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Ask HN: Why is no one signing up for my service?

2 points by scottndecker 9y ago

https://visualteamstatus.com Have at it. Open to any and all feedback. I'm confident my tool provides real value, but I'm not getting any traction.

dman 9y ago
How are you advertising this?
- scottndecker 9y ago
  Apparently not very well :) I have some Google AdWords campaigns going on and I posted it here when I launched it.
  - dman 9y ago
    This appears to be an enterprise product. Forget about ads for your first 25 customers. Focus on selling in the real world - even when people tell you no in the real world you can at times find out something valuable about their reasoning. Dont write any more code / add any new features unless it leads to a prospect signing up as a client.
PaulHoule 9y ago
Personally I wouldn't sign up because I don't use Visual Studio Team Edition. In the past I've worked at Visual Studio shops but even then we did not use Team Edition. I am sure there are Team Edition users out there but I think they are a small part of the set of HN users. Thus, your marketing has to be highly targeted to be effective.
pedalpete 9y ago
I hadn't heard of "Visual Studio Team Services", is it a popular tool? How are you finding users of that services? My knee-jerk reaction is to suggest you need to put a bit of effort into design. This just doesn't look like a professionally built tool. I'd stop the AdWords, take a bit of time and do a clean-up. You don't have to hire a designer, copy as much as you can from here - https://www.visualstudio.com/team-services/ https://www.visualstudio.com/team-services/ this is what your customers are used to buying. Find out who the buyer is. Who buys for the team? I'm guessing this is mostly corporate customers. Have you spoken to any of them about their needs? What does $4.99 cover? Is that per team member? Per project? What do you mean by 'no one signing up'? Is it really 0? Do you have a few? What were your expectations? How did you arrive at your expectations?
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2 points by scottndecker 9y ago

https://visualteamstatus.com Have at it. Open to any and all feedback. I'm confident my tool provides real value, but I'm not getting any traction.

dman 9y ago

How are you advertising this?

scottndecker 9y ago
Apparently not very well :) I have some Google AdWords campaigns going on and I posted it here when I launched it.
- dman 9y ago
  This appears to be an enterprise product. Forget about ads for your first 25 customers. Focus on selling in the real world - even when people tell you no in the real world you can at times find out something valuable about their reasoning. Dont write any more code / add any new features unless it leads to a prospect signing up as a client.

PaulHoule 9y ago

Personally I wouldn't sign up because I don't use Visual Studio Team Edition. In the past I've worked at Visual Studio shops but even then we did not use Team Edition. I am sure there are Team Edition users out there but I think they are a small part of the set of HN users. Thus, your marketing has to be highly targeted to be effective.

pedalpete 9y ago

I hadn't heard of "Visual Studio Team Services", is it a popular tool? How are you finding users of that services? My knee-jerk reaction is to suggest you need to put a bit of effort into design. This just doesn't look like a professionally built tool. I'd stop the AdWords, take a bit of time and do a clean-up. You don't have to hire a designer, copy as much as you can from here - https://www.visualstudio.com/team-services/ https://www.visualstudio.com/team-services/ this is what your customers are used to buying. Find out who the buyer is. Who buys for the team? I'm guessing this is mostly corporate customers. Have you spoken to any of them about their needs? What does $4.99 cover? Is that per team member? Per project? What do you mean by 'no one signing up'? Is it really 0? Do you have a few? What were your expectations? How did you arrive at your expectations?

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