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   by bvanvugt 13y ago

   In our case it did! Our core product today is an API to send templated email.
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   by bvanvugt 13y ago

   Absolutely! Prior to this experiment we spent nearly two months talking to customers/partners of all sizes. The details of that period would make a great follow-up blog post.
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   by bvanvugt 13y ago

   We intentionally diversified the traffic as much as possible, exactly for this reason. Only a small portion of the traffic was from personal networks. Repeat clicks are definitely interesting. It makes sense that once a button was clicked a
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   by bvanvugt 13y ago

   SendGrid/Mandrill/Mailgun are great! We've built a much needed layer on top of those services, that focuses on email content and customer experience.
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   by bvanvugt 13y ago

   Sure - that's probably worth another blog post too. We used a combination of twitter, adwords, marketing forums, and personal network.
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   by bvanvugt 13y ago

   Excellent question, and probably grounds for another blog post. We tried to use a variety of channels, including twitter, marketer communities, and even some google adwords.
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   by bvanvugt 13y ago

   In a way that's a good thing - having a user work through the frustrating UI and still be interested in the product is amazing validation. Early adopters can self select.
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   How we validated our SaaS product without building it(blog.sendwithus.com)

   120 points by bvanvugt 13y ago|67 comments
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   by bvanvugt 13y ago

   Don't worry, these components are free to use! Paid plans are only applicable if you're sending email through us, and even then, there's a free tier to get you started :)
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    by bvanvugt 13y ago

    Should check out Litmus: https://litmus.com/ They provide multi-client email rendering as a service. Very handy when dealing with email HTML.
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    by bvanvugt 13y ago

    This is awesome, always happy to see continued work on Knockout. We use it in our production single-page app at sendwithus, and while AngularJS is tempting, Knockout is so lightweight and nimble that it lets us move really quickly on front-
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    by bvanvugt 13y ago

    Removing email templates from source code alone is a huge win - to your point, I don't know any devs who enjoy updating email templates :) We wrote a quick blog post about this a few weeks back: http://blog.bvanvugt.com&#x2F
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    by bvanvugt 13y ago

    Exactly! As developers ourselves, it's ridiculous how many times we've (begrudgingly) built this functionality into other products.
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    by bvanvugt 13y ago

    Thanks knes! :) We allow companies to control their own triggers via API - more information here: https://www.sendwithus.com/developers
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    by bvanvugt 13y ago

    Absolutely, and great questions. Our focus is on content management and optimization for all your transactional email. We find that large successful companies always end up building this sort tool themselves - that's the pain we solv
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    by bvanvugt 13y ago

    Thanks bliggy, it's surprising (and ridiculous) how many developers end up building this themselves.
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    Sendwithus (YC W14) Offers A/B Testing And Analytics Tools For Email Marketers(techcrunch.com)

    65 points by bvanvugt 13y ago|18 comments
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    User Acquisition, from the Trenches(blog.hrck.ca)

    49 points by bvanvugt 13y ago|8 comments
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    Recycling Proc in Turing(gist.github.com)

    3 points by bvanvugt 13y ago|2 comments
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    My First Nine Months as a Founder(blog.bvanvugt.com)

    2 points by bvanvugt 13y ago|0 comments