Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Zack Shapiro, college entrepreneur from Boulder Colorado, author of The Startup Student
Relevant to: Freelancers, Entrepreneurs, Facebook Marketing Hopefuls, Digital Product Creators
Read Time: 3 minutes.
Last week, I listened to an interview with Andrew Hyde about how he got the community around him to support the early meetings of Ignite Boulder (now the largest set of Ignite presentations in the world) and Startup Weekend (now worldwide).
Hyde’s advice was simple: tell your friends that you’re trying something new and ask if they’d help you out. People generally will.
So you’ve got this new product. You’ve got no users and the uphill traction grab is about to begin. It’s a big world out there. Traction is a scary thing. Where do you even begin to find users?
Great read man! This tips will benefit a lot of SaaS devs and entrepreneurs out there. In the long run I intend to market some personal business applications which I had developed for my business to the public so this post could come in handy.
Cool Martin, glad to be of value, let us know about those applications, we’d love to check em out.
Cool Martin, glad to be of value, let us know about those applications, we’d love to check em out.
Have you read The Facebook Era by Clara Shih? If not, you definitely need to check it out as the second edition was just released. She basically expands on what you are saying here and delves into why social networks such as Facebook work and how to leverage their power. It’s a serious read which I think you would enjoy.
My company put together a presentation based heavily on her book which we presented to an audience for local Chamber of Commerce which received it well. If you’re interested I have it on SlideShare and would be happy to share it with you.
John, I haven’t. I’ll add it to my book list though. Definitely looking forward to reading The Facebook Era now.
I’d love to see the slides you’ve prepared. My email is [email protected]. Looking forward to seeing the slides and connecting!
Hi Zack – Yes, definitely check The Facebook Era, I highly recommend it for anyone who is seriously interested in social media. I just e-mailed you the SlideShare link to our social media presentation. I hope you find it of value and thanks for reaching out!
John, I haven’t. I’ll add it to my book list though. Definitely looking forward to reading The Facebook Era now.
I’d love to see the slides you’ve prepared. My email is [email protected]. Looking forward to seeing the slides and connecting!
Have you read The Facebook Era by Clara Shih? If not, you definitely need to check it out as the second edition was just released. She basically expands on what you are saying here and delves into why social networks such as Facebook work and how to leverage their power. It’s a serious read which I think you would enjoy.
My company put together a presentation based heavily on her book which we presented to an audience for local Chamber of Commerce which received it well. If you’re interested I have it on SlideShare and would be happy to share it with you.
Hi Zack – Yes, definitely check The Facebook Era, I highly recommend it for anyone who is seriously interested in social media. I just e-mailed you the SlideShare link to our social media presentation. I hope you find it of value and thanks for reaching out!
My only issue with using Facebook for business is that it can hurt your professional brand. Although Facebook is powerful it still has the branding of a young social network where people talk about there Friday nights. Unfair perhaps but that is the brand.
Personally I believe that it is far more productive to use the more professional brand of LinkedIn for business and clients and leave Facebook for socialising only.
My only issue with using Facebook for business is that it can hurt your professional brand. Although Facebook is powerful it still has the branding of a young social network where people talk about there Friday nights. Unfair perhaps but that is the brand.
Personally I believe that it is far more productive to use the more professional brand of LinkedIn for business and clients and leave Facebook for socialising only.
My only issue with using Facebook for business is that it can hurt your professional brand. Although Facebook is powerful it still has the branding of a young social network where people talk about there Friday nights. Unfair perhaps but that is the brand.
Personally I believe that it is far more productive to use the more professional brand of LinkedIn for business and clients and leave Facebook for socialising only.