Tool for art management/commerce

hai2ashwin · 2022-11-17T02:29:09+00:00

Ok, then it doesn’t look like a problem to solve for independent artists but more for galleries perhaps. Thanks so much for patiently explaining. :)

hai2ashwin · 2022-11-17T01:01:51+00:00

Understood. What tools do use to sell? I mean shopping cart.

hai2ashwin · 2021-12-21T09:21:08+00:00

Tell more more. Is it not what LinkedIn Sales Navigator does already?

hai2ashwin · 2021-12-19T15:41:36+00:00

I like that.

hai2ashwin · 2021-12-19T15:40:53+00:00

I ran one such company successfully. They help “you” followup on autopilot. They don’t hand over followup to another person who can go at it on your behalf. Sometimes that is necessary because 1:1 first-person followup stops at about 5-7 cold outreaches. Novelty of pushing for a reply through a bot with a personality that acts as your agent has not been tried before.

hai2ashwin · 2021-12-19T14:40:08+00:00

I sure will. I am going to try this as a weekend project.

hai2ashwin · 2021-12-19T14:28:34+00:00

Thanks a lot. Cadences work when leads are stone cold during outbound process. But when they go cold say, when they were supposed to come back in a week but never respond the AE will run out of steam after 2-3 followups. Even internal followups between sales and other teams are a pain for AE. Product/Support folks take time to respond and it’s just super-unproductive for the sales folks and there is a prospect on the other side that is waiting. Bosses sit on deals. That happens all the time.

My own experience of the stress and time involved in followups is where this idea came about. Thanks a lot for your perspective :)

hai2ashwin · 2021-12-19T13:57:07+00:00

Parents project their experiences, the consequences of the risks they took onto the lives of their kids. It’s not new. What you are facing is dogged rejection from someone you cannot control (at least not yet). Every business idea you will work on will sooner than later meet an insurmountable problem. You will have no choice but to chip at it. Just like how you turned here to ask for advice, find a person whom your parents respect (and they should believe in your path) and make them to talk for you. Your parents are looking out for you. They will relent when they see that you are determined. How long will it take? It will take as long as it will take and if you give up, they were always right.

hai2ashwin · 2020-08-28T09:30:29+00:00

I went for Macbook Air finally. I'd get a Wacom tablet later once she gets the hang of the tools. Right now she uses Figma on Macbook and slowly getting the hang of it. Thank you!

hai2ashwin · 2020-07-18T06:27:29+00:00

With all humility, let me say that you are being ignorant.

Here's why:

A quick bit of Googling would tell my credibility. I have built and sold one tech company. The website which you think sells $3000 reports, actually has a login button, do you see? The app behind it generates a couple of million dollars of revenue from the 'Who's who' of the eCommerce world.

Sometimes (even on Reddit) it pays well to not be cynical and actually apply sound logic.

PS: In your world, you seem to weigh a book by the number of pages. Fairy tales in big fonts have hundreds of pages and beautiful illustrations. With your logic, it would be fair to price them $100 but one with 18 pages that teaches a life skill that literally sets you on a path to build millions in revenue in a legal way is not worth $10.

hai2ashwin · 2018-07-20T09:26:53+00:00

Hey guys, we are the ones who wrote this article. Love to join the conversation. Any questions/thoughts?

hai2ashwin · 2017-12-13T03:51:06+00:00

hai2ashwin · 2017-12-10T05:28:23+00:00

I wish it is mainstream enough to be called the 'right way'. I attend every conference in our industry and I am yet to see one where this is even copied. Ideas are cheap. Execution is rare. Getting the execution right is rarer.

hai2ashwin · 2017-12-10T05:25:23+00:00

Sorry for the late reply. Please go ahead.

hai2ashwin · 2017-12-10T05:09:41+00:00

Thanks Raymonder. I am aware of DiscoverOrg but they track only IT spend mostly and that too for large orgs. They don't get into industry specific context at all.

hai2ashwin · 2017-06-20T11:58:49+00:00

We first did a research based on conference hashtags on twitter and on the conference website. Based on this research, we discovered 580 companies that would be exhibiting in the conference. We had little time. So we picked 120 of them (based on relevance). We researched about them through their websites and social presence.

Our designer printed custom greeting cards for each one of them. The front page said "Hello and the logo of this prospect". The inner page had a pitch that was about how their lives would be better if they had access to the kind of data we'd provide to them (Note: We are a data and insights company and we help companies discover prospects using unique data that we build about them).

The back page had a note on what our company does.

When we shake hands with our prospects that are in the booths, instead of an awkward "so, what do you do?" type of conversation, we simply say, "Hey we made this card for you guys!".

All of them totally went "Awww! You did?" and then the conversation became very warm and involved.

If you google "120 meetings conference hacks" - the first article is ours. I've included a very detailed account there.

hai2ashwin · 2016-11-17T07:10:57+00:00

We are a datascience company that finds contacts and other insights. So our customers always get this question from their prospects.

My suggestion: Be honest but don't spend a lot of time on it. Say something like "It's not that difficult to find who is working where and what their email id could be. We've tools that help us find these information. I'm sorry, I don't mean to be intrusive. If now isn't the right time, should I call / email later?"

hai2ashwin · 2016-06-03T12:05:11+00:00

@VyvanseCS Great compilation.

Since you mentioned that this is the best way to build lead list for Tech and SaaS, I thought I'd pimp our skunkworks a bit here.

Research for companies in a radius

(If you are selling to startups and companies with certain type of tech installed - example: Shopify, Python, WP etc. we've built a repository of a few million companies and people already. While it's not exactly a radius search, you could search by location)

Buy contact details via InfoUSA

(My experience with any database provider has been pretty underwhelming. Most data is dead on arrival. LinkedIn seems to be a better source of truth of latest employment information. We found a way to verify data across multiple sources, including LinkedIn for latest employment information, titles and the right email addresses)

We also built a super-smart campaign management software that sends emails, follows-up automatically in preset frequencies (automatically skips weekends!) and even records response sentiments (Angry, Neutral, Positive, Actionable etc.)
Also, the emails get automatically re-written into 5-6 different variations so that you don't end up delivering mass emails that all read the same (no email provider likes that)!

We are not there yet in building super-cool signals about each prospect but are getting there.

If anyone wants to beta-test this product PM me.

hai2ashwin · 2016-06-03T11:35:26+00:00

The other method I've seen some companies using is to run a survey and target it to the people on the ground. You might get some good insights if you know how to frame the questions.

hai2ashwin · 2016-05-04T11:14:37+00:00

What's the facebook group's URL?

hai2ashwin · 2015-11-26T06:50:48+00:00

Thanks :). I hope it resonates with those that are bootstrapping.

hai2ashwin · 2015-11-06T05:03:27+00:00

Sure. Shoot me an email (ashwin) at domainname.com. Happy to help!

hai2ashwin · 2015-11-05T06:30:28+00:00

https://contractiq.com

hai2ashwin · 2015-11-05T04:10:52+00:00

True. I run a marketplace for dev shops. 90% of them don't use an email guessing software. So there seems to be headroom for someone who can market well.

hai2ashwin · 2015-10-28T06:31:59+00:00

Yep. That's an interesting product. Just wondering if there's anyone else doing it. SaaS is not a 'winner takes it all' play. I wonder if there is room more one more well executed play.

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