smit

thanks for the kind words man :)

Good point. I guess HubSpot is large compared to startups. But some basic strategies like referrals can still apply to any size of the company.

good point. issue was that it was hard to fit the description and buttons above the fold. something clickable to scroll would have definitely been a good idea.

Great point. Our goal was just to have a campaign but it would be nice to have a system to keep track of the resolutions and maybe have resources to keep them.

Nice app. Looks very similar to http://startupresolution.com that we launched on hn on 29th.

If you can be an accredited investor, go on angellist and you can start investing as low as $1000 in startups. Another site which is going to launch after the crowfunding law is passed in January is Wefunder which will be open for everyone.

Makes sense for sure.

I personally think its completely stupid to add a hiring CTA mainly because it takes away from your main CTA which is to convert the visitor into a customer. But if it doesn't hurt your funnel then there's no harm of adding it.

Sounds like you should just start with some consulting with someone with some bizdev/marketing chops and work with some cool companies. From there you can always stumble onto a good idea.

No problem. Definitely can run ads for things like getting fans for facebook pages. Just start with a small budget and see if anything comes out of it.

First of all figure out what your goals for each platform are. Next the whole point of being active on these platforms is engagement. Start measuring how many people are engaging with your content i.e each post, tweet, pin etc (experiment with the content). Then figure out how many clicks you are getting from each one. Followers, fans are also good metrics to make sure you're growing (don't buy them). Also try running ads on each platform and calculate out if they are worth the cost as compared to your lifetime value of a customer and the average customer acquisition costs.

have you checked out refer.ly?

@thesmitpatel

This has been happening from Boston for a little while. Check out startupworkaway.com.

If you think you can learn things in weeks then I'd suggest you teach yourself a language that some of the companies you are interested in work with. Then just hit them up in spring and say you taught yourself in only weeks so imagine how much you can learn in months with them. Thats my two cents. Besides that a bit of hustle and luck will get you into companies you want.

This looks very interesting but why is the start date november? Its a little inconvenient. Why not make it January to start at the beginning of the year?

I love this kind of hustle. If I was dropbox, I'd hire you.

Love the article.

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You've got your foot in the door so that's awesome. I think the direction you are thinking of is correct. Try to run a small experiment for the B2C company for customer acquisition. Say spend 20 bucks on google ads and measure the results. Run other types of marketing campaign to get customers. Whether you fail or succeed, send the founders the results(it will help them save time by not working on a channel that doesn't work). This way they see that you actually give a damn about them. Remember: You don't need permission to help.

Look at what they have done in the past. See if they've worked hard and smart on getting something. It could be personal projects, getting an internship, cold emailing people etc.

Hustle is the most valuable skill for a non tech employee. Working hard is not enough. Working smart is equally important. Usually they have a background in marketing, biz dev or a combination of both is killer.

How different is this from easel.io?

I'm sorry you feel that way but there's nothing wrong about me wanting to share my learnings and others' learnings with the world via email.

Blog is great but there's something to be said about having a small email tip in the inbox every morning. But I'm hearing all the feedback as it comes. Maybe at some point it might make sense for it to be a blog then I can switch.

Can you please elaborate more as I can take your feedback in account to improve the newsletter.

Thanks :) My goal is to just help as many people as I can. Learnings are better when they are shared.

I'm taking feedback from the hn folks live as it comes. I changed the landing page copy so its not vague anymore.

@eoity the aim was never to harvest email addresses :) I'm doing this to spread things I learn everyday and what others have learnt.

Allright I'll give a simple tip for today.

If you want to get lunch with someone in your company or are cold emailing them, tell them you want to hear their story. This way it touches their ego that someone actually thinks they are a big deal and wants to know more about them. It gives you a higher chance of them saying yes compared to just saying you want to get lunch with them. This applies especially if don't have any context to talk to them to start with.

Now this is just a sample tip. I will be getting tips from several folks who've done it before. Its not just going to be authored by me.

The aim of the newsletter is to empower people and give them a hustler state of mind.