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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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How Airtable discovered its early adopters is a great example of Product Led Sales
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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 anAbhilash Rao added 5mo ago
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 effectiveHow Airtable connected customer service to content marketing:
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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 oAbhilash Rao added 5mo ago
PR (Public Relations) can be very effective for building credibility.
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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 youAbhilash Rao added 5mo ago
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
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