Re: Trial downloads

From: Sharon Housley <sharon_at_notepage.com>
Date: Tue 27 Aug 2002 08:56:50 -0500

"Heidi Jessup" <jessup_at_usexpress.net> wrote:

> I am looking at marketing a new software program to consumers in the
> home, school, small business arenas. Software is a completely new
> animal for us, and the category for this software has quite a few
> players, but no real big names. Obviously, one approach has been to
> offer a trial version on-line. Can anyone recommend a site or provide
> any data on the success of this type of effort?

This is a very effective method to marketing software online, it is
commonly known as "shareware". These days nearly every application
including many large commercial applications are sold by using an
evaluation version. A resource you may find useful is
http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com .

HTH
Sharon Housley
NotePage, Inc. - http://www.notepage.net
Trusted Messaging - http://www.trusted-messaging.com
Leaders in Messaging Software





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