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Oh boy are you right. I read and read about marketing and promotion for startups and they all seem to say how simple it is to just use your connections and soci

Oh boy are you right. I read and read about marketing and promotion for startups and they all seem to say how simple it is to just use your connections and social influence to get lots of initial signups. When you don't have that card to play, you are just another piece of sand in the ocean trying to get noticed. It's been a frustrating experience trying to get people to my startup to even check it out. I commend all those that were able to do so.

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- quaffapint 13y ago
  Thanks for the follow up. I just added the url to the profile. You bring up the crux of the problem - Getting that email list or phone list. Beyond a few beta signups, I don't have one. I've contact places for reviews, even offering them a chance to provide their readers with free codes, but I guess I haven't contacted the right places, since I get no response. I've contact places that I think the service would be a good fit and said they can provide these free codes to their users no strings attached, again no response. So, right now my only trickles of traffic is adwords to even get some little validation. I will be adding more blog entries for SEO purposes, that much I know. Beyond that, I'm not sure how to find places/bloggers that will review it, as I'm just not big enough or have the funds to pay for reviews (which seems to be a lot more common these days).
  - fleitz 13y ago
    I'd make a wordpress plugin, seems like the perfect market for what you're doing. Make the plugin so that when their account expires it displays ads for your service. Also PHPBB/other forums. Essentially the market seems to be everyone with a webpage who isn't using AdSense, is that correct? Seems like the value prop is: "Sell more ads, spend less time doing it", I'd focus heavily on the money aspect, and less on the technical aspects, this seems perfect for people with a simple site who don't even know what an ad server is.
    - quaffapint 13y ago
      Yea, you pretty much got the market, it's for everyone that wants to sell ad spots on their sites and manage any existing affiliate banners or what have you and not spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to work a million knobs and switches. Seems like a good value prop to focus more heavily on. Funny thing is I have a wordpress plugin for my somewhat similar downloadable version of this app. I'll have to create one and expand for other environments for this hosted version. Thanks for your insights, it's valuable and appreciated.

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quaffapint 13y ago
Thanks for the follow up. I just added the url to the profile. You bring up the crux of the problem - Getting that email list or phone list. Beyond a few beta signups, I don't have one. I've contact places for reviews, even offering them a chance to provide their readers with free codes, but I guess I haven't contacted the right places, since I get no response. I've contact places that I think the service would be a good fit and said they can provide these free codes to their users no strings attached, again no response. So, right now my only trickles of traffic is adwords to even get some little validation. I will be adding more blog entries for SEO purposes, that much I know. Beyond that, I'm not sure how to find places/bloggers that will review it, as I'm just not big enough or have the funds to pay for reviews (which seems to be a lot more common these days).
- fleitz 13y ago
  I'd make a wordpress plugin, seems like the perfect market for what you're doing. Make the plugin so that when their account expires it displays ads for your service. Also PHPBB/other forums. Essentially the market seems to be everyone with a webpage who isn't using AdSense, is that correct? Seems like the value prop is: "Sell more ads, spend less time doing it", I'd focus heavily on the money aspect, and less on the technical aspects, this seems perfect for people with a simple site who don't even know what an ad server is.
  - quaffapint 13y ago
    Yea, you pretty much got the market, it's for everyone that wants to sell ad spots on their sites and manage any existing affiliate banners or what have you and not spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to work a million knobs and switches. Seems like a good value prop to focus more heavily on. Funny thing is I have a wordpress plugin for my somewhat similar downloadable version of this app. I'll have to create one and expand for other environments for this hosted version. Thanks for your insights, it's valuable and appreciated.