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by jgoldsmith 4620 days ago
Looks like an interesting concept for a product. I don't have much experience selling to restaurants in particular so I can't comment on the business model, but I can offer a couple pieces of advice regarding how to sell software to small businesses:

1) Good job emphasizing "increase revenue". Software is an incredibly tough sell to SMBs if you aren't helping them decrease costs or increase revenue, so the more you emphasize the practical implications of your software the better.

2) The homepage is a little sparse on details. If I owned a restaurant, I'd want to see at least a bunch of screenshots, if not an interactive demo. Telling me that the product gives me happier customers is fine, but I really need to see what I'm going to be working on.

3) On the pricing page, a general tactic is to put real prices and see who clicks on which tiers. That way, you can see how many people would actually be willing to pay for your product and how many are just mildly interested.

4) When you get the emails, make sure you talk to them within a day. I've found that most potentially leads go down the toilet if you wait much longer, so you're going to want to engage them while they're interested.

Shoot me an email at the email on my profile if you want to talk more!

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Awesome, will send you a note to chat!