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by takrupp 16y ago
We do a lot of web marketing ourselves (just not SEO): This is a pretty proven method in building an email list. We have double opt in and our conversion rate is through the roof. We make a lot of money off of that pop up.
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by takrupp 16y ago
Shoot me your details, my email is in my profile. Thanks!
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by takrupp 16y ago
We have a pretty good idea on SEO. One of the businesses is a web marketing firm focused on Copy Writing (he's a copy writer). So, we do know the basics and can ferret out BS, but he/we believe good SEO takes time and effort. Neither of
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by takrupp 16y ago
http://HoboHookah.com
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by takrupp 16y ago
We do some SEO work ourselves, but we run three businesses here, all of them make decent amounts of money. Its not worth us to pull a partner out, have him learn SEO, implement it, etc. We'd rather pay someone that knows what they are doi
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Ask HN: Does anyone do SEO out there?
10 points by takrupp 16y ago|31 comments
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by takrupp 16y ago
The money is nice, and it is a "Sales" job, but their is some creativity to it. You are trying to marry a candidate to a client. They are both moving targets. Its a skill game, more than a "bang the phones" game that a normal sales job i
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by takrupp 16y ago
Top recruiters work in the highest paying industries, which rarely includes technology (except in the upper echelons). Most of these recruiters are from large firms, filling contract or lower level hires that net the firm maybe $10-20k and
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by takrupp 16y ago
I think they should take that money and see if they can get a real development team to use it as seed funds, and then keep a below market slice of equity. Some people forget that, like Gates, Zuckerberg was actually a pretty good programmer
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by takrupp 16y ago
Maybe there should be a tag and thread on HN for startups that are launching or looking for alpha/beta users (like the ASK tag).
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by takrupp 16y ago
I really depends on the technologies. I work in mostly the quant finance industry, which usually uses object oriented languages like C++ and Java. The bigger companies (mostly hedge funds) do want to see candidates with at least a BS in C
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Ask HN: What color do you recommend for a physical product?
2 points by takrupp 16y ago|1 comments
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by takrupp 16y ago
Thanks, this is interesting. What I think would be the best solution would be a pop-up (either in the front page or an actual popup) that if a user is from a certain country's IP address it just says: Are you in Canada and looking to buy o
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Ask HN: How do you forward traffic based on country of origin?
2 points by takrupp 16y ago|3 comments
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by takrupp 16y ago
Near the grove st path station.
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by takrupp 16y ago
If anyone is in Jersey City, NJ we could do something similar. We have two apartments in which we operate 3 businesses and occasionally have borders staying here who also work in startups. Fast internet, multiple phone lines, lots of sun
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by takrupp 16y ago
- We used PayPal for two years running a hookah ecommerce site. We did about $3000-6000 in revenue per month. We chose paypal because no other payment processor we knew of would work with a "tobacco" related website. We had no problems w
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by takrupp 16y ago
Got another one here: Hadoop/Java Developer - San Francisco, USA (Contract to perm, no telecommute, but work out a 4 day onsite work situation) Top Silicon Valley tech firm (think old world internet, but still a relevant business model) is
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by takrupp 16y ago
Trading Operations: Perl - London, UK Working on a systematic trading desk building analytics for quants. Must have strong Linux admin experience, great perl programming, and some decent math background. Position is on a small team, in a
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Ask HN: Help me verify my news app
2 points by takrupp 16y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: When did a news story first appear online?
2 points by takrupp 16y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Where to have your honeymoon?
14 points by takrupp 16y ago|7 comments
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by takrupp 16y ago
Depends on the recruiter and industry. Its pretty easy to figure out the jokers from the professionals (simply by asking "Who is the hiring manager?" will a lot of times show you who is who). No doubt the big firms are typically loaded wi
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by takrupp 16y ago
It depends on whether you are going through a recruiter or not. A recruiter can broach that topic a little more gently than speaking with your prospective employer. If that's not a possibility, leave the GPA off there and put a bullet wit
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by takrupp 16y ago
Agreed. You maybe work a bit more hours (but honestly, if you want to compete at a 9-5 you are really working more like 8-7pm anyways.), but the hours happen when and where you want them to happen, which can maximize time with loved ones.
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Ask HN: Where to put your money?
23 points by takrupp 16y ago|22 comments
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by takrupp 16y ago
I spoke with a guy a vocalocity (that I think someone on HN referred them to me), and they seem like a pretty good fit (unlimited us/canada, good web PBX, reasonably priced hardware). Does anyone have any experience working with them?
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by takrupp 16y ago
This looks interesting. Do you need any pbx or if i got 5 IP phones, set them up, they would just work? Need to crunch some numbers on per minute vs flat rate. One of the businesses is phone intensive, probably use 120-240 minutes per day
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What kind of telephone system for a small business?
7 points by takrupp 16y ago|8 comments
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by takrupp 16y ago
I too used your book to get started in Python. It was a great introductory lesson, and definitely my learning style. Thank you! Going to try Python for Fun this month ( http://openbookproject.net/py4fun/index.html ) to get a bit more adva

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