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How long did it take you (or your team) to launch first iteration of functional products?
Hi there, My team is soon going to release another product, and we had hoped for faster development this time, but it still took pretty long (~8 weeks) I'm wondering, how long does it, or did it take for you guys to launch your products? (not talking about just landing page with waitlists, but actual product that users can use)
How to find early customers who want free marketing?
Hi builders and founders, My team just built a marketing platform, and I'm looking for first few businesses and products that we can market. As we are new, we are willing to do marketing for free (thousand organic clicks, no credit card, no catch), in exchange for feedback and testimonial. The problem is, how do we find app developers and businesses to send this message through? I am trying reddit, linkedin, but the response is scattered, and either the developers I know are either too advanced to need any help, or still in early development state. All help is appreciated, specifically: - If you're one such founder, or know someone who could try us, please let us know/comment. - If you have strategies, or suggestions based on your experience in early growth, please share!. How we work: Instead of businesses running Ads, we pay individual creators/influencers to market a product. Depending on the traffic they generate for the business or product. We have several content creators / influencers, but we need businesses for these people to promote :)
Give Feedback on our Landing Page!
Builders and Hackers, We built our product recently, got first users, and now looking to launch widely. But before we do, I'm reaching out to you for gathering feedback on our landing page. Without telling you anything about our product, here are the landing pages: 1. Creators: https://getyrl.com 2. Businesses: https://getyrl.com/business There's a lot information out there on making "pages that convert", but it's always difficult when you're doing it yourself. Reaching out to you to cover my blind spots and personal biases :) Questions for you: 1. Did you get the message and product? 2. Would a video on the top instead of a graphic be more welcoming? I've been fighting this urge to optimize for page size and load speed, but maybe it shouldn't be a high priority? 2. Rewording our messaging. Improve the copy / design. From colors to messaging, we can perhaps change something? 3. There's incorrect english in the header -- does it bother you a lot? Reasoning for it is symmetry and design. 3. How likely were you to give it a try and click on "Get Started" buttons? Feedback so far I tested with friends and only 1 in 4 people ever click on "Get Started" unless I ask them to. I couldn't gather much from their feedback, and of course there's hesitation to do it (extra step / in built resistance), but I'm sure many pages have higher conversions 2. Most users say they get the product, but they don't want to try unless I demo them, which of course can take too long (scheduling time etc.) All feedback is welcome, please share generously! It could be our lifeline!