We are in the process of validating our SAAS Product Idea. How do i find Marketing Guys/Agencies who can provide us feedback on new product that we are planning to build for them?
Just find other SaaS products that look successful, and email them. They've been through the validation stage too, and probably not long ago - you'll be surprised at how many people would be happy to help. Maybe offer an extended free trial or lifetime Early Adopter discount or something, but only if you find it really difficult to get responses. I've had a lot of success just using companies' contact forms and sending cold emails.
<a href="http://www.theproductmentor.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theproductmentor.com/</a> has a NY meetup <a href="http://www.meetup.com/TheProductGroup/" rel="nofollow">http://www.meetup.com/TheProductGroup/</a> and livestreams <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheProductWay" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/user/TheProductWay</a>
Marketing guy here. Yes, there are a handful of us here too.<p>I'd recommend Strategy Hack, if you're here in NYC.
Online, you can read and lear, and interact on Growthhackers.com and Startup-Marketing.com.<p>And I'm always happy to have a quick chat about product validation, and potentially make some introductions to a few agency people here in NYC.
Build your own community. Go to Linkedin, read the trade press, create a target list of people who look well positioned to opine on your idea. Then reach out to each individual and engage in a live 1:1 phone conversation. You'll find the high-touch, high feel approach is your secret weapon on the pulse of the market.
You can try <a href="http://inbound.org" rel="nofollow">http://inbound.org</a> & <a href="http://growthhackers.com/" rel="nofollow">http://growthhackers.com/</a>
I am a fan of <a href="http://growthhackers.com/" rel="nofollow">http://growthhackers.com/</a><p>Also, you might check out some subreddits like r/marketing.
There's a few of us on HN, too.<p>(I wear a lot of hats, but one of my bigger and more battered hats is that of Marketing Guy.)<p>Feel free to email me - address is in my HN profile.