re: launching I soft launched http://newsley.com http://newsley.com in November via comment here on Hacker news. I wasn't interested in a big splash, but I wa

re: launching I soft launched http://newsley.com http://newsley.com in November via comment here on Hacker news. I wasn't interested in a big splash, but I was really interested in getting a couple of beta users that could give me some good feedback, and that's what I got. It's a good crowd to get some feedback on what's broken and what works. Since then, I've posted a few more links here in the comments, and prakash posted a link in one of his comments on a thread regarding economic social news sites (thanks). I've also posted a link asking for beta users on Craigslist San Jose, and I've posted a couple links in economic blog comments where appropriate. Traffic stats so far for 2 1/2 months: 1200 uniques, and close to 5000 page views. My future marketing plans include buying some more beta users off of Mechanical Turk at $0.05 a pop, and using a $100 credit I have with Adsense. I have a hunch, I'm going to get a lot better traffic with Mechanical Turk than Adsense. re: funding The scuttle butt in the Valley is that funding is slowly starting to flow again, but it's still pretty hard to come by unless you have traction. Traction == customers signing up and loving your product and possibly revenue. I'd focus on making your users really really happy, and slowly build up a customer base from that rather than go for a big splash and hope that things take off.