Comments on: Customer Development Interviews How-to: Finding People

By: Some valuable links to help with the customer discovery process « it depends . . .

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:24:57 +0000

[...] Some tips on how to find folks to interview [...]

By: Customer Development methodology « Petrem66's Blog

Customer Development methodology « Petrem66's Blog — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:29:23 +0000

[...] Development methodology It seems to me that Cindy Alvarez has produced an excellent hierarchy for the best method for reaching out for customers when [...]

By: Aaron DelSignore

Aaron DelSignore — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:30:09 +0000

Twitter Request Template is a bit long. Can't it be made in two steps? This form doesn't attract the attention.

By: Customer Development: a few tools and resources (or how to become an excellent stalker) « Made by Many

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:16:29 +0000

[...] them. Cindy Alvarez, Product Manager at KISS Metrics, has some useful thoughts on this over on her blog. Adopt a diverse approach and and don’t be snooty about the methods you use (Facebook ads [...]

By: 12 Tips for Early Customer Development Interviews — giffconstable.com

12 Tips for Early Customer Development Interviews — giffconstable.com — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:32:20 +0000

[...] If you are interested in this topic, check out Cindy Alvarez’s posts on finding people and conducting [...]

By: Scott Schulthess

Scott Schulthess — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:13:51 +0000

Loved your article, great job!

By: Is Your Landing Page Just Collecting Email Addresses? « art/van/kilmer

Is Your Landing Page Just Collecting Email Addresses? « art/van/kilmer — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:03:51 +0000

[...] a side note, the second question on Page 2 was directly inspired by an excellent post by Cindy Alvarez with lots of other detailed information for finding people at an early [...]

By: » FAQ: Customer Development for Product Managers The Experience is the Product | Better product management and products

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:37:49 +0000

[...] you have to get creative. I’ve previously written about how to find prospective customers using methods that take less than $20 and a couple [...]

By: cindyalvarez

cindyalvarez — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:33:26 +0000

Actually, for 3 complete strangers to volunteer to be interviewed on the basis of a very simple splash page and survey alone — I think that's GREAT!

I only had to set up the survey once — and the other 17 did provide me with some useful information as well simply by filling out my survey. Had I let the ad continue to run and continued to get 15% of respondents agreeing to be interviewed, I would easily have gotten enough folks to validate an initial hypothesis.

By: Paras Chopra

Paras Chopra — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:22:39 +0000

Hey Cindy, yes 3 out of 20 indeed looks low.

I will be awaiting your post on how not to be spammy. It could be an interesting topic for all.