How do you find beta testers?

[David V Glasgow]

Jonathan,

I invite feedback from 10 volunteers who are members of likely user mailing lists.  I never use the term Beta testing or release candidate, just say hey I made this and I want feedback from professionals experienced in ‘whatever’.  I say that anyone who gives me feedback, however little, gets a free copy of the final app. Once I was adjudged to be spamming (on LinkedIn, which is bloody ironic), but if you keep things informal, personable and friendly, I find that folks are interested.

This has the advantage of letting potential users on the list know that something is brewing, and the most interested ones as early adopters.    I always take the time to thank everyone via the list, and give a little bit of feedback on progress, just to keep awareness up.

The downside is that the ratio of volunteers to useful feedback is very high.  I say 10, but usually distribute 30 or so copies, and get actual feedback from only a handful.

Cheers,

David Glasgow

> On 12 Apr 2017, at 7:06 pm, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> I have been getting feedback from friends and family on my app, but I want to find a wider circle of testers. I plan to seek testers on the use-list as well, but for now I am trying to find a couple dozen nonprogrammers so I can judge how the average public reacts to the app.
> 
> How do those of you who program for the general public do this?
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