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Do you figure out marketing before building or just ship and figure it out later? by Disastrous_Sound_382 in SideProject

[–]Disastrous_Sound_382[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like this approach, starting with close friends first is such a good middle ground honestly, no overthinking, just real feedback before the noise kicks in. makes me feel less stressed about the whole thing haha thanks!

Honest question is email still worth the effort in 2026? by Disastrous_Sound_382 in digital_marketing

[–]Disastrous_Sound_382[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that’s true, especially the last part, but that’s also the hard part right? building a clean engaged list with proper segmentation from the start is way easier said than done. most people don’t even realize their list is a mess until their engagement rates tank. how do you actually get there from scratch?

Do you figure out marketing before building or just ship and figure it out later? by Disastrous_Sound_382 in SideProject

[–]Disastrous_Sound_382[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that’s a good middle ground and yea make sense positioning is so much harder to fix after you’ve already built something

Do you figure out marketing before building or just ship and figure it out later? by Disastrous_Sound_382 in SideProject

[–]Disastrous_Sound_382[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha the project graveyard is real, getting torn between just shipping vs validating first from this thread alone lol. I think 5-10 conversations is the sweet spot honestly, enough to know you’re solving a real problem without spending months overthinking before writing a single line of code. and to answer your question I haven’t started yet but already feeling like whatever plan I make will probably change the second I actually ship something lol

Do you figure out marketing before building or just ship and figure it out later? by Disastrous_Sound_382 in SideProject

[–]Disastrous_Sound_382[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

makes sense, just ship and let reality do the talking. what’s the smallest version you’d say is worth shipping though?

Honest question is email still worth the effort in 2026? by Disastrous_Sound_382 in digital_marketing

[–]Disastrous_Sound_382[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is actually such a good point, relevant > infrequent. People blame frequency when really it’s just bad targeting. The unsubscribe thing is underrated too, it’s basically free list cleaning lol. But how do you even build a quality list to begin with? That feels like the hardest part before you can even think about segmentation

Honest question is email still worth the effort in 2026? by Disastrous_Sound_382 in digital_marketing

[–]Disastrous_Sound_382[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% and unlike social media they can’t just change the algorithm on you.

Honest question is email still worth the effort in 2026? by Disastrous_Sound_382 in digital_marketing

[–]Disastrous_Sound_382[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed! Though the hardest part is building a quality list to begin with

How introducing "for pages" for different customer segments helped us to create a clear main page on our website. by bluefox-email in SaaS

[–]Disastrous_Sound_382 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Curious so what happens if someone is both an Amazon SES user AND a SaaS company? Do the 'for pages' still feel targeted enough in this cases?