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“Why aren’t people responding to my cold emails?”
This is probably the question founders ask me the most.
And I get it. When you’re a new founder, writing cold emails can be a daunting task.
But – in all honesty – it’s actually quite easy to write an effective cold email if you focus on the few things that matter (and ignore everything else).
So, today, I’m going to do something I’ve wanted to do for ages and share with you a teardown of a recent cold email which caught my eye… Continue reading
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Do you struggle to write great copy that converts?
Well, guess what…
No matter what project you’re working on, if you can’t write effectively, you’re leaving easy money on the table.
If you can’t write effectively, then all of that hard work and money you’re putting into getting email subscribers and website visitors is a massive waste of time.
Whether it’s a landing page Continue reading
Are you getting sales calls but struggling to convert them to paying customers… even when they sound excited on the phone?
Don’t worry. This happens to lots of founders. And there’s an easy fix.
But first, you have to understand why it’s happening…
If you want someone (especially in B2B) to buy your product, you have to… Continue reading
Are you still struggling to acquire your first paying customers?
Even though you’ve put time and effort into sales and marketing?
Don’t worry – you’re not alone.
In fact, you’re in the exact same position as most of the founders who are taking my live Sales For Founders course right now.
You (and they) want to get your product in the hands of customers. And have them pay you.
But you’re almost certainly falling into a common trap.
A trap I see most founders make. Especially Continue reading
This is a write up of how I launched ‘Sales for Founders’, my first info product.
You can read a step-by-step breakdown of how I went about…
If you’re launching an ebook, course or consulting product, you might find this article useful Continue reading
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It’s official.
According to a poll by IndieHackers.com… Continue reading
The results are in…
The no-code movement is going mainstream. And – like it or not – you’ll be affected too.
But how will no-code change your life?
Well, according to Twitter, no-code will…
Those are big claims – worth diving into.
In this article, I’ll walk you through… Continue reading
This is a draft of a post I’m writing about how to identify and fix a common marketing mistake founders make, which could double your sales in under 90min.
There are a few rough edges and the examples aren’t final. I’d appreciate any feedback/questions/thoughts to the usual address. Thanks!
Last week, a friend reached out to me with a problem.
He’s a technical solo founder and just started a side project. Because he’s still employed full time at a FAANG company, he asked me not to share his name/project, so let’s call him Dave.
Anyway, Dave’s problem was that he had put up a landing page for his project and was doing cold outreach, but not seeing many sales.
When I took a look at the landing page, it was obvious that Dave was making a super common mistake that nearly all first-time founders make…
His messaging was focussed on the product functionality, not the value to the customer.
We sat down together and, over a coffee, made some small changes to the landing page and cold-email copy.
This week, Dave has converted nearly 5x as many paying customers since Continue reading
When founders start trying to acquire their first customers, they often search for shortcuts.
One of the most common shortcuts founders try is some kind of referral program.
In this post, I’m going to talk about why referral programs almost certainly won’t work for your (early stage) startup, and how you can get most of the results anyway by building bits of a referral program into your sales process instead. Continue reading
I spend quite a bit of time on indiehackers.com, helping newer founders. By far the most common question I see is “I’ve built product X, how can I market it and get customers?”
Well hang on. If you’re in that situation then you’ve already made a big mistake.
There’s only one way to make sure you’re building something people will pay for. And that’s to Continue reading
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