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How can i get expert people as early adopters? [closed]
I'm working to validate an idea. The prototype is live and we are working to launch the beta soon, but i'm looking for ways to approach bloggers to be early adopters.
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about launching concurrent projects
yes, I have a couple of them that I do not want to give up any. Supposing they all got very positive feedback from very initial surveys, I would like to request your views on the possibility of their ...
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Working on Startup for Indian market from outside India
I am working on a Software application designed for Indian market from outside India. I have a partner (in India) who knows the Indian market and knows the domain of the application inside-out (15 ...
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Prioritizing: more features for a web version or mobile app first?
We are in a pretty early stage. We have a beta of our web app ready, some user testing finished, and we're just about to do a launch. At this point we have two options:
Add more features to the web ...
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What should you take into consideration when putting a price tag on your product?
When launching a new product, I find that my team and I get nervous when trying to decide what sort of price tag to put on it. Just for the sake of example, we have no access to any sort of funding; ...
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Commercial product name similar to open source product name
I have a commercial software product that will be launching soon.
It has a very similar name to a piece of open source software in a non-English speaking country. The only difference is a space.
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I am going to launch Product beta version next month. Whats my next steps? [closed]
What should be our next steps regarding marketing, funding etc..
please give your valuable suggestions...
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Explain product by example?
Is it a good idea to describe the features of a product/service by making fictional scenarious how to use this product?
I know the best aproach would be to present at first the problem and show ...
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1-man show, coder/marketing/everything else… 10 months in the making, too long?
As a 1-man show I've been building a social startup for the last 10 months. A lot of the time on development has been spent learning a new programming language (Ruby on Rails) and also all the other ...
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Focus of limited resources, Marketing vs. Product Development
I work for an ISV startup as lead of technical development. We have recently refocused all of our committments to a new product idea that I personally feel can be a huge success and is already ...
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Just went live and need funding- what do I need to prove?
I just launched an online platform that allows inidividuals to video chat based on their interests. Unfortunately, Sean Parker launched a similar concept last week but it just means we are both on the ...
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About to launch - based in Prague
I'm about to launch a social travel network PhD colleague. It uses a complex algorithm to rank results and recommendations. We've just concluded the development and must say that we made mistakes by ...
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Should I describe my differentiators on my website, or will the competition copy from me?
I'm launching a website with some features that are different from my two competitors. One of my competitors established a website in 2008, and one launched in January. A friend told me not to publish ...
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Affordable email marketing for Prelaunch Page
I'm making a prelaunch page for my start-up.
I have my page designed, but now I need an affordable or maybe even free way to email all the subscribers who input their email to receive updates.
What ...
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Product reached alpha stage but potential customer left
Initially a potential customer asked us whether we can design product X with features ABC.
Now, we have built an alpha-stage product. We are ready for a demo of product X with feature ABC, but the ...
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On launching new web application, build or campaign first?
I'm a software guy so the approach I tend towards is to build something which does at least some core functionality first before telling anyone about it, and refine it through usage.
But recently I ...
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How can I get to product-market fit?
Context: I've been reading up on lean startups for a year and have been flailing unsuccessfully trying to launch one. It's been a tough go, but I have gained a lot of validated learning through my ...
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Launched, getting clicks, what now?
So this is the first desktop application I have ever written.
Over the weekend, I set up Adwords, and started getting some clicks.
What is my next step here? Should I continue to work on the ...
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How much traffic should a site have before selling ad space makes sense?
I am just about to launch my site. I am launching it completely ad free. I am doing this for a few reasons. First, the site looks cleaner. Second, people may be more inclined to use the site if there ...
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Startup “Press Release” months before alpha/beta product available
So I am currently developing a web project with is SaaS, I'm committed to the project, but in order to judge the market while I work on it I was considering doing a some blogs post about the project ...
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Trello: Launching as a platform or as a specialized product
Why did the Trello team decide to lunch as a general platform for many different use cases and not as a specialized product for a specific vertical?
https://trello.com/
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Concerns About Safety of Competitor's Product, Say Something or Not?
I've been working up to a full launch and found a competitor emerging. I'm making the liquid used in electronic cigarettes, which contains nicotine along with flavoring and components thought to be ...
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For a product website, what kind of information is a must?
Information about product:
I have SaaS product. This is mobile app client that works along with server side application. I plan to charge per month for this service. There is some training involved ...
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What QA & security steps to take before launching web app?
I've seen plenty of questions dealing with beta testing, marketing, market research and so on.
My question is which practical quality assurance and security steps should a web app or service make ...
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How should one prepare for a screening interview with startup conference officials?
If an individual is contacted by startup conference (eg TechCrunch Disrupt/DEMO/Launch) officials considering about their application to launch at the event, how should the person prepare for the ...
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Which software trial strategy is best?
Days based (7/14/30 days trial) or usage based (15/30 logins/transactions etc. trial).
Has somebody compiled any empirical data to see which strategy is better?
Appreciate your thoughts on this.
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What are the key factors of a product launch strategy for an e-book?
I'm about to finish writing an e-book that will introduce children to programming. I'm at the point where I'm thinking through the elements of launching a site and marketing the ebook.
As I've ...
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How to offer BETA Codes?
I have launched a web app a couple of days ago in closed BETA and I have been trying quite hard to contact relevant bloggers (about 12 of them now) to post/tweet about my startup and to offer BETA ...
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For Branding, should I create my logo first, or do the logo as part of the website design?
I am about to start the branding process of one of our products. There is an interest among the stakeholders for this product to have a separate identity, and they will pay for it. My question, is, ...
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Marketing documents helpful for a sales team
A little background.
We are a small company developing our own product in the market. And we are quickly approaching the release deadline. We have a few weeks to finish up some testing and work on ...
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What do you do when in “launch mode”, above and beyond the norm?
We all have the normal day-to-day tasks and meetings and communications across functional areas. But what do you do specifically above and beyond that as you near a new product launch? It could be ...
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What should I be responsible for as the first developer in a large scale web project?
I am the first developer in a large scale web project, in the real estate sector.
I am not an expert in any field, I know the basic of all, programming, databases, something about design and a little ...
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How can you (best) monetize a beta?
Suppose that your product is going into beta, with potential for 1,000s of beta testers.
But being a small company, you would like to try to get a little money now to ease development costs for the ...
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Best time to launch my software?
Our team has been developing a product which we initially wanted to release in early November. Although we are nearing the final stages, private beta testing is continuing to reveal new and annoying ...
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Has anyone used www.prweb.com
I have just learned about this service: http://www.prweb.com/
I have a product which is targeted at people living in Toronto, Canada who are looking for homes. I'm thinking of using this service for ...
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Product Launch - Marketing
My startup is approaching our first product launch. We are a bootstrapped consumer internet company with no brand recognition whatsoever.
THE QUESTION IS...
(1) Should we spend the little money we ...
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How to Secure A CD Product
I have an idea to launch tutorials on CDs but is it possible to bypass someone being able to just burn the disc? I was thinking: Incorporate something that uses an online account so they must log in ...
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Am I Infringing on their trademark?
I have a software program launching in approx three months. Yesterday I found out that the desired name of my software is very similar to another company's software product.
Although the products are ...
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Should I Market My Company or My Software?
Im working on a startup software company and hoping to launch our first software in 3-4 months.
I should have answered these questions months ago and begun marketing then but I've left it until late:
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How complete do you make your product before launching it?
I am familiar with the concept of agile development and the ideology of releasing the product and then based on the market feedback perfecting it. I was wondering at what point do you stop the ...
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Benefits of private vs public beta?
Here's the scenario:
There is a product with a high learning curve while it's still in beta, but this will be alleviated in the release version.
The product is at a point where it is no longer ...
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Do the same Inbound Marketing rules apply for a systems company?
My present company is a systems company that has to sell both hardware and software to business end customers. We are close to launching our product and I was wondering if the same Inbound Marketing ...
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Which web design Agency to help design a product website / launch?
We got a product and during the launch we need a good, well designed website with product features etc.
Now we wrote all the features and prepared some scenarios for product showcase, videos, ...
