What is the best way to get initial community feedback on a product?

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For example, our decentralised web hosting platform and decentralised content delivery network blok.host. We want some people to host sites and tell us about the process and how we can improve it. It is currently free. Where are the best places to find relevant people who would be interested in giving this a go?

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The best way to get initial community feedback on a product is to reach out to potential users and ask for their honest opinions. You can do this through online surveys, social media, or in-person events. It's important to actively listen to the feedback you receive and use it to improve your product. Additionally, you can consider creating a beta program where users can test your product and provide feedback before it's officially launched.

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Talking with your customers is the best way to get initial community feedback. This can be done in multiple ways. One is to come up with a list of people you know who are early adopters of your target audience and ask them to try out your product. You can also put up a landing page and collect emails from people. These people can be your initial ‘Beta users’.

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Based on your stage of the product, there are different ways to get initial feedback on your product. If you are still at the idea stage, you should talk to a handful of friends, colleagues, mentors and family members.  You should not worry too much about the feedback at this stage (that will come later) and focus more on getting a feel for the problem you are trying to solve. If you are at the validation stage, you will want to get as much feedback as possible. You may look at doing a survey on paper, on the web or in person.  Just remember that you want to make sure that the people who you are getting feedback from are the same people who are most likely to be your customer. If you are at the development stage, and have a prototype or early beta version of the product, you will want to get customer feedback from real customers. This is where you probably want to do a beta test of the product

Hira Batra · Answer

Advice: invite select friends and family members to share their honest thoughts. Your friends and family members will provide you with valuable information because they care about your success. You can ask them things like, “What was the one thing that was most memorable?” or “If you were in my shoes, what would you have done differently?” or “If you were looking for this type of product, what would you do or look for?”

Nick Harrision · Answer

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Nick Harrision · Answer

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Nick Harrision · Answer

@laura_micheal We are currently in beta with a free product and looking to spread the word! Any effective recommendations with that? Thanks for the reply!

Nick Harrision · Answer

@terrell90robbie Do you think individually messaging devs is a waste of time?

What is the best way to get initial community feedback on a product?

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