Monitorbook – From side project to profitable company, a journey into sales
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#2Who else has used Ample Market? Pros? Cons?
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#3I wanted to register to try the product but you do not allow me to try it or even register without Credit card, and now I am stuck on https://monitorbook.com/plan_type_form (page to enter credit card detils) even when I go to monitorbook.com it redirects me there. Gross.
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#4To me this looks like a submarine article for Amplemarket. Reading between the lines, John had trouble with sales on Monitorbook, so he created Amplemarket and used it to increase growth.
If that's the case it's doubly remarkable, but keeping that information secret seems sleazy. Am I crazy for thinking that?
Re: Monitorbook – From side project to profitable company, a journey into sales
#5Who else has used Ample Market? Pros? Cons?
I've actually started using amplemarket 4 months ago. We are a small team based in San Francisco and we wanted to ramp up our outbound sales without having to hire a lot of people. Amplemarket is working really well so far and each of us has its own virtual sales assistant now. I was able to double the number of weekly calls with potential customers since we started using amplemarket. The main pro is that I really don't have to worry about the initial part of the sales funnel: from the first touch point to the first call. Since they have my target customer profile, they do lead generation for me, answer any potential questions the prospects might have and finally calls just magically pop up in my calendar.
Re: Monitorbook – From side project to profitable company, a journey into sales
#6"a journey into sales [products]"
At the end, John says he's "100 times better" at sales now than when he started. I didn't read much about things he did to improve his personal selling skills, just how certain products have grown sales at Monitorbook. I don't doubt that he's improved, just would've liked to read more about his sales skill improvement than the products he discovered. Or maybe his point is anyone can be a good salesman because these tools are out there for anyone to use?
Re: Monitorbook – From side project to profitable company, a journey into sales
#7To me this looks like a submarine article for Amplemarket. Reading between the lines, John had trouble with sales on Monitorbook, so he created Amplemarket and used it to increase growth. If that's the case it's doubly remarkable, but keeping that information secret seems sleazy. Am I crazy for thinking that?
It's a good idea, but not entirely correct. Looks like the founder of Amplemarket is a different John, but probably a friend or something.
Re: Monitorbook – From side project to profitable company, a journey into sales
#8To me this looks like a submarine article for Amplemarket. Reading between the lines, John had trouble with sales on Monitorbook, so he created Amplemarket and used it to increase growth. If that's the case it's doubly remarkable, but keeping that information secret seems sleazy. Am I crazy for thinking that?
Not even a good shill. On the amplemarket front page "John from Monitorbook" says he has a team of 15 sales reps. On the marketing post he says he has a team of 6.
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#9Thanks for the article hkissinger! I'm going through some of the same growing pains on cold e-mailing. For amplemarket, did you have any concerns of leads acting on behalf of your company in a negative way?
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#10The use case example on their site can be done for free with 3 camels, so I wonder what their customers are actually tracking with monitorbook?