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Work Remote Forever from Automatic, Invision, Zapier, Muck Rack and more(workremotelyforever.com)
1 points by vv 5y ago|0 comments
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How to turn your PR around: a to-do list(muckrack.com)
6 points by vv 11y ago|0 comments
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by vv 11y ago
Thanks Kareem! He was one of my favorite guests. I'd interviewed much more famous entrepreneurs than Fabrice, but the episode with him was one of my most popular because he was by far the most candid -- even telling me his net worth at
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by vv 12y ago
There are risks to building in house too: Things will break over time Key programmer leaves, no good documentation or succession plan left behind New needs will arise (e.g. if you built an expense tracking app before smartphones, you'
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by vv 12y ago
We have engineers and we already spend a lot more on them than we do on SaaS. But we want them focused on building Muck Rack into an awesome PR tool for our customers, not internal tools unless they're specific to our product. Even so
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by vv 12y ago
Since we run two products (both Muck Rack and the Shorty Awards), we end up paying twice for some services like Github.
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How we’re spending $55,930.08 a year on SaaS products(blog.sawhorsemedia.com)
71 points by vv 12y ago|61 comments
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by vv 12y ago
Agreed with everyone else here: don't submit that press release anywhere! Short emails, 2-4 sentences, to the right journalists will be much more effective. Check out our primer on how to write emails to journalists: http://
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When you’re 90% done building your product, get ready for the second 90%(blog.sawhorsemedia.com)
3 points by vv 13y ago|0 comments
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How to know which publications and blogs to pitch(blog.muckrack.com)
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Using Facebook promoted posts to enhance PR(blog.muckrack.com)
1 points by vv 14y ago|0 comments
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Using PR for business goals rather than vanity(blog.muckrack.com)
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Mark Zuckerberg should resign as CEO immediately(motivatr.com)
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The incognito window: an essential UX tool(motivatr.com)
1 points by vv 14y ago|0 comments
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by vv 14y ago
What's your goal for the press? To get users? Investors? Customers? For a tech blog like you describe, don't bother with a press release. Best to send a short email describing why what you're doing is interesting. Most reporters prefer hear
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How I got quoted in CNET by tweeting at a journalist(motivatr.com)
3 points by vv 14y ago|0 comments
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Time to ditch the term “non-technical cofounder”(motivatr.com)
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I'd like to cover your event for Twitter.com...(blog.muckrack.com)
1 points by vv 15y ago|0 comments
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Why it's important to get journalists to use your web app(blog.muckrack.com)
2 points by vv 15y ago|0 comments
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Using Olark to host office hours on our web app(blog.muckrack.com)
1 points by vv 15y ago|0 comments
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Using Gmail, Writethat.name, Rapportive and Boomerang for CRM(motivatr.com)
1 points by vv 15y ago|0 comments
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The First Facebook President(motivatr.com)
1 points by vv 15y ago|0 comments
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Google+ is to Facebook/Twitter as Internet Explorer was to Netscape(plus.google.com)
5 points by vv 15y ago|1 comments
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by vv 15y ago
Journalists are like anyone else: They wake up in the morning wanting to do their job well and write about stories that will be interesting to their audience. If you do your research and pitch them a story that's interesting and up their al
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Hey, they took my iPad(motivatr.com)
2 points by vv 15y ago|0 comments
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JQuery plugin dynamically changes your images to placeholder kittens(github.com)
56 points by vv 16y ago|18 comments
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by vv 16y ago
Love this service. I've used it for years on all my sites, great to know if you have a traffic serge before Google Analytics catches up. Amazing UI too. Receives far too little buzz for how great of product it is.
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Making digital holiday cards matter(motivatr.com)
1 points by vv 16y ago|0 comments
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Two phrases every startup should adopt(motivatr.com)
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by vv 16y ago
Well said Ramit. There was a great interview of Jeff Bezos by the now defunct Portfolio Magazine in which they asked him how important A/B testing is to Amazon's success. He said it was important but that still many decisions, such as launc

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