I think it's the message. I think of a wiki and evermore when I think collaboration tools. How us your offering better/different? In this day and age I think a simple short animation would be your best bet to covey your message. No on wants to get bogged down reading how it will work and how it's better than what is already out there. Show me ... Good luck! On Aug 4, 2012 9:15 PM, "Miles Fidelman" <[email protected]> wrote: > > .... where are they and how do I get their attention? > > Hi Folks, > > I assume that a lot of folks here are involved in managing various projects - particularly projects involving virtual teams spread across the net. So... I wonder if some of you might have an opinion to offer.... > > I've been working on some open source software to support virtual teams > and projects - putting some of the experiences and techniques I've > acquired over the years into code - and I'm trying to gather some > support via Kickstarter. > > The thing is, I'm having a very hard time getting people to even visit > the project's web page - so far, only about 300 people have visited the > Kickstarter page, despite some serious attempts to spread the word > across various email lists, twitter, and so forth. > > It's one thing if people were looking at the page and not contributing, > but I can't even seem to get people's attention - which suggestions one > or more of four things: > > - nobody cares about project management (I hope this isn't the case - I > know administrivia isn't sexy, but an awful lot of people are working on > an awful lot of projects, and getting buried in mountains of paper, > email, phone calls, texts, meetings, and yellow stickies. I sure know > that I'm always looking for ways to declutter that side of my life) > > - I'm not reaching people who care. > > - I'm reaching people, but not getting their attention. > > - I'm reaching people, getting their attention, but not providing enough > motivation to go the next step and click their mouse (on > > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947703258/smart-notebooks-keeping-on-the-same-page-across-th > > So... I'd really welcome any feedback on the questions who cares about > project management & collaboration tools, how to reach them, and what > might motivate them enough to take a look at what I'm doing? > > Thanks very much, > > Miles Fidelman > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >
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