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Hadi Farnoud
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3mo ago
Retime now sends booking webhooks
... Hadi from
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Nika
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3mo ago
How do you promote your product without sounding too salesy?
... like selling myself either, so I don't. What I do is write comparison pages between the competing products and mine, and put everything into ranking those. The people who land on them are already interested in a
competitor
, or already using one and unhappy with it. They read what each product does and what it costs, and if mine comes out as the reasonable choice, the conversion happens sooner or later. If you don't have much ... ... think "salesy" isn't really about word choice it's about whether you're answering something someone asked, or interrupting something they weren't asking about. Curious if others have found the line shifts once you have actual users
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Anna Ludwinowski
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3mo ago
What's the PROBLEM your product solves?
... Staff" and explain the architecture. It fell flat. What actually landed was naming the specific mess: running a software company, a care home, and a cafe at once, and never being sure which one actually needed me that day
versus
which one was just being loud. Once people recognized that feeling, the product made sense on its own. So I'd say the demo's job isn't to sell the problem, it's to prove you understood it correctly ... ... trying to solve are: Getting attention in an overcrowded marketing environment Increasing customer engagement instead of just generating impressions Encouraging repeat visits Making promotions more memorable Generating word-of-mouth and referrals Giving small businesses an affordable
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