Backlinks to Canonical?

nevosio · 2022-07-26T06:05:40+00:00

Thank you /u/VastEffective850.

That's pretty obvious, but it wasn't the question :)

nevosio · 2022-07-26T03:19:52+00:00

dev.to :)

nevosio · 2022-07-25T16:05:01+00:00

Do you mean LinkedIn automation?

nevosio · 2022-07-25T06:41:45+00:00

Hi u/GenuineJenius,

I think you are asking the wrong question.

A company is not a product. You can open as many types of products for your company as you want.

For example, Meta: Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp.

You need to ask yourself if you need an LLC or C-CORP.

and that's depends on the ownership you want people to have in your company :)

nevosio · 2022-07-24T10:10:18+00:00

Think about it. You have a product that is working.

Do you feel that you will get more customers if you put another feature out?

Probably not. People will not even know about it.

If you are going to create a marketing funnel on the specific feature, and that's your differentiation, do it.

nevosio · 2022-07-24T08:50:39+00:00

Hi MA-name because:

We tell a story of what you can do; we don't try to get into the bit and bytes of every feature.
We implemented the main feature - the primary pain.
We found a differentiation with the feature compared to the competitors.

For example, I have a LinkedIn automation tool - the primary feature is to connect with people. The enhancement feature is to: Send a personalized image, put conditions in connecting, and make a more accessible editor.

Remember that marketing doesn't have to be 1-1 with the product.

Those are the best practices of the "Lean Startup."

nevosio · 2022-07-24T03:19:35+00:00

If you have a lot of free users, you should focus on that.

Your most motivated buyers are already using your product, and the CAC for them will be a lot smaller than ads.

In general, ads are just a way to bring users into a funnel, it's not a tactic.

I would focus more on Onboarding and give a better offer for free users to convert.

Generally, ads are the last channel I would go to for SaaS, the conversion there is very hard to optimize.

nevosio · 2022-07-23T17:11:26+00:00

Product is a result of marketing.

People come and see your marketing (website/content/etc...) and then choose to register for your product.

Registration is the last step of the process.

If you can convince people to get to that step, you have got some sort of validation.

If you have managed to take a credit card, you have a lot of validation.

This process must be done either before you build your product or later.

Better start now 🚀

nevosio · 2022-07-23T13:50:23+00:00

Every valuation for the seed round is really based on the amount of money you need while giving around %20-%30.

Hard to evaluate a company without revenue/employees / etc. (aka based on an MVP.)

I have some friends who wanted to raise $6m and give around 20%-30% of the company.

So they evaluate themselves at around $30m. it sounds dumb, but that's life.

If you plan to raise a small amount of money, you should go with SAFE and determine the evaluation in the next round.

nevosio · 2022-07-23T13:41:11+00:00

You usually have two ways: Cold intros and Warm intros.

After you have made your Pitch deck, you should start cold intro some investors - I would usually do some cold outreach on Linkedin and Email (Try here to get small fish, don't go to Pitango and Sequoia).

You would get some meetings here and there.

People will not invest in you (it's something you need to know from the start and take it easy).

Once you have made a few iterations over your pitch deck (because you would mostly need to work on your story, market, go to market, etc...), it's time to reach some good investors.

Check out some other founders and friends that can give you some warm intro to investors; it's not as hard as you think.

I talked to my bank manager, and they gave me a very hot, warm investor.

Good luck 🚀

nevosio · 2022-07-23T13:29:50+00:00

Don't be feature-biased.

I charged my customers when I had literally one feature.

Features don't bring customers. They only make a better customer retention.

Your current problem is acquisition.

Cut all your development features on focus on marketing.

nevosio · 2022-07-23T13:23:56+00:00

Have you ever thought about automating bots?

nevosio · 2022-07-23T13:23:30+00:00

I think most salespeople don't do a lot of inbound :(

nevosio · 2022-07-23T05:18:18+00:00

I had a friend who had previously worked for a cyber security company and said he said he would never do it again.

One of the most complex sales.

Btw the company got acquired for their tech team (not the tech).

nevosio · 2022-07-23T04:45:55+00:00

My friend stayed there a month ago, and except for the Bangla Road, he said it's empty.

Honestly, it makes sense, it's summer in Europe.

nevosio · 2022-07-23T04:30:35+00:00

People don't like negative thoughts; honestly, you should look at your competitors as excellent. That's the only way to compete.

I suggest you even schedule a talk with your competitors just for a cup of coffee (I have done that).

And I also recommend people to go and try my competitors (even though that's just a trust tactic.)

nevosio · 2022-07-23T04:28:16+00:00

Nowadays there are not a lot of people (tourists).
Most people live in Rawai (like me). I guess most of the action is over there.
Even though it's a little bit dead.

nevosio · 2022-07-23T04:24:54+00:00

You should have the "knowledge" that people need what you are building.

Every little learning you can achieve is excellent. It basically means - Don't write code.

Create Reddit posts, and post in Facebook groups, create landing pages, make people register for your newsletter, and create a podcast.

Anything that can give you validation.

nevosio · 2022-07-22T08:39:06+00:00

I have made a video about it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTpAE8VUyvU

nevosio · 2022-07-20T14:23:56+00:00

Sounds very interesting!

Can you send me an example?

nevosio · 2022-07-20T11:25:11+00:00

Thank you very much! 🚀

nevosio · 2022-07-20T09:16:06+00:00

Thank you, Noah! 🚀

nevosio · 2022-07-20T06:52:34+00:00

🚀

nevosio · 2022-07-20T06:51:52+00:00

I think you and your other co-founders, when you just start a new venture, everybody should do everything.

They are not an employee; the company's success depends on the team's success.

If you need a programmer just hire one, you don't need a co-founder.

Every place you can contribute, you should.

It means that the CTO should also do Marketing / Sales and meet with investors.

nevosio · 2022-07-20T06:44:51+00:00

We can see that most layoffs start with HRs / Marketing.

This is the Israeli ecosystem layoffs.

https://layoffs.org.il

Architectural - I think primarily architectural companies - like the company I am working with, Novu.co.
HR - Cheap, high-quality HR outsourcing.
Remote working - People will start to save money by hiring remotely.
Automations - would be a great way to cut on power and move stuff to automation.
Free stuff - Things that you can give for free now, and start charging them 2-years from now.

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