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by loladesoto
4508 days ago
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imo there are other ways to get students to crowdsource your content at no or low financial cost, just hustle (Yelp Elite). (in which case, maybe ping Mike Kim to ask about his experience running Yollege.) i'd pick one thing and do it really well. figure out what that is, and go after that. e.g., Ranku solves the problem of searching for online degree programs by aggregating the info for you. once you're there, they make it easy to find/compare/apply. i'd also spend some time with product people having them give you feedback on your prototype. |
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I've tried it all. I go to Pitt, and I had to hustle hard to get kids to answer there. Most people ignored me, and I had to keep following up to get like 5% of the people I asked to do it. I asked my friends, random people, people I just met, people I work with, play basketball with, at the dining halls, I made announcements in classes, put up flyers, handed out flyers, basically everything.
Then the question is what to do for other schools. I tried asking everyone I know on Facebook, but very very few answered questions. I tried emailing club presidents and RA's at other schools to tell kids about it. I tried asking school administrators to help me out. Tried posting on Reddit. I tried paying a representative $50 to get answerers for his school (didn't work).
Then I tried smaller amounts of money. I tried $5 for 50 questions + $100 bonus. Didn't work. Then $10 for 10 questions + the bonus. Didn't work. Finally, I tried $25 for 50 questions with no bonus... and it worked! So given all the things I've tried, I think that it's necessary.
> (in which case, maybe ping Mike Kim to ask about his experience running Yollege.)
Thanks for the tip! He seems like the perfect person to talk to!
> i'd pick one thing and do it really well.
I am - providing more comprehensive student reviews by asking a bunch of questions that currently aren't being asked.