Better way to ask for feedback from online communities 🤔
When posting about your upcoming B2B niche product into a relevant subreddit community, is there a better way to solicit feedback other than asking "Hey what you think? Feedback welcome!"?
I haven't had enough customer conversations and the goal is to get people talking + get them on beta waitlist.
PS the subreddit moderator green-lighted me posting.
Hey. How did you get on with it?
I wanted to respond to this earlier, here is some food for thought.
Think about the communities that you are participating in. At the end of the day people that run communities want :
How will what you post be helpful for the community?
If you are building a product for these people then you should probably:
Everyone is selfish, and that is ok. We all have our goals. It's important to try to think about how others will feel too. Try to imagine what it would be like for all the other people in the community to read what you are about post. Do you think they will appreciate it?
A quick look at your profile and I'll have a guess that it's problem about messy projects, so some ideas that spring to mind:
Then weave those pains and wishes into the post and comments. Much of this can end up to be like the ideas/titles that Andrew suggested, but by investing some time beforehand it will give you a better understanding of how to frame things.
I'm really not an expert in sub-reddits, but I believe these ideas can work across the board for communities in general.
Hi Rosie, thank you for such a detailed reply. This is all great advice.
I ended up with a simple post titled something like 'hey lets make our jobs easier!', then listed pains people can relate to, wrote a few lines about the product and how it solves these pains, and invited people to share their thoughts.
But I do feel that personal stories should work much better. It's something I'll be trying next time.
A few ideas...
Those are actually quite good. Thank you!