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ssolie wrote:
So is it best to keep secret and control when information flows to your potential customers or is it better to spam the web with your blog and endless announcements?
I think it's probably somewhere in the middle.
It seems in the Amiga scene it's either dead silent with no information for months (or years) or constant announcements that's it's 'just around the corner'. Or "marketing speak" to get people to click over to your blog so they can track you and get information on you.
Just honesty and openess would be good, at least for this small of a market. I don't think it is unreasonable to show snap shots of you work (software or hardware) even if the work is not that far along or that great.
People will wait if they can see that something really is going on and can feel like they can trust or at least have no reason to distrust the person/company.
We don't need lies and promises. I think it would be better and people would be more satisfied hearing the truth that something is only 15% of the way done, then hearing a 'lie' by saying over and over "we'll have a prototype on display at the next show" or whatever.
The truth shall set you free