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Re:We sold our first AI agent to a legacy industry–now we're... by JohnFen on Thursday May 22, 2025 @10:51AM (#44062683)
The key is to remember that you're an Outsider, an unknown quantity, and so you present an inherent risk from the outset (especially in the genAI field, which brings a lot of additional suspicion all on its own). What you need is an advocate who is already established and respected in the industry you're targeting. That gives you a bit of "social proof".

You have one customer... assuming that they are happy with your offerings, perhaps you can get them to be your advocate? Offer them a great deal in exchange for being able to use their name in marketing materials, to get them to write up an article about your product in a trade journal, to talk you up at trade shows, etc.

Re:We sold our first AI agent to a legacy industry–now we're... by BizarroLand on Thursday May 22, 2025 @05:29PM (#44067283)
With good word of mouth, one customer becomes ten.
Re:We sold our first AI agent to a legacy industry–now we're... by owebmaster on Friday May 23, 2025 @09:08AM (#44072531)
not when the next customer is the competitor of the first one.
Re:We sold our first AI agent to a legacy industry–now we're... by BizarroLand on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @06:10PM (#44121096)
Please re-read the word "Good" and apply it in context to the remainder of the sentence
Re:We sold our first AI agent to a legacy industry–now we're... by Njord01 on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @08:36PM (#44121907)
What you said may be valid for other sectors, but our customers are in fierce competition, so they do not recommend us to each other. Another problem is that when we go to new customers, they think we are 'agents' of the rival company, in short, they have difficulty trusting us.
Re:We sold our first AI agent to a legacy industry–now we're... by BizarroLand on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @06:21PM (#44175416)
"good word of mouth"