Ask HN: Marketer? Seeking Marketer? (April 2014)

14 points by rogueleaderr ↗ HN
Tired of building potentially viable, potentially revenue-generating hackathon projects only to abandon them because of other priorities?

I am!

I have a couple of projects I'd like to hand off a skilled marketer so that I can watch my projects turn into something real without putting in the time that normally requires.

So let's see if we can start a new tradition where all HN's "non-technical co-founders" in waiting can get a chance to prove themselves and make some scratch.

If you've got a project you need a marketer for, post a description here. If you're a marketer looking for a project, post a brief summary of your qualifications and what type of project you'd be interested in.

I'll start.

Seeking marketer for:

1. Turning my hackathon project ExtraExtra into a business. ExtraExtra does split testing for blog headlines, tweets, status updates, or any other short piece of text. System already is built and working. Just needs someone to launch and promote it.

2. My podcast series (the A* interviews) where I interview some of the world's best programmers to find what makes them tick and what everyone else can learn from them. Needs someone more channels to reach potential listeners.

Note: Not an April fools joke.

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Just a suggestion: Cross post this on growthhackers.com The entire community is focused on marketing & a boatload of really good marketers hang out there.

I suspect you may get more (additional) traction there.

Good idea! Just crossposted...let's see how it works.
Super!

I have seen that there is more activity during regular works hours (pacific time) - so I wouldn't necessarily be surprised if you posted it around now and it didn't get any play. It may mean a re-post at a "better" time.

Cheers!

Great idea.

SEEKING for gems in the jungle: http://gemsinthejungle.com/

To be honest, I'm not sure if there's actually a path forward here. But I'd love to team up with a marketer if there's any that sees potential in the idea.

I love the way you say `can get a chance to prove themselves`. As a seasoned marketer that spends a lot of time on HN thats hilariously rude.
"Just needs someone to launch and promote it." so you have done 5% of the work by building it. and you just need a marketer to do the other 95%.
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