I literally tried to think of excuses for why I
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2024 4:27 am
I literally tried to think of excuses for why I shouldn’t send the email on Tuesday… Oh Tuesday’s are the busiest days of the week, they probably won’t have time to read my email. I bet if I wait until Wednesday or Thursday, I’ll get a higher open and click rate (the curse of thinking like a marketer).
In the end, I decided to hit send despite all of my reservations.
Here’s how—I reframed the situation by asking myself, “Which decision (to send or not send) will you regret making the most in 1 week? How about 1 month?”
In this context, the answer was a no brainer. I’d clearly regret it more if I didn’t take the opportunity to confront my fears and anxieties—if I didn’t give myself the chance to see if this idea really has the potential to succeed.
In 1 month from now, who’s going to care that I sent them an email asking for feedback on an idea and to enter a giveaway to win some pretty cool stuff? Nobody.
Here’s me sending out my first update + giveaway announcement email to my early feedback afghanistan phone number database using the free Chrome extension, Yet Another Mail Merge. I highly recommend it for sending customized bulk emails.
validate-business-idea-mail-merge-send
After sending out this update and giveaway launch announcement, a lot started happening.
Let’s dig into it.
Reaping the rewards of sharing my idea.
Almost every time I shared this new website idea with a friend, old co-worker, family member or otherwise, they had something insightful to share with me.
Whether it was a tip for their favorite must-see hike in California for me to document, directional advice on how I can position my content to be unique in this crowded space, a referral to someone they know who either operates a site in this space already (or has worked with this topic area in the past), or even potential revenue-generating business models for the site based on their biggest pain points—the constant theme has been that by sharing and growing the size of me early feedback group, they’re helping me build my business.
Seriously, this is something I want you to PLEASE read twice.
By involving people who are interested in the solution I want to build, they’re naturally helping me to create a version of it that they’ll find value in.
In the end, I decided to hit send despite all of my reservations.
Here’s how—I reframed the situation by asking myself, “Which decision (to send or not send) will you regret making the most in 1 week? How about 1 month?”
In this context, the answer was a no brainer. I’d clearly regret it more if I didn’t take the opportunity to confront my fears and anxieties—if I didn’t give myself the chance to see if this idea really has the potential to succeed.
In 1 month from now, who’s going to care that I sent them an email asking for feedback on an idea and to enter a giveaway to win some pretty cool stuff? Nobody.
Here’s me sending out my first update + giveaway announcement email to my early feedback afghanistan phone number database using the free Chrome extension, Yet Another Mail Merge. I highly recommend it for sending customized bulk emails.
validate-business-idea-mail-merge-send
After sending out this update and giveaway launch announcement, a lot started happening.
Let’s dig into it.
Reaping the rewards of sharing my idea.
Almost every time I shared this new website idea with a friend, old co-worker, family member or otherwise, they had something insightful to share with me.
Whether it was a tip for their favorite must-see hike in California for me to document, directional advice on how I can position my content to be unique in this crowded space, a referral to someone they know who either operates a site in this space already (or has worked with this topic area in the past), or even potential revenue-generating business models for the site based on their biggest pain points—the constant theme has been that by sharing and growing the size of me early feedback group, they’re helping me build my business.
Seriously, this is something I want you to PLEASE read twice.
By involving people who are interested in the solution I want to build, they’re naturally helping me to create a version of it that they’ll find value in.