The number 1 advise professional HR people tell prospective hires is, "work at applying for jobs like a job."
We all know that most of life is a numbers game.
Even if something is as mystical as love and spirit, it's still got statistical underpinnings. It really is all about numbers. The guy that gets the most dates just asks more girls. The best sales man just makes 10 more phone calls. The greenest pastures get more days of rain.
Sales and Marketing is no different.
It's all a numbers game. Now, to sweeten the game, prequalify. The higher the likelihood that one prospect will be a customer, the higher the conversion rate when you've you've got a target count of 1,000.
So the question then becomes, how do is find 1,000 people who are highly likely to want my products or services? The answer is either Google (which is challenging to stand in the limelight. see Google SEO) or Craigslist.
But Craigslist poses two problems:
1. If you're a contractor or firm, they only want employees.
That's just a perception issue. They only THINK they want an employee. It's simple to convince a HR department to outsource instead of hiring in.
2. Craigslist is email spider extracting proof.
It was, until: How to: Craigslist Spider, Extract Email Addresses.
You might be surprised how easily you can extract 1,000 email addresses of the companies who are looking for your app, product, or services from Craigslist.
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