How to get traction/usage for your product
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Re: How to get traction/usage for your product
#2Yep, agreed on the last slide that lean startup only works 1 out of 10 times - http://bit.ly/178ZPrb
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#3Great post, would like to hear more about some of the strategies and thoughts behind slide 15, specifically grouping and evaluating users. Also what is the 7-time rule?
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#4Don’t blindly follow the MVP gospel, adapt it to your personality and projects. People won’t take your half finished app seriously if you are outside of the early adopters market… which happens most of the time.
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#5Slide 13: "always be link building" -- something you don't see much on HN, but very true.
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#6Slide 13: "always be link building" -- something you don't see much on HN, but very true.
What does that even mean, in a (hopefully) non-spammy context?
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#7Slide 13: "always be link building" -- something you don't see much on HN, but very true.
What does that even mean, in a (hopefully) non-spammy context?
Link building can often be bad like you imply. I think the right way to do it is to find the right places to share content with the right people so it spreads organically. I am not sure I would agree that creating new accounts on lots of platforms and creating links is a good or sustainable practice these days...
Re: How to get traction/usage for your product
#8Lean Startup/MVPs are not about "launch it and people will come", it's not even about launching early. It's about pulling learning forward.
A MVP is a solution validation (which usually suck btw). Not a rollout technique.
[ps: Ah damn. Now I am defend Lean on HN on a friday afternoon]
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#9Slide 13: "always be link building" -- something you don't see much on HN, but very true.
What does that even mean, in a (hopefully) non-spammy context?
Its means to create valuable content for your market, and then share the content through links. From tweeting the link, to posting on a social network, to posting to web forums, to posting as a blog comment. But always stay in context. Don't post a link to post a link.
This works very well and has a long term impact. Plus it improves your search rankings.
Re: How to get traction/usage for your product
#10Allow me to add:
Have a landing page that actually says something about the product. The limk landing page is atrocious. How d you expect people to sign up to your service when the entry point to your system is this bad?