Growth AMA with YC Partner Gustaf Alströmer
blog.ycombinator.com
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Create a Google Spreadsheet, put 100 linkedin profiles in the spreadsheet that fit the profile of the potential buyings, then use a tool like Hunter to figure out their email-addresses. You can check the email format on their website if there is no response.
Email them a plain-text email saying you are the founder of your company and you are reaching out a small group of people who you think would be perfect or the product you are building and you ask them to try it. You could also include a short gif/video (like really short) of how it works.
Use an email software that allows you to check open-rates and click-through rates. If your email is opened many times it means its being forwarded around/getting attention. Email again if no-one responds.
Expect about 40% to open your email. 5-10% to click on whatever link you included and less than 5% to try your product. If that works, then you just have do the same thing 20x and you have 100 users. The biggest mistake people use when doing this is sending too few emails.
So nice to see a partner at YC advocating for spamming businesses and never mentioning the compliance issues and potential fines (up to $41,484 per email):
https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/can...
Probably just an oversight though.
When you say "usual disclaimer" what are you referring to? The unsubscribe and physical address part? I would venture to say that only 10% of the spam emails I get include both of these.
Pretty sure you will be automating that.