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   by ankeshk 17y ago

   To all the skeptics about MBTI: isn't it weird that the best copywriters out there study and apply MBTI in their work? People who write sales letters that are mailed a few million times, or who write copy for the 30 minute infomercials - us
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   by ankeshk 17y ago

   Oh I hope so. But I doubt India taking the lead in R&D and innovation. At least within the next 5 years. I don't see it happening. Except Zoho, you'll be hard pressed to name any other Indian startup doing extremely well. Indian sta
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   by ankeshk 17y ago

   You're not being impatient. But what you need to learn is how to parlay opportunities. Use your current job to build a 6 month nest egg (calculate what you need to live on if you won't earn a penny for 6 whole months). Then parlay that 6
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   Ask HN: How can a startup create its own board of advisors?

   7 points by ankeshk 17y ago|2 comments
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   by ankeshk 17y ago

   Excellent post! And if you follow the latest online copywriting best practices, you'll know that creating 3-5 persona types for your website navigation is all that is required. Almost every one will follow one of those 3-5 pathways. Sideno
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   by ankeshk 17y ago

   What is of interest is does that 8% comprise of the same people? Or does it change? When Michael Dell was young and selling newspaper subscription, he found that only 2 kinds of people bought newspaper subscriptions. Those who just got mar
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   Video Optimization and Analytics: A closer look at YouTube Insight(10e20.com)

   1 points by ankeshk 17y ago|0 comments
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   by ankeshk 17y ago

   Umm - this link shows that IE6 just has 10.6% market share. Not 23%... http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
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   Lean startups aren’t Cheap Startups(venturehacks.com)

   2 points by ankeshk 17y ago|1 comments
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    While in theory you are correct, there are a few points to ponder upon: Laptops are not like stocks or other exchange commodities. As in, their prices won't fluctuate like crazy (unless of course you manage to get pre-order commitments to
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    Or the other thing I would do is - organize an auction. 1. Source products from an auction company on consignment basis. 2. Find an event happening in town and pickyback to it - hold your auction at that event (with permission) or outside b
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    1. Trick 1: Forget about the $5. 2. Trick 2: Forget about providing the actual service within those 2 hours. Use the 2 hours just for doing the actual trade. 3. Then sell something before you buy it. If I was given just 2 hours, I would d
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    This is a problem. 1. You have to put one person in charge of an app or project so that she takes care of maintenance. But putting one person in charge - as the article says - "gives executives no incentive to say their product line is on t
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    1. Ease of use 2. Accessibility of information (no one wants to click 8 times to find what they're looking for) 3. The mood the design creates (colour / spacing / layout / font) 4. Uniqueness
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    Here are the steps I take: 1. Round up the competition sites. At least 3-5. 2. Go to: http://tools.seobook.com/link-tools/backlinks/backlinks.php and type in each of the competition sites one by one. 3. See who linked to the competition
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    Check these 2 people out: they are pretty good at what they do: http://www.imalwagner.com http://www.publicityhound.com Whatever you do - don't go for a cookie cutter plan where all they do is write a press release and submit it out and
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    No humans will ever actually come across the directory links. But search engines still take them into consideration while ranking your websites. It goes back to playing according to the medium rules. Note: don't only do directory submissio
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    1. SEO is not fraud. But a lot of people who do search engine optimization sure don't know what they're doing. 2. Why isn't SEO fraud? As a business, you create your promotional message. And then you decide where to run that promotional me
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    Cant google just add their spam filters for all the group messages too?
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    I actually love this book. History and strategy. You use the tricks that suit your personality. And become aware of the rest. I can't compare it with Sun Tzu. Because Sun Tzu is purely metaphorical. You have to think deep to see the ap
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    I had a similar feeling until I read about your own personal experiences and saw what a hustler spirit you have. Not smug though. But too polished. This may help: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/03/its_how_you_...
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    Thank You for the link! Its pure gold all the way. And helpful even if you don't ever plan to run a Direct Response TV infomercial. You can glean a lot about human psychology from it. The best tip for me was: "American Telecast did someth
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    Video Camera That Records At The Speed Of Thought(sciencedaily.com)

    15 points by ankeshk 17y ago|6 comments
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    I get the problem you have with RTs. But thats why I've added tools that helps in getting rid of abusive / spammy messages from the network. So hopefully people who you follow are kind and smart and will only RT interesting messages. A lot
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    Thanks Jim. Didn't build the tool for monetization. Built the tool to make promotion of my other sites and apps easier. (Yes thats my sneaky ulterior motive :p) If this app succeeds, getting initial seed traffic to other apps would become
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    Thanks for suggestions. Right now, which tweets are not liked by users is being recorded. But the data is not being used to rank the tweets. In the future maybe. Also, if the app succeeds, in the future - may add categories or tags or som
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    Fair enough. You despise RT. But a lot of others don't. This tool is for them. Of course - you can't make a tool that makes everyone happy. And people who despise RT-ing is not the target audience. But how is the tool spamming? People
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    Thanks. Its a reciprocation tool. But it does give people choices to retweet the messages they like. They don't have to retweet all the messages. They can read 20-30-40 (upto unlimited) messages and select just 4 of them to be retweeted
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    People can choose the messages they want to RT. If they don't like a message, they can hide it. Its not like mag-pie or other services where people have no control over which messages are retweeted.
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    by ankeshk 17y ago

    Its too expensive outside US though... if I get it shipped to India - it'll cost me $405! And it won't come with the ability to read blogs and online news...