How I used WarriorForum to Validate My Startup Idea

I am working on our lead generation app AeroLeads for last 2 months and finished it last week. Since the product is still in beta, I needed first hand feedback from potential users. I did posted on HackerNews and couple of other sites where startup crowd and early adopters hang out but unfortunately it didn't got any feedback andy the threads just died.

Since one of the target market for the product is webmasters and small business owners and I knew Warrior Forum has plenty, I thought lets make a thread there too. WF has a Hire Member section where you can post a thread (it costs $5) and members will give their feedback.

I made the thread 3 days back and the results were amazing. I have in total got 40+ responses from people who wanted a review and see the app and till now around 10 have replied to me including few emails with feedback, reviews, bugs and suggestions.

Here is what I got in first 24 hours. I am amazed by the quality of feedback and strongly feels that more and more startups should look at webmaster and marketing forums to get feedback on their products instead of asking at startup oriented sites which are often biased.

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