Ask HN: How do I find a marketing person for equity?

#1

Post by TTDaVeTT » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 7:42 PM UTC

Over the past couple years, I have built an online educational tool that combines a dictionary with flashcards and uses games to help users learn. The site is called WordStash and is at http://wordstash.com. The feedback has been great and the site is growing steadily. I do not have the time to work on the marketing and promotion of the site and would like to divvy it out for equity. How should I go about finding a person for this?

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#2

Post by TTDaVeTT » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 7:46 PM UTC

Here is a clickable link for the site: http://wordstash.com/

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#3

Post by abbasmehdi » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 9:22 PM UTC

I have someone, other than flying kisses, how to reach you?

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#4

Post by dcpdx » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 9:24 PM UTC

Shoot me an email; I'd love to learn more about the site. I majored in marketing and am working on my own startup but depending on the time commitment you're looking for I may be able to help. I see you're up in Seattle; I'm actually in Portland, OR myself. Cheers!

claydani [at] gmail.com

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#5

Post by TTDaVeTT » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 9:35 PM UTC

abbasmehdi wrote: post #3

I have someone, other than flying kisses, how to reach you?

Hey, my email is david-at-wordstash.com

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#6

Post by jimmyjim » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 9:56 PM UTC

TTDaVeTT wrote: post #2

Here is a clickable link for the site: http://wordstash.com/

The site could do with a little UI improvement. Background-vs.-body contrast is rather harsh on the eyes.

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#7

Post by TTDaVeTT » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 10:05 PM UTC

jimmyjim wrote: post #6

TTDaVeTT wrote: post #2

Here is a clickable link for the site: http://wordstash.com/

The site could do with a little UI improvement. Background-vs.-body contrast is rather harsh on the eyes.

Yea, I can see how that could be a problem. Do you think I should just have a solid color background? Do you think the clouds are too busy?

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Post by jimmyjim » Sat, Jun 25, 2011, 12:20 AM UTC

TTDaVeTT wrote: post #7

jimmyjim wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The site could do with a little UI improvement. Background-vs.-body contrast is rather harsh on the eyes.

Yea, I can see how that could be a problem. Do you think I should just have a solid color background? Do you think the clouds are too busy?

Yeah, I think a solid color or a soft-going gradient layout that contrasts well with the colors of the site's body would work well.

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#9

Post by riffmaster » Tue, Jun 28, 2011, 4:31 AM UTC

TTDaVeTT wrote: post #2

Here is a clickable link for the site: http://wordstash.com/

This could help for a color gradient http://www.colorzilla.com/gradient-editor/