HireGun.co

Connecting great business with the best marketing pros

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Connecting great business with the best marketing pros

2 followers

HireGun.co is now called Credo (GetCredo.com) and is the best way for businesses looking to hire an agency or consultant to put together the right project and then get introduced personally.

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Credo

Maker

Hello ProductHunt! Thanks Thomas for hunting HireGun! I am the solo founder of HireGun. HireGun was my side project for the last couple of years, but as of the end of September I have been on my own and working hard to get this update out. I started HireGun a few years ago out of necessity (solve your own problems, right?) and worked on it off and on. I validated the business model and knew that it met needs on both sides of the marketplace - businesses needing consultants and consultants/agencies needing more work! I wrote the full HireGun story over here on Medium - https://medium.com/@dohertyjf/br.... I'll be in and out of the comments here all day, so ask me anything!

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11yr ago

@dohertyjf Great Concept, two questions? 1) how do you plan to keep the revenue recurring or you just focus on the point that you get a onetime referral commission. 2) how do you protect yourself from side cutting as you list the available partners as well on the site so one who visits your side could go out and contact them directly.

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11yr ago

Credo

Maker

@juergenhoebarth Hi Juergen! Thanks for the questions and for joining in the conversation! Happy to answer them! 1) The business model has a recurring part built into it. It's not the life of the project like some others do, but it's long enough that I get some recurring revenue going as long as the leads keep coming in and consultant/agency partners keep closing them! 2) This is an issue that all marketplaces deal with, and HireGun is no different. To this point it has not been an issue as all the consultants/agencies on HireGun have been invited and vetted by me. However, at some point I will open it up. I also have plans on the payments side to ease the pain not only of this potentially happening (and if a partner tells me they didn't close a deal but actually did, they are off the platform), but also to solve a consultant/agency pain point of not getting paid on time. Lots to do, but I am excited for the next versions of HireGun!

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11yr ago

Credo

Maker

I also forgot to mention that if you can find the email popup on the site, you'll be entered to win a 30min growth call with me! It's a $125 value and the least I can do to give back to an industry that has given me so much.

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11yr ago

Being a consultant on HireGun has been an incredible experience. John's attention to detail making sure consultants and clients alike have the best experience possible is absolutely unparalleled in any other referral based system I've ever been a part of. John has a knack for only pushing the best consultants on his platform, and honestly the clients he attracts reflect that. Some of my favorite clients I've ever worked with (actually most of them, now that I think about it) have come from HireGun. Onward and upward my good friend!

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11yr ago

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@snsmth How does one get added to the vendor list?

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11yr ago

@roymorejon @snsmth I was a friend and colleague of John's as he was building it so I'm not sure of his process now, but I would tweet him @dohertyjf

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11yr ago

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@snsmth Awesome. Thank you.

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11yr ago

Credo

Maker

@roymorejon hey Roy! It's not open widely to all partners yet, but go to HireGun.co/apply/ to be one of the first to hear when it is!

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11yr ago

@dohertyjf great stuff, love the idea of helping make these connections easier. I've personally had a bad experience trying to outsource some SEO work for a client while focusing on some of the other digital marketing tasks myself so I know this can and is a big pain point. Quesiton for you: any verticals you are thinking about adding in the future? We are strong as a creative technology partner that is perfect for companies (or entrepreneurs) that need a tech skunk-works or innovation team to help grow their business through new internal tools or products.

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11yr ago

Credo

Maker

@patrickh hi Patrick! Thanks for the question! There are a lot of verticals we can go into (similar to ProductHunt) and I am trying to expand it as processes allow and as there is demand! As I said in an above comment, I only launch a new vertical when I have a critical mass of providers in that vertical. If you want, email me john at HireGun dot co and we can chat?

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11yr ago

@dohertyjf that makes a lot of sense. I will drop you a line!

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11yr ago

I do like the idea of something like a trusted circle of suppliers, I think that is missing if you know 4 great people but they are unable to help on a project but you could potentially expand it to include those in their trusted circle

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11yr ago

Credo

Maker

@davidiwanow That is a really interesting idea, David! Longterm there will be some sort of voting mechanism for others on HireGun to vouch for new consultant/agency partners. I don't know that I'd go the route of letting businesses say "I want to ask this person and these 4 people just like them" in one go, as in my experience with marketplaces that grows the number of leads handily, but the leads become lower quality and thus less useful to the supply side. A great suggestion that I'll think about a lot more for sure!

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11yr ago

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@dohertyjf We both started our SEO careers around the same time and it's really cool to see you also branching out. I wish you the best with this and I'm rooting for you. The one question that I have is how you're recruiting consultants for your service. I'm building something (Fishbox) and I'm close to having to hire some new folks. Maybe I can use some of your strategy. Also, if there's anything I can do to help, please let me know. Our networks are pretty similar :)

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11yr ago

Credo

Maker

@napoleonsuarez Hey Napoleon! Great to hear from you man. Definitely a great question. It's been through a few iterations but over the last month or so I've had time to think about it deeper and so here is what I am doing: 1) When I launch a new vertical (eg SEO/content), I get at least 5 partners on HireGun before I even launch. I did this with Local SEO and it worked really well. With this, I reach out to people I know and trust specifically to get them on. 2) Longterm, I am going to open it up to anyone to *apply* to be a partner to receive leads, but there are going to be a few strong quality checks. It's definitely going to be a challenge to maintain quality as it grows, but I have a few good ideas there. Ultimately it will become a sort of self-sustaining and audited group. Marketplaces are interesting to me because of the two-sided problems of supply and demand, so I'm happy to chat anytime! And good luck with Fishbox!

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11yr ago

@dohertyjf John - thanks for doing this! I think this definitely solves a need in the industry and I'm glad you created it. I'm also honored to be a trusted provider on the platform :). Excited to see future versions!

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11yr ago

Credo

Maker

@travelintweeter honored to have you!

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11yr ago