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PaulMontreal
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Show HN: Punching Procrastination in the Face
We all have goals. We often know what to do. Part of us wants to. Part of us resists. But freedom is on the other side. So today we tip the scales toward action. And action changes…
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Comment #41811456
If you’ve got a dry/boring technical pitch or presentation that might benefit from the addition of something more attention grabbing, hit me up. Looking to expand my portfolio with…
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Comment #32647575
Premise: We buy to gain more control. It’s often said that consumers don’t make logical buying decisions, they make emotional ones. But what does that really mean? And how can we t…
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Show HN: Silicon Valley Copywriting Club
Looking for a dozen technical startups to be featured as success stories in the second part of this book. If you’d like to try some new ideas on your product messaging and sales co…
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What Am I Missing?
I'd love to pressure test my formula for sales copy & behavior change. Tell me what I'm missing? Prove me wrong. Or just suggest a tweak. What successful startup doesn't abide by t…
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Comment #21671858
Positives, in no particular order: - The quotations on the bottom of each page help communicate the companies values and also create a sense of community, "people like us believe t…
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Comment #21671466
Positives: The main thing I think these guys are doing really well is communicating through their images. Lawyering (is that a word?) is a personal service, who you're working with…
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Comment #21661607
duckduckgo is riding the growing wave of concern over privacy. So they get to chip in on every press story about privacy issues and google. google at the time was riding the wave o…
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Comment #21660796
bubble.io points of interest... - basic value proposition is clear. - level of simplicity is emphasized. if you're selling tech to a less technical audience, you want to make it cl…
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Comment #21660694
This is a really interesting example, hadn't heard of her before but there's a ton of lessons to model from this one. Will look into it in more depth tomorrow and maybe turn this i…
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Comment #21660675
pinterest is a little like modern google. I was thinking about the main benefit of the modern google (beyond the basic utility of the search function) and its the chrome browser. a…
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Comment #21659451
i might break down the other 2 sites a little more on here, later today.
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Comment #21659431
Corporate sites like this are interesting. I don't know these guys, but a lot of companies like this have a sales force that does all the heavy lifting, the website does nothing mo…
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Comment #21659300
pornhub is just youtube. even though you're likely not after a serious breakdown, our primary drives, to gain control and be able to predict the future (through resources, social s…
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Comment #21659208
hmmm, i'm not sure there's anything special about hacker news itself, it would have to be a breakdown of YC itself. yc has a strong story, it knows who it wants to appeal to. I do …
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Comment #21659149
i'm guessing these guys are competitors? their sites are non offensive but they aren't doing anything special (worth modelling) you have lots of opportunity to beat them on that fr…
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Comment #21659057
hasn't google been done to death already? especially back when they started?
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Which website can I reverse engineer for you?
I'm creating a series of articles that reverse engineer your favorite websites. With a focus on fundamentals like messaging, sales copy, how they demonstrate the value of their pro…
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Comment #16885176
MVP, free course, helps you create messaging and sales copy for your website. Human element is almost always lacking in early consumer focused pitches/websites from tech co's. Woul…