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Yes I have, but not much. I have a few contacts who are either affiliate program managers for large online stores or are otherwise involved with affiliate-based

Yes I have, but not much. I have a few contacts who are either affiliate program managers for large online stores or are otherwise involved with affiliate-based marketing on some level higher than simply being users of some affiliate program. One person expressed interest in the service after a debacle involving Live's CashBack program. I'm going to gather feedback from potential customers via adwords campaigns. This should also give me some idea of the level of interest. Edit: I don't know who downvoted you, or my other comment, but this is basically abuse of the voting system and it's been going on for a while now. I wish there was some moderator just hovering over all these threads going "Why did so and so just downvote that guy? Reversed."

znt 16y ago
Ok first of all I really don't know how you're planning to gather potential customer feedback via adwords but I really advise you to get out there and have some face to face meetings with potential customers. You probably have a MVP at this point but you haven't done any customer development. Please go have a look at this document, it should help you with validating your MVP and startup idea: http://www.stanford.edu/group/e145/cgi-bin/winter/drupal/upload/handouts/Four_Steps.pdf http://www.stanford.edu/group/e145/cgi-bin/winter/drupal/upl... Also I really don't care about karma or upvotes. I'm here to learn and share my knowledge. If this message helps you in any way, I'll be more than content.
- coderdude 16y ago
  Thank you for the feedback, and especially the link. I plan on getting customer feedback by developing over the course of a month or two a list of keywords that get a high conversion for sign-ups to the mailing list. Then actually talking to the people on my mailing list. Also, in the past I have found that many people are willing to contact me via the contact form I have on a landing page, and those individuals are easy to engage for feedback. As for the karma and votes, I know it's not about the karma. And one down-vote doesn't mean anything. For me it's the principle of it. I want people here to act right because I try so hard to uphold the values this place represents. It just seems like more and more people don't give a crap about that. Sigh. Thanks again! Edit: Really started checking out the PDF you linked me to. This is a fantastic find. I'll be reading this tonight over my favorite episodes of TNG.

znt 16y ago

Ok first of all I really don't know how you're planning to gather potential customer feedback via adwords but I really advise you to get out there and have some face to face meetings with potential customers. You probably have a MVP at this point but you haven't done any customer development. Please go have a look at this document, it should help you with validating your MVP and startup idea: http://www.stanford.edu/group/e145/cgi-bin/winter/drupal/upload/handouts/Four_Steps.pdf http://www.stanford.edu/group/e145/cgi-bin/winter/drupal/upl... Also I really don't care about karma or upvotes. I'm here to learn and share my knowledge. If this message helps you in any way, I'll be more than content.

coderdude 16y ago
Thank you for the feedback, and especially the link. I plan on getting customer feedback by developing over the course of a month or two a list of keywords that get a high conversion for sign-ups to the mailing list. Then actually talking to the people on my mailing list. Also, in the past I have found that many people are willing to contact me via the contact form I have on a landing page, and those individuals are easy to engage for feedback. As for the karma and votes, I know it's not about the karma. And one down-vote doesn't mean anything. For me it's the principle of it. I want people here to act right because I try so hard to uphold the values this place represents. It just seems like more and more people don't give a crap about that. Sigh. Thanks again! Edit: Really started checking out the PDF you linked me to. This is a fantastic find. I'll be reading this tonight over my favorite episodes of TNG.