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Re: Ask HN: My app is shared on Twitter every day. What should I do?

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Post by entangld »

AznHisoka wrote: post #18

You do know that maybe 20, 10, or even less than 1% of the people who Buffer'd it actually visited your site and downloaded the app, right? Most people use their suggestions on auto-pilot. I would be excited if you saw people spontaneously praising it on Twitter, not Buffering it. When i search on Twitter, I only see the automated Buffers, not tweets like "Just found out this app.. love it!" or "Has anyone else used…

Thanks for raining on my parade. jk

I know conversions are only a small percentage. Some people are excited and I still receive emails from people. Eyeballs first, conversions second right? My page visits have been growing, and Twitter is a percentage of it.

It's something to build on. My honest take is that people are interested in the idea, but I need to continue working on the product. Execution is important.

Re: Ask HN: My app is shared on Twitter every day. What should I do?

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Post by malditojavi »

entangld wrote: post #20
malditojavi wrote: post #15

How many monthly active users (or even daily) do you have? As far as I'm seeing through Twitter, it's just people sharing the link, but using it? I'm in a similar situation with http://petithacks.com Launched it last september while learning Rails, and got some traffic peaks that bring among 2-3k users/month (but only 100 active - liking, saving stuff).

People are sharing it independently. I haven't added my url to any of my own tweets. I'm pretty sure Buffer suggested stories and LinkedIn Pulse have been a some part in the growth. It's largely being shared within a niche on Twitter. It's a very simple app at moment. I don't have much for in-app analytics.

Start tracking who uses the tool, and how they do it. I reached out manually like 40-50 people to ask them (by email) why the were accessing to my site twice per week, what they were looking for. http://mixpanel.com have some free plans that might be helpful for your case.

drop me a line if I can help somehow javier@petithacks.com

Re: Ask HN: My app is shared on Twitter every day. What should I do?

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Post by pnathan »

Don't rewrite it - yet. Keep incrementally improving it. Find your users and engage them - improve it.

n.b., rememberwinapp.com is a pretty cool idea. You can definitely spin it along at least two angles: "life hack" approaches and "better mental health" approaches (work with a professional counselor on this one).

Re: Ask HN: My app is shared on Twitter every day. What should I do?

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Post by pinkyatemydog »

benshyong wrote: post #6

Check out Assembly.com as a potential option :) (this involves releasing under GPL)

Is the GPL compatible with distribution on the (Apple) app store these days? I remember that back in 2010 it wasn't, and Apple removed GNU Go from the app store after this was pointed out by the FSF.

Re: Ask HN: My app is shared on Twitter every day. What should I do?

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Post by lukethomas »

I'm in the same spot with my app (digitaldetachapp.com).

I found an awesome developer overseas, but I'm at a point where I'm not sure how much money I want to put into it. I've decided to slowly keep improving based on customer feedback (I'm self-funding this). It's a great learning experience at the very least.

Here's what I suggest:

1) Fix the bugs and 2.) Consider charging more (I'd probably triple the price if I was you)

It seems like you're delivering quite a bit of value. Don't be afraid to charge more.

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