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Re:How to get traction/usage for your product on Friday May 10, 2013 @01:54PM (#5687668)
Presenter here. This was actually the first presentation I'd ever given in my entire life which happened here at Amsterdam (1) to help our batch-mates who currently do the program. (Disclosure: We're also part of Rockstart Accelerator)

Without the context, some points might look like unclear, but I'll soon write a blog post including all the knowledge & practical links around the topic.

If you're interested more in the topic, please don't hesitate to contact me (2) to discuss, or ask my help for your own cases. These techniques can be adjustable for whatever project you're working on, and it's always good to start early on.

(1) Rockstart Accelerator - http://rockstart.com/accelerator/ (2) [email protected] / Skype: fcbosa

Re:How to get traction/usage for your product on Friday May 10, 2013 @01:39PM (#5687576)
Thanks for your interest, and sorry for your confusion, but we decided to do this alpha phase only to run our experiments to see by using which ones of them we can fuel our growth with steadily once we release our core features which you probably haven't seen, or used yet.

To get to know better about Limk, please take a look at here: https://angel.co/limk, or watch the reveal video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3lw-H6liLY

I've already segmented the users we got from Hackernews today to reach them later on, but all these feedbacks were actually quite useful.

Re:How to get traction/usage for your product on Friday May 10, 2013 @01:30PM (#5687521)
Thanks for taking your time, orangethirty, and pointing out what you exactly don't like about it.

The thing is we'd most probably keep using the teasing approach, as it mostly converts better than whatever we tried. You can still keep informing your users as the activation process is still happening. At least that was what we learned from our experiences, but the results might differ on each different case.

Anyways, good feedback here, and thanks again.

Re:How to get traction/usage for your product on Friday May 10, 2013 @01:03PM (#5687350)
Thanks, tyndierock. We've just started the entire process earlier this week, and the early results are already promising.

Speaking of the 7-time rule: (*)

"The Rule of Seven is an old marketing adage. It says that a prospect needs to see or hear your marketing message at least seven times before they take action and buy from you."

We re-imagined it, and changed if we're not getting any activation & usage from a user after 7-times of trying, then we're grouping them as 'lost users' which we might win back them again with some other techniques.

Re:How to get traction/usage for your product on Friday May 10, 2013 @12:45PM (#5687232)
Nice argument, arbuge, thanks for pointing out.

It's not that we actually don't like & use lean techniques, but it's just I wanted to address that actually 'fetish of failure' might not be a good thing in the long term.

Re:How to get traction/usage for your product on Friday May 10, 2013 @12:43PM (#5687220)
Glad that you liked it, daviedR. We've also just started the process earlier in this week, but it's already getting some results. And I'd be more than glad to help you.

Ping me: [email protected]

Re:How to get traction/usage for your product on Friday May 10, 2013 @12:36PM (#5687165)
Thanks aresant, already replied you privately, but for the public knowledge; you can accomplish this with Intercom but only with emails & in-app notifications.

We're currently studying all these features to build similar ones to accomplish the same from the servers that we own in future. We've already built an app to do exactly the same for Twitter mentions. I'll consider open-sourcing this, once it gets better & more stable.

Ask HN: Is spamming people with Open Graph actions allowed on Facebook?

When you enter the site "Are you over 13? This photo may not be suitable for children" warning shows up & prompted you to log into the site with your Facebook account.When you log in, they start spamming your timeline with - I think - the weirdest action ever ("laughed") since you already gave the publishing right when you were logging in. The page also get locked pretty soon, and requires...

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Is there a demo that we can see all of this in action?

Dave McClure’s ‘How to pitch a VC’, now’s the time [video]

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/12/28/if-you-havent-seen-dave-mcclures-how-to-pitch-a-vc-nows-the-time-video/?utm_source=HackerNews&utm_medium=share%2Bbutton&utm_content=If%20you%20haven%26%238217%3Bt%20seen%20Dave%20McClure%26%238217%3Bs%20%26%238216%3BHow%20to%20pitch%20a%20VC%26%238217%3B%2C%20now%26%238217%3Bs%20the%20time%20%5Bvideo%5D&utm_campaign=social%2Bmedia

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As being the same round with Rich, I couldn't be agreed more with him.
Re:Launch conference is giving away 1000 free tickets to startups on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @10:41AM (#3324204)
From the site:

"We're giving away the first 1,000 tickets to the event for free to startups with under $500k in money raised and under 10 employees. There is a $1 processing fee."

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