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		personjerry on Sept 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we... > - Do it once you know that your product is compelling to your target audience. I thought a good way to test if your product is compelling is to build a landing page, put out a little bit of cash for ads, and see if you get sign ups?

_teyd on Sept 30, 2023 [–]

I was wondering the same thing. Is there a new ad-free version of this?

adgjlsfhk1 on Sept 30, 2023 | [–]

find a few people in your target audience and talk to them?

414techie on Oct 1, 2023 | | [–]

Personally, I don’t think this is an either/or. I think both prospective user interviews and ads are tools for this.

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