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  1. Zack's Papa

    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    Massive thank you for all your feedback and advice. Have a good weekend everyone!
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    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    Thanks Nick. I realise that this is not the most novel idea out there, I just think I can compete in different ways. For example, Google won't offer a personal service to come to your office and setup the whole thing for you (which I am able to offer across NW England right now, easily enough of...
  3. Zack's Papa

    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    Thank you sir. I think that's my low-key immediate goal, to try and sweep up a few businesses that didn't realise they could afford and/or benefit from this type of thing. I appreciate your reply.
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    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    That seems like a very "safe" approach, which I would probably take if my livelihood depended on the immediate success of this business, but this is a labour of love and I think I have enough avenues to explore (which I admit I am struggling to get across via this thread :D) to find that niche I...
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    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    Thank you. I have been contacting haulage/shipping companies already, just not getting the replies yet. I agree that it's not 100% ready for the market, which is why I've not enabled open registration yet, but I do want to start working with companies in a Beta-version capacity, so that I can...
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    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    I think you might be right :D Thank you.
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    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    I get that. Not everyone wants to use every system. I do appreciate your comments though. I totally accept there might be some limitations with the bus travel model as it stands right now, but I do have additional services to add to that, plus it's not even the sole/primary use case. Thank you...
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    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    Thanks. I have consulted with a marketing person over the last 6 months or so, who also didn't see the real value in the system at first, but I managed to demonstrate its worth. I do still have ongoing conversations about who to target etc. I'm just having no luck getting responses :D I'm not...
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    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    Until I get that first legit customer, it is not practical for me to have cars just driving around for demo purposes, so I am pumping mock data into the system to show planes flying around. It's not that much of a leap of the imagination to have buses on roads instead of planes in the sky. The...
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    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    Apologies if I'm coming across as defensive, I do genuinely appreciate your feedback. To answer the last question first, yes, I think I can compete in a number of ways. One, by being the lowest cost solution available. And two, by tailoring solutions to the smaller/newer businesses that have...
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    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    So, yes, there will be people who don't care about seeing their locations, and then there are others who don't necessarily trust the information given. For example, anyone who has experienced a delayed/cancelled train will understand the frustration/confusion of just looking at numbers on a...
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    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    If you click "connect" in the top right corner, it logs you in. Then you click "broadcasts" button and choose that broadcast. You'll then see 10 or so devices that are being tracked around the globe. Zoom in/out with the mouse, select different devices to auto-centre on them, drag the mouse...
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    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    I totally understand Mark, and I really appreciate the frankness of your replies. If I were to give reasons why my tracking might be better, I would start with the customer - the end product of displaying live locations on a beautiful interactive map, on a fully whitelabelled website, is...
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    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    The bus companies I have been contacting in my local area do have some systems in place, but none of them show live bus locations on an interactive map (and the one that purported to do so was full of bugs, wouldn't display at all). You're right, at this point my system won't interact with...
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    How to get first customers for tech platform?

    Demo website is a whitelabel example of the main site: broadcasts dot gee-oh dot net (can’t post links yet) Main site is: gee-oh dot net Why use my system in preference to others? How cheap and easy it is to set up, how cheap it is to run (PAYG with no obligation, or low cost fixed contract)...
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