Now, I’m left with $436.55 of the $500 I’ve limited

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Now, I’m left with $436.55 of the $500 I’ve limited myself to. I’ll have to get creative with my budget for this giveaway.

Since I only want people entering my giveaway who are likely to be interested in hiking & adventuring (preferably in California), I’m probably going to make my giveaway item(s) very closely related to hiking gear. Things like: A backpack or tent, sleeping bag, jacket and so on.

But first, I’m going to take the weekend to ask a few people in my audience what type of gear they want (and will use)—I’ll run a few giveaway suggestions by them and see what they think.

What’s next?

Once I land on the giveaway item I’ll be offering to my early feedback group, it’s time to afghanistan phone number database the hell out of the giveaway. I’ll start with opening it to my small email list, then spread out.

Next, I’ll build a targeted list of online communities, forums, Instagram & Twitter influencers (think: outdoor photographers in California) who might be interested in sharing my giveaway with their audience in exchange for a future feature on my site once the site is live. It’s a long shot since the site doesn’t exist yet, but all I need is a couple of yeses that could make all the difference. To help boost your legitimacy a little bit before your outreach, you can consider buying Twitter followers as a means to stand out a bit.

After my email list has grown in size from my giveaway, I’ll individually pitch my refined product or service ideas to a handful of people in my feedback group. I’ll take their consensus on what sounds most appealing, whip up a quick landing page and launch it on pre-order to my full email list.

Will all of this going according to plan? No way.

But I’m going to grow and adapt when I need to… for now, it’s back to work.

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UPDATE #2: 305 Email Subscribers, Strategic Connections, Reddit, Launching the Giveaway and Influencer Outreach.