Send someone an anecdote from my life every month. Not that my life is interesting, but it would be worth the effort from my end.
I kinda like this idea. A subscription based generic version of FML
Ask HN: What service are you willing to provide for $1?
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Re: Ask HN: What service are you willing to provide for $1?
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Remember Whatsapp used to charge a dollar. Multiply $1 by how many millions of users. That's not bad assuming a profit margin is there.
You can't make it up in volume :) It might be irrational but people value what they buy by how much they spend. I remember when I left my last full time job I felt we were undercharging our customers. I went back to those same customers doing the same work and charged them three times as much as they had been paying. Their attitude towards me changed completely, I was really shocked at the difference, I'd gone from b…
You can't make it up in volume when you're charging directly for your time. But you can with a service where the marginal cost to serve an additional user is less than that $1.
Re: Ask HN: What service are you willing to provide for $1?
#43You know the service that Bob Newhart provided, as a psychologist? He charged 5$ for 5 minutes. I'd be willing to do that for 1$. Ref. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow0lr63y4Mw
How does someone really do that? It takes a few minutes just to arrange a meeting or enter the room and sit down with someone.
Re: Ask HN: What service are you willing to provide for $1?
#44One minute call twice everyday by real human. 1. First to remind me the things, I would be doing today. 2. Following up on the tasks, I am supposed to do today. I tried to do using Alexa. Didn't go as expected.
Google Assistant might be able to do it well.