86: The Importance of Paying Customers in Product Feedback
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Ben had another good week. He signed up 25 new trials and about five conversions for Tuple. Are you one of the 500 chosen by Derrick to get access to Level? Be sure to check your Inbox on Monday for an email from him to find out.
\\n\\nAlso, Ben and Derrick welcome Adam Wathan as a co-host for this episode. Adam\\u2019s working on getting release 1.0 of Tailwind out the door with awesome documentation.
\\n\\nToday\\u2019s Topics Include:
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- Happiness vs. Harassment: Tuple\\u2019s paid trial process \\n
- Will people pay for Level? Get free feedback first or make them pay upfront?
- Demo Option: Click around, view dummy posts to get sense of how Level works \\n
- Refactoring UI: Could it be a perennial seller? \\n
- How much should you share about your startup in your tweets? \\n
- Focus on being best option; don\\u2019t brag about your success \\n
- Trying to sell a theme via Tailwind; adding vs. creating new products \\n
- Holy Grail of Software Business: Rob Walling\\u2019s stairstep approach to recurring revenue \\n
- Growth rate required to stay alive? Keep product relevant to what market wants \\n
- SaaS is definitely not all roses! \\n
- Super Fast Email Services/Features: Snippets, Superhuman, Help Scout, and Shortcuts \\n
Links and resources:
\\n\\n\\n\\nRefactoring UI by Adam Wathan and Steve Schoger
\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nJason Cohen - Designing the Ideal Bootstrapped Business
\\n\\nPerennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nJustin Jackson Playing with Tailwind CSS
\\n\\nJustin Jackson\\u2019s MegaMaker Club
\\n\\n\\n\\nRob Walling\\u2019s Stairstep Approach to Bootstrapping
\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nDerrick Reimer Website
\\n\\nDerrick Reimer on Twitter
\\n\\nBen Orenstein Website
\\n\\nBen Orenstein on Twitter
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