Re:Ask HN: How to learn marketing and sales as a solo entrep...
by neom on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @12:51PM
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I can't tell if this is a backhanded compliment or just the backhand, but it made me laugh never the less.
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Re:Ask HN: How to learn marketing and sales as a solo entrep...
by yu3zhou4 on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @01:22PM
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I think that was genuine, maybe a bit overemotional, and I’m unsure why they’re getting downvoted
Re:Ask HN: How to learn marketing and sales as a solo entrep...
by econ on Friday January 03, 2025 @12:45AM
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It makes people angry because it is true.
When I got the job selling an insanely inferior version of the product I couldn't sell the formula was this, sit down and listen...
They had 40 different registered businesses all selling the same software but with a different name to protect the guilty. A modest size call center divided into 40 groups. Each prospect would get at least 40 calls but more often something towards 120. Pricing started high then gradually lowered with a few "errors" so that the prospect could say they got a call 2 days ago and they only charged x. "Ohh, that cheap???" Etc
It worked, people got really angry 30 to 80 calls in and they purchased from the "other" company.
Re:Ask HN: How to learn marketing and sales as a solo entrep...
by ayewo on Friday January 03, 2025 @11:21AM
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That formula is definitely hilarious
Re:Ask HN: How to learn marketing and sales as a solo entrep...
by econ on Friday January 03, 2025 @08:39PM
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One of my learning moments involved the realization that keeping up with the Joneses is much more appealing than being ahead. If all npcs interact with the village fountain it makes perfect sense. If you are the first to discover tossing a coin in it and making a wish it is going to be a hard sell.
Re:Ask HN: How to learn marketing and sales as a solo entrep...
by notpushkin on Friday January 03, 2025 @03:09AM
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I can’t even decipher it tbh