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I looked at the Instagram pages of about 40 small businesses over the last month gyms, real estate brokers, tattoo studios, a cloud kitchen before reaching out to any of them.
One number surprised me: roughly 35 of them had zero way to know which of their marketing efforts (Instagram, referrals, walk-ins, WhatsApp) was actually bringing in the most business. Not "didn't have a perfect system" genuinely no way to answer it if you asked them directly.
That's not a data problem. That's flying a business blind and calling it normal because everyone around you is doing the same thing.
The businesses that eventually break past a certain revenue ceiling are almost always the ones that stopped guessing first.
On point ! I was talking avout the same topic a couple of days ago
Guessing is never a strategy
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Everyone wants more leads.
Very few businesses have a system for following up with them.
One thing I've learned while working with startups is that growth isn't just about getting more traffic.
It's about what happens after someone shows interest.
A missed follow-up.
An unanswered email.
A lead that never gets a second touch.
Those small gaps add up.
That's why I'm excited to be helping build Warmo.ai, a platform focused on making outreach and follow-up more organized, efficient, and scalable.
Technology is important.
But the real goal is helping people build better relationships, not just send more messages.
What's the biggest challenge you face with follow-up today?
#Startup #Sales #AI #LeadGeneration #BusinessGrowth #Automation #SaaS #Founder
The point about growth breaking after someone shows interest is spot on. For a startup with no follow-up system yet, which first automation usually recovers the most missed opportunities?
100 followers 🎉
A month and a half ago, on June 5, I got serious about Contra. And now there are a hundred of us.
A bit of context. I've got 3+ years on Upwork behind me: $70K earned, Top Rated Plus, 100% Job Success. But over the last six months something broke. Fewer invites, shrinking budgets, client expectations through the roof, and the platform's fees just keep climbing. The strange part — I was doing exactly what I'd always done. It wasn't me. A lot of people are saying the same thing right now: Upwork isn't what it used to be.
At some point I just decided to stop knocking on a closed door and try something new. That's how I ended up here.
And yeah, I'm starting from zero again. Zero followers, zero reviews, building it all back up. A little scary, honestly.
But in these six weeks:
✅ earned my first $1,000 on Contra
✅ got the Jitter Expert badge
✅ and my last post pulled 1.5K views and 3 Goats 🐐
So a 100 isn't just a number. It's a sign the new path works. Thank you to everyone who's been here from the start 💛
Onward 🚀
Congrats! Wishing you many more milestones on Contra.