Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

[Timmy C]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1783601925252100404

View: https://twitter.com/PaulineHansonOz/status/1783601925252100404?t=6FmptwV1KwnVpw5LO4Pa3w&s=19

 

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[socaldude]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1783601925252100404

View: https://twitter.com/PaulineHansonOz/status/1783601925252100404?t=6FmptwV1KwnVpw5LO4Pa3w&s=19

Wow, who do these people think they are and who do they think they are kidding?

 

[ZF Lee]

This amazing song landed on my playlist.

From a movie based on Harriet Tubman, who was quite the woman herself. Born into slavery, but established lines
to help her fellows escape and also fought for womens' suffrage.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn19xvfoXvk&list=RDMx_OexsUI2M&index=3


Was shocked to find this song was made and sung by the main actress herself.

Also has many UNSCRIPTED themes...namely the struggle for freedom, finding and bringing up people who were willing to journey with you.

Spoiler: slight religious reference

Harriet herself was also UNSCRIPTED as she basically flipped the bird to the preachers of the day who encouraged slaves to just submit and take in the abuses of the masters.

Instead she took courage in tales of deliverance from the Holy Writ even though she was illiterate...which made the rest of her life legendary. Now that's something I wish could happen more often today.

EDIT: Wow so she's also on the $20 bill. Damn.

 

[loop101]

Well, you already invested the time, and if it works for you both, then that's the only thing that matters. I'm definitely scarred by stuff I've seen, all the examples in my previous post are real events that happened haha

I like SSG's (static site generators) for simple static websites. If I needed something interactive I would use a real website or CMS.

SSG's are generally made *for programmers*, that's why there is at least one for every programing language: Hugo (Golang), Gatsby (JS), Jekyll (Ruby), etc. Their advantages are basically: fast, secure, and programmatic.

Astro is one of the fastest, I think it was designed to deliver perfect Google Lighthouse scores by default.

At some point, I want to generate some websites of statistical data. As my algorithms improve, I will need to recreate the sites programmatically. I plan to have a pipeline that uses an SSG to produce the final website.

 

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[Kak]

I get a lot of cold emails, presumably from people who discover me on LinkedIn. Mostly consultants and freelancers.

They promise “35% gains,” or “12 new customers” or any other super specific metric.

Some offer funding.

Some want to buy my company.

None of them know the details.

They don’t know anything about my industry. They don’t know that 12 more customers would get us approximately 70 percent market share. 2-3 is a business. 4-5 is a real business. 12 and you’re a force in this industry.

Or are we talking 12 baby customers buying drummed material where we make $600 on an order?

I had a funding offer for a $150k loan this morning. What the heck for? I can’t carry 2 trucks of products for net 30 terms with that.

“We’d like to fund a single container of product at a time for you. You’re welcome Kyle.”

The biggest thing that gets me is that they all feel entitled to a response. You don’t just get to insert yourself into my email inbox without knowing anything about what I actually need and expect a response.

If someone said they wanted to fund my orders from Fortune 500 customers at the same rate those customers would get… I’ll listen.

If someone said, “Kyle, it looks like you are connected to these 7 industry players, have you tried with (insert a big player) I have some connections over there and we could maybe get a deal done.” I’d tell them to set up a call.

Don’t tell me you have the magic formula to grow my business by 35% as if I’m just blind to some tweak you have and my business takes to cookie cutter advice like any other business.

You won’t do shit. Your numbers mean nothing. That’s not how this works.

I need cold email folks to actually prove they know something or have something that I don’t. They’re not entitled to a response.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

I usually dismiss my fashion critiques as to old age, but I have to agree with my wife on this one.

I get a lot of cold emails, presumably from people who discover me on LinkedIn. Mostly consultants and freelancers.

They promise “35% gains,” or “12 new customers” or any other super specific metric.

Some offer funding.

Some want to buy my company.

None of them know the details.

They don’t know anything about my industry. They don’t know that 12 more customers would get us approximately 70 percent market share. 2-3 is a business. 4-5 is a real business. 12 and you’re a force in this industry.

Or are we talking 12 baby customers buying drummed material where we make $600 on an order?

I had a funding offer for a $150k loan this morning. What the heck for? I can’t carry 2 trucks of products for net 30 terms with that.

“We’d like to fund a single container of product at a time for you. You’re welcome Kyle.”

The biggest thing that gets me is that they all feel entitled to a response. You don’t just get to insert yourself into my email inbox without knowing anything about what I actually need and expect a response.

If someone said they wanted to fund my orders from Fortune 500 customers at the same rate those customers would get… I’ll liste

Reminds me of the post I made on the INSIDERS chat from the cold email that requested I speak...

The TLDR: You won't be paid and you need to use your entire list you built over 15 years to promote my event.

Pass.

 

[ZackerySprague]

Anyone ever marketed their ecommerce business via direct mail adverts? I just got one from a company called Hellomood.com for legal THC. I don't do this stuff. Thought it was interesting.

Might work for a tactic, who knows.

 

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[loop101]

A device that jams microphones and sometimes explodes people's heads.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyeCn7HlLck

 

[amp0193]

Anyone ever marketed their ecommerce business via direct mail adverts? I just got one from a company called Hellomood.com for legal THC. I don't do this stuff. Thought it was interesting.

Might work for a tactic, who knows.

Planning to do some in nearish future.

You can do cold prospecting using interest and demographic based targeting as well as location based.

You can incorporate into Klaviyo flow and send to abandoned carts.

You can data-match a decent percentage of anonymous website visitors and send them a postcard in the mail, even if they don't give you any info.


Nearly every one will see/read your postcard... they will at minimum physically pick it up and touch it. Up to you to mare sure your marketing is on point and has a compelling offer.

 

[ZackerySprague]

Planning to do some in nearish future.

You can do cold prospecting using interest and demographic based targeting as well as location based.

You can incorporate into Klaviyo flow and send to abandoned carts.

You can data-match a decent percentage of anonymous website visitors and send them a postcard in the mail, even if they don't give you any info.


Nearly every one will see/read your postcard... they will at minimum physically pick it up and touch it. Up to you to mare sure your marketing is on point and has a compelling offer.

@Saint

 

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