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355 points rasulkireev | 1 comments | | HN request time: 1.598s | source

Hey HN,

I am a solo founder that just finished writing code for my project (MVP) and am ready to find clients.

- for the sake of the question, my clients will be small physical businesses. Think, Family Doctor's Office, Local Cafe, Small barber, etc.

I will be developing a blog for SEO purposes and doing other things to promote my business online. However, I believe the key to success here will be "Cold Sales". I have never done that before. So, if you could recommend a book, a blog post, other online resources, or you just have a random advice that I could learn from, I would be very thankful.

Suffice it to say I will be starting out ASAP, even though I don't know anything. I believe practice is the best teacher. However, if there are any resources that could help me get up and running quicker that would be awesome. Thanks a ton in advance.

1. mmcconnell1618 ◴[] No.33226395[source]
Selling to small businesses can take almost as much effort as selling to mid-sized or enterprise companies and your price point will be much smaller. It also takes about as much effort (or more) to support small businesses. I sold ecommerce software to small business for more than a decade and in retrospect, I should have charged 10x the price and sold to the bigger customers. Automation and scale will be your friend if you're selling to smaller businesses. You may need in-person sales at first to get feedback from your customers and make sure what you've built has product-market fit. Once you're reasonably sure you have a market that gets value from buying your software, think about automating as much of the sales funnel as possible. Buy email and mailing lists. Google Ads. Social Media ads. Whatever can scale and work 24/7 for you because your time is finite. A/B test your sales pitches and narrow down language that resonates with your customers.