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I did not get the results I hope for. The networking events were parties not business events. People just stood around, drank and aired out.
My current conclusion, especially for freelancers, is to invest your earnings back into raising your profile. Write a blog, travel to customer sites.
Every profession has people who profess to be successful w/o a track record, and sell themselves more than they sell anything of value. This certainly is annoying, but its their life.
Not going to criticize the advice, since I think there's a point to it. I will take issue with this, though: > The three hours spent at a networking event could also be invested in emailing your customers Please, no, entrepreneurs. Don't consider e-mail a magic customer builder. I dropped Twilio like a bad habit after their community manager e-mailed me three templates in as many weeks, reminding me that I had signed…
Value in terms of advise from folks who have done "it" before or meeting with people who you think would make a good team member. Someone has to do this and in my views it is a must. There is a ton a knowledge, support, learning that you can get from these folks. In the end any company or product is a reflection of people who worked on it so why not start early.
As a founder, IMO, networking is crucial and it is a good learning exercise to manage hundreds of things in limited time, which will become crucial when you start seeing traction.
I'm really astounded by some of the comments here, almost as if I was browsing the TechCrunch echo chamber. This is certainly not bad advice. The ratio of "we just got funded" to "we actually developed a valuable product" stories I see in the tech press is getting to astronomical levels. I view this piece as being in response to this trend that really ought to be clear to anybody. When the bubble pops, having a worki…
Not going to criticize the advice, since I think there's a point to it. I will take issue with this, though: > The three hours spent at a networking event could also be invested in emailing your customers Please, no, entrepreneurs. Don't consider e-mail a magic customer builder. I dropped Twilio like a bad habit after their community manager e-mailed me three templates in as many weeks, reminding me that I had signed…
You could have made this post without including the person's name.
She included her name, I didn't, and I don't see harm in repeating the mail verbatim.
Not going to criticize the advice, since I think there's a point to it. I will take issue with this, though: > The three hours spent at a networking event could also be invested in emailing your customers Please, no, entrepreneurs. Don't consider e-mail a magic customer builder. I dropped Twilio like a bad habit after their community manager e-mailed me three templates in as many weeks, reminding me that I had signed…
I think reasoning like this assumes that our potential customers are like us. I look at my inbox vs. my wife's and realize that not everyone dislikes getting tips, newsletters, promos and every other piece of junk mail under the sun. She loves getting that stuff. It's just bytes on the hard drive, and she doesn't care about that. I know I'm leaving money on the table my not having an email campaign, so it's one thing…
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You could have made this post without including the person's name.
From a generic, non-specific, automatic mail on behalf of the company? Which everybody gets? If it was private between me and her you'd have a point. She included her name, I didn't, and I don't see harm in repeating the mail verbatim.