Getting reviews
Ben:
Apparently it's ask and you shall receive which is swell, (not to guess at what Daran's intentions were) but I think it would be a great for us noobs and would-bes if some of the more experienced publishers were to sound off on their methods and tactics regarding getting reviews.
daranp:
Mike Sugarbaker:
The top blogs - and MiniEnt seems to be on target to become one of them - are good to send review copies to, and unless they have their heads in their asses they post pretty clear instructions somewhere on how to do that. But RPG.net is the single largest review site. It doesn't take much to identify the dozen or so dudes who write very thoroughly about essentially everything that is sent to them. They rarely savage things, but it's even more rarely that they write in a way that gets anyone excited.
In short, you can get several high-visibility reviews without too much work, but don't expect it to make sales take off. The way to make sales happen is to be part of a community, and have a product that fits that community. Now go forth and lurk no more. :-)
daranp:
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Now go forth and lurk no more
*lol*
Mark Truman:
Quote from: Mike Sugarbaker on May 26, 2011, 08:10:10 AM
In short, you can get several high-visibility reviews without too much work, but don't expect it to make sales take off. The way to make sales happen is to be part of a community, and have a product that fits that community. Now go forth and lurk no more. :-)
This is great advice. :)
Do you have any examples of indie products that have filled the need of an existing community? It seems to me that the most successful ones have a community built up around them over time...
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