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Monitorbook – From side project to profitable company, a journey into sales

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Re: Monitorbook – From side project to profitable company, a journey into sales

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aabelha wrote: post #5
marcusgarvey wrote: post #2

Who 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 do…

Are there any downsides to Amplemarket with your experience with them so far?

Re: Monitorbook – From side project to profitable company, a journey into sales

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Post by aabelha »

palidanx wrote: post #11
aabelha wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 do…

Are there any downsides to Amplemarket with your experience with them so far?

I would say one of the biggest cons in the beginning was that they didn’t have too much data regarding my sales process so they were having trouble generating responses to my prospects. They used to forward some emails to us saying that they were not able to generate a response to a certain question. Not so much now though.

Re: Monitorbook – From side project to profitable company, a journey into sales

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Post by SherlockHomez »

shadeless wrote: post #4

To 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?

I'm almost 100% certain "John Averi" and "John Carroll" aren't real people (notice you can't see the faces). Would be worth looking into who's actually running these companies (doesn't seem to be any public information available).

Re: Monitorbook – From side project to profitable company, a journey into sales

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Post by orclev »

IAmGarrett wrote: post #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…

I was really disappointed that there was no mention of what they changed in their product or message to increase sales.

The fact that they were struggling so much suggests either that the product was missing key features that the market was looking for, or else their marketing either wasn't conveying the features people cared about or was being targeted at the wrong market.

As someone else pointed out, this looks like a shill for Ample Market, the entire article could be summarized as "We sucked at marketing, so we outsourced it".

Re: Monitorbook – From side project to profitable company, a journey into sales

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Post by marcusgarvey »

aabelha wrote: post #12
palidanx wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are there any downsides to Amplemarket with your experience with them so far?

I would say one of the biggest cons in the beginning was that they didn’t have too much data regarding my sales process so they were having trouble generating responses to my prospects. They used to forward some emails to us saying that they were not able to generate a response to a certain question. Not so much now though.

What's their pricing model, if you don't mind my asking? They provide very little info on their website.
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