Simplify. Go explain the tool to a group of kids (I usually use my own) but someone else's will do just as well. Explain the tool to them and take notes. Keep track of points that confuse them and make a point to clarify until its clear. Once you are done compile the notes into a presentation of...
If I am not mistaken, You want to add people based on the email addresses you have. If that's the case, its really simple. Go to add connection>Click any email option> select Invite by individual email option and paste the emails you have. Via this, the invite would be sent to these people but i...
If I understand you correctly, you're saying a customer agreed to pay you for services (product and/or support), either through posted prices and a shrink-wrapped license or through a written contract, and then you provided those services, and then they didn't pay? And you're asking whether it's...
The concept of having a directory to get advice has been around for years .. earliest occurance I can find is 1999 with Ingenio.com (acquired by AT&T). In todays world, there's www.healthtap.com | http://helpouts.google.com + many many others. The key is community & liquidity. Marketplaces are...
Not sure there is a definitive, one-size-fits-all answer, but I can give you my experience. I've had much better success with multiple touch points than the single blast. I would specifically target folks who opened, but didn't click the first email, and send them a second email with a modified...
There are a handful of great PR agencies for mobile consumer apps in SF & NY but for a consumer launch, a great PR agency isn't sufficient to garner widespread coverage. With so much actual product awareness for new apps being driven by Twitter (and to a lesser extent Facebook), traditional PR...
My absolute first advice would be not to launch the app at a low price then raise it up later on. That's an absolute No No. There is no real rule to price your app. My suggestion would be to look around the app store of similar apps to get an idea of what they are priced at. Once you launched...
There are two steps. First, plot the addresses of the stores that carry your product (https://www.mapcustomizer.com/) Second, find optometrists near there (Yelp, Google, LinkedIn Advanced Search) In all honesty, it probably took you longer to write the question than it would to find what you're...
I've done this on a small scale for my product, but it worked nicely, and I learned some useful techniques. I'd be happy to talk with you about the process, and also answer any other startup questions you might have. Best of luck, Lee
Fun perks? Hell no! Most people don't give because there's no assurance that money will be used properly. It may simply be feeding a habit or going down a bottomless pit. If a homeless person were raising money not for himself directly but for a reputable charity, then that might motivate con...