Hi Miles, Some feedback from me when I see that page: Way too much text, I have no idea what the project is trying to do before I get bored of reading. I don't get to the "Our Model Is Simple:" until 14 paragraphs into the page. I look at the graphics and I get confused, too much going on. What differentiates you from some of the other project management/collaboration tools out there like Google Apps, Office 365, Basecamp, etc? I see the graphic that shows a notebook and my mind immediately goes to Microsoft OneNote and sharing notebooks via Skydrive.
There is also the issue that software products are the least funded group on Kickstarter, physical products do much better for a variety of reasons. Matt Arkin President - ITligence Technology Solutions CTO - Life Highlights Digital Memories, FullofApp MVP - Microsoft On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net>wrote: > .... where are they and how do I get their attention? > > Hi Folks, > > I assume that a lot of folks here are involved in managing various > projects - particularly projects involving virtual teams spread across the > net. So... I wonder if some of you might have an opinion to offer.... > > I've been working on some open source software to support virtual teams > and projects - putting some of the experiences and techniques I've > acquired over the years into code - and I'm trying to gather some > support via Kickstarter. > > The thing is, I'm having a very hard time getting people to even visit > the project's web page - so far, only about 300 people have visited the > Kickstarter page, despite some serious attempts to spread the word > across various email lists, twitter, and so forth. > > It's one thing if people were looking at the page and not contributing, > but I can't even seem to get people's attention - which suggestions one > or more of four things: > > - nobody cares about project management (I hope this isn't the case - I > know administrivia isn't sexy, but an awful lot of people are working on > an awful lot of projects, and getting buried in mountains of paper, > email, phone calls, texts, meetings, and yellow stickies. I sure know > that I'm always looking for ways to declutter that side of my life) > > - I'm not reaching people who care. > > - I'm reaching people, but not getting their attention. > > - I'm reaching people, getting their attention, but not providing enough > motivation to go the next step and click their mouse (on > > http://www.kickstarter.com/**projects/1947703258/smart-** > notebooks-keeping-on-the-same-**page-across-th<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947703258/smart-notebooks-keeping-on-the-same-page-across-th> > > So... I'd really welcome any feedback on the questions who cares about > project management & collaboration tools, how to reach them, and what > might motivate them enough to take a look at what I'm doing? > > Thanks very much, > > Miles Fidelman > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/coworking?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en>. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
