The Hustle Intensifies: Pitching Infrastructure to the Desperate
The expo floor felt like a pressure cooker set to maximum, booth after booth of agencies, studios, and solo performers all facing the same existential crisis: how do you build audience when every platform is actively trying to destroy your reach? I moved through the chaos like a solutions dealer, identifying pain points and offering relief.
"We handle everything," I explained to one agency managing fifty-plus performers, their social media coordinator looking like she hadn't slept since 2023. "Software, proxies, phone numbers, 2FA verification, you plug your accounts into our infrastructure and we scale them without triggering platform flags. Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, all of it."
The interest was immediate and intense. These aren't small-time operators hoping to stumble into success, these are agencies managing real talent rosters who understand that social media presence directly correlates to booking rates and subscription revenue. When I mentioned 5G mobile proxies and proper account warming protocols, eyes lit up with the recognition that I wasn't selling snake oil, I was offering actual engineering solutions to genuine technical problems.
I scheduled a Friday 11:11 AM meeting with one particularly promising contact, specific time, mutual accountability, the kind of detail that separates serious business from convention floor vapor. Phone numbers exchanged, not Telegram handles. Real communication for real deals.