Thanks. I'll refuel my morale for now and get back into it soon. I'll make more calls. I use Mailgun to track my email opens/clicks, so I'll also keep doing that.
Re:Ask HN: Help. My startup is failing
by appstorelottery on Thursday May 09, 2019 @04:59AM
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Hey, just to give you a prod:
"I'll refuel my morale for now and get back into it soon."
This is the procrastinators dream ticket. :-) It's well known that simply getting started on the task makes it easier. What's stopping you from making five calls right now? I know you don't like it. But if you want this to succeed - this is the price you must pay.
Do it now :-)
Hunter.IO will help you find decision-maker email addresses. MixMax.Com and similar services will alert you when your cold emails are opened. Keep your emails short and to the point.
Blogs and ebooks are fine - everyone does them - "inbound marketing" is the easy way because you're not going through the pain of rejection. However, this is not the easy way. You'll spend a lot of time of SEO and online promotion. It's way easier to just pick up the phone / email and call.