First Customers
Paris Vega
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The show about finding your very first customers. Learn sales, marketing, growth hacking, and customer acquisition strategies from real entrepreneurs and sales experts. Building a business that solves problems and creates jobs makes the world a better place. But it all starts with finding your very first customer. Hosted by Paris Vega, a digital marketer and entrepreneur with 20 years of experience.
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#12 - Kent Wilson, COO of RV SnapPads, a fast growing company that started in their family garage and grew to over 500,000 units sold across North America
Kent Wilson is the COO of RV SnapPads, a fast growing company that started in their family garage and grew to over 500,000 units sold across North America. I was blown away by their story. They've built a great business with a bright future. I was inspired by how they prioritize customer service and listen to their customers' feedback. As always, I learned a lot during this episode. I've already started rethinking my own ecommerce work based on this episode. Come get this free wisdom.
Topics Covered:
* How RV SnapPads stared
* Community Sales
* Customer Service
* Customer Feedback
* Supply Chain Issues
* Shipping Issues
* Finance Issues
* SWOT Analysis of their business
* Net Promoter Score (NPS)
* Chat Automation
* Ecommerce
* and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/first-customers/message
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Jan 20, 2023
#11 - Scott Stouffer, Co-Founder & CTO of Market Brew, an SEO Testing Platform helping Fortune 100 companies & SEO agencies predict search rankings & outrank their competition with machine learning.
Scott Stouffer is the Co-Founder & CTO of Market Brew, an SEO Testing Platform helping Fortune 100 companies & SEO agencies predict search rankings & outrank their competition with machine learning. Him and his company have several patents that are cited by Google and other search engine companies. They raised millions in VC funding and scaled up to 64,000 paying customers... but then they decided to risk it all and change their entire business model. This episode is a gold mine of SEO knowledge and insights into the history of SEO. Listen and learn folks!
Topics Covered:
* Scott's SEO Advice as a Search Engineer
* ChatGPT and how it affects SEO
* Reverse Engineering Search Engines vs Building a Search Engine
* Selling to investors vs selling to users
* Seed Round vs Series A Round
* Angel Investors vs VC Funding / Venture Capital
* Black Hat SEO vs White Hat SEO
* Particle Swarm Optimization
* Genetic Algorithms
* Content Marketing
* Internal Linking
* Link Graphs
* Growing up in Ohio
* Gaming & Programming as a kid
* The Dot Com Bubble in the 90s & early 2000s
* and a whole lot more!
Follow Scott around the web:
* Website: https://marketbrew.ai/
* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottstouffer/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/scott_stouffer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/first-customers/message
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Jan 18, 2023
#10 - Christina Aldan, International TEDx speaker, award-winning corporate trainer, and brand strategy consultant at Arana Software helps startups get their first customers.
Christina Aldan is an international TEDx speaker, award-winning corporate trainer, and brand strategy consultant at Arana Software. She's helped a lot of startups get their first customers. This was like entrepreneur therapy. I highly recommend listening and learning from Christina's vast experience and wisdom gained from her work with startups and executives.
Topics covered:
* The biggest, most common problem startups have when trying to get their first customers
* Selling without selling.
* Emotional Intelligence
* Emotional Triggers
* Traditional Marketing
* Digital Marketing
* Content Marketing
* Getting more from your content
Follow Christina around the web:
* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luckygirliegirl/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/luckygirliegirl
* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChristinaAldanLuckygirl
* TikTok: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luckygirliegirl/
* Website: https://www.luckygirliegirl.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/first-customers/message
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Jan 17, 2023
#9 - JK Molina grew Tweet Hunter to over $1 Million in ARR & recently sold the business. Now he shows you how to monetize (not grow) your audience at Tweets & Clients.
JK Molina grew Tweet Hunter to over $1 Million in ARR & recently sold the business. With 175,000+ Followers on Twitter, JK is now showing you how to monetize (not grow) your audience at Tweets and Clients. Lot's of sales and startups lessons told through several great stories packed into this episode.
Topics Covered:
- Growing up in Guatemala
- Entrepreneurship as a kid
- Door-to-Door sales
- Cold Calling
- Cold DMs
- Digital Marketing
- Monetizing your Twitter audience
- and a lot more!
Follow JK Molina:
Twitter: @OneJKMolina
Instagram: @OneJKMolina
LinkedIn: JKMolina
Website: https://www.tweetsandclients.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/first-customers/message
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Jan 13, 2023
#8 - Nick Bouwhuis, Founder of Bouwhuis IT, an information technology company in the Netherlands specializing in cyber security
Nick Bouwhuis started Bouwhuis IT as a teenager in the Netherlands. Bouwhuis IT is an information technology company specializing in cyber security for local businesses. He shares his story about growing up in the Netherlands, and how he found his first customers.
Topics Covered:
- Netherlands school system vs US school system
- Starting a business as a teenager
- Running a business part time
- Cyber Security Best Practices
- Life in the Netherlands
Learn more about Nick & his business:
https://nick.bouwhuis.io/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/first-customers/message
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Jan 12, 2023
#7 - Daniel Johnson, Founding Partner of We Scale Startups, sold his first business at 17 yrs old & went on to work with Google, Neil Patel, ConsenSys, and others.
Daniel Johnson shares his story about starting in South Africa and immigrating to the UK, selling his first business at 17, and starting a successful marketing agency that works with clients around the world. We go deep into his marketing philosophy, marketing strategy, and the marketing tactics he uses to work with clients like Google, Neil Patel, and ConsenSys.
Topics covered:
* Immigrant Mentality
* Selling a business
* Startups
* Traditional Marketing
* Digital Marketing
* Marketing Philosophy, Strategy, and Tactics
* Community Based Sales --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/first-customers/message
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Jan 7, 2023
#6 - Angie Correa, ex-corporate sales executive at NBC, Yahoo, and Maxim Magazine who launched a successful career and business growth coaching service
Angie Correa, an Ex- Corp Exec with 25 Yrs of experience at companies like NBC, Yahoo, and Maxim magazine, left corporate sales to start her own business helping others do the same.
Talking with Angie was like taking a masterclass in sales. The principles she explained are worth billions. We had a great time discussing how she was able to successfully get the first customers for her business. We also went through her past experiences at large companies reviewing her sales process for getting $10,000,000 sales deals.
Topics discussed:
* Retail Sales
* Corporate Sales
* In Person Sales
* Networking
* Eat What You Kill Sales
* Trust Based Sales --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/first-customers/message
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Dec 23, 2022
#5 - Nick Maciel, Engineer & Founder of Cadversity, an innovative product design agency that became profitable within the first month
Product design is expensive & risky. Cadversity is here to change that. Nick Maciel started Cadversity to help people with ideas bring their physical products to life. Nick tells the story of his life as an entrepreneur from childhood through his college years. He's exited two businesses and is successfully building his third, all while getting his graduate degree. He shares valuable hard-won lessons about customer acquisition. How'd he get those valuable first customers? Listen to find out.
Cadversity Services:
* Computer Aided Design (CAD)
* 3D Print Preparation
* Manufacturing Drawings
* Dimensioning & Tolerancing
* Photorealistic Renders & Animations
Topics Covered:
* Cold Prospecting
* LinkedIn Marketing
* Networking
* Though Leadership
Follow Nick & Cadversity around the web:
* FreeCADQuotes.com
* Nick on LinkedIn
* Nick on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/first-customers/message
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Dec 13, 2022
#4 - Caren Schwannauer, Co-Founder of Staq, a successful recruitment and growth consultancy
Caren Schwannauer, co-founder of Staq, offers valuable advice on sales and content marketing. She also shares the story of how their first client grew into a successful billion dollar company. She convinced me to change my own tactics based on this conversation. I highly recommended taking notes & learning from this high performer. How did she find Staq's first customers? Listen and find out.
Topics covered:
- In-Person Sales
- Event Networking
- LinkedIn Content Marketing
- Market Mapping
Learn more about Staq:
https://staqteam.com/
https://www.tiktok.com/@hellostaq
Follow Caren around the web:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/caren-schwannauer/
https://twitter.com/CSchwannauer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/first-customers/message
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Oct 21, 2020
#3 - Eric Vardon, the CEO & Cofounder of Morphio, using artificial intelligence (AI) for marketing insights & security
The story behind the launch of Morphio, the world’s most advanced marketing software, using artificial intelligence (AI) for marketing insights & security. Learn how they changed their business model based on customer feedback, which strategies they used to grow, and which tactics they recommend all new companies should try.
(Since this recording Morphio has been acquired by Hawke.) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/first-customers/message
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Dec 18, 2019
#2 - Josh Pigford, Founder of Baremetrics, a powerful subscription analytics software for SaaS companies
Our guest today is Josh Pigford, the founder of Baremetrics. His company has grown steadily every year since launching in 2013, and currently generates $1.4 million/year in recurring revenue. Baremetrics customers are made up of over 800 SaaS and subscription businesses that rely on the metrics, dunning, and engagement tools built by Josh and his team.
Topics Covered:
- Creating in public.
- Entrepreneural Experimentation.
- Twitter Sales
(Since this recording, Baremetrics has been acquired.) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/first-customers/message
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Nov 11, 2019
#1 - Chase Bowers, founder of Dropified, the fastest growing business in Alabama and #55 on the 2019 Inc 5000
Our guest today is Chase Bowers. Chase is the founder of Dropified, the platform for managing your dropshipping business. Dropified is the fastest growing company in Alabama with a 3-Year growth rate of 4,971%. They are #55 overall on the 2019 Inc 5000 list and in 2018 generated $ 5.1 Million in revenue. The Dropfied tool, formerly known as Shopified, started out as a way to help Shopify store owners save time managing their stores. The products offered by Dropified and the business itself has grown a lot since then. It all started with the basic principles Chase lives by. How did he find his first customers? Listen to find out.
Topics covered:
- Launching a SaaS product through affiliate sales
- Slack Sales
- Solving your own problem
- Growth Mindset
To learn more about Dropified go to https://www.dropified.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/first-customers/message
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