salesinvaders
Re:FAA bans flights below 3000 feet over Ferguson, MO
on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @04:37PM (#8170016)
They put this ban up, due to people taking potshots with sidearms at helicopters last night, during the protests.
As a St. Louisan, the social dynamics are much too nuanced to even try to explain, so I'll just say, it has not been good the last couple of days.
https://twitter.com/MatthewKeysLive/status/49926643621314150...
This is a local alderman filming:
Re:What startups are hiring in Sales?
on Friday August 01, 2014 @04:46PM (#8122717)
We aren't hiring just yet, but shoot me an email [email protected]
Re:Ask HN: What's the most black hat hack you did as a young child?
on Thursday July 31, 2014 @09:32PM (#8117993)
[email protected] here.
Re:SaleInvaders: Rent-a-sales organization
on Monday June 23, 2014 @02:57PM (#7933769)
That copy may be confusing, but we have packages starting at $1000, we have the infrastructure though to visit 100 places (depending on your niche), but that is our top tier; where $1000 is our lowest tier.
Tracking of where/when/how long on site, who they visited etc, is all handled via an app. The customer has literal access to the route driven by a particular rep, how long they were on site etc.
Re:SaleInvaders: Rent-a-sales organization
on Monday June 23, 2014 @10:31AM (#7932123)
I agree. If you haven't sat down with your potential customers yet, we probably aren't for you. If you have visited 5-10 places, can list the questions that get asked over and over, and have your pitch down, but just don't have the resources to hire a staff, then we can help. If you aren't sure what your customers want yet (ie haven't cold-called), we do provide the feedback relevant to a startups needs, but that is not the core offering.
Re:SaleInvaders: Rent-a-sales organization
on Monday June 23, 2014 @10:19AM (#7932061)
Awesome, I'd love to see how I can help out. If I can answer any questions, feel free to shoot them to [email protected].
Re:SaleInvaders: Rent-a-sales organization
on Monday June 23, 2014 @10:10AM (#7932012)
Both. Cold-calling to me, as I am using it on the site, is contacting a business who is not expecting it. Rather than use the phone, or email etc, we are sending someone into the restaurant/bar/dog groomer etc for an in-person interaction, pitching your product/service/app etc.
Re:SaleInvaders: Rent-a-sales organization
on Monday June 23, 2014 @10:06AM (#7931985)
I am a developer, several years back, a couple friends and I wrote a loyalty app/saas. The site, allowed a restaurant/shop/bar owner setup a couple types of deals ie "Buy X get Y Free" among others. Each restaurant had a QR code, and when someone would purchase something, the customer would scan it and get a "punch". The owners could track everything via the web. Due to all of us having a 9-5, and this being our first project, we failed, because we didn't realize beforehand that you had to hit the streets every day, and we didn't have the capital to quit our jobs when we figured that out. The only way, to really sell a product like this, was cold calling. Adwords, facebook, etc etc, does not work when trying to reach a small business owner/manager. They are too busy working, to go out randomly searching for stuff. Needless to say, we learned a ton about selling. So, I developed Sales Invaders!. A "sales staff as a service". Things are pretty simple right now, as I'd like to figure out if there is a market for this. If anyone has any specific questions, feel free to ask!