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Re:You build it and the users will come. by keeptrying on Friday July 22, 2011 @02:26AM (#2792631)
Well you scratched an itch which every immigrant who has come to the US to work has! So you actually did customer development but you did it subconciously :) ...

I used to check the damn website everyday 2 years ago before I got my g.c.

Get a designer to work on your site for a day and you'll be the top hit for this particular pain point. You need to show the relevant data you used to figure if someone is current. This will make it more trustable.

If you put a email form at the bottom for people interested in getting SMS updates for $5 a month, it'll be interesting to see if anyone signs up.

Re:You build it and the users will come. by iklavya on Saturday July 23, 2011 @12:03AM (#2796105)
yeah, i got to enable sms as well. thx for the encouragement.