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Any tips or tricks for a startup targeting college students?
Complete newbie at this and looking for any tricks of the trade you might have picked up, NOT a marketing strategy.
Here's the link without context : http://theboxngo.com
- webjunkie 14y agoI wanted to say DO NOT try to build a marketplace for students to buy or sell textbooks. But looking at the site, you made that mistake already.
- samdunne 14y agoLimiting it to .edu emails kills your ability to sell this internationally ( Irish student here )
- Diamons 14y agoLimited test run first, will remove the restriction as we learn not to fuck up.
- sritch 14y agoI'd say the best way is to be in college and seed it among your friends/connections that have their own circles in college. Ex: residences (perhaps a don who can speak to the freshman on their floor), clubs, classes, etc.
- OscarPOSEFY 14y agoHi Diamons, First of all, regadless of my opinion about your project, congratulations for deciding to do something and actually getting it off the ground. Now, regarding http://theboxngo.com http://theboxngo.com, the first thing I would personally like to see is a clear statement explaining exactly why I should be using this as opposed to eBay, local classified ads. To answer your question, your marketing strategy should very much depend on the core value you provide which - to me - is not clear at this stage.