I was honestly intrigued by the startup this is an ad for -- this subject is very relevant to my interests -- but their website just has more marketing copy, a YouTube video demonstrating features that don't appear to exist anywhere, and a "sign up for our spam" form.
Maybe wait to start your marketing efforts until you actually have something ready to market, eh?
>Maybe wait to start your marketing efforts until you actually have something ready to market, eh?
I feel personally attacked by this sentiment. As a fellow wonk, there is a lot more to getting a program out to the world than just the cleverness of connecting the dots. You don't have anything without the cleverness, but the dot connecting takes time. I look forward to good things. I liked the blog and I think the product would be neat to couple with zillow fantasies.
Hi! I really enjoyed your post. As to the site, it would be VERY helpful if there were at least a "Coming Soon" or something similar. I was trying different browsers, computers, etc. just to ensure there wasn't something technical on my side preventing me from potentially using the site.
You typically get one chance to make a first impression. Indeed, along with the "Coming Soon" message you can offer to notify people when you do go operational - win win. I'd like that since the site looks like it could be very useful (and not just for myself!).
I just happen to be a fellow wonk who also has been in the position of bringing something that was a cool one-off idea to market, where just because I captured some cleverness and connected some dots, doesn't mean I'm the one to productize it.
Just to be clear, I did not make the post or am affiliated with the website. I too would like to explore their product.
I don't understand what you mean by "the cleverness of connecting the dots" or why you would feel personally attacked.
My point was that I, a potential customer -- this really is directly relevant to my current life situation -- visited the site, found nothing there but an email harvester, so left without spending any money and with a poor impression of the company.
Driving people to your site before there's anything there is wasted effort. Save it for when you're actually ready to do something with that traffic.
Because I as well am a degenerate data-wonk who uses poor grammar, punctuation and a stream of consciousness style who has sold ideas before they are finished.
Its not my site; the term 'I feel personally attacked by X' is a joke/ meme.
Maybe wait to start your marketing efforts until you actually have something ready to market, eh?