Difference between revisions of "Encourage Feedback"

Revision as of 06:17, 9 November 2009

Feedback from many places...

In the application itself

* Links inside the menus
* Crash reporting
* Uninstall messages

On the web

* Build a forum 
* free options like google groups or yahoo groups
* your webhost may provide

Free and or commercial offerings

* get satisfaction and uservoice
* stackexchange

downside of free options: their branding, and advertisements, possibly from your competitors.

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-* free and high quality options like google groups or yahoo groups
-* downside: their branding, and advertisements, possibly from your competitors.
+Feedback from many places...
+In the application itself
+ * Links inside the menus
+ * Crash reporting
+ * Uninstall messages
+On the web
+ * Build a forum
+ * free options like google groups or yahoo groups
+ * your webhost may provide
+Free and or commercial offerings
+ * get satisfaction and uservoice
+ * stackexchange
+* google groups is fairly much a spam magnet nowadays.
+* downside of free options: their branding, and advertisements, possibly from your competitors.
 * host a forum on your site -- e.g. community server, phpBB
 * You want it as open as possible, but without spam
 * Keep it alive
+* make it a nice place to be.
+* Be a constant gardener
 This step 6 of [[25 Steps to Build Your Own Micro ISV]]
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