Hi Chris: David Hansson is good and their whole philosophy makes sense.
I am pretty much in the same situation. One thing that we are trying to do is to do multiple things. One, get a blog. Start writing about the issues facing your customers. And how it overcome it. One of the ways will be your solution but do not get too bogged down by that. Try to provide info and support. If you understand Hindu/Buddhist philosophy, I would say its all Karma. Two, yes, adwords could be a way to go. We will be starting that soon. I am no expert but sure think that is the way to go. One another way for you would be to partner with some complementary service. You could also think of affiliates but that would make sense after you build some momentum. And lastly, plain old networking and selling. Contact customers directly! If you have not read, check out Seth Godin's Meatball Sundae. Good stuff there especially the differentiation between old marketing and new marketing. Cheers, Suhit On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:50 AM, chris hulbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Hi all, > After being inspired by David Hansson's talk about the fortune 5 > million (http://www.omnisio.com/startupschool08/david-heinemeier- > hansson-at-startup-school-08<http://www.omnisio.com/startupschool08/david-heinemeier-hansson-at-startup-school-08>), > i've just launched my latest mini- > startup: quickrosters.com > The idea is that small businesses would use this to simplify the > process of creating rosters, visualising a day's staffing, and > allowing staff to check their shifts from home via their mobile or > internet, all using a subscription model. > Now i've launched, i'm beginning to realise what he meant when one of > the guys here told me '20% of the work is creating the site, 80% is > the rest'. > I'm scratching my head wondering how to attract customers. Currently > i'm using adwords which so far hasn't gotten very far. > Any ideas? Or should i stick with adwords and just be patient? > > > -- Suhit Anantula +61 (0) 433 681 501 www.technovus.com.au www.twitter.com/technovus www.worldisgreen.com Yahoo/MSN/Skype ID : suhit_a www.linkedin.com/in/worldisgreen www.twitter.com/worldisgreen "The only way to predict the future is to create it" - Drucker --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
