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Do you have a copy of your pitch? There are a lot of things that can go wrong. I look at marketing like I do computer programs. Most of the time your first go
by austenallred 11y ago
Do you have a copy of your pitch?
There are a lot of things that can go wrong. I look at marketing like I do computer programs. Most of the time your first go at it is buggy (and maybe won't even compile). If any single thing is off the entire process comes crashing down.
- dennisgorelik 11y agoIn your HN profile you are hinting expertise in user acquisition. Your acquisition results are occasionally impressive, but not sticky: http://www.similarweb.com/website/grasswire.com http://www.similarweb.com/website/grasswire.com Note 400K monthly visits in August, but then only 85K in September. Why the results are so unstable?
- austenallred 11y agoFirst, those stats are wrong: both are low, but Sept is very low. Second, we're a crowd sourced news company, so we're focused on the contributor side, which has been consistently growing 15% week over week. Sometimes that causes traffic spikes, and we can drive insane amounts of traffic if we try, but it will still be a couple months before readers are our priority.
- dennisgorelik 11y agoWhat are your actual numbers? Correction: similarweb shows 540K visits in August. > 15% week over week For how many weeks?
- austenallred 11y ago600k in August, 230k in sept. It was 20% for eight weeks, 15% for the next four. If you join the newsroom you'll see how incredible it's becoming.