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The question of 'how do I get my first customer'.. Harsh truth (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by LetsGoAhoy@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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Every other day, "How do I get my first sale?", comments are always the same too.. If you do a search you'll find hundreds of them. Let me try help

I will simply answer on surface level first, to get your first customer you have to talk to people. "What do I do when I talk to people"... you sell your product and get your first sale. It's so simple that it sounds idiotic, but the harsh truth is if that isn't clear as day to you it never will be, which means if this isn't clear then entrepreneurship isn't for you and you will fail.

You don't wait for customers, you GO get customers. Every sales book, every sales video summed up in the above paragraph.

Now I know for a fact only a portion of this subreddit will understand above and laugh, because everything we do in life is about selling, and those people who understand I guarantee already have successful businesses. The rest are missing some key piece of information that makes above understandable. I'll tell you exactly what is stopping you, and without beating around the bush. Experience and seeing a successful sale being done first hand is something you don't have and its the biggest thing stopping you from becoming an entrepreneur. If life was a video game you would have 0 EXP in selling. Now for the solution, and it involves work.

Get a sales job, learn everything you can. THEN become an entrepreneur. (commission sales are so readily available, you can find one in a week) Look, some people are naturally born with it. You are not, but I promise I say this with a good heart. You need to see a sale, and you will succeed. I believe in you.

If you still need help with EXP, https://tlker.com/first

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[–] mlouka@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

lol nice - I just wrote something fairly similar in a post earlier today and to someone who PM’ed me.

You gotta talk, connect. If you are obsessed with success, every conversation you have somehow should either mention what you are trying to sell or what you do(if it makes sense), and from that opportunities can arise.

Example - I have my real estate license on the side, but I also am looking to start a software dev/analytics/automation company soon. I mentioned this to my real estate client for some reason (I forget how/why), and he told me how his work needs some heavy internal tooling. We met to discuss the potential problem and will have a follow up soon.

Double opportunity.