4. A growing number of startups are
jumping right in to serve customers
in any way possible - heading right
for their first paying customers. By
the time they start building a
product, they already have a
humming business.
How are they doing it?
5. Successful founders
all know one thing:
it's more important
to serve a customer
than it is to build a
product.
Focus on Serving Customers Instead of
Building a Product
6. E - commerce
Use e-commerce services to accept payments and even
subscriptions using "hosted payment pages" - requiring
zero code.
7. Let your customers
interact with you
through
sophisticated
online forms you
can publish (and
brand) using dragand-drop editors.
Online Forms
8. Support Knowledge Base And Community
Forum
Build
a
support
knowledge base and
community forum
You can do that with:
Zendesk,
Uservoice,
GetSatisfaction
9. Copy-paste Widgets From Around The
Web
Use copy-paste widgets
from around the web.
Ex:
Contact forms
Skype buttons
Live Chat
11. WordPress itself is free, and you can purchase
inexpensive plugins that automatically transform
your website into a membership site, ecommerce
portal, social network, and even daily deals site.
Wordpress is one of the most incredible tools on the
web for non-technical entrepreneurs. There's a bit
of a learning curve, depending on how you want to
use it, but definitely a faster option than finding a
developer or
learning to
code.
WordPress
12. Put It All Together
Go back to that core customer need, and think of how to satisfy it
by any means.
Now how can you make that solution accessible? What would the
process be for finding you and reaching out? How can you charge
and provide support?
Chances are good that you
can pull it all off yourself. If
not, consider starting a bit
smaller than you originally
imagined, if only to start
generating revenues today
and fund your development.
13. Thank
you!
Free Resources at http://www.freelancersoutpost.com/blog
Follow us on twitter https://twitter.com/freelancersoutp
Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FreelancersOutpost