A lot of startups run marketing activities with no idea how to get results.
This is how you end up wasting a lot of time and money.
It's all about experimentation.
So how do you go about experimenting?
Here's what @robwalling has to say:
#buildinpublic#indiehackers
@ProductFont There's usually a large gap between product theory + best practices and what happens in reality.
Make recommendations, but remember to build trust and relationships and understand what your team needs from you.
I made the mistake of being too hard and going by the book.
It's fine to copy others, but remember to focus on your own uniqueness:
"Nobody can replicate your mind. The most profitable, unique, and irreplaceable niche is you."
@thedankoe
How to validate your business idea:
Jason Cohen was able to find 40 people to give him $50 for WPEngine a month BEFORE building anything. One check upfront.
@asmartbear
Make your posts go viral by @thedankoe:
Relevance: make your posts as relevant as possible to people's everyday lives.
Awareness: make the idea simple or complex enough for the audience you are targeting.
Effort: make sure it's not too hard for your audience to achieve.
Top Lessons from Million Dollar Weekend:
1. Create a rejection goal: only by asking do you receive what you want to get. Love rejections and collect them like treasure. The more rejections you get the more you advance.