a single source, nothing corroborates it
Re-read the site against what you now ship
Everything built since the last rewrite is missing from the marketing site, and the gap widens quietly. Schedule a pass at least yearly that rebuilds the feature list and reads every page as a list of implied promises, then checks whether the product and the roadmap still deliver them.
The method
- 01
Audit your marketing site for drift: everything you shipped since the last rewrite is missing from it, so rebuild the feature list periodically.
- 02
Schedule a promise check up at least once a year: read your landing page and every marketing asset as a list of implied promises and check whether the product and the roadmap still deliver them.
What it returned
Zue began compiling a much longer feature list covering everything added since his last significant marketing site changes, which were over a year earlier.
Sources
- Managing Expectations: Making Good (on) Promises. – The Bootstrapped FounderArvid Kahl · thebootstrappedfounder.com · Dealing with Disappointment · 2022-04-28
- The ReboundCory Zue · coryzue.com · Working on the marketing site · 2022-07-01
the second source
Three plays a week, for the phase you are in
No roundup of links, no news. Three tactics more than one builder arrived at separately, with the numbers each one returned and the disagreements left in.
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