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A tiny badge led to dozens of sales and hundreds of new followers
- Commodore_64 6y agoThat seems pretty cool!
- Evan_Hellmuth 6y agoThe linked 12-month MBA is a very cool idea! Keep it up Jakob
- antonvs 6y agoMaybe I'm a jerk for saying this, but "dozens of sales" and "hundreds of followers" doesn't seem particularly impressive.
- chordalkeyboard 6y agoit depends on your perspective. It may not be intended to be impressive, but merely representative. It may not be intended to be representative, but merely informative.
- rlayton2 6y agoFrom the author's blog: >>> But I’ve also no interest in participating in the “startup game”. I don’t want to write applications for accelerators and rely on the opinions of gatekeepers. >>> My goal is not to become a billionaire.
- seanwilson 6y agoHave maker badges worked (or not) for anyone else reading that's tried it? Similar, but floating newsletter sign-up buttons/widgets in the corner of pages have worked for me (they don't have to be in-your-face pop-ups!), making a big difference compared to a sign-up form inlined into the middle or end of posts.
- xiwenc 6y agoThe badge did help with discovery. However i think the exposure was most likely due to the shout out in the podcast. Too much credit is being given for the badge.