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these people don't pay themselves as FTE so of course their margins are good.
That's irrelevant to above point. That they could pay themselves a salary out of earnings means there is more money going in that just what is cycling around between these sites.
It strikes me as odd how many of these growth hacking stories describe a web analytics tool (as in the linked article), an email subscriber system, or a CMS extensions/hosting solution. Throw a rock in any direction and you'll hit 20 of these accounts. Watching some Microconf presentations I was struck by the same thing. The talks were dominated by people who had created Wordpress plugins, created an SEO tool, or bui…
I don't think SiteGuru falls in that bucket though. It's useful for a much wider audience than just growth hackers and SAAS cowboys. Anyone with a website will find some issues and improve their site.
Many of the current users are small local businesses. The lessons in the article may not be relevant for them, the tool itself is.
Congrats to the OP, but I am assuming that these are 1000 users who are on a 'free' account? If so, I'd be interested in hearing about strategies to convert these free accounts into paid subscriptions in the future, or monetising them in some other way. I assume that is the end goal of SiteGuru? To be profitable in some way?
Monetization is my next goal - and probably should have been much earlier. I'm thinking about 1 month free trials automatically converting people to a paid account after that. I would ask for their creditcard details during sign up. I'm still trying to figure out what would be the best approach.
More on that in my next post, How I Make $50 Million A Day Without Working.
Rick, it would be nice to post an update tomorrow to see how many signups you got after being featured on HN.
> I started emailing bloggers in the SEO space, inviting them to try Siteguru and write about it. At the same time, I hired a linkbuilder to reach out to relevant sites that could feature my tool. > The result? Zero. Nothing. Ha! The number of spam emails I get, sometimes I wonder if there is actually a good product like this which might be useful but gets lost in the sea. Edit : really nice and to the point product,…
It strikes me as odd how many of these growth hacking stories describe a web analytics tool (as in the linked article), an email subscriber system, or a CMS extensions/hosting solution. Throw a rock in any direction and you'll hit 20 of these accounts. Watching some Microconf presentations I was struck by the same thing. The talks were dominated by people who had created Wordpress plugins, created an SEO tool, or bui…
It strikes me as odd how many of these growth hacking stories describe a web analytics tool (as in the linked article), an email subscriber system, or a CMS extensions/hosting solution. Throw a rock in any direction and you'll hit 20 of these accounts. Watching some Microconf presentations I was struck by the same thing. The talks were dominated by people who had created Wordpress plugins, created an SEO tool, or bui…
So in these cases, it makes sense these stories work out the way they do.
On the other hand, if your product is say... basket weaving equipment or gardening tools, then I suspect the people on Product Hunt and Hacker News might be a lot less interested in it, the people on social media might be a lot less interested in it and your potential users might be less willing to take a punt on an unproven business.
And obviously yes, the people who like growth hacking and SEO and online marketing in general are more likely to create products or services that reflect that.
It strikes me as odd how many of these growth hacking stories describe a web analytics tool (as in the linked article), an email subscriber system, or a CMS extensions/hosting solution. Throw a rock in any direction and you'll hit 20 of these accounts. Watching some Microconf presentations I was struck by the same thing. The talks were dominated by people who had created Wordpress plugins, created an SEO tool, or bui…
Maybe its more that the OSI model is a reflection of a natural, observable law regarding abstraction layers, and the more energy is applied to this law, the more the strata become tangible. Or .. not .. thus requiring attention to strengthen certain realms of the model.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9877297
I'd be thankful if you could elaborate on the process. Apparently, there's still not enough progress made in importing IPFS to iOS.