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Ask HN: Your best marketing idea that has helped spread the word about your product?
Question: What has been your best marketing idea that has helped spread the word about your product?<p>Or if you don't have a web app yourself, how do you hear about new web apps?
- iamdave 18y agoNetworking.
- jmtame 18y agoPaul Buchheit at Startup School '08: Focus on making 100 people happy, and then you'll be validated for opening up your app to more people. I don't think it's that difficult getting 100 people (especially if you offer private beta invites to smaller niche sites that you're targeting). Plus it gives you a chance to understand what your customers want, which is crucial to early development in an application. You'll need to constantly get customer feedback and validation.
- babul 18y agoCompetitions. Prize can often be trivial/small, but competitions that are fun and involve the userbase often get great response in my experience.
- ctingom 18y agoGreat feedback everyone, thank you.
- icey 18y agoWith any product I've worked on that has succeeded, nothing has ever beat word of mouth by way of providing a superior product. With the software I work on now, every sale we've ever made has been from word of mouth. Also; I missed you at Gangplank on Wednesday - I hear you don't make it down there much?