Abhilash Rao
@abhilash
@abhilash
Pitch Framework to help individuals pitch themselves for opportunities by leading with their destination, bringing in their relevant backstory, and connecting the dots to earn a second conversation.
A simple technique to pitch yourself
The Usage-Based Pricing Playbook is a guide for revenue, pricing, and product leaders in the SaaS industry to understand and implement usage-based pricing strategies effectively.
Usage based pricing
A guide for founders and CEOs on building and managing a B2B sales team, covering selling, building, managing, renewing/expanding, marketing, partnering, and planning.
by Dave Kellogg
4 types of Pricing studies
Study: Van Westendorp Method with steps:
Ask price considered "too low"
Ask price considered a "bargain"
Ask price considered "expensive"
Ask price considered "too expensive" Drawbacks: Hypothetical bias, not frequently used by companies or academics, open-ended questions can lead to inaccurate results When to use: Frequently
Templates for growth vs customer success
Notion has really excelled in their use of templates, and it’s clear that people are highly engaged with them. They've crafted an experience where users feel they are not just using Notion, but are also interacting with a beautifully designed solution that addresses a specific problem. This approach has prove
... See morePR (Public Relations) can be very effective for building credibility.
Two primary uses for PR to founders: hiring and enhancing the response rate of your cold outreach. In both cases, PR acts as a credibility booster. For hiring, you might include a mention of the article in emails to potential candidates, increasing the likelihood they'll take you
How Airtable connected customer service to content marketing:
From a process perspective, if you're planning to heavily invest in customer success, which I highly recommend, it’s crucial to also establish a system for capturing and leveraging the insights generated by your customer success team. Here's how we approached it: We engaged deeply with o
How Airtable discovered its early adopters is a great example of Product Led Sales
The challenge with Airtable is that it's incredibly versatile—you can use it for virtually anything. It's applicable in every department within an organization and even for personal projects. Essentially, you're building your own software, which can be tailored for an
How Airtable used Swag to drive micro-virality, focused on their early adopters or what they called champions
the other one that we did was dated to this Champions at scale was we spent a hilarious amount of money on really fancy swag I know this sounds silly but like branded airpods level of fancy swag admittedly more people are in the office back then now they are more remote and this would not work as well but back in the day if you gave people something really good like not a pen or a sticker really good they would show enough to absolutely everyone that they talked to because they were so excited they got branded airpods people would ask about it walking by their desks it sounds so like trivial but for that like you know a couple hundred bucks that we spent knowing like hey this person's already a champion and if someone asks them they're going to give a really good pitch totally worth it sometimes better to not skimp on swag hard to measure very effective
Back in the day, we at Airtable were kind of roasted on Twitter for our billboards, which weren't super specific about a particular problem; they were just there. Everyone was questioning the sense in it, wondering why we would do this if it wasn't clear. However, those billboards were actually super effective for us, but for a different reason tha
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