Eric Evans’ Post

Shout out to Aubrey Washington on a successful first industry conference. You rocked it!

Great to see so many new and familiar faces at #leadscon and #medicarians. Happy to see the lead generation industry not only surviving but thriving. So much innovation happening right now providing tremendous value for advertisers of all sizes and shapes. Aubrey Washington Drew 📞 Thorne-Thomsen Blake Elliott HyperTarget Marketing Pipes.AI

HIRING: After a few years of founder-led sales at Pipes.AI, we are now looking for a sales leader to take us to the next stage. We need a high-octane individual who thinks strategically, can build our sales playbook, improve our systems, and start getting deals across the line. This individual will be a catalyst for change, enjoy mentoring others, and not afraid to wear multiple hats. They will have a proven track record in SaaS sales and the fact that there isn’t an existing playbook or training program for this role must be exciting for them! While this is a remote position, finding a local candidate in Austin would be ideal. If you know anyone looking for a new challenge, I’d love to connect with them!

How to adapt to the new 1 to 1 consent regulations as a lead buyer (it's easier than you think) The ecosystem of buying and selling leads is changing, and lead sellers are going to be implementing new technology for dynamic 1 to 1 consent. As a lead buyer, you need a simple, easy solution to allow your lead sellers to “pre-ping” your database so that they can choose to display your name in their TCPA language (or not) before they attempt to post you the lead. Think of it as a smart way of doing business. Before a lead seller sends anything your way, they can now check in with your database – kind of like asking, "Hey, are we good to go with this lead?" It's a little like a high-tech version of a purchase order, ensuring everything is above board and compliant, especially with the TCPA. Now, here's where we at Pipes.AI come into the picture. We've anticipated these changes and have integrated this 'pre-ping' feature into our system. It's part of our commitment to make your experience as smooth as possible. And don't worry about extra costs – we're offering this as part of our full-service follow-up solution at no extra charge. So, as we all adapt to these new regulations, let's make it a point to embrace these changes with positivity and efficiency. With Pipes, staying compliant in 2024 is not just easy; it's also a step towards more transparent and efficient lead management. Stay ahead of the curve, and let's make this year a benchmark for innovation and compliance in our industry. #LeadManagementSimplified #Compliance2024 #PipesInnovation #EffortlessCompliance

A message of optimism and hope for my fellow entrepreneurs in the lead generation industry in light of the recent FCC rulings. The end is not here! I only see changes for the better. Don’t let all the messages of doom and gloom shatter your spirit, most of the doomsayers are just selling a solution, because fear sells. What’s changing are the things that people really don’t like about the lead generation industry…the selling of aged leads and “implicit” opt ins with large numbers of “marketing partners.” These were the business practices that drove consumers nuts and gave this industry a bad name, so good riddance. If your company is creating a good consumer experience, where users know WHAT they are signing up for, and they know WHO is going to call or text them after, you’re going to be fine! I’ve already had dozens of conversations with my peers and I’m thoroughly impressed at how nimble (one of core values!), innovative, and collaborative the small business owners and entrepreneurs in this industry are. So many of us started with an idea, a credit card, and some chutzpah, and have bootstrapped 7, 8, and even some 9 figure companies in the face of big ad tech companies who have never wanted us to take any market share and succeed. We keep succeeding and we’ll continue to succeed. I’m proud of my teams, what we’ve accomplished, and the roadmap we have for next year. I’ve built a camel not a unicorn and we are going to keep on growing and thriving as we have all these years. At HyperTarget Marketing, we’ve already adapted and made changes to comply with the new regulations, long before this weeks ruling made them official. If you’re looking for high quality compliant clicks, calls, and leads, we’re here to help your business grow. At Pipes.AI, we have a best in class AI and human hybrid solution to follow up on your customers, prospects, and leads, built from experience getting our hands dirty and doing it ourselves at HyperTarget. If you didn’t see the news, we won the “best implementation of AI” award year at the Affy Expo. Keyword “implementation,” because our solution is not an AI novelty toy, its field tested for growing businesses and it works! Drew 📞 Thorne-Thomsen Aubrey Washington Blake Elliott Gregory J. Dobak Jennine Rexon Travis Prouty Adam Chickman Steve Rafferty Adam Young Harrison Gevirtz Corey McCutchen Nick Aragon Anthony Paluzzi Justin Elenburg David Quiec Michael Ferree Sara Malo Amanda Farris Mohammad Alkandari Stan Pavlovsky Leo Danconia Darren Blatt Joey Liner Peter Klein Chris Shihadeh Brett Kaufman Zack Bloom Tim G. Ali Azarvan Sean Fenlon

Congrats to my whole team at Pipes.AI on the AFFY Expo award last night for “Best implementation of AI” Even though my name is on the award, it’s really about the product we’ve built, and the teams who built it and support our customers. I couldn’t be more proud of the team and the innovative solution we’ve brought to market. Time to scale big! PS getting roasted by the roastmaster himself Jeff Ross was epic, not to mention Mixmaster Mike of the Beastie Boys DJing the event! Sara Malo Darren Blatt Michael Ferree, kudos to you all for putting on an amazing event, you’ve single handedly stepped up the maturity level of a whole industry and I hope you do it again! PPS version 2 of our conversational AI is now live and available to everyone along with our new white glove full service offering.