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by tstegart 14y ago
The open source software we use for our magazine is always looking for people. If you want to learn Newsstand and create a new branch there might even be an opportunity to make money eventually. http://bakerframework.com/
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by tstegart 14y ago
I didn't realize there were a lot of low cost options when I asked. I'm also not sure what I need, so it was a general question about what people on HN find helpful in terms of making sales.
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by tstegart 14y ago
Their site looks interesting and the pricing looks good. Do you use them at the moment?
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by tstegart 14y ago
So I would run this myself? Does anyone on HN use this?
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by tstegart 14y ago
Do you use it? What do you use it most for if you do?
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Ask HN: What are some good free CRM tools?
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by tstegart 14y ago
I stopped watching MTV in college, and I haven't really had a problem being sad since then. You should reevaluate where and how you get sensory input and consider tossing some things out the window.
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by tstegart 14y ago
This is just their news website to promote themselves so people don't think they're doing a crappy job. Their regular website still exists and it just as boring and functional as ever: http://city.milwaukee.gov/police
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by tstegart 14y ago
Actually, I think the thieves are anonymous in that they aren't known yet, not "Anonymous" the hacker group.
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by tstegart 14y ago
Consumer apps might be a hard sell, although Steam might soon have its own app store. If you're selling a business app, then yes, you can easily succeed outside the app store.
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by tstegart 14y ago
I would agree. or at the very least, a client's app in the App Store who is willing to say good things about you.
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by tstegart 14y ago
I would guess PR would be more successful. Have you tried asking for people to try you out in the forums devoted to developers? iphonesdk; MacRumors has a new one for business and marketing; 148Apps has a business page with developer news.
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by tstegart 14y ago
Do you need a log-in? Can't people use it without logging in? I would think you might want to go long-in free for a while and see how you do. Are you sure its not holding you back? What's your bounce rate? Do people show up and then disappe
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by tstegart 14y ago
I love it! Some tabs would be awesome, as would multiple background images (just saying that because I'm having trouble with them today, I doubt many people use multiple images)
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by tstegart 14y ago
That's what I thought too. Not to mention oddly requiring a Facebook or Twitter log-in when so many people here complain about it (and all the stories about being hacked lately).
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by tstegart 14y ago
Coding. I wish I could just tell a computer what I wanted my app to do and it would write the code. I mean actually tell it, Siri style. My second biggest challenge is selling. Finding the right people to call or email, finding their contac
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by tstegart 14y ago
Are you a mobile app? Android? iOS?
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by tstegart 14y ago
Do any of your advertising efforts meet with success? Most app developers I know try advertising but never seem to get it to work.
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by tstegart 14y ago
I agree. If people skip to a section of a coding book all the time, an author could decide it needs expansion or might base a whole other title on the subject.
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by tstegart 14y ago
You might just be A/B testing your samples or your jacket text. I'm guessing a lot of authors would agree with you that they don't want to change specific passages in their stories. But I see a lot of them working on making their sales bett
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by tstegart 14y ago
I'm guessing this info isn't on the website because you haven't got around to it yet, but knowing how things work is what attracts me to services. I'm wary of companies that claim to do things but don't say how it works, so you should consi
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by tstegart 14y ago
How does the developer get your code inside their book? Also, you might want to consider an intermediate plan. We're over 1000 readers (after a few months), but I'm guessing we're years away from 500,000 readers.
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by tstegart 14y ago
Could this work in a hybrid app for iOS? Specifically, we publish a hybrid iPad app using an open source framework called Baker ( http://bakerframework.com/ ). I know a lot of people publish books using it as well. Only problem is, Google A
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by tstegart 14y ago
Ahh, the site just changed and now I can see everything.
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by tstegart 14y ago
Yeah, I agree. I'm wondering what the OP's company does exactly. Like Amazon S3 stats?
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by tstegart 14y ago
There was just an HN post on portfolio sites: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4284663 . One of the things mentioned in the articles was a portfolio blog, mainly for coders where they talk about the technical stuff they did behind the s
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by tstegart 14y ago
Please post on HN again when it's done. It looks great.
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by tstegart 14y ago
We're an iPad travel magazine and are up to about 350 downloads a month. No paid developers, or any developers actually, we rely on a pretty cool open source tool called Baker and I've self-taught myself bits of code here and there to make
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by tstegart 14y ago
I'm not getting a favicon on Firefox on a PC. Don't ask me why I notice these things, but it makes the Swagsy tab look dull.
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by tstegart 14y ago
That's pretty sweet. Its like a daily deals site meets the App Store. Any plans on doing iPad bundles?

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