When AppSumo first started (around this time), we used to send out these long, hilarious, and foremost…. EDUCATIONAL emails about every product we got a deal for.
Usually it was me writing these emails.
Then there was a point where two full-times sales guys were adding deals at pretty ridiculous rate.
Deals needed to be tested and written…..and we were testing 2 to 3 a day.
Naturally I couldn’t write amazing copy for EVERY DAMN DEAL at that pace.
So we hired a couple of copywriters.
After a while, the format of AppSumo emails changed…..and the deal quality was just average. There were good deals, but our batting ratio was a bit down (although I’m proud that we were still miles ahead of any remote competition).
This left us with:
- Very “average” quality deals.
- Very mediocre copy (it was becoming typical SELL SELL SELL bullshit copy).
- Customers still loved us, but not with even remotely the same fervor they USED to.
So recently we’ve been TOSSING OUT SHITTY DEALS.
If we can’t recommend the deal to our friends and family, it shouldn’t make the site.
This is a heartfelt video that explains if we’re not having fun doing this, YOU sure as hell won’t have a fun experience either.
We talk about it here:
P.S. If you ever see a shitty deal on AppSumo….please yell at me. We’re not saying every deal will be perfect for YOU, but we don’t wanna become the same-old sleazy sales bullshit internet marketing you see everywhere.