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anyone who has worked with APCO in Middle east for PR?

• Positioning by Al Ries &amp; Jack Trout
• This is Marketing by Seth Godin
• Influence by Robert B. Cialdini (personal fav. although it is more on the sales side)
• Top of Mind by John Hall

Great Suggestion <@U031G7L2CE4>, will check Top of Mind, read other 3.

The Brand Gap by Marty Neumeier was something.

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And all the best for your read list. Would love to know your top recommendations.

Hi folks! Creating a resource on email automation for SaaS. I'd love some of your insights: mainly about challenges, the kinds of automation sequences you use and tips/best practices. Is anyone open to contribute?

I welcome any and all rants about email automation without discrimination. (Is this better to post on the <#C02NYMY18RM|> channel?)

Sprinto or Scrut - in case you haven’t explored this option, would recommend. Much easier than dealing with prep and auditors yourself.

Okay we need actual auditors. Someone who's the best auditor in the space so that it gives us cred to go and acquire bigger clients.  

Thanks for all the help, folks. Sprinto unfortunately didn’t work for us but found a great associate to lead this full stack.

Hey Ria, I do see a possibility of a collab. We should connect.

I guess. If I stay in Bangalore for a decent time, will definitely organize on the similar lines.

<https://chartmogul.com/blog/slowing-startup-growth/>

I know someone who developed an extension in 2020. Not sure how big it  became, but Kal Newport and few other productivity and Deep Work practitioners tweeted about it and made the extension viral for few days.

Hey Divyank, thanks man. Any chance of getting introduced to your friend?

I worked on this quite extensively sometime back. Would be happy to chat : )

A great video ad full of social proofs by Metadata
<https://www.linkedin.com/posts/davegerhardt_the-best-marketing-is-proof-and-theres-activity-6937418751839469568-gAjS/?utm_source=linkedin_share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop_web|https://www.linkedin.com/posts/davegerhardt_the-best-marketing-is-proof-and-theres-ac[…]AjS/?utm_source=linkedin_share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop_web>

This does look interesting, I would also like to know if someone did it

Just started using. Still learning though

From what I have observed, hire locally trained SDRs. Freelancers/agencies either don't work or are too expensive.

there are some local translators that you can book on Upwork for the same <@U02V979LY03>.

<http://Saaswebsites.com|Saaswebsites.com>

Also, depends on what you want to learn about...

Copy, design, offerings, or else.

had a lead engineer who worked with us in the past. can check and connect if he is cool

you can share resume if you are ok over DM, i can give it a glance

Make a list of the kind of photos you'd want.

Buy a monthly subscription.

Download all in a week sprint.

Cancel the subscription.

RoI.

Unlim, Vector Grove, Freepik, Icons8, Drone stock

Freepik + Elements Envato

Getting most of the photos + Graphics + Videos!

Should have mentioned in the post. Money is not the problem. But we are bored of photos in SS. Envato sounds like a good choice 

Something else to consider for the medium/long term.
At a prior company we actively planned to move away from all stock photo sites - esp for pix of people.

We had a creative person in the team (but can be delegated to anyone that takes good pix) who had a weekly goal of taking xyz types of pix around the office or wherever they were to have more natural/real looking pix.

Over time these pix became part of our look and feel - you could very easily tell these were not stock photos and automatically gave us a more premium feel.

+1 on freepik. Have been using for years and it works! Unsplash is a decent option too, if you're looking to download/use for free

Envato elements + shutterstock group sites seem better options

Paras, don't know an exact solution but am open to brainstorming. Had worked on many no-budget campaigns in the past. Can help you find a solution.

This hack has worked for me in the past.

We hunted the top-ranking Quora questions relevant to our product and started answering those. The answers had to be informative and not salesy. We'd then subtly give a link to one of our blogs or product pages for more information. 

Since answers were relevant, they mostly ranked in the top two positions for that question. 

This can work for you if your TG in present on Quora. For us, it was SMBs. 

Also, if you plan to implement this, do ensure that website page where you're redirecting the users from Quora is optimized for conversions.

Happy to discuss more on this and brainstorm other ideas :)

Hello All! Does anyone know of a digital marketing agency that helps with Youtube Channel Growth? I have a friend who has about 60k organic subscribers and wants to grow faster now

Loved it! and sent to few team members so we can copy the tone :stuck_out_tongue:

I really loved it, Future of B2B made me laugh :joy: .
Need to be more active here so that I don’t miss all those posts :stuck_out_tongue:

“Money is important-er” , haha, loved it! :heart:

How do i sign up for the newsletter? <@U02TTEFFU6B>

These newsletters are gonna be the heart of this community:) :heart:

<@U030KFR16E4> you must have gotten it by default. It's a privilege of being a member. Search for s11s in your inbox including spam.

<@U02UU8Q5F9R> thanks :raised_hands::skin-tone-4: awesome people like you are the heart of the community.

It was a lovely, easy read! Really good stuff! Looking forward to the next one! :grin:

Loved it <@U02TTEFFU6B>, and thanks for the mention :spades:

Most early stage VCs almost always have a flat 1M, 2M or 4Mil valuation buckets.  Expect to dilute anywhere between 7-20% depending on revenue (stage), market-size, founding team, and growth numbers.  The valuation is negotiable based on the above.

If you ask me, they should take up dilutions later, today close the round based on SAFE agreeing on discount and cap.  Look for YC video on SAFEs and suggest your friend - SAFE is cost and time effective.

Well, MVP is ready with no revenue, solo founder (one-man army).

I think SAFE is a good way to get started.

Hi,

Given the stage you are in go for SAFE or convertibles. You can DM me in case need more discussion.

Thanks

I SAFE note is good and fast with companies like 100 X Accelerator but it is post money 15% stake and funding is about 1.5cr. Can be harmful when you raise next round. Good to also check with angels

Try <http://B2Brain.com|B2Brain.com> , free trial runs almost forever and you can upgrade if you like the intel +info

Trying it out right away! Thanks a ton :pray::grin:

Was told to check out <http://Adapt.io|Adapt.io> by the B2Brain representative. Has anyone used this before?

Hello people,
Good day!

Has anyone used the tool *Metricool* for social media works?

If yes, would love to sit &amp; discuss about it. We are thinking of starting with its basic model first.

So need some guidance &amp; user review before it!

Number of application will be too high.
The screening and sorting will be tough as most applications will be irrelevant(from my personal experience). I did not had good experience.

+1 with Chintan. Our hr gave a similar feedback.

I used Hirect before and it has been a very bad experience. The same message keeps coming from all the applicants that they are a perfect fit and would love to chat. Upon looking at that message, the hiring manager has to request the resume from each applicant. Never going back to it.

My HR had a similar feedback. Not worth it!