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Ask HN: Is promoting myself as a freelancer on my project's website a bad idea?
Since launching BugMuncher I've actually got a little bit of freelance work from people who have seen it and wanted to hire me because BugMuncher impressed them. BugMuncher is already profitable and makes me a modest income, but I still need to supplement that income with freelance work.
I recently had the idea of putting a 'Hire Me' link on BugMuncher as a way of getting more freelance leads, but in the back of my mind I'm thinking this could have an adverse affect on sign ups. I'm already A/B testing having the 'hire me' link, but I'd love to know what you all think. (you can see the hire me link by going to http://bugmuncher.com#whm)
Cheers,
Matt
- johnnyg 14y agoYour website says "I get stuff done, and well". A Hire Me on such an app is a big plus. I've sent an email offer to you.
- lukevdp 14y agoI don't think it will have an adverse affect on signups. I don't think the banner you put up will have a positive effect on getting more freelance work either though. Like hndjmrh posted here, I think a link in the footer is more effective.
- hndjmrh 14y agoConsidering that your Hire me banner covers one of the Sign up links then yes, this will have an adverse affect on signups. I would suggest putting it as a small text link in your footer instead, maybe "Want to hire me? Email..." under the copyright note.
- MattBearman 14y agoAh crap, I only just hacked it together, and didn't consider smaller screen sizes. I really should have learned the dangers of late night hacking by now - fail. Cheers for the heads up, I've put a quick fix in for now, I'll re-evaluate it properly tomorrow.
- sprobertson 14y agoYes, plus that's where someone would look if they were interested (and that strong positive indicator will help you down the line). I didn't see the diagonal banner right away, and I was looking for it.
- orangethirty 14y agoInclude a form that is specifically for getting work leads. Then put it somewhere on the page under the following title: "You can hire the engineer behind BugMuncher to work on your own project. Just write your email below and click on send. I will get back to you through email, so we can discuss how I can make your ideas a reality." ------- | | <- a text input ------- ------ |send | <- a button ------ Thats it.