Progress update!
2x Founder | Problem Solver | Sales & Product Leader | Illinois Innovator of the year 2023 | Alchemist Accelerator | Startup Coach & Advisor
In the last 2 years since starting incued I have had conversations with 2760 unique people (according to hubspot) Yesterday I sent our FIRST external investor update and our first email marketing campaign. The stats were mind-blowing (to me at least) I spent time over the course of 2 weeks cleaning all my contacts by segment and type. I have ADHD and this was agonizing. Reviewing nearly 3,000 contacts 1 by 1. After I was done I had 1022 VC contacts that were credible. 977 Successful delivers (98.99%) 9 Bounces [2 hard bounce, 7 blocked by email security] (0.91%) 36 unsubscribes (3.68%) 0 Spam Reports [incredible, thank you!] 75.4% fully read the email 22.1% skimmed it 2.5% glanced at it. 14 meetings were set 11 Incued sign-ups initiated One person viewed the email 30+ times and another 24 times (wild and confusing) For the email marketers out there I'm sure this is childs play, but for me this was extremely encouraging and made my day. Thanks for all the support, and thanks everyone who read the email ?? My take away from this experience: Infrequent emails with consise key details are better than frequent emails full of information nobody cares about. #buildinginpublic #startups #venturecapital #fintech #chicago