I like the idea of having people ask for the soap. I love my soap and feel that giving it ; is loving. But then I feel like I am begging for feedback from people that may or may not care what soap they use. The soap speaks for itself.
How do people respond to your soap?
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don't think of it as begging, think of it as market research. a lot of the times people (and when I say people, I mean friends/family) love the look of the soap so much they don't want to use it. I gave some friends 3 bars last Christmas. as of 2 months ago, they STILL haven't used any. and I've asked for feedback. soo...it's not like my friends don't care about soap. they just don't want to use it quite yet b/c it's so pretty!
Earthen_Step
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That is exactly how I look at it. I asked as many people as I could think of to beta test my soaps. All I asked in return was for them to use it and give me feedback. It really paid off, it just took a long time to get them talking. I assured them I wanted criticism if they had any so I could fix the bars before trying to sell anything. That took a lot of time, energy and money. So I can't afford to continue doing that. Now I give out free bars now and then with orders as a "thank you!" and ask for reviews.
Dorymae
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I think a lot is in how you ask. Yes when you start out you do have to ask but you don't just give it out to everyone, we'll not if you want real feedback. Just saying "hey I'm making soap, would you try it and tell me what you think", is not going to get you any real feedback other than " it's great" " "oh I love it". I would always make sure I made it sound like a job-the payment of which was the bar of soap.
To get real and helpful feedback you need a consistent set of questions with some way of measuring the result (like a scale of one to ten). Also with friends or family I have found I really needed to tell them I want to hear the worst they can say. Sure I love to hear what they liked, but I need to know what they don't.
To get real and helpful feedback you need a consistent set of questions with some way of measuring the result (like a scale of one to ten). Also with friends or family I have found I really needed to tell them I want to hear the worst they can say. Sure I love to hear what they liked, but I need to know what they don't.
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