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Quora is probably one of the better resources on that list because rather that listing your product on the shelf next to 1000 others, it allows you to discover
by welanes 9y ago
Quora is probably one of the better resources on that list because rather that listing your product on the shelf next to 1000 others, it allows you to discover people looking for solutions just like yours.
For example, say you're building an Android weather widget (for some reason). Build a profile where you're an 'Android', 'Widget', 'Weather' expert and Quora will surface this question for you to answer* : https://www.quora.com/Android-Application-Which-is-the-best-weather-widget https://www.quora.com/Android-Application-Which-is-the-best-...
This targeted approach is much more valuable for your product, your time, and for the person asking the question.
*Of course it helps to actually have the best weather widget.
- cshenton 9y agoTotally disagree from the user's perspective. Every time I try and use Quora for technical reasons, the answers are almost always people selling their product and not offering a constructive solution to the problem asked. Sure, if the problem is unsolved then it is appropriate. But more often than not, this kind of advertising drowns out actually useful answers. Not least because their 'walk the dinosaur' narrative construction disguises that they are ads until you've read the whole thing.
- mdekkers 9y ago'walk the dinosaur' narrative Never heard this term before, what does it mean?
- srinathrajaram 9y agoTotally agree. I have an app and I tried doing this in Quora a couple of times. I have stopped doing this. The only way you can win in quora is to answer questions that are related to your product with a simple bio against your name.