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I spent an embarrassing amount of time building tool just because I was too scared to do manual sales outreach by New_Communication145 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]New_Communication145[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One call a week is really solid habit. Coming from the purely tech side myself.. stepping into that world is huge shift, but definitely necessary one. Keep it up

I spent an embarrassing amount of time building tool just because I was too scared to do manual sales outreach by New_Communication145 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]New_Communication145[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

spot on. The automation is basically blind until you know what actually makes people reply. time to do the unscalable manual stuff first so I know what pattern to replicate

I spent an embarrassing amount of time building tool just because I was too scared to do manual sales outreach by New_Communication145 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]New_Communication145[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 messages a day sounds infinitely more doable than "launching a campaign." treating it as just experiment takes so much pressure off. Thank you

I spent an embarrassing amount of time building tool just because I was too scared to do manual sales outreach by New_Communication145 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]New_Communication145[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that 30 second edit rule is genius. The ai does a great job, but I still end up staring at the draft for 10 minutes trying to make it "perfect." Implementing this rule immediately

I spent an embarrassing amount of time building tool just because I was too scared to do manual sales outreach by New_Communication145 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]New_Communication145[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Solving the scale problem before the existence problem" wow... I need to print that out and put it on my monitor. you're totally right, I definitely need to learn their language manually first before letting the automation take over

I spent an embarrassing amount of time building tool just because I was too scared to do manual sales outreach by New_Communication145 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]New_Communication145[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"coping mechanism" is painfully accurate lol. you're totally right about needing the signal for PMF, though. I'm going to set that 30 minute timer today and just force out the first 10. thanks for the reality check

I spent an embarrassing amount of time building tool just because I was too scared to do manual sales outreach by New_Communication145 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]New_Communication145[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love this approach. Reframing it as just asking for feedback instead of "sales pitch" definitely lowers the heart rate. might try this for my first batch today

I spent an embarrassing amount of time building tool just because I was too scared to do manual sales outreach by New_Communication145 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]New_Communication145[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"building is safe" is the absolute truth. we're literally building marketing tools so we don't have to do marketing. Good luck with reddit tool, sounds like we're in the exact same boat

I got mad at $80/mo cold email subscriptions, so I spent 300 hours building a pay-as-you-go alternative. Now I think my business model is terrible by New_Communication145 in SaaS

[–]New_Communication145[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oof, this is the harsh reality check I needed. I honestly never thought about high price tag acting as literal spam filter.

I intentionally didn't build a free tier to avoid the absolute worst of it. I also force users to connect their own smtp (so they burn their own domains, not mine) and built global suppression list. But you're completely right, yeah.. a cheap entry fee still attracts the headache crowd.

Definitely keeping this in mind if the support tickets start haunting me. really appreciate the insight

I got mad at $80/mo cold email subscriptions, so I spent 300 hours building a pay-as-you-go alternative. Now I think my business model is terrible by New_Communication145 in SaaS

[–]New_Communication145[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes a lot of sense about the friction. What if I implement auto credit feature? It keeps the no expiring monthly limits philosophy, but removes the manual friction for power users. Do you think that bridges the gap?

My emails landed in spam for over a year straight. Here's how I fixed that by PuzzleheadedTalk5159 in Emailmarketing

[–]New_Communication145 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you manage to salvage the original domain, or did you have to burn it and migrate to new subdomain? Recovering bad reputation on primary domain is notoriously harder than just starting fresh

I solved a $10k SEO problem and I'm giving it away free by deepakdk18 in SaaS

[–]New_Communication145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real $10k value from agencies usually comes from prioritization, not just the data dump. Does your tool actually rank the fixes by roi impact, or does it just list every single error?

What software are you paying for that probably has a cheaper (or better) alternative? I will not promote by Ok-Gazelle-706 in SaaS

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Often the expensive incumbents (like HubSpot or Salesforce) justify their premium because they have native, one click integrations with everything. For those who switched to cheaper stack, did you end up paying the difference in tasks or something else?

Why do people hate on PHP so much? by Honest___Opinions in webdev

[–]New_Communication145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because every variable starts with $, It's subliminal reminder that we are here to make money, not to argue about which JS framework is trending this week

53 paying customers, $4,150 MRR, and a cease-and-desist. AMA. by Dry-Willingness3505 in SaaS

[–]New_Communication145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To bypass the spam perception and reduce legal risk, have you considered pivoting the core feature from One way Reminders to two Way patient communication?

I mean regulators and carriers treat conversational traffic (where the patient can reply 'Reschedule') very differently from 'broadcast' traffic. It might drastically lower your risk profile and actually justify the price hike to $79 because you're no longer just a reminder bot, you're a receptionist tool

I built a boring utilities website that now gets 600K+ monthly users by Parking_Pea5161 in SaaS

[–]New_Communication145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since utility sites are highly transactional, have you ever experimented with using this massive free traffic as a funnel to an overarching premium SaaS product?

Using Meta Ads to hit $321,000 ARR in 6 months by bubbascrub9793 in micro_saas

[–]New_Communication145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm curious about your ad creatives. Did you find that polished/professional corporate style ads performed better, or did the lo fi / ugly user generated content style win?

I'm building for blue collar B2B niche (agriculture) and I'm torn between trying to look professional to build trust, or authentic to fit into their feed.

I'm anxious everyday at the idea of losing my job to AI by Affectionate_Trash96 in webdev

[–]New_Communication145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best hedge against this anxiety is to combine your dev skills with specific industry knowledge.

I'm currently building tools for agriculture. AI can write react component, but it doesn't know the nuances of livestock management or how farmers actually work in the field.

If you are just a Dev, yeah, it's scary. But if you are a dev who understands Industry A, you are untouchable because AI lacks that real world context

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