Chris, I'm sure some of the other guys can give you tips on the whole marketing of the startup thing, eg see Elias's tips.
But from a industry perspective a few ideas:- * Have you spoken with payroll vendors to get a partnership able to move roster data into the system for pay processing, this way small biz owners can streamline their payroll processing. * There are several HR & Payroll industry groups you could approach for leads. * As it is designed for small biz, by looking at it, what about approaching the local chamber of commerce to see if you can get them to endorse it. * Get a blog, and write, write, write about the issues you are solving. >From a product point of view, the UI needs and update, the site should automatically recognise mobile devices, it didn't with my Treo. Rgds Michael Michael Specht Principal Consultant Phone: +61 3 9017 1865 | Mobile: 0418 212 041 | Skype: mspecht Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: inspecht.com.au -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of chris hulbert Sent: Friday, 17 October 2008 11:20 AM To: Silicon Beach Australia Subject: [SiliconBeach] Launching is all good, but once you've done that, how do you get customers? 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), 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? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
