{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1", "title": "Sales | Posts IndieHackers", "home_page_url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world", "description": "This is an unofficial feed of indiehackers.com", "items": [ { "content_html": "
Looking for Video Marketing for your SaaS product?
\nHave a look at this carousel and my newsletter "Sales Role Play, Isn't it Sexy?"
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/fcf186215f", "title": "SaaS Video Marketing : What To Do?", "date_modified": "2024-03-15T09:57:05.749Z", "author": { "name": "shivam_saas_videos" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "As the internet is pushing against spray & pray models of outreach, with more platforms putting restrictions on high volume campaigns, it's important to make each email count. Personalized openers help significantly with this, they're the best way to grab the prospect's attention, and let them know the email is relevant to them and to keep reading.
\nWe've now set the goal to acquire 1 new customer every week for the next few weeks. Will keep you posted with the results!
\n\nIf you have any questions, or decide to give cold email a try yourself let me know! I’d love to hear from you.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/d0940bcc57", "title": "Our first customer with personalized cold email!", "date_modified": "2024-03-07T10:36:54.318Z", "author": { "name": "WilliamPaul" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Was getting your first B2B customer different?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/32688fd607", "title": "How we got our first B2B customer without a product", "date_modified": "2024-03-04T22:42:06.332Z", "author": { "name": "jesus_" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Unfortunately, nobody does this for free. And only one of them allows you to send bulk emails without paying.
\nThat's the full post! Here's the link to the original blog post: How to send mass email in Gmail. Are you sending cold emails? How are you doing it?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/549163e196", "title": "How to send mass email in Gmail", "date_modified": "2024-03-03T17:08:45.869Z", "author": { "name": "rdanbaker" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "What is the sales tooling stack you would recommend to an early stage startup founder?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/5f0ef29ff0", "title": "What tools do you suggest for prospecting?", "date_modified": "2024-02-13T06:02:00.807Z", "author": { "name": "srigari" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hyper-Personalized Outreach/Copywriting: Craft hyper-personalized email campaigns that resonate and send out timely and relevant emails autonomously.
\nReal-Time Conversations: AI chatbot capabilities for real-time engagement on your website or other platforms.
\nProspect Follow-ups/Nurturing: Deploy automated email sequences for methodical lead nurturing.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/f9bc57be04", "title": "We Turned the Whole Sales Process into Automation- Need Your Feedback On Our Product Now.", "date_modified": "2024-02-12T17:54:23.237Z", "author": { "name": "yutingzhong" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Excited to share my latest article for both new and seasoned sales professionals! 🚀📈 I delve into key areas that many grapple with and offer insights on becoming a more focused and effective seller.
\n🎯 Your feedback is invaluable—let me know which areas resonate with you!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/d815191a2d", "title": "3 Tips What Sales Training Won't Teach You.", "date_modified": "2024-02-10T18:20:31.444Z", "author": { "name": "TheMarkLIVE" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Have you built a B2B SaaS? How did you get your first customers?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/bd9e83c5c2", "title": "I made 4 cold calls, then gave up...", "date_modified": "2024-01-22T13:10:04.176Z", "author": { "name": "alexanderqchen" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "I launched the Product in 2023 and Got 200 free users and 6 paid users\nHow Much Yours? https://localy.ai/
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/3f39f2dc37", "title": "How Much Sales Have you made in 2023", "date_modified": "2023-12-31T18:13:31.830Z", "author": { "name": "yutingzhong" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "🚀 Exciting news! BoldDesk is shaking up the customer service game on Product Hunt! 🔥 Get 50% off now and experience premium features at SMB-friendly prices. Say goodbye to overpriced alternatives like Zendesk and Freshdesk! 🌟
\nhttps://www.producthunt.com/posts/bolddesk
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/6bdb8eccb2", "title": "We're live on Product Hunt! BoldDesk is ready to conquer—join the adventure! 🌐", "date_modified": "2023-12-11T17:15:14.118Z", "author": { "name": "Banupriya" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hello everyone!
\n🚀 Get ready for a game-changer! On December 11th, \nBoldDesk is launching on Product Hunt.
\nElevate your customer support game with BoldDesk's intuitive interface and smart automation features.
\nYour support counts—click "Notify Me" now! \n 👉 https://www.producthunt.com/products/bolddesk
\nYour encouragement and support will propel us one step closer to success.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/9fb38eb19b", "title": "Exciting Announcement: BoldDesk Launching soon on Product Hunt!", "date_modified": "2023-12-08T11:28:06.968Z", "author": { "name": "Anitha0013" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hey indies,
\nI'm doing sales using Apollo.io and Smartlead, for lead gen and emailing. I'm now looking for a CRM to manage/nurture leads effectively. Not too expensive, and practical for a team of 1!
\nAny tips on which tool to use?
\nThanks
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/69750bc9fb", "title": "Best sales CRM for solo makers/small teams?", "date_modified": "2023-11-06T11:04:31.603Z", "author": { "name": "mferroli" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "it can be hard to get reach and users at the early stage of AI startup !
\ni found a list of 100+ AI directories
\nyou can use these directories to launch your ai startup!
\nlaunching your startup on AI Directories can help in increasing the reach by 50-100+ unique users per day
\nyou can see the list for free here : https://kathanmehtaa.gumroad.com/l/ai-directories
\nI hope this helps you get more users for your SaaS or AI Tool🚀
\nCheck it out and let me know your thoughts!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/ba1d1ff970", "title": "List of 100+ Al Directories to Submit your Al Product🚀", "date_modified": "2023-09-05T02:35:40.109Z", "author": { "name": "kathan" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Get your help desk software set up to quickly respond and serve customers.
\nStreamline processes, manage communication channels & more!
\nhttps://www.bolddesk.com/blogs/why-you-should-switch-to-help-desk-software-from-email-based-support
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/6e8c8c14c8", "title": "Improve Your Customer Service!", "date_modified": "2023-07-17T11:23:26.399Z", "author": { "name": "Anitha0013" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hey Everyone,
\nI'm Faruk, the founder of MonitUp.com. MonitUp is a platform that tracks employees' computer activities, assesses their productivity, and provides AI suggestions to enhance their efficiency.
\nI've successfully sold 40 licenses to our largest client. I have an upcoming sales meeting tomorrow where we'll be discussing a potential deal with a company that has over 1000 employees.
\nI would greatly appreciate any advice on what to focus on during this meeting. What are some things I should avoid doing, and what are some key actions I should definitely take?
\nPlease note: I'm actually more of a technical person. We are a small startup with just 1.5 employees.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/d133dd9318", "title": "Small Startup vs. huge big lead!", "date_modified": "2023-07-10T18:57:31.433Z", "author": { "name": "Faruk_durak" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Weeding through those prospects can be time-consuming — especially if you have a dual funnel with low-priced and enterprise-level tiers.
\nHere’s a hack: At Drip, anytime someone clicked “Book a Demo,” they got a pop-up that asked for their name and value metric (i.e., how many subscribers they had). If they put in a low number, they were redirected to a page with a video demo, a 10-minute screencast of me walking through the product. If they put in a high number, they were directed to our scheduling link to book a time for a more extensive conversation.
\nAs Drip grew, the cutoff number for in-person demos grew, too. At first, we were doing demos for people in our lowest tiers because it was early and we wanted to learn about our market by talking to anyone we could. Bit by bit, we ratcheted up the number on the form based on how many salespeople had the bandwidth to run demos.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/a70d89d5bd", "title": "The SaaS sales process I used at Drip, which I sold in a life-changing exit", "date_modified": "2023-07-07T15:42:10.891Z", "author": { "name": "robwalling" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "The cost of conversation ads is $2.50 per message, whereas the cost of Sponsored messaging is $0.75 per message.
\nRead Detail Here: https://linkedcamp.com/blog/linkedin-advertising/
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/fbda22de4f", "title": "Boost Your ROI With LinkedIn Advertising: Complete Guide", "date_modified": "2023-07-03T19:08:37.313Z", "author": { "name": "erichui" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "We launched our software 4 weeks ago and ramped to 50+ clients
\nJust in the last 4 days, we were able to book 24 demos thanks to the software. Have you done much on the cold email front?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/7416aeb3ba", "title": "50+ clients and 24 meetings in 4 days! 🤑", "date_modified": "2023-06-23T11:49:17.244Z", "author": { "name": "FrankSondors" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Is this more a case of finding the correct pricing point? Are the features not attractive enough? Is the free tier too generous? Do people just not want to pay for disposable email (my current theory).
\nI suppose the best thing to do here is to talk to customers/google forms and straight up ask what users think?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/13dc962925", "title": ">1m emails processed, 1.8k users, 220 MAU, 0 conversions: ideas please?", "date_modified": "2023-06-09T09:07:35.524Z", "author": { "name": "PatrickS" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "AI-powered email generation tools are essential for effective communication in the digital landscape. We have launched a free extension tool called "ChatGPT LinkedIn Email Generator," which generates personalized emails based on the LinkedIn profile page of a business prospect.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/1f306900ee", "title": "📧 Are you using any personalized email generation AI tool?", "date_modified": "2023-06-06T19:53:33.114Z", "author": { "name": "rupalsaini_truebase" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Now the fact that we have a product, which needs a lot of resources to run, figuring out unit economics is very important to aim at max 30%-40% for COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) in the early days. We need to pay for multiple services to be able to run our software in the early days before bringing some parts of it in-house by developing it ourselves, so you need to find a path forward to reduce your COGS down the road.
\nOur next step is to do a launch on Appsumo followed by a launch on Product Hunt to achieve a milestone of 1k customers.
\nJoin us for the ride! 🚀
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/e71510c3a2", "title": "Building an AI product for sales using your domain expertise 🥓", "date_modified": "2023-05-16T06:46:31.295Z", "author": { "name": "FrankSondors" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Now the fact that we have a product, which needs a lot of resources to run, figuring out unit economics is very important to aim at max 30%-40% for COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) in the early days. We need to pay for multiple services to be able to run our software in the early days before bringing some parts of it in-house by developing it ourselves, so you need to find a path forward to reduce your COGS down the road.
\nOur next step is to do a launch on Appsumo followed by a launch on Product Hunt to achieve a milestone of 1k customers.
\nJoin us for the ride! 🚀
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/eb23bb2f57", "title": "Building an AI product for sales using your domain expertise", "date_modified": "2023-05-16T06:45:25.495Z", "author": { "name": "FrankSondors" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Now the fact that we have a product, which needs a lot of resources to run, figuring out unit economics is very important to aim at max 30%-40% for COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) in the early days. We need to pay for multiple services to be able to run our software in the early days before bringing some parts of it in-house by developing it ourselves, so you need to find a path forward to reduce your COGS down the road.
\nOur next step is to do a launch on Appsumo followed by a launch on Product Hunt to achieve a milestone of 1k customers.
\nJoin us for the ride! 🚀
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/0fd957cd53", "title": "Building an AI product for sales using your domain expertise", "date_modified": "2023-05-16T06:44:44.286Z", "author": { "name": "FrankSondors" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Now the fact that we have a product, which needs a lot of resources to run, figuring out unit economics is very important to aim at max 30%-40% for COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) in the early days. We need to pay for multiple services to be able to run our software in the early days before bringing some parts of it in-house by developing it ourselves, so you need to find a path forward to reduce your COGS down the road.
\nOur next step is to do a launch on Appsumo followed by a launch on Product Hunt to achieve a milestone of 1k customers.
\nJoin us for the ride! 🚀
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/2f41df7636", "title": "Building an AI product for sales using your domain expertise", "date_modified": "2023-05-16T06:44:40.598Z", "author": { "name": "FrankSondors" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Now the fact that we have a product, which needs a lot of resources to run, figuring out unit economics is very important to aim at max 30%-40% for COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) in the early days. We need to pay for multiple services to be able to run our software in the early days before bringing some parts of it in-house by developing it ourselves, so you need to find a path forward to reduce your COGS down the road.
\nOur next step is to do a launch on Appsumo followed by a launch on Product Hunt to achieve a milestone of 1k customers.
\nJoin us for the ride! 🚀
\nAds here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/625a00afbc", "title": "Building an AI product for sales using your domain expertise", "date_modified": "2023-05-16T06:44:31.221Z", "author": { "name": "FrankSondors" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Now the fact that we have a product, which needs a lot of resources to run, figuring out unit economics is very important to aim at max 30%-40% for COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) in the early days. We need to pay for multiple services to be able to run our software in the early days before bringing some parts of it in-house by developing it ourselves, so you need to find a path forward to reduce your COGS down the road.
\nOur next step is to do a launch on Appsumo followed by a launch on Product Hunt to achieve a milestone of 1k customers.
\nJoin us for the ride! 🚀
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/483b905687", "title": "Building an AI product for sales using your domain expertise", "date_modified": "2023-05-16T06:44:10.029Z", "author": { "name": "FrankSondors" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hey everyone,
\nI've been searching for problems solve that could lead to a great first SaaS project, and I wanted to ask the community what's the best way to approach this.
\nHow do you come up with new SaaS ideas? \nHow do you find problems to solve?
\nFor context, I'm looking to build my first SaaS business. My partner is a software developer and I'll be running the business side of the ops.
\nFeel free to add more details!
\nThanks
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/1a1b03fcc3", "title": "What's Your System to Generate SaaS Ideas", "date_modified": "2023-05-16T01:19:57.093Z", "author": { "name": "qfoster" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Are you tired of spending countless hours on LinkedIn trying to generate leads and grow your sales?
\nHave you considered using LinkedIn automation to streamline your workflow and increase productivity?
\nThis Guide is for You...
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/8961688a97", "title": "Benefits Of Using Linkedin Automation For Sales Teams", "date_modified": "2023-04-19T01:28:32.779Z", "author": { "name": "erichui" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "My Question is how to identify the proper person (ie Marketing Manager) at a given company to target communications/requests to? Do any of you have advice on targeting the proper decision maker directly?
\nI know in some of his talks and podcasts, @csallen has mentioned once he knew who to contact and how it was like the "cheat codes were turned on". I'm trying to prep for a "dialing/emailing for dollars" marathon once I get a small audience of reader/visitors/listeners and was hoping someone here had a little advice.
\nThanks!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/147a6ca730", "title": "Contacting Enterprise Level Advertisers", "date_modified": "2023-04-13T17:12:18.185Z", "author": { "name": "Scotalia" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "We have just described to you a sales funnel with its various stages.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/7c63e4a258", "title": "Sales Funnel Stages via Sales Automation", "date_modified": "2023-04-06T20:36:35.069Z", "author": { "name": "erichui" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "So I'm wondering how many indies have gone the route of building full-on sales pipelines where you spend 1-2 hours a day, reaching out to people on LinkedIn, emailing them personally, and/or phoning up companies to sell a larger size b2b ticket item?
\nI'm currently working on a billing system for SaaS companies that'll they'll be able to plug in to their system. I'm thinking 1-2k per month for a hosted version and think it's something where I would really need to spend a lot of time pitching it to companies to get anywhere. So I'm wondering the best way to start building up a sales pipeline?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/69cd2fc0c7", "title": "Best way to Prospecting/Sales pipeline?", "date_modified": "2023-04-02T14:49:39.094Z", "author": { "name": "that_guy_iain" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "TBQH, my intuition is that for most small shops, asking people to pay before anything has been created is not actually going to work unless you have an established reputation and audience and that asking your audience repeatedly for validation of ideas that you abandon is going to damage your reputation. What do you think?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/7c72ea7409", "title": "How Does Selling Before You Build Affect Your Business's Reputation?", "date_modified": "2023-03-25T22:17:48.040Z", "author": { "name": "d0liver" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "For SaaS product which platform is best to get more response. My Product is related to Cloud Based LinkedIn Marketing Automtion. https://linkedcamp.com
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/7bc9540b8f", "title": "Which Platform Is Best?", "date_modified": "2023-02-17T10:25:08.221Z", "author": { "name": "erichui" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "As indie hackers, we're often responsible for not only building our products but also selling them. However, for many of us, sales don't come naturally. It can be a daunting task to figure out how to market and sell our products effectively, especially if we don't have prior experience in sales.
\nSo, if you could start over and learn sales from scratch, what approach would you take? Would you focus on reading sales books or attending sales workshops? Would you practice your sales skills by cold-calling potential customers, or would you try to learn by observing successful salespeople in action?
\nI'd love to hear from the Indie Hackers community about your experiences learning sales. What strategies have worked best for you? And if you could go back in time and start over, what would you do differently? Let's start a discussion and help each other improve our sales skills!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/3184e2d53b", "title": "If you could start over, how would you go about learning sales?", "date_modified": "2023-02-17T08:08:28.333Z", "author": { "name": "adib_zouiten" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hi IHs,
\nI would like to start automating some of our sales outreach process and looking into tools for the job. What do you guys use and recommend?
\nMy use case is fairly simple: I'd just like to send some cold email sequences, and ideally it would stop the sequence if they reply, and that's it.
\nAlso, as bonus, what CRM tool would you recommend so I can keep all the contacts and businesses I approached and all the information and notes about them?
\nThanks
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/dce673a222", "title": "What tools do you recommend for cold emailing sequences?", "date_modified": "2023-02-14T13:24:32.461Z", "author": { "name": "sircon" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "We're here to share our process so that you can carve out your own style of doing sales. So Good luck 🍀
\nAnd I would love to hear from you when you use this process. If you have any questions, just drop a comment and I'll get back to you. Just so everyone can read it and learn.
\n(And again, I don't have any lead gen or email marketing services to sell you 😀)
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/2d0920ccc6", "title": "How we consistently close $10k+ web design projects from cold outreach (Framework included)", "date_modified": "2023-02-14T11:38:42.416Z", "author": { "name": "Saadoon" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "For hyper-personalization, you can start by optimizing your profile on LinkedIn so that when a customer lands on the account, they can get all the information they need.
\nWhen you send a message, don’t just add text; add a visual aid. You can add pictures, a small video, or even a gif related to your business. Most LinkedIn automation tools come with third-party integration allowing you to design a gif immediately.
\nTo keep the focus clear, your target audience must be very narrow. This will be possible if you use the LinkedIn sales navigator. Run a multichannel campaign to help you reach your prospect through LinkedIn and email.
\nUse Linkedin InMail for the outreach campaign\nFor this kind of outreach campaign, you can use the LinkedIn automation tool to reduce your efforts and make the process speedy.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/599126b728", "title": "What Is Sales Engagement & How Does It Work?", "date_modified": "2023-02-03T10:01:32.402Z", "author": { "name": "erichui" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hey All,
\nRecently, I've been seeing a lot of buzz around appointment setting agencies, and outsourced sales teams. Has anyone worked with these firms? If so, was it worth it? Who's the best out there?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/4b3675d5fb", "title": "Outsourced Sales Agencies", "date_modified": "2023-01-06T16:40:52.314Z", "author": { "name": "hcoan" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "The motive of this stage is to help the prospects make an informed decision. Never deceive your potential customer with fake promises.
\nDecision\nIt is time to convince your prospect and convert them into potential leads!
\nWhen a prospect enters this stage, they are already aware of your brand with interest. They look for areas that can persuade them to become a customer. Even though it looks like an easy stage, this is the hardest sales funnel stage. At this point, many prospects leave due to a need for more information.
\nAt the decision stage, your prospect will start looking for more information, such as your pricing, shipment charges, terms of plans, etc. They will compare it with competitors and weigh which offers better value for money.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/387c4d131f", "title": "A complete guide for beginners: Everything you need to know about sales funnel stages", "date_modified": "2023-01-02T21:59:46.127Z", "author": { "name": "erichui" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "If you’re someone who doesn’t have enough time to find thousands of people manually, you can use the best LinkedIn automation tools.
\nThe benefit of using such tools is that they not only find the right prospects but also collect important information about them, which is very important for maintaining a healthy sales pipeline.
\nThese tools also send connection requests and messages to grow and strengthen your network.
\n4. Categorize Your Leads
\nYou should have found and created a list of qualified leads by this step. However, you should know that not all the leads are of the same importance, and not all of them convert into sales.
\nSome leads might need a little effort to convert, and others might take time and effort.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/d459c84b1a", "title": "B2B Sales Prospecting:Useful Strategies to KeepYour Sales Pipeline Moving", "date_modified": "2022-12-05T21:21:45.253Z", "author": { "name": "erichui" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "For the above reasons, I thought it is not worth putting any more effort in the app and just left it where it was.
\nHowever, recently something happened. A glimpse of hope. A light at the end of the tunnel. Someone purchased a premium version of the app.
\nThis gave me a hope and made me think maybe I should keep working on it. Although I’m not convinced to fully focus on it yet, I decided to keep improving and perfecting it in my spare time and not abandon it completely. Maybe these small improvements will accumulate, and the app will become beneficial for many people.
\nWhat are your thoughts? Can one purchase be an indicator that there is a potential to the idea? Is it worth building product in the niche of books? Does lack of or small number of competitors indicate an untapped potential or a market not worth putting efforts in?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/1c914da05c", "title": "My abandoned app made a first sale", "date_modified": "2022-11-23T14:54:26.174Z", "author": { "name": "akmal" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Sales Prospecting Techniques
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/d2e18b36d0", "title": "5 Best Sales Prospecting Techniques To Boost Your ROI", "date_modified": "2022-11-16T21:23:02.811Z", "author": { "name": "erichui" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Play With the Nature Of Consumer\nThe consumer is usually very emotional. They do not like to be told so you cannot tell them to follow or like rather you can work on human feelings.
\nAccording to research evoking curiosity will bring much better results as compared to any other trick. The idea is to simply list down things that you do and the results you have obtained so far. Then list the things that you feel your customer will need.
\nHowever, when it comes to tactics that you have tried, you can keep that hidden. This is exactly what most experts do, they tell you to subscribe and offer you some basic advice, but they never tell you everything in detail.
\nBottom Line\nTo sum it all up, your call to action must be strong enough that it can lead you towards your goal. If you feel it is not bringing enough conversation, chances are that it is not so well written. To make a CTA effective, try to make it short and precise. Then add a timestamp and create urgency. Sell you a free trial, anything that is free will sell like a hotcake. To attract more people offer them a benefit that others are not offering. Then, offer them Instant Gratification and finally, play with their emotions while evoking their curiosity.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/ffb231a0d2", "title": "How To Create A Call-To-Action (CTA) That Works", "date_modified": "2022-10-13T20:45:05.463Z", "author": { "name": "erichui" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "As part of a product development project I had the opportunity to listen to over 1000 sales calls from high-growth SaaS companies. I wrote about some findings and thought this group might find it interesting.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/e3d64c8d8f", "title": "I listened to 1000 B2B SaaS sales calls", "date_modified": "2022-10-08T15:27:32.048Z", "author": { "name": "asyncscrum" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "I want to help startup founders with their sales strategy and go-to-market. I am not charging $ - this is completely free. I am hoping to meet cool people that are solving interesting problems and build my network and get new experience.
\nAny industry, but my experience and ability to help is for United States-focused sales.
\nIf you're at the stage where you would like to discuss how to build your B2B sales strategy, post your startup link and some info on what you're currently experiencing, and if I think I can help I will reach out to find time to chat over Zoom.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/3101e86f1c", "title": "Offering Free B2B Sales Help", "date_modified": "2022-10-05T17:27:03.445Z", "author": { "name": "SiliconIndie" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Imagine encouraging a potential buyer to buy your product before they’ve had a chance to explore or learn about it. You’d probably lose them before you could pique their interest. Take note of these four stages, which will put you on the surest path to growth.
\nRead on to learn 9 easy steps to building a SaaS sales funnel and useful techniques for measuring it on PayPro Global’s Blog.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/5f32b09112", "title": "SaaS Sales Funnel: A Fundamental Guide to Boosting Your Conversions for 2022", "date_modified": "2022-09-08T12:02:57.004Z", "author": { "name": "Marta" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "What are the annoying parts you don't like about getting subscribers, writing, designing, and sending email newsletters for your startup?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/fec3272a90", "title": "What do you hate about doing email marketing / newsletters?", "date_modified": "2022-08-11T11:37:10.198Z", "author": { "name": "Haikuka" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "How do you warm your leads up?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/830c4c1aaa", "title": "How do you generate warm leads? - My 3 ideas", "date_modified": "2022-08-02T07:11:39.032Z", "author": { "name": "Thystler" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hey all!
\nAs the title suggests, I’m looking for a resource that has a collection of start up pitch decks. Has anyone found this before? Hoping this exists.\nThanks!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/7203b7bfdd", "title": "Anyone know of a site that has a cache of pitch decks?", "date_modified": "2022-07-30T08:36:15.477Z", "author": { "name": "nocodeentrepreneur22" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Crafting the perfect cold outreach email just became easier, thanks to Better Outreach! 😁😁
\nOur newest free source, Better Outreach, is a crowd-sourced collection of the best sales outreach messages and cold email templates ever sent by leading B2B sales experts and brands.
\nTell us what you think about our email library after checking it out here – https://www.producthunt.com/posts/better-outreach
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/b032caf0a2", "title": "Hi Indie Hacker, We just released a free tool for B2B sales.", "date_modified": "2022-07-27T11:28:02.560Z", "author": { "name": "yash_vardhan" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Ads here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/f87587fa73", "title": "Document process in no time and get your 💸", "date_modified": "2022-07-11T14:47:06.606Z", "author": { "name": "griselgrisel" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Ads here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/5b2e65bf18", "title": "Automate your time-consuming business workflows in minutes.", "date_modified": "2022-07-04T08:44:04.274Z", "author": { "name": "erika22" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "This is a paywalled article but the beginning raises an interesting point (especailly after Brex stopped serving SMBs).
\nWhat do you think? Is telling to startups the same as selling to SMBs?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/7d4a2d3333", "title": "Is selling to startups the same as selling to SMBs?", "date_modified": "2022-06-23T17:19:59.622Z", "author": { "name": "zerotousers" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "What’s the alternative? In the words of Jenna Pipchuk, former head of sales at SMART Technologies, the answer is to “rebuild it from the ground up.”
\nSource: https://hbr.org/2022/02/traditional-b2b-sales-and-marketing-are-becoming-obsolete
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/1e055e62ed", "title": "My 3 best sales read of this week", "date_modified": "2022-06-18T11:15:44.797Z", "author": { "name": "Nitin_Balodi" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hello there 👋\nWe are currently recruiting SDRs & AEs for our B2B SaaS business, and we are having trouble finding good candidates on Angel List. \nAny recommendation of recruitment agency that could help us to find good sales profiles?\nIt would be great to get your input on this!\nThanks 😊
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/8d3df38da4", "title": "Recruitment agency for sales profiles?", "date_modified": "2022-06-12T18:32:08.981Z", "author": { "name": "Camao12" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "What are the annoying parts you don't like about marketing and sales?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/8f7b4c5b2f", "title": "What do you hate about sales/marketing?", "date_modified": "2022-06-07T18:43:14.050Z", "author": { "name": "Jordankilburn" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Ads here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/92ddb352fe", "title": "How to sell", "date_modified": "2022-06-03T17:16:15.856Z", "author": { "name": "AntCas" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Growth hacking is what comes to mind. I would usually search for LinkedIn profiles then cold message them saying "hey, try our API for free and let me know what you think. I think you'll find it of great value."
\nI think the question to ask is where do developers spend their time, no? Google? Reddit? Stack Overflow?
\nInstead of paying for advertising (which can be very expensive for B2B products), I'd like to connect with them directly.
\nThoughts?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/4d2ee4d00e", "title": "[Growth Hacking] How would you promote a B2B Saas product to developers?", "date_modified": "2022-06-01T09:57:13.348Z", "author": { "name": "alazanski" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Is this effective?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/96f525fbec", "title": "Meeting a client.", "date_modified": "2022-05-30T10:22:11.696Z", "author": { "name": "marky_m" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hey,
\nDoes someone have best practices or a list of things to avoid in sales pitches/ Emails? It would be super helpful to know the do's and don'ts when writing to a potential client about a product. Please link any article, video, or book you can recommend to me.
\nThanks
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/27c9c42972", "title": "Best practices (do's and don'ts) for a sales pitch", "date_modified": "2022-05-25T20:05:29.736Z", "author": { "name": "ulrichMoutcheu" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "✌️ - Wes
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/dd204a2e56", "title": "Two sales tips for freelance web devs", "date_modified": "2022-05-24T19:28:22.054Z", "author": { "name": "westonwalker" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Then I tried contacting potential customers one-on-one. MonitUp attracts the attention of companies that work remotely, so I identified the companies that work remotely and sent a short MonitUp promotion to their CEOs and General Managers via LinkedIn and a connection request. I wrote back to those who accepted my request with a short introductory text containing the features of the product and tried to set up a meeting. I've had 2 meetings so far and one is testing MonitUp.
\nI've reached a lot of people by spending $0 so far.
\nHow do you promote your product with $0?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/0cc5b450bf", "title": "How do you promote your product by spending $0 on advertising?", "date_modified": "2022-05-24T13:12:20.690Z", "author": { "name": "Faruk_durak" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Your mileage may vary. I've always tried to see how I can use tools like TextExpander to save time on canned responses and automated expansion of repetitive replies based on keyword triggers.
\nI've also set that CTA to be the most crucial mile marker. Before CTA, all the information has been presented to you. After CTA, you are indicating to me that you are willing to put in the effort (fill out a detailed form where I gather more information about their business, etc.), and based on that, I will then get involved in the communication.
\nYou can shave off so much time but doing the above. I hope this was, if nothing, mildly helpful.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/71618cbaff", "title": "Don't work twice... Reduce, automate, publish!", "date_modified": "2022-05-17T07:54:46.310Z", "author": { "name": "faisalkhan" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "So, I've been giving cold calling a try to setup some meetings to learn about my potential customer's (small landlords) workflow and problems. It seems quite a lot of them have no website or even a public email, so if I want to reach them it means doing it by phone. So far none of the landlords I've called have accepted my request for a meeting, but I'm going to keep trying. Any advice for me?
\nRight now this is what I open with: "Hi, I'm a young entrepreneur and I am working on a business idea I have to help landlords. It would be amazing if you could help me learn what being a landlord is like so I can make sure I build something would be useful and provide value. Would you be willing to spend 15 minutes doing an interview with me in the next couple of weeks?".
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/ef69dd0900", "title": "Just gave cold calling a try and damn is it hard", "date_modified": "2022-05-10T17:10:16.502Z", "author": { "name": "NetworkGuy" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "I personally think it's not.
\nSales is everything that starts with brand awareness, the occasional social media touches, and the micro-conversions until it leads to a meaningful conversion—the whole nine yards.
\nThis book sums it really well: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/the-collaborative-selling-handbook
\nGive it an upvote over at Product Hunt main page.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/9a72b8929f", "title": "Is closing a sales deal solely the responsibility of the sales team?", "date_modified": "2022-04-20T09:44:53.485Z", "author": { "name": "manishood" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "All you have to do now is to start sending some emails. No large audience or big budget needed. Make your business take off!
\nWhat do you think? How are you growing your business?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/d1be22c9b8", "title": "The most reliable way to get your first customers is through doing direct sales", "date_modified": "2022-04-05T07:37:44.028Z", "author": { "name": "drikerf" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "An excellent read on the psychology of persuasion. You'll learn how principles like scarcity, reciprocity and social proof and can influence sales in a big way.
\nPink looks at how the rise of "non-sales selling" sits at the confluence of both art and science. He drills down into the key principles which comprise this type of selling.
\nA masterclass in how to write effective sales copy. Sugarman is one of the greatest living copywriters. He is famous for his mail-order company, JS&A which he grew through the power of the pen.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/3caf2dc265", "title": "3 best sales books", "date_modified": "2022-03-29T09:29:51.685Z", "author": { "name": "marcbrom2" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "TIP: do not use my exact words. use your own wording and speak as though from your own mouth. otherwise it will look like you cut and paste it from somewhere else like an IH post 😊 Recipients can tell if it is genuinely you.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/fc295b3b58", "title": "You only need to focus on sales", "date_modified": "2022-03-28T13:41:17.223Z", "author": { "name": "steveprocter" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "My cofounder and I have gotten our product in a place that I feel will allow us to distinguish ourselves from competition in the market. I’m ready to get out there and start selling, and hopefully gather feedback from end users on functionality and future product improvements. How have you/what advice do you have for starting down this journey?
\nWe are planning on reaching out directly to potential customers with personalized emails, possibly following up with calls as well. Any thoughts on playbooks or just general advice. We are both software engineers, so sales isn’t our strong suit at the moment.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/cb44b5ac2b", "title": "B2B Sales - where to start?", "date_modified": "2022-03-26T22:15:56.221Z", "author": { "name": "NathanN" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "At what point did you decide to start hiring someone for your indie business?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/9a2d001956", "title": "When to start hiring?", "date_modified": "2022-03-24T01:26:34.357Z", "author": { "name": "nelsonmez54" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Ads here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/15d313b6fb", "title": "How to Use Email Extractors to Collect Sales Leads in Minutes", "date_modified": "2022-03-22T04:30:11.336Z", "author": { "name": "lizzhang" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hey, my product's audience is small business owners. I have joined a subreddit / Linkedin group related to small business owners, and I wonder whether it's a good idea to try cold messages to the members there.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/146a916ec9", "title": "Does anyone have trying approach subreddit / Linkedin group members directly? If so, can you please share a bit on it", "date_modified": "2022-03-10T08:49:56.031Z", "author": { "name": "RonenSabag" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "I'm a design and product person, but I'd like to learn about sales and what the standard sales roles do on a day-to-day basis. Any helpful advice, or links to good articles on the topic, would be awesome 🙌.
\nI know a lot of us dislike cold outreach from BDR's and AE's, but if it didn't work they wouldn't have a job, so there must be something to it!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/f2d782edc5", "title": "Where is the best place to learn about the role of Business Development Representatives (BDR) and Account Executives?", "date_modified": "2022-02-21T08:42:33.537Z", "author": { "name": "blunicorn" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hey folks,
\nDo you communicate with customers using personal messaging apps like Whatsapp/iMessage/etc? I'm conducting research on how sales is evolving (not collecting contact info) and would appreciate if you could fill out a quick 7-question survey:
\n\nThe survey is a 2-parter with the second part asking for a chance to follow up. You can skip it if you're not interested
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/6117416a9e", "title": "Do you sell using Whatsapp/etc?", "date_modified": "2022-02-10T23:46:31.375Z", "author": { "name": "lijuliju" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "I am currently learning how to target my market and talk about their pain points to find unmet needs. Any books that you have read that is useful for this stage is appreciated.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/58ed7f36fa", "title": "What books have changed how you think about Prospecting?", "date_modified": "2022-02-09T17:30:04.775Z", "author": { "name": "bparanj" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Looking for feedback on how I can improve this email. I emailed ~10 folks that had joined the waitlist for my landing page builder golanding.page announcing the launch of the mvp. So far, 0 responses (as I had expected)
\nWhat could I be doing differently?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/75d20fa574", "title": "My first customer outreach email", "date_modified": "2022-02-07T03:46:46.942Z", "author": { "name": "nitindharny" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "I'm doing some research for a tool to make outbound sales less soul sucking. Anyone willing to chat about their outbound strategy?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/1482b9d43e", "title": "Who's doing outbound sales?", "date_modified": "2022-02-03T20:15:31.851Z", "author": { "name": "zachthewf" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hi All,
\nI've been working on a SaaS tool focused on small services businesses and startups to help them manage their business and am looking for beta testers. What's the best approach you've found for a pretty open set of customer to go?
\nSo far I've been working it the old fashioned way and going to local meetups and in person events where there may be other business owners, but I assume there is a better way to get potential users interested in your tools.
\nI posted a link to my website here for reference. https://dization.com
\nAny help would be greatly appreciated.
\nThanks,
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/4b0b98c28f", "title": "How To Get Beta Testers", "date_modified": "2022-02-01T16:44:14.609Z", "author": { "name": "robshpiel1" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Last week I did my first sales demo to a company for my product, Coparrot https://coparrot.dev. It went great, and got positive responses and feedback. But it didn't end up with them subscribing.
\nBefore the presentation, I asked around and got some useful advices from here https://www.indiehackers.com/post/advice-for-sales-demo-79c8e9c1a2
\nIt was my first time doing a sales demo, so I think I lack the skill to end the demo which could end up with them subscribing. Any practical advice on this? Like, do I need tell them to subscribe to a plan immediately? How to do that without sounding pushy and desperate?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/8c61ccdf18", "title": "Advice on ending sales demo that can close the deal?", "date_modified": "2022-02-01T13:15:05.324Z", "author": { "name": "nicopr" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hello community,
\nI'd be interested to know what tools you are using to generate your leads, to generate their emails, phone numbers?
\nMost often I've seen people using Linkedin Sales Navigator, a scraping tool like Phantombuster, additional tools to generate emails like Hunter, Snov and the likes, and finally Linkedin to send messages or email outreach tools like Lemlist, woodpecker to send emails.
\nWe are building a Lead generation tool that will simplify the process of building a personalized, accurate prospect list from real-time data, easily generate emails for them, and a few other features to "break the ice" with them. All in one tool with as few steps as possible.
\nYour input would help us greatly in identifying what features we may be missing
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/eb22bb1fdf", "title": "Indie Hackers doing cold outreach, what tools do you swear by?", "date_modified": "2022-01-29T12:59:17.426Z", "author": { "name": "ViceCaz" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "In order to provide the most value to other IHers, please structure your answer as follows:
\nI'm sure there will be many lessons for all of us who are trying to break the first-sale barrier.
\nThanks in advance for taking the time to respond! 🙏🏻
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/cc27dd3bf5", "title": "If you made your first sale in the last year, how did you get that first customer?", "date_modified": "2022-01-27T22:17:17.488Z", "author": { "name": "brandonHacker" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "After releasing Coparrot yesterday, I had this idea to demo it to developers in some companies. I then contacted some friends and asked them if I could give them a short demo about it in their company. And one friend said their company is interested! We have set up time for next week.
\nIt's gonna be my first time in my life to do a sales demo. Any advice? I don't really have problems presenting and pitching. But any suggestions on what I should do or even what not to do will be great! Or maybe anyone can share their experience.
\nMy hope is of course to be able to get them to be my first paid customer. 🤞
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/79c8e9c1a2", "title": "Advice for sales demo?", "date_modified": "2022-01-19T23:19:31.547Z", "author": { "name": "nicopr" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "So, you've built a SaaS; and got early customers. The product is validated. But does it need active selling? That is do you still have to -
\nOR
\nDoes your SaaS gets customers on autopilot (through referrals, organic traffic etc.)?
\nWhen I hear stories of people making $5K MRR - I wonder how much effort go behind the scenes every month?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/2b62f8c104", "title": "Does your SaaS need active selling?", "date_modified": "2022-01-09T14:28:49.970Z", "author": { "name": "thebigk" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Are you tired of launching cold outreach campaigns that don't work? 😔\ncheckout SalesBlink😎🚀 on AppSumo https://appsumo.8odi.net/0JZkJR
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/860030b5b6", "title": "One of the Best Black Friday Deal..", "date_modified": "2021-11-25T11:00:45.700Z", "author": { "name": "emmasmith" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Feedback and advice are appreciated!
\nBest,
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/05e0348399", "title": "Need advice on how to proceed with sales", "date_modified": "2021-11-03T15:24:59.550Z", "author": { "name": "pashatseluyko" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "\nAds here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/3de76047d1", "title": "BANT isn't the only Lead Qualification Framework", "date_modified": "2021-10-06T12:01:34.238Z", "author": { "name": "YashVardhan" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Ads here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/c6422fc129", "title": "Is the competitor good? Is it bad?", "date_modified": "2021-09-27T21:21:56.409Z", "author": { "name": "ugurkilci" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "There’s things we hate that SDRs do, and then there’s things we really really hate that SDRs do.
\nSo we ran a poll with 4 of some of the most common things you’ll hear decision makers complain about to see who comes out king.
\nCheck it out!
\nhttps://www.slintel.com/blog/worst-things-sdrs-do/
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/7ca3673256", "title": "4 Things Sales Reps Do that Decision Makers HATE 😡", "date_modified": "2021-09-27T13:22:15.966Z", "author": { "name": "vasishtn" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "I'm a developer myself, currently working on a project. Realized that people who can build and sell are amazing!
\nBeing a developer requires high focus & tenacity in order to build a great product while sales & marketing require creativity.
\nSo how do you handle sales & marketing along with building your product? And how did your building skills help with marketing, Indie Hackers?
\nWe'd love to learn from you!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/172fb0b4ba", "title": "How do you as a developer deal with sales & marketing?", "date_modified": "2021-09-26T06:24:14.815Z", "author": { "name": "goutham8" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "https://www.slintel.com/blog/how-to-create-a-sales-prospecting-strategy-that-works-wonders/
\nI’m waiting to hear from you about the strategies that have worked for you! 😃
\n(Image by Carl Heyerdahl on Unsplash)
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/dee89f7e8c", "title": "How to Create a Sales Prospecting Strategy That Works Wonders", "date_modified": "2021-09-17T13:28:00.924Z", "author": { "name": "NehaMestry" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "I'd love to learn what your Sales Process looks like. Any suggestion or feedback is greatly appreciated.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/2abe3dc087", "title": "A New Perspective to Sales Process: Buyers vs Sellers", "date_modified": "2021-09-17T08:55:58.198Z", "author": { "name": "yash_vardhan" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "One of my favorite Awkward Yeti comics is the one in which Gall Bladder says “I maked these.”
\nToday, I wanna quote Gall Bladder and show you something I maked. Something I maked for the first time ever.
\n“Intent data” is a term that’s thrown around a lot, but many don’t know that there are SO MANY different intent data types.
\nTo help everyone in the sales, marketing, and CXO community understand this better, I’ve created an interactive simulation.
\nAnything from content to design to prototype, I’d love to know your thoughts. Suggestions and feedback are always appreciated.
\nHere’s the link to it: https://www.slintel.com/blog/buyer-intent-data/\nThanks in advance!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/d633f6a214", "title": "Feedback pretty please?", "date_modified": "2021-09-17T08:49:15.306Z", "author": { "name": "vasishtn" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "I'm putting together a brief presentation drawing on my experiences of closing B2B deals that start with a series personalised outbound emails.
\nI've noticed that indie hackers steer away from this channel for a variety of reasons and as a result, they miss out on some of the lowest hanging fruit and best customers.
\nAnd I feel that I got pretty good at this in a past life, as the founder of a funded company that closed deals with companies including Pizza Hut, Just Eat, GoCompare and others, setting up some really simple yet effective processes on the way.
\nWhile I have my own ideas of what is helpful, I'd love to hear from the community:
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/9e2b7e3870", "title": "Indie Hackers, what would you like to know about running outbound sales emails successfully?", "date_modified": "2021-09-04T11:33:05.474Z", "author": { "name": "hithere" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "So there's TONS of articles and guides on how to send cold emails, get replies, all that good stuff.
\nBut there's very few about taking that positive reply from a prospect to the next step and actually booking a meeting!
\nWe decided to write a guide on our best practices on booking more appointments with cold email...
\nGuide:\nhttps://listkit.io/book-appointments-with-cold-email/
\nLet me know if it's helpful or if you have any thoughts!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/47ab9f3be3", "title": "Guide: Taking Cold Email Replies to Booked Meetings", "date_modified": "2021-09-03T02:13:48.294Z", "author": { "name": "b2bgold" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "The plan: Introduce a recently launched/beta sales prospecting tool with the creator demoing the tool and the community providing feedback. This will help the creators to get useful early feedback and the rest of the community early access. Most of us know the usual suspects in the space, but unearthing a gem is more fun! Would love to hear your thoughts!
\nWhy? It's been a year since I launched an info product that shared techniques based on buying signals (https://appsumo.com/products/marketplace-triggered). This has put me in touch with some talented builders as well curious tech-savvy sales folks. Now it feels like the right time to build a small community to help each other :)
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/e6b9075855", "title": "A community for sales prospecting software adopters", "date_modified": "2021-09-01T19:03:30.094Z", "author": { "name": "akhilmk" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Ads here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/4038793c04", "title": "Top Lead Generation Solutions: 10 Market-Smashing AI-Based Tools in 2021", "date_modified": "2021-08-26T16:40:29.514Z", "author": { "name": "SignumAI" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Ads here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/76e0e15959", "title": "BOOK SUMMARY in 11 sentences: How to win friends and influence people", "date_modified": "2021-08-24T14:06:44.815Z", "author": { "name": "ih_pg" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Hi all 👋
\nObviously, keeping a sales team highly motivated is very important as low morale directly affects the sales performance.
\nFor those managing sales teams, what methods and strategies do you use to keep your team motivated and relaxed? Do you have a physical reward system?\nHow do you set up your competitions and challenges? How do you celebrate wins?
\nIf you do sales independently, how do you keep yourself motivated?
\nI'm asking this to get more insights on what functionalities to implement in the sales motivation platform I'm planning to build.
\nThanks!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/5e3536dfe7", "title": "How do you motivate your sales team?", "date_modified": "2021-08-24T09:10:06.986Z", "author": { "name": "tonyhta" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "Saw this post https://twitter.com/sahilypatel/status/1427651378977988611:
\n"Best startups are those whose founders don't DM 100+ people to join the waitlist
\nThese startups grow through WOM Fire"
\nMany people agreed this post. But it confused me. How are we supposed to get WOM without DMing people? How are we supposed to get attention if we're bootstrapping without first getting one on one attention. I've been doing so much dming. Am I doing this wrong?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/68d584fbcd", "title": "Why Shouldn't We DM Potential Users?", "date_modified": "2021-08-18T00:39:28.038Z", "author": { "name": "dashbarkhuss" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] }, { "content_html": "We have listed out 18 (eighteen!) common sales objections and rebuttals to help you handle objections like a pro! 😀
\nPS: This is one of our best performing posts to date! Hurry over to the blog by clicking on the link below 👇🏼
\nhttps://www.slintel.com/blog/objection-handling-sales/
\nHope you enjoy reading it 🙌.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/02d26f5f78", "title": "Objection Handling: 18 Templates You Can Use Today!", "date_modified": "2021-08-12T14:58:53.103Z", "author": { "name": "sush_malali" }, "tags": [ "Sales" ] } ] }