We saw the conversion rate was super low. So that's why literally what would end up happening is I would pitch in the front of the class. And then Austin and I were like, okay, this is working really well. But it didn't make economic sense for us to travel across the country. That's when we created our ambassador program. We started by reaching out to our email list and saying, if you go to another university, you want to be an ambassador for Morning Brew.
Episode 32 Founder’s Journal: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) shares his experience and tips on how to acquire your first group of customers, whether that be 100 or 1000. First, he talks about the early stages of Morning Brew, going from classroom to classroom to sign people up for the newsletter. This approach is known as the hub & spoke model which he plans on using for The Plunge. Then, he’ll talk about Lenny Rachitsky’s essay that dives into 7 successful ways to obtain early customers.
Links:
#TheCrazyOnes #Startups #Entrepreneur
Listen to The Crazy Ones here: https://link.chtbl.com/OV4W93_W
Watch The Crazy Ones here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCrazyOnesPod
Subscribe to Morning Brew!
Sign up for free today: https://bit.ly/morningbrewyt
Follow The Brew!
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/MorningBrew
Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew
Follow Our Hosts!
Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista)
Jesse Pujji (@jspujji)
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices