Marc Köhlbrugge
PRO
@marc
Congrats on launching and getting your first paying customer! Getting that first $$$ is great validation you are onto something.
That ~50% visitor-to-subscriber conversion rate sounds great too. Keep us updated on the subscriber-to-customer conversion over the coming weeks. I think that will be the real test.
What's the next step now?
The next step is sending the first real email with flight offers, scheduled next week.
After that, the real challenge will be to continue generating traffic.
I think a great way to do it is to use these first free subscribers for them to share the email with their friends.
@jillbinder makes some excellent suggestions.
If you haven't already I'd focus first on talking to a bunch of people face to face. It's much quicker to receive feedback that way and iterate your pitch on the fly. Once you feel like you've got a good grasp of what people are looking for, and how to best communicate what you have to offer, only then would I move to more scalable yet less personal media such as email. Early on it's all about developing an understanding. Growing a customer base then becomes much much easier.
Perhaps you've already done this type of research though. I couldn't tell from your question so figured I'd throw it in.
@neoromantique made github.com/neoromantique/todo…
I haven't tried it, so I'm not sure how well it works. Please note that it does not use the official WIP API, but signs in as your Telegram account and posts todos to @wipbot