Talking to Customers | Need Guidence

By Praba Karan on March 30, 2014 7 Comments / 1363 views

Hi
Whenever i thought of validating my product idea first thing everyone says is TALK TO YOUR CUSTOMERS. But seriously i couldn’t figure out an exact way to reach my customers.

Am building a product for a college and i need to talk with 2 types of people

1) Students (Who is going to actually use the product)

2)Management (who is actually going to buy the product for students)

Talking with students or taking a survey from them is not a tough task to do but when it comes talking with the management and getting inputs from them is really where i got struct.

Is there any proper channel there for talking with those potential buyers who actually buys a product for their organisations?

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Praba Karan

7 Comments

asha chaudhry March 31, 2014, 11:04 am

prabha karan,

pls read both of the stories – how i overcame my bloody shyness and my bloody shyness – they might give you some insights 🙂

https://www.therodinhoods.com/forum/topics/how-i-overcame-my-bloody-shyness
Praba Karan March 31, 2014, 4:32 pm

Hi Asha,
My question is how can i contact some management authority without actually having the product in hand.
How can i schedule a meeting with such busy people just for the sake of validating my idea/product.
asha chaudhry March 31, 2014, 4:42 pm

gosh – i had to re-read your ASK two more times to understand what you were trying to say!

can you pls edit it and re-phrase it with the comment you just made so we’re all ekdum clear?

there was a similar question in ASK. pls use the search feature or skim through the ASK section!

ps: lots of people write to alok all the time to validate ideas. you need to sit with someone with really good communication skills prabha karan. very important to seek attention and time ‘coz you need to be convincing enough. (i’m presuming who have a billion dollar idea plus execution plan)

if you need help in writing – read this to begin with…

https://www.therodinhoods.com/forum/topics/how-to-write-effective-e-mail-proposals
Alok Rodinhood Kejriwal March 31, 2014, 4:58 pm

Have you approached coaching classes?

They are greedy and influence students and maybe your first port of call
Praba Karan March 31, 2014, 5:08 pm

Thanks Asha 🙂
Will surely improve my communication skills. Sorry for troubling you.
Praba Karan March 31, 2014, 5:11 pm

Hi Alok,
No i haven’t approached them but will surely approach them, and I hope i ll get some insights from them.

Thanks a lot 🙂
Sagar Ghugare March 31, 2014, 6:30 pm

Prepared a survey on google docs and send it to everyone you know and then ask them to send it to everyone they know. Likewise, you get a huge customer data from those customers whom you cannot reach physically…!!!