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If you build it, they won't come, unless.

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Great," I always exclaim, sharing the thrill of modern software development, "so how will people find out about this brilliant website?". We're going to use an affiliate program so our customers sell it for us.". Eventually I developed stories like the following, each tuned to a certain category of listener.

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My Report on StackOverflow DevDays

Software By Rob

So I’m in the process of booking speaking engagements over the next several months on how developers can launch and market their first product. If you’re affiliated with a group in California who might be interested in a free speaker, please drop me a line. Check out my book Like this post?

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Building a sweat equity team

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2- You could also look at setting up an affiliate marketing program. Find popular, relevant websites and see if you can get them interested in signing up for an affiliate program. There is also an industry of people who put up "independent" review sites and drive a lot of affiliate sales through PPC.

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Marketing is Design: Three Words that Increased My E-commerce.

Software By Rob

As a software developer I want things in neat little boxes. Just as I go to my friend who’s a brilliant SQL developer to help me with my HAVING clause, I want to go to a marketing genius and have him/her tell me the exact steps I need to take to begin converting visitors to paying customers. I want solid answers.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

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Building a scalable, profitable, customer acquisition engine. Affiliated with the Small Business Admin. Ability to create wireframes , HTML mock-ups , other product artifacts that you use to flesh out ideas and test them. Ability to reach users , get ideas in front of them, survey them, get feedback , iterate.