Considering a Sales Checklist
karllhughes opened this issue · 3 comments
Based partly on feedback from readers and partly on my own assumptions, I'm thinking about creating a new checklist specifically for sales. Some thoughts/questions:
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How would you differentiate between sales and marketing? (I think this is a pretty good resource, but what do you think?)
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What tasks would you say are most crucial to sales?
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Have you ever tried any unconventional sales tactics that worked?
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What categories of tools are required for sales? Or is it just your own two feet?
I like this tactic:
find a 150 places where you can gain a new users, deals, etc.
submit there at all places and see what place are more beneficial for your particular case
As we talking about side-projects, e.g. "startups" this can work for both(sales, marketing)
- I think in small projects sales and marketing are synergy, inside owner's head.
- Try, try, try?
- Sure, but you always must to apply on numbers. So if you have some stupid idea, you need to do it n times and compare with m(more traditional way). Do you want examples?
- You can do it with the list of paper if you want. For me, you need a tool, that you know how to use. so before you must to sell -> then you find out what you can improve -> find a tool that worked for you. in 90% cases I think google spreadsheet can be a choice
The sales checklist is in progress!
https://github.com/karllhughes/side-project-sales
I've actually got a decent first iteration up on this repo, but it's not quite ready for circulation yet. I need to integrate it into the website and clear out the sales-related tasks from the current marketing checklist.
The sales checklist is now live: https://www.sideprojectchecklist.com/sales-checklist/
and the repo here: https://github.com/karllhughes/side-project-sales
I'll be continuing to improve this list over the coming weeks, but for now will close this issue.