raleigh_user 8y ago
Read Rocket Fuel. Its a book I am sure the HN crowd will critique but it has made a large difference in how my biz operates and how multiple founders fill roles. I am very much an "integrator" from the book. I am less of the massi
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by raleigh_user 8y ago
It’s not a price or promotion problem. Let’s start here: What pain does your ideal customer have? Figure this out (most people mistake pain for problem. That’s wrong) Go make content around this pain. Engage with those who comment. If it ma
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by raleigh_user 8y ago
There is 0% chance FB can buy coinbase. Coinbase won't sell. They've built an all time level team and are absolutely raking in $$$. This is dumb.
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by raleigh_user 8y ago
Also work entirely remote. Maybe 15% of my time is spent in the same city as cofounder. 85% is spent in others. Slack works best for communication. 8 employees are spread across world.
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by raleigh_user 8y ago
I did this building a small agency in the marketing and ad space. Happy to advise on specifics but in general here’s how we did it: Build up a portfolio of content (since we develop content) that shows we know what we’re doing. Go on speaki
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by raleigh_user 8y ago
What do you mean by this? As in, people hate doing marketing or they don't understand how to advertise? Plus, a mistake can cost valuable data? Where are you losing data?
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by raleigh_user 8y ago
Some sort of enabler for content. I work in content marketing (not click bait shit but helping b2b companies tell their story without hiring a full design/marketing/dev team). Our process and system is super efficient recording vi
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by raleigh_user 8y ago
I cofounded a small agency. I really enjoy it. I spend a lot of time away from our team and this is no shot at the amazing team we built. But the time where you're in the zone and able to produce/be creative is imperative to our g
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
I originally had a meetup group and it being local really limited the opportunities. I then switched to building an online Facebook group and scaled that. All of what I do can be done remote so it didn't make sense to limit geographica
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
eh I am not married to being a SaaS company and don't care about funding. I started the company to work from wherever and never once intended to raise funds! Everyone doesn't have to go after some big VC play. I am 23 and really e
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
How big is your team? To be honest, I am most excited about closing about 2 more sales (at this rate we close about 1 per month) and having the cash to hire help. We most need it in our content and sales efforts. These would speed up our gr
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
One other thing that took me awhile to get over was making asks (asking potential customers to become customers). Some people say this is like asking someone out on a date. I've been in a relationship for 5 years so that didnt help me
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
Thank you for sharing this. I am in the early stages (just a few months in) and I am hoping to work towards this level. How long did it take for you to go from a few stable clients to too much work to handle?
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
True. A lot are not very good though. A lot are covers for getting your email and trying to sell you services. I like Drift.com's Seeking Wisdom podcast and anything by Gary Vaynerchuk(I am sure this audience will hate him but he knows
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
I'd love some help. I will shoot you a message. Thank you.
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
To be honest, you'd be shocked how easy it is to do. One thing I struggled with for awhile was trying to make the perfect piece of content, editing and getting stuck in that paralysis. I was able to make a dent in recruiting because I
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
For what its worth I can talk more about how I do it. I tried to start a SaaS company, realized my CAC was out of control and started taking on consulting clients as a way to fund the SaaS and pay my bills. We've been doing the consult
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
The man, the myth, the legend. He’s going to roast your pricing but I’m sure you’ll grow a ton from it.
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
You need Patrick from PriceIntelligently to analyze your pricing page. Maybe tweet at him or Hiten Shah and see if either will help. I'd recon they would suggest you keep 2 tiers and add a call us tier for b2b enterprise. I see where d
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
That might work. I spend most of my time teaching Python though :( I really appreciate the recommendation though.
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
I’ll look into this. Thank you. Seems pretty obvious but can’t find a good way to do it
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
Dropbox paper is only suggestion so far. But that won't let the code execute inline. I have to have python support. Node and angular/react support would be great too.
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Looking for tool to add Audio to Code
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by raleigh_user 9y ago
Id almost argue that intercom/drift are making customer service a lot easier. The chat bubble lets you connect with users of your product a lot faster than a phone call and paired with some other softwares can do a lot of what you

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