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by shafqat 16y ago
Great post. On a slightly related note, are there people in the HN community who are awesome salespeople? Any of you looking for a job? I've found that selling to enterprise customers isn't the hardest part - it's find really awesome salesp
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by shafqat 16y ago
What tool do you use to track search term rankings? Manually or automated?
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by shafqat 16y ago
I just clicked on a link over to a vendor, and didn't see any affiliate tags on the URL. How do you make money on this purchase? The product was the first one (CNS360 Neoprene)? Great looking site, and nice idea.
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by shafqat 16y ago
Would you still consider investing in new B2B startups that have shown traction with sales?
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by shafqat 16y ago
Apologies if you've posted on this before/elsewhere, but what do you specifically look for when deciding: team, product, market? Is there one that is more important than the others? Even though we are not raising, the idea of raising money
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by shafqat 16y ago
Good idea. But how do you make money?
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Ask HN: Are you going to GeekNRolla (London) tomorrow?
7 points by shafqat 17y ago|0 comments
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by shafqat 17y ago
Yes, I've mentioned in previous posts that paywalls for news sites only work if certain criteria are met. There may be more, but these are the ones I can think of: -Niche (i.e. news about F1 racing that has rabid fans) -Financial (variation
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Another Paywall Experiment Ends Badly(blog.newscred.com)
15 points by shafqat 17y ago|2 comments
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by shafqat 17y ago
Just like SendGrid might be in trouble, Twilio must also be wondering what the future will hold. Would love to see someone from SendGrid and Twilio come here to explain the main differences and the cost/benefit of the two services.
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by shafqat 17y ago
That was my first thought, and we are happy SendGrid customers. Of course, SendGrid has analytics and lots of other features that help get emails delivered...But 2 dollars versus 80 is a huge difference.
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by shafqat 17y ago
Patrick - is Google Analytics or Google Conversion Tracker able to track conversions that may occur across many sessions/days apart. For example, tracking the conversion from landing page to registered user is easy. But what about the conve
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by shafqat 17y ago
"For a nominal fee, you may fill out a preliminary MicroVentures funding application and submit your business plan." Pay to play? Are you kidding? All my enthusiasm got wiped out as soon as I read that sentence.
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Ask HN: Are you working on an iPad application?
1 points by shafqat 17y ago|1 comments
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by shafqat 17y ago
Patrick - congrats. You represent all that is good about this community!
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by shafqat 17y ago
Question: Does 37signals buy traffic/Adwords? Has that ever been part of the use acquisition strategy?
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by shafqat 17y ago
If you think your sales cycle is 3 months, you should double that estimate. Sales cycles tend to be much longer than us optimistic entrepreneurs think. Just wanted to share our experience because knowing how long cycles really are would hav
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by shafqat 17y ago
That's right- we're (NewsCred) here in Geneva! The scene is small but I love it. Drop me an email and I'll be happy to share details and help.
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by shafqat 17y ago
Yeah, I'd love to read more about the challenges previous companies have faced when trying to sign up local advertisers.
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by shafqat 17y ago
The NewsCred Platform just launched our API, but all how-tos (including company supported wrappers) are on our own site. Feel free to link to them though if you want: http://developer.newscred.com .
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Ask HN: How do you build a self-serve ad network to compete with Google?
5 points by shafqat 17y ago|3 comments
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by shafqat 17y ago
What people actually pay for (content or distribution) is largely irrelevant (IMO). The news business was only about connecting advertisers with an audience. As soon as advertisers found a better (and more measurable) way to connect with th
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by shafqat 17y ago
Is this free for publishers? How long will it be free? Twilio has a super simple API to push SMSes out to users, but it costs money. No one seems to have mentioned them in this comment thread, but what are your thoughts on the competition?
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by shafqat 17y ago
Such a simple idea, but very compelling and nicely executed. How is the pricing determined? Simply based on what the data seller/aggregator thinks he can get? The "requesting for data" reminds me bit of a more structured mechanical turk.
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How to meet important people in Silicon Valley : Thomas Korte(thomaskorte.com)
7 points by shafqat 17y ago|0 comments
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Wolff: Ruperts’s Mad As Hell, Newspapers Are Over(paidcontent.co.uk)
4 points by shafqat 17y ago|0 comments
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A Review of Fred Wilson's Blog (AVC) from an entrepreneur's perspective(vcblogs.newscred.com)
1 points by shafqat 17y ago|0 comments
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by shafqat 17y ago
-Do you have a blog? Starting writing. Share the contents via RSS, Twitter, FB etc. -Do you have a twitter account? Start following relevant people, get involved in discussions, share your link (don't spam). -Write to bloggers/journalists w
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Ask HN: How to allow users to add Adsense code without security risks
3 points by shafqat 17y ago|2 comments
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by shafqat 17y ago
Love it, idea added. Thanks.

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