Arnav Jalan

helping people control their story on Reddit, Quora, Wikipedia & in the inbox | Founder @ Inagiffy

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

@DanielNguyenHQ yeah but not all agencies are okay sharing numbers so there’s that.

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

Put an agency founder and a SaaS founder in a room and see the difference.

I bet you even if the agency founder is making more money, the SaaS founder is going to be respected more.

It's actually diabolical to me how consistent this pattern still is in this industry.

And absolutely no one questions it.
Everyone just accepts it.

And I’ll tell you why.
Because people think agencies are all about sales and marketing and not building anything.

But building distribution is what agencies are about.
Building a scalable system is what agencies are about.
Driving retention is what agencies are about.

We can only speak about it as much but how do you think we should be changing this mindset?

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

@ritendn yeah fair enough

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

@pranavmalvawala haha yeah that’s actually smart

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

@BagoriyaShruti yeah true and a lot of agencies lose retention then, still it’s not the case with every agency out there!

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

@Starcommander10 it’s actually subjective imo

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

I repeat, one cold DM can change your life xD

[michael hess @mchlhess]

Do I block him or what lol

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

@i_mika_el I personally feel a lot of agency founders do not speak about numbers that much, can be NDA, can be some other personal reason but yeah we know those who do, they tend to have greater personal brands!

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

@Jayyanginspires dark is cool as per the genZ ;)

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

you just need one cold email pattern to take you from 0 to 100.

and yes, writing them is an art!

[James Clear @JamesClear]

You can cold email nearly anyone, but nearly everyone overlooks how powerful it can be.

Sending one email each week that feels like a stretch can change your life. Will you get turned down? Sure, most of the time. But you only need one to pay off for something amazing to happen.

Take your time, write a thoughtful message, and muster the courage to press Send.

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

Reddit is and will always be the heart of the internet ;)

[ShirshakC @shirshakchavan]

You have 12 months to make $100K from the internet.
You get ONE distribution channel:

X or Reddit

Which one are you betting everything on? 🤔

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

@lofikrish interesting, wanna know the mess up story behind this take xD

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

@Jayyanginspires once in a lifetime advice

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

You cannot be spamming keywords and call it a strategy ;)

This is a pattern I’ve been seeing lately.

Reddit identifies that, hence the flags and bans.

The past few months looked like this for us:
> 844k impressions for a brand with zero presence in 3 months
> Took another brand to being top 5 in search results and removed negative sentiment
> No copy paste promotions but genuine usage experience posting
> Documenting and understanding Reddit tolerance policies to avoid bans.

Getting away with spam is hard.
Marketing isn’t!

[pc @pcshipp]

Marketing on Reddit is getting harder. Is anyone still marketing there, or did you stop because of the instant bans?

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

@SahilBloom so turns out slow and steady does win the race :)

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

everyday I see some new creativity in hiring, where are these ideas coming from???

[Nikkitha Shanker @nikkithashanker]

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I personally care far more about slope than pedigree.

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[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

@Nicolascole77 not everyone can master the art of writing something that makes people stay, newsletters are underrated, been doing it for 5 years now ;)

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

@suganthan Interesting, amazing take on citations!

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

all this in a week is crazy

[Jonathan Wilke @jonathan_wilke]

Today marks one week of https://t.co/ZElVA2hguv.

A few crazy numbers:

👀 1.36M visitors
💰 $17k top rank bid
📈 $221k total revenue
🧬 300+ outbid clones
👥 13k new X followers
🚀 Launch post got 4.4M impressions

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

@AdrianSikorskiX yes very true and it’s rare!

[Arnav Jalan @arnavgjalan]

Sales is the most undervalued skill.

But it actually is a game-changer.

It improves confidence, risk taking capacity and ofcourse communication.

But more than that, it makes you smart.

Smart in identifying the pain points.
Smart in identifying where the gap is.
Smart in identifying the right words to say.
Smart in identifying a rational solution.

And well this smartness makes a founder a successful one.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

If you are an engineer or scientist or doctor turning to business, the first thing I would suggest is "Please go on a lot of sales calls, face rejection if necessary, but persist".

You will develop better communication skills as you realise that explaining your ideas is not so easy.

You will develop respect for sales people.

You may even become good at business!

There is no such thing as a business without selling something. Sometimes the most obvious thing has to be said!