The most important way to do this is to actually be a user of your product, e.g. "Eating your own dog food". This doesn't mean logging in, trying all the featu

The most important way to do this is to actually be a user of your product, e.g. "Eating your own dog food". This doesn't mean logging in, trying all the features and playing with it for an hour - you have to really use it with your data on a daily basis over a long period of time. You'll come across a lot of bugs and start logging feature requests yourself. Once you can use it without issues [and you'll need to be careful to split the wishlist features you come up with, against the actual bugs which need to be fixed], then you can get others to try it. Best way to get user testing from others? - email your users and ask them if they have had any issues, or want any new features. - ask people to give your product a quick test - for example, https://www.lifepim.com https://www.lifepim.com is my new webapp to easily manage your personal information [shamless plug/warning - notes and tasks work well, contacts needs work, and calendar is not pretty] - pay particular attention to requests from users who pay for your product. Everyone wants software to work in a certain way, but when someone pays, it can be a good indicator to listen to what they want. If they say something isn't working, make it a priority to investigate and address this.