How we got our 1,000 first subscribers with no budget
blog.nicoschuele.com
blog.nicoschuele.com
very nice idea - the sort of thing I'm searching for so long time. Some background: I am a online marketing pro who's learning RoR in the freetime because a weekend project wants to be turned to live (a special cooking app), lol. If you ever need some professional advices (non-paid, lol) in online marketing (SEO, SEA, SMM etc.) drop me a line.
btw: there could be a startup scene in Switzerland - but most people are not well connected (devs, marketing guys, sales person etc.) - I'm from Berne
I received some feedback and now, as we have a little over 1,000 subscribers, I took time to write how we actually achieved this. Without spending money and without a finished product.
It is a very long read on my personal blog. Maybe it will be useful to someone who has the same questions I had back then.
Have a great day,
Nico
I'm currently on a very similar path - although I keep hacking beside my current day job. Still plenty of time.
However I'm still struggling with the marketing stuff and getting traction. I currently focus more on the product/service side than on getting the message out because I'd like to grow organically and receiving short-lived traffic from other sites like fb, twitter and g+ does not seem to really work out.
btw: switzerland-based too