Technologies and Startups

Lead Generation using Reddit Generating leads using Reddit would not be an easy part. According to  The Statistics Portal  reddit receives almost 1.69 billion unique visitors every month. Hence the chances of reaching to lot of people with what you have to convey are more. 1. Sign up and find a Subreddit that suits and fits your target and is related to your services. Initially, you will have to sign up into Reddit if you don’t have any account already. After signing up successfully, you will have to join the Subreddit that is suitable to your offerings and services. There is no approval required to join these subreddits and you will directly get into these groups. You can also create one of your own and add people to those subreddits. 2. Start analyzing what are the questions/queries of the people In a particular subreddit you will find the discussion on the topic it belongs to. Keep an eye on the links and texts submitted by each redditor and identify who c...

1. Select the bid relevant to your skills You must only select the bid that is really relevant to your skills and that you think can be achieved by you. Upwork provides a few number of bids i.e 60 connect from which you can do 30 bids. So you must use these connects wisely throughout the month to keep the balance. This will help you win the project that are suitable for you. 2. Don’t write generic proposal, make it customized one Many people fails due to this aspect as they copy and paste the same template in every bid in order to win the bid without any efforts. But this don’t really impress the client and you have very less chances of winning them. Try to describe each point that is described in the description with the way you would carry out or you are capable of doing it. This will surely impress the client and would prefer you over others. 3. Don’t charge too low or too high in the beginning This creates different impression in front of the client if he is potenti...

Being a social media platform, Twitter is a great tool for finding potential customers for your B2B or B2C Company. You can use Twitter in multiple ways to educate, aware and build your brand online. It is the best platform where you can ask the problem of your customer as well answer the solution that is unique than other sellers. Follow some of the easy steps mentioned below to use Twitter effectively for your business to not only drive the traffic but also generate leads: 1. Survey your followers Twitter is a great place where you can take the poll or survey the users with the questions you have and need the inputs from them. People can answer your poll or survey and you can get the answers to your questions from their perspective to actually know the problem and bring a solution to it. This can help you bring something innovative by giving birth to a new idea from the present scenario. 2. Offer a solution to the problem most faced Now after asking your audience you mi...

Following are some of the unusual techniques for effective lead generation: Sales pitch through contact forms on websites You might have seen a “Contact Us” section in almost all website of the companies which allows you to directly get into touch with that organization with your query. This query can be anything like a solution to a problem or a problem in solution so why can’t you propose and offer a solution that you have to automate their efforts by your services. You can enter your details and provide a quote explaining about the solution beneficial to them in XYZ way. Some or the other person from the support would revert back to you apart from the automatic response to see if they really needs your help or not. At that time you can propose and explain in more detail about the concerns and regards to reach and benefit them. This is found as the most easiest way to pitch where you will not require any email address and also don’t have to worry if you have reached the co...

Launching a product is not an easy thing and hence you have to create a full-proof plan at every step of production and further implementations. Following are some guide to follow: · Plan for core audience Properly define your target audience by rectifying that who can actually be your stakeholders. By planning and deciding your audience, it will help you to identify and target the people and pitch accordingly. This will not only help you prioritize the audience but will also help you reach out a number of people of particular section who can become your customers. · Be mindful of your product’s value Never underestimate your brand and be mindful of your product’s quality. No matter how many similar product may be there in the market you must prioritize and explore the features and advantages of your product. If you won’t believe in yourself than no one else is also going to believe in you. Hence you will always have to show the confidence and gain the trust of others for...

Two things define you: Your PATIENCE when you have NOTHING and your ATTITUDE when you have EVERYTHING You may ask any billionaire about their journey towards being a millionaire and then a billionaire. You might find this as big talks but trust me this is the only mantra that everyone has survived on. No business will reward with fruitful outputs in the starting itself without facing the failures because these failures really help you step more forward then earlier by conquering the obstacles. Obstacles are put in our way to see if we really want to reach our goals or if we just thought we did. Even the lion steps back a little in order to take a long jump. Every work demands a lot of dedication even if the output doesn’t satisfy you. You will have to set certain directions for your business in order to succeed. With this effort needs a lot of  patience  and  positivity . If you don’t stick on one thing for a long time than the outputs may vary as witho...

Finding and getting an ideal business partner or startup co-founder is really frustrating and crucial part for any organization, that’s why online platforms has taken this burden on their heads to make everyone’s problem easy. A co-founder is the first person to enter with you in your startup with whom you would plan everything further to make your company successful. Hence it really depends on the person (co-founder) and his capabilities and thinking to take forward the things in a correct path as some irrelevant person can just ruin your startup with their incapability. Following are some of the platforms where you find a co-founder online for your startup: 1.  Founder Dating A platform for finding a business partner, co-founder and investor across the world. It is the most trusted Entrepreneur community where you can build relationships and get real advice from entrepreneurs, startup founders and company advisors. This network has various people associated with it li...

Follow-up is the main key towards the success of any cold email campaign. Many times the first email don’t have that much power as the follow-ups have. The reply rate in first email is too low as compared to the response ratio received in the follow-ups. Hence your content must be very powerful to attract the customer to have a look at your proposal that is in your first email and hence if he finds it useful than there are chances of getting a positive or negative response. Let me share few lines that are quite effective to use in your 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,.… follow-ups: 1. Though as a sales person we use mail trackers to track if the opponent have used your email or not, try to carry the conversion ahead by acting as if you have not tracked it and want to highlight your email to their top so that they can check it if missed previously using following lines: I was curious to know if you had a chance to go through my previous email. Let me know if my you feel my proposition ...

As all of us know that LinkedIn is a professional network where people tend to connect with other professional people to build a healthy and professional relationship for their business needs. Many connections are known to us while we get acquainted with many of them by accepting or sending the request to connect. You can use Linkedin in many ways to generate leads for your Startup/Business: Personalized message after connection requested accepted As you might have realized that many of the people like to share about them as well as loves to know about you for a better business opportunity. Similarly, you should also send a well written personalized note that how glad you are to get connected with them and you would like to get acquainted with them. After the exchange of 3-4 healthy messages, you must pitch with a business proposal detailing about your company services and your motive and interest to reach them to find out if there is any synergy to work together may be now...