Attacking This Problem: New Users Won’t Sign Up Because No One Is There (marketingstartups.com)

12 points by nathanburke ↗ HN
After posing a question on HN asking what are the biggest marketing/PR problems startups face, it seems that user acquisition is one of the biggest issues. So, I wrote a post that gives some tips on attracting users for startups. Like my last post, some of the tips are pretty obvious, but I hope these are some good steps to get started.

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Please let me know if this post is useful or if you have any questions. I know that a lot of these points are of the "duh" variety, but if you have any questions specific to your startup, I'm happy to help.
Brian's point seems to be key to me - you need both network value, and what he calls "personal value" for that first user.