🧰 169#: Try automating follow-ups, the best way to record a podcast remotely, top eCommerce ads, and more
Your competition are the solutions your target audience employ
Your competition are the solutions your target audience employ
What solutions are your target audience employing today to try to solve the problems you believe they have.
The mistake we make is thinking that this is just other companies in the same category as ours.
At So Energy, we are creating the installation of Solar panels, initially, we could say that competitors are TONIK, EON, etc. Other companies that sell Solar panels.
However, this misses the real alternatives that people employ to solve the problem of having high electricity bills such as insulating their home, installing heat pumps, getting better windows. Another alternative is doing nothing.
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💡Good to Know
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For anyone who wants a newsletter going in on communities. Link
Funmi who’s had a great career as a software engineer shares how she got hired at Spotify. Link
Director of black-owned places to eat. Link
Lessons from a black-owned businesswoman who is the brainchild behind Jamacia Patty Co. Link
25 Proven Email templates (best practise is good). Link
A list I made of accelerators and incubators in the UK (all are open to everyone, but some require initial traction. Link
Resources for newsletter creators. Link
See what ads are popping in eCommerce. Link
Abadesi of Hustle Crew shares her experience of being laid off and joining Brandwatch. Link
Community fund for anyone building community. I don’t know who will get selected, but interested to see Community is getting such a push. Link
🛠️ Low-Code Tools
Try automating follow-ups (if you're selling and you don't follow up non-responders, you're leaving a ton of cash on the table.') Connect on Linkedin, cold outreach then email and follow up with new sign-ups for a free trial. Link
Online tool for creating sitemaps. Link
Online event to find people to discuss your No Code challenges with. Link
I really enjoyed writing this issue, especially breaking down existing alternatives. I feel like this will help you build business models that solve critical problems rather than long term solutions that your target audience don’t see for themselves today.
If you enjoyed this it one thing you can do to support right now would be sharing it 👇🏾
— God bless