Startup Journey On Interning at EmailOctopus I rehearse my opening line one more time for good measure. Wiping away a bead of nervous sweat, I open the office door and walk in for my interview. Just like that, I forget everything I needed and wanted to say. Perhaps the most adorable dog – Alfie – jumps at me, wraps his paws […] Written by Li-Yang Thean September 24, 2018May 19, 2021
Startup Journey 5 things we learned at EmailOctopus by going remote Last month, my wife and I moved from London to Vancouver. It was a great opportunity for us: to see new places, meet new people and take a break from our hectic London commutes. But for me, it meant saying a reluctant goodbye to the EmailOctopus office and our small but mighty team in the […] Written by jonathan July 24, 2018June 24, 2021
Startup Journey My experience as an Intern at EmailOctopus This blog post was written by Hamzah Tabani. Hamzah joined the EmailOctopus team on a paid internship from Queen Mary University London during his summer break. Ten weeks can fly by in no time if you’re not careful. Working in the dynamic start-up world leaves no room for slacking off, even for an intern. That’s […] Written by Hamzah Tabani October 4, 2017December 21, 2020
Startup Journey How we define EmailOctopus as a brand When we wrote the first line of code, 4 years ago, for what would be EmailOctopus, we didn’t expect to be where we are today with thousands of customers having sent over 1.6bn emails. Unlike traditional businesses, web startups often don’t build a business plan or invite the mayor to cut the red tape at a […] Written by Tom Evans August 30, 2017May 30, 2023
Startup Journey Taking care of our customers at EmailOctopus EmailOctopus, like most SaaS businesses, answer hundreds of questions from our customers a week. Occasionally these questions are frustrating or confusing but these customers are incredibly important to the business and we put them at the forefront of what we do. One way in which we help improve satisfaction and retain users is by making […] Written by Hamzah Tabani August 22, 2017December 7, 2020
Startup Journey How do you deal with a bad month in SaaS? Over the past year at EmailOctopus we’ve blogged about our successes; from sending 1 billion emails through to our launches on Product Hunt. Inevitably, though, all startups and small businesses go through tougher times. Times where acquisition slows down and you have a period of slower growth, or even worse, a contraction in revenue or customers. In the past year, […] Written by Tom Evans August 3, 2017December 13, 2021
Email Marketing Startup Journey We asked 9 SaaS companies for their best tips on email marketing, here’s what they said We’ve been busy surveying some of the hottest software companies out there, asking them what their biggest email marketing tips and tricks are. We were eager to know the things they have learnt through years of experimentation, research and trial and error and they didn’t disappoint us with their responses! Below we’ve broken down what […] Written by Gareth May 9, 2017August 14, 2023
Startup Journey The road to one billion emails The story and lessons behind sustainably scaling EmailOctopus. Last month we hit a significant milestone in the journey of our email marketing platform, EmailOctopus. Over the past couple of years we’ve hit a number of milestones; hundreds of customers, thousands of users and hundreds of thousands in revenue. But 1,000,000,000 emails, despite being very much a […] Written by Tom Evans April 11, 2017October 26, 2020
Startup Journey The secrets behind a successful Product Hunt launch A couple of months ago, as we worked on adding templates to EmailOctopus, we discussed open-sourcing the work that our team had produced. A recent launch of paid email templates on Product Hunt had attracted significant interest and upvotes, so we believed there was a big opportunity for a series of free email templates. This formed the basis of a major […] Written by Tom Evans November 16, 2016October 30, 2020
Startup Journey Growth hacking our way to 10x customers As a bootstrapped start-up, we look to find as many ways as possible to save money whilst growing as quickly as possible. Over the past few months we’ve been growing by around 40% month on month, to a point where we are now processing in excess of 40m emails per week on behalf of our […] Written by Tom Evans August 14, 2016December 11, 2020
