Getting Users For Your New Startup

I wasn't sure whether to put the Hacker News reference in there, for fear that people might come out of the wordwork trying to game HN after reading this.<p>That's why I also put in the line about not spamming. I can get rid of the HN link if people think I should.

<i>Good story idea: “I’m not sure if my thing is legal.”</i><p>This is definitely going to the top of my how-to-bait-reporters list.

"If the writer doesn’t respond, try a different one. But only one at a time — they won’t like you if you give the same story to their competitor. "<p>What is a good amount of time to wait between contacting writers? Or how much time has to pass without a response for you to to decide to move on to the next one?

pud taught me a whole lot when I worked for him. good to see him blogging.

&#62; Good story idea: “My competitor raised $20 million, yet my thing is better.”<p>That is a good way to get into a writers spam bin. Every writer gets 5-6 stories about related companies when they post something, and it is annoying

The issue with articles like this, for me, is that it doesn't quite specify who this will work for.<p>As in, it works for sites that just need a ton of users - but not so much for niche-specific webapps that charge.<p>If you are trying to build a community and need a lot of numbers in a very short period of time, then sure....but if you want to find your users for your specific niche...this advice doesn't quite work.

what about offline events? Are they effective? I recall Yelp did a lot of that in the early days.

What's up with the highlighting?

Startup Idea(?) - Marketing/PR company to get you beta/real users for your tech/other startup, so that you can foucs on what you are good at, focusing on the product. Charges per user acquired.

One of the best articles i ever read on startup Marketing.

Why is his web site (Blippy) on a steep decline: <a href="http://siteanalytics.compete.com/blippy.com/" rel="nofollow">http://siteanalytics.compete.com/blippy.com/</a> ?

A bit on the evil side, but thanks for sharing. What about cross-promotion? I believe already-proven entrepreneurs have multiple channels (online and offline) to promote subsequent ventures. Also, controversy is popular, but is it viable in the long run? There is a line between disruption and controversy, and many startups prefer not to cross it (i m hopeful they choose so for ethical reasons). There's more to make out of a startup than money.

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