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If you are getting a flood of traffic, anything you can do to establish a connection with people is vital. Keep in mind there may be some people who aren't will
by troupe 15y ago
If you are getting a flood of traffic, anything you can do to establish a connection with people is vital. Keep in mind there may be some people who aren't willing to sign up for the service today, but might be willing to subscribe to your blog, sign up for a contest, etc.
Also your site is something that people may be willing to share with their friends more than they are willing to sign up for it themselves. You might consider making the social media buttons a bit more prominent. I might not be willing to login with Facebook, but may be willing to click "share this on Twitter" because my friends will think it is funny. (Obviously you should test this. My assumption may be wrong and the social buttons hurt things.)
You might also consider adding a bit of social proof to the site. A testimonial of a user or something like that. My first reaction is "I don't know if I'm comfortable adding their facebook application." A headshot and "wow this is wonderful" from a user might lessen that feeling.
By the way, you said you got a subscriber. Is this a paid service or are you referring to people to add your facebook application?
- rapcal 15y agoOh, about the "subscriber" I was just referring to an HN member that added the Facebook app. Sorry, I'm a native Portuguese speaker and my English is not very good... :S
- troupe 15y agoSome other suggestions: 1. Add your logo to your Twitter account and get some additional content up there. People aren't going to follow you if you haven't posted anything. 2. Create a G+ page as well. 3. If people are tweeting about your app, you might want to have a running list of those tweets on the front page of your site. 4. Fix the app. I'm getting a "sorry but something went wrong" when I try it.
- rapcal 15y agoAbout points 1 to 3, I think e acknowledged above with enough emphasis my complete lack of social wisdom so far... :( Regarding 4, just as the app said automatically, I'm also sorry that something went wrong... ;) Can you tell me where, on the flow of the app, you experienced this? I'm on Heroku using their free tier for now, so maybe you just experienced a lack of server resources... =O
- rapcal 15y agoCall me hopeless newbie, but I really haven't thought about people who may not sign up right on their first visit, but may do so later - and a way to "track" them. I think the social buttons you've mentioned are good for this too - if people tweet/share and get feedback, they may be more likely to come back to the site. I'm not happy with Addthis, the social solution I'm using. I chose them for analytics, but I'm starting to feel that sticking with the default buttons might generate more engagement. I really have to put more thought & effort on social. Thanks for reminding me of that!