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Re: Congratulations Patrick

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Post by byrneseyeview »

davidw wrote: post #4

What I'm curious about: patio11 seems to have developed some formidable experience in the non-bullshit aspects of "SEO" (running actual A/B tests and iterating as a result). The odds are good that that's actually worth more, on a consulting basis, than selling bingo cards. Maybe he'll add some products? Best of luck in any case!

He's reported that his time is worth $125-$175/hr based on the bingo business profits. He might be able to get that rate as a remote consultant--but not as a remote consultant who worked five hours a week on average, but couldn't tell you which week, much less when the hours would be.

Re: Congratulations Patrick

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Post by rstocker99 »

I imagine I'm like a lot of HN readers that mostly lurk but have quietly gotten a lot of value out of Patrick's comments and blog posts. In fact just last week I ended up implemented his omnibox idea and automating the cancelation process for our site because of these two posts: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/03/20/running-a-software-busin... http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/02/09/dashboard-design-for-met...

Both ideas have saved a lot of time and effort already and I'm kicking myself for not doing them sooner. I expect to save more time and make more money by following up on a few of his other posts that I have I bookmarked.

So a huge thank-you for all of the information that you've shared. It's extremely valuable and very much appreciated. Congratulations on going fulltime. I'll be quietly cheering you on.

Re: Congratulations Patrick

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Post by spitfire »

solutionyogi wrote: post #14

Congratulations to Patrick! I sincerely wish him all the luck in his new endeavor. I have been following Patrick's progress from beginning when he started posting at Business of Software forums. I always thought that 'Bingo Cards' is a stupid product to work on. But hey, not only he proved me wrong(and I am happy to be proved wrong), he is able to quit his day job by selling this product. He is a prolific writer and…

That's funny. The first time I heard of bingo card creators I thought it was a great idea. That and other niche hobbies like knitting, aviation, models, etc have huge untapped potential.

and they're probably much simpler* to succeed in than yet another social widget. They also appeal to my "God-those-narcicistic-valley-kids" personality.

* Simple, but not easy.

Re: Congratulations Patrick

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

davidw wrote: post #4

What I'm curious about: patio11 seems to have developed some formidable experience in the non-bullshit aspects of "SEO" (running actual A/B tests and iterating as a result). The odds are good that that's actually worth more, on a consulting basis, than selling bingo cards. Maybe he'll add some products? Best of luck in any case!

I asked him about this a few months (a year?) ago on the Business of Software site. However, the rate I suggested (a SWAG of $100/hour: hey , what do I know about SEO consulting rates :-) was too low to match what his BCC was bringing in at the time. I was duly impressed!!

Congratulations, Patrick.

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