<story><title>How To Get Your First 1,000 Users</title><url>http://viniciusvacanti.com/2011/02/08/how-to-get-your-first-1000-users/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>il</author><text>I like the list, but I wouldn&apos;t dismiss paid advertising so quickly. Set up a testing budget and keep testing until you make it work. Groupon, LivingSocial, etc are seeing tremendous growth from their AdWords campaigns.&lt;p&gt;Investors and potential acquirers are goig to be a lot more excited about a scalable user acquisition model like AdWords than fleeting success on social media.</text></comment>
<story><title>How To Get Your First 1,000 Users</title><url>http://viniciusvacanti.com/2011/02/08/how-to-get-your-first-1000-users/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>JoeAltmaier</author><text>I love how-to blog entries = its a tutorial, a cheat sheet, a process guide.  Especially when, like this one, they give fairly detailed instructions on services, techniques, and sequencing.</text></comment>