u/EconomyJob5629

With so many automation tools in place, founder's inboxes are flooded!
Personally spoke to some and they said they don't even open many emails.

I feel the only way to stand out amongst the flood is to modify the strategy.

TWO THINGS:-

a) High quality directed emails: Research about the company, the product, their pain points and the market. Be value first, always offer value before pitching !(how exactly can you contribute to the startup)

b) Cold calling: they say you win by doing what others aren't willing to do. Cold calls have a much higher success rate, especially if they are well researched (just like I said for the emails). Since everyone is focusing on emails, you focusing on calls can make the difference.

BONUS: Your best bet is targeting founders who got recently funded!
They have the money and the will to expand their team!

I also built a software that gets you the direct contact numbers of such founders.
Personal experience: I got my first internship by directly texting the founder over WhatsApp and then getting on a call with him.

With so many automation tools in place, founder's inboxes are flooded!
Personally spoke to some and they said they don't even open many emails.

I feel the only way to stand out amongst the flood is to modify the strategy.

TWO THINGS:-

a) High quality directed emails: Research about the company, the product, their pain points and the market. Be value first, always offer value before pitching!

b) Cold calling: they say you win by doing what others aren't willing to do. Cold calls have a much higher success rate, especially if they are well researched (just like I said for the emails). Since everyone is focusing on emails, you focusing on calls can make the difference.

BONUS: Sales are more about timing than anything else, your best bet is to target recently funded founders since they have high intent and budget!

Keeping all this in mind, I built something to target recently funded founders
callthefounder.com

With so many automation tools in place, founder's inboxes are flooded!
Personally spoke to some and they said they don't even open many emails.

I feel the only way to stand out amongst the flood is to modify the strategy.

TWO THINGS:-

a) High quality directed emails: Research about the company, the product, their pain points and the market. Be value first, always offer value before pitching!

b) Cold calling: they say you win by doing what others aren't willing to do. Cold calls have a much higher success rate, especially if they are well researched (just like I said for the emails). Since everyone is focusing on emails, you focusing on calls can make the difference.

BONUS: Sales are more about timing than anything else, your best bet is to target recently funded founders!

Curious if anyone else is seeing this shift or still getting results with high-volume outbound?

Before the flood of AI and automation tools for writing emails, just volume was sufficient to win. All you had to do was hustle and send as many emails as you can.

But with so many tools in place, founder's inboxes are flooded!
Personally spoke to some and they said they don't even open many emails.

I feel the only way to stand out amongst the flood is to modify the strategy.

TWO THINGS:-

a) High quality directed emails: Research about the company, the product, their pain points and the market. Be value first, always offer value before pitching!

b) Cold calling: they say you win by doing what others aren't willing to do. Cold calls have a much higher success rate, especially if they are well researched (just like I said for the emails). Since everyone is focusing on emails, you focusing on calls can make the difference.

BONUS: Sales are more about timing than anything else, your best bet is to target recently funded founders!

Curious if anyone else is seeing this shift or still getting results with high-volume outbound?

Before the flood of AI and automation tools for writing emails, just volume was sufficient to win. All you had to do was hustle and send as many emails as you can.

But with so many tools in place, founder's inboxes are flooded!
Personally spoke to some and they said they don't even open many emails.

I feel the only way to stand out amongst the flood is to modify the strategy.

TWO THINGS:-

a) High quality directed emails: Research about the company, the product, their pain points and the market. Be value first, always offer value before pitching!

b) Cold calling: they say you win by doing what others aren't willing to do. Cold calls have a much higher success rate, especially if they are well researched (just like I said for the emails). Since everyone is focusing on emails, you focusing on calls can make the difference.

BONUS: Sales are more about timing than anything else, your best bet is to target recently funded founders!

Curious if anyone else is seeing this shift or still getting results with high-volume outbound?