mikeylikey

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by mikeylikey 4y ago
I think there may be a false premise here. You seem to be framing this as medium objection: That "no consumer" wants text messages. Texting is really just an implementation detail here. Many people _want_ to save money and receive
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by mikeylikey 4y ago
Aye. Yeah I was not "scratching my own itch" as we say. Shane has a background in restaurant sales and we started in the industry with an assumption that SMB restaurants were underutilizing their customer data. Your guess is accur
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by mikeylikey 4y ago
Well-structured line of questions. Thanks! Clarification question for you to help me answer: Why are you asserting we aren't "attached to" or "affiliated" with the restaurant? Maybe there is a misunderstanding of th
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by mikeylikey 4y ago
One of the greatest conveniences of my life has been my dentist utilizing texting and text reminders
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by mikeylikey 4y ago
> Who is opting in to getting spammed? Generally they're opting in to save money and get good deals at their favorite eating establishments. For some, getting this via text is a preferred method and less friction than downloading an
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by mikeylikey 4y ago
You keep up the good work here and you'll have to add "webdev" to your linked in before long
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by mikeylikey 4y ago
I appreciate the way you framed this. > No consumer wants these messages. While I personally resonate with this sentiment, it's not accurate in my (very skeptical) experience. "many" consumers? "most" consumers?
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by mikeylikey 4y ago
oh man yeah if we had a dollar for every time an owner passed on "more orders" because they didn't have the staff to handle more... we'd have another compelling revenue stream. > Nobody would have time to work with an
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by mikeylikey 4y ago
(Technical founder here) Pretty boring answer here: Shane (non-technical) was left to put together the website and I think he just picked a wix template that happens to do this. We are b2b and a majority of interactions with customers take
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by mikeylikey 4y ago
I see what you did there
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by mikeylikey 4y ago
haha. Same. (Mikey here, technical founder ) It's not uncommon for new restaurant customers to see quick results and want to start texting more than once a week. Fortunately, we a) know the short-sightedness in that b) have a white glo
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by mikeylikey 4y ago
A hacker after my own heart (Mikey here, Technical founder ). Thanks for you diplomatic critiques. This was/is the sentiment of myself and a majority of our developers from a consumer standpoint. It's a curious experience being yo