What things have you done to grow your business that don't scale?
https://dothingsthatdontscale.com/
Often we don't see behind the scenes or the hard graft that goes into getting a business off the ground.
I came across Do Things That Don't Scale which is a nice idea and reminder, even if the list there isn't actually that big.
I'm wondering what 'unscalable' things you've done to help your business grow?
I have:
- I hand stamped notebooks that we gave out at our conferences.
- replied to all incoming emails
- created and responded to an uncountable amount of forum threads
- done stupid amounts of work that I couldn't or didn't want to outsource at the time
Manually visiting all remote job boards and finding companies looking for customer support agents. Then visit their websites, learning about them and send a personalized email.
For Indy Hall:
For Stacking the Bricks/30x500
Pretty much everything I've done up until now has felt unscalable... which is probably why I've started and quit so many things. :)
But I've learned from every single unscalable thing... and one of the most important things I've learned recently is to keep at it -- that things will eventually start to grow, it just doesn't happen as fast as you'd want it to, unfortunately.
But if you plant the seeds and actually let them grow, as unscalable as that feels -- at least you're giving yourself a shot.
A lot of things that I do currently do not scale but I hope it will pay off
Do you have good luck by calling businesses? I'm really curious about how you do it and how much it's efficient.
In my experience, calling them is received very positive. I research the company first, so I know what to say about them, then I just call introduce myself, flatter them a bit, and talk about my business and how it can help them. I do not sell anything in the first call. I offer them something for free. It’s mainly to get a foot into the door. So far it works, but too early to say the long term effect. Will report in a couple of month.