u/BendEnvironmental995

I recently started trying X Tasks as a small side hustle, and I thought I'd share my experience for anyone looking for something simple to do in their spare time.

The work mainly involves completing small tasks related to X (Twitter), such as engaging with posts, following instructions, or other micro-tasks depending on what's available. Most tasks only take a few minutes, so it's easy to fit them into free time.

What I've noticed so far:

• No special skills required.
• You can work whenever you have free time.
• The pay isn't life-changing, but it can add up if you're consistent.
• Task availability can vary, so some days are better than others.

If you're expecting a full-time income, this probably isn't the right option. But if you're looking to earn a little extra alongside school, a job, or another side hustle, it might be worth checking out.

Has anyone else here tried X Tasks or similar micro-task platforms?Let's talk about it ...

Got on Hunter for about a year now and while it works ok, starting to look at what else is out there. Our outbound team is scaling up (going from 3 to 8 SDRs) and Hunter's getting pricey - my manager basically told me to find something cheaper before we onboard the new reps or we're stuck with what we have.

Looked into Prospeo and the pricing seems like a big step up, especially since they only charge for verified emails. Hunter charges you even when they can't find anything which adds up fast. Also briefly looked at Cognism since we're expanding into the EU, but their pricing is way out of our range.

Main things I care about:

- email data accuracy (Hunter's been maybe 70% accurate for us)

- Mobile numbers (Hunter doesn't have these at all)

- API speed for our sequences

- How fresh the data is

- EU coverage since we're expanding there

Anyone have real experience comparing prospeo vs hunter.io? What made you stick with one over the other?

I've been doing b2b phone prospecting for about 3 years now and still tweaking my approach. Right now I'm running a pretty basic opener - introduce myself, company, and ask if they have 30 seconds to hear why I'm calling. If they say yes, I hit them with our value prop in one sentence and ask a qualifying question.

My biggest struggle is the data quality. Half the numbers I call are disconnected or go to some random person. My manager keeps pushing for more dials but it's hard to care about volume when the numbers are garbage.

For anyone doing serious cold call b2b volume (like 80+ dials a day), what's your go-to script structure? Do you lead with a pattern interrupt or just get straight to business? And what's your connect rate looking like these days?

Also curious what everyone's using for direct dials. I've been on Seamless.AI and the accuracy has been rough for me lately. Seen Prospeo mentioned a couple times too but haven't tried it yet.

kept seeing people argue about whether adding linkedin touches to cold email actually does anything or if its just more work for the same result. drove me nuts because nobody had real numbers, just vibes. so i ran a proper side by side for 6 months.

i sell dev tools. $21k MRR, 7 people, i do all the outbound myself because we cant afford a dedicated SDR yet. every dollar i spend on outreach is a dollar i could spend on another engineer so i track everything obsessively.

the numbers:

EMAIL ONLY (jan through june)

total sends: 11,400

reply rate: 3.1%

positive reply rate: 1.4%

meetings booked: 28

cost per meeting: ~$47

bounce rate: 1.8%

MULTICHANNEL email + linkedin (jan through june)

total sends: 8,200 emails + ~3,100 linkedin touches

reply rate (combined): 5.7%

positive reply rate: 2.9%

meetings booked: 41

cost per meeting: ~$89

bounce rate: 1.6%

same ICP for both. engineering managers and VPs eng at companies 50-500 employees. same messaging angles, same offer. i split my prospect list randomly so there wasnt any cherry picking.

the multichannel arm won on meetings. 41 vs 28. not even close on reply rate either. but the cost per meeting almost doubled and thats where it gets complicated for someone at my stage.

my stack for email only was Kaspr to build lists, Prospeo for the email finding step, Bouncer to verify, then everything into Smartlead. total monthly cost around $310.

for multichannel i added Dripify at $79/mo for the linkedin sequences plus had to be way more careful about my linkedin account (burned one in february, had to wait 3 weeks to get a new one warmed up). so the multichannel arm cost me about $390/mo plus way more of my time. like 4-5 extra hours a week managing the linkedin side, writing connection request copy, monitoring acceptance rates.

those 4-5 hours a week are the real cost. thats half an engineering day i could be spending on product. at my scale thats brutal.

the 13 extra meetings from multichannel converted to 4 closed deals over the 6 months. average deal size for us is around $380/mo so thats $1,520 MRR. worth it? mathematically yes but barely. and it took months to see that return.

ok let me back up on something. for the first two months i was running the multichannel arm wrong. i was sending linkedin connection requests and emails on the same day to the same person and the reply rate was actually worse than email only, like 2.8%. once i staggered them - linkedin touch first, wait 3-4 days, then email - thats when the numbers jumped. took me until early march to figure that out so the real multichannel data is more like 4 months not 6.

the linkedin touches also had a weird effect i didnt expect. people who connected with me on linkedin and then got my email were way more likely to reply with something thoughtful vs the email only crowd where most positive replies were just "sure send me a link." the multichannel meetings converted to pipeline at a higher rate. 34% vs 22%. small sample size though so who knows.

one thing i'll say is Smartlead handled the email side well for the price ($39/mo on the plan i'm on). nothing fancy but deliverability stayed consistent across both arms. i was running 4 inboxes through Mailforge, $3/inbox/mo, warmed them for 3 weeks before sending anything.

if i had to do it again with my current budget and time constraints... i'd probably stick with email only and just increase volume slightly. the multichannel results are better but the time cost is a killer when you're a founder doing everything. if i hire an SDR later this year the calculus changes completely.

for anyone at a similar stage - bootstrapped, no dedicated sales person - email only at higher volume with really clean data is probably the better play. i'd rather spend $89 on another month of Dripify towards an engineering tool honestly.

the one thing multichannel does that email cant is warm up completely cold prospects who have no idea who you are. if your brand has zero recognition in your space (mine doesnt, were tiny) the linkedin touch before email acts like a micro awareness play. whether thats worth 4-5 hours a week of founder time... depends on how desperate you are for pipeline i guess