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by matt1 16y ago
I made a similar post recently asking for feedback on my app's conversion funnel ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1354179 ). My preliminary results showed a 1.6% conversion rate, which from what I gather, is fairly normal. I think with
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by matt1 16y ago
Will do tonight.
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You guys might like this autobiographical profile of Adrian's from 2001 when he went by the handle Magus: http://www.mattmazur.com/archive/aol-files/downloads/people/... Quote: its amazing how many security guards will escort you up to t
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by matt1 16y ago
Great idea -- I do have their email addresses and I can email them. I was worried it would be creepy "Why didn't you use my web app?" but it could be valuable if tactfully worded: "What did you think of the service? Any recommendations?" Al
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Ask HN: Users who register but never use your web app
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Path Analysis: A Good Use of Time?(kaushik.net)
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by matt1 16y ago
Hey, thanks for the feedback. I think you're right in that I need to do a better job at addressing the pain points. One of the interesting dilemmas about it is that people are using the app for many different uses, which is great, but it ma
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by matt1 16y ago
HN, I put together the infographic in this post to show my success so far with charging for my web app, Preceden. I don't have a lot of experience charging and am looking for any feedback you all may have. Two specific questions: 1) What's
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Ask HN: Review Preceden's paid conversion funnel(mattmazur.com)
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by matt1 16y ago
Neat site, it's really well done. Are you just releasing it now or has it been out for a while? It's very polished regardless. I did find the comment Webklipper loves you! at the bottom of the demo page a bit disconcerting though. :)
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What a hamster can teach you about progress(mattmazur.com)
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by matt1 16y ago
Not looking for a review; did that a few months ago :). Thanks though. I've changed up the header links quite a few times, and am just looking for pointers.
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Ask HN: Homepage header links - any best practices?
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You can now make Gantt charts with Preceden(preceden.com)
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by matt1 16y ago
If it was trivial, there wouldn't be so many questions about how to search the site :) But thanks. Edit: Or maybe if you're the type of person who can't figure it out, you're not the type of person who should be posting on HackerNews in the
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by matt1 16y ago
As with most threads, posting an intelligent opinion will probably have a greater impact than a simple down vote.
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Make something people want , right? If the majority of folks here want search, and given that it wouldn't take much time to add a link to SearchYC, why not do it?
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Rubular: a Ruby regular expression editor and tester(rubular.com)
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House effort would legalize, tax online gambling(medilldev.net)
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"The Bet" by Anton Chekhov(adamsmithacademy.org)
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Canvascape - "3D Walker"(benjoffe.com)
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by matt1 17y ago
FWIW, I implemented inertial scrolling (or flinging) on the timelines at http://www.preceden.com . You're welcome to check out the JavaScript if you're interested in implementing something similar. It was exciting to set up... really bring
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by matt1 17y ago
This was a great article and it sounds very familiar. On and off for the past two years I've experienced similar pain. (see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=889067 ). The last three weeks have been particularly bad: I've taken time off,
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by matt1 17y ago
A travel website where you enter the date and the amount of money you have to spend on a ticket, and it tells you all the places you can go. Isn't there a YC-backed startup that does this? I seem to recall meeting one of the founders at o
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Y Combinator's "The Process"(mattmazur.com)
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Harvard Guide to RSI Prevention(rsi.deas.harvard.edu)
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BingoCardCreator - Conversion Optimizer Success Stories(google.com)
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Ycombinator.com - ServersInside Analysis(serversiders.com)
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Where Social Media Monitoring Services Fail(socialmediatoday.com)
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by matt1 17y ago
Thanks -- good article.

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