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We (unexpectedly) got 60K users in 60 hours - What we learned

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Re: We (unexpectedly) got 60K users in 60 hours - What we learned

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patrickambron wrote: post #15
kevinholesh wrote: post #12

Were these high quality users in the sense that they converted to paid from a free account? What source lead to the highest quality users?

Yes, users can pay for premium features (free users can submit, track and boost up to 3 links, paying members can boost unlimited) With our model we hope 2% convert to paid at some point in their Lifetime as a user. In terms of this push, most of the major US press has been a phenomenal source (which was the bulk of this surge). 2-3% converted in the first 24 hours, and by 8 weeks that number was closer to 5%. Mashab…

>The signups from foreign publications were pretty bad. They signed up for free at high rates, but they just don't pay (.5%). Not entirely sure why, but until we figure it out, we put people from those places on a wait list

Do you have international friendly payment methods? Regionally tiered pricing? And what do you mean by, "we put people from those places on a wait list"?

Re: We (unexpectedly) got 60K users in 60 hours - What we learned

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Post by osxwm »

patrickambron wrote: post #54

Hey everyone, just wanted to say I'm truly flattered my blog got posted to HN and made the front page (I'm the author). I hope people found it helpful 2 comments 1) Some of you wanted to know how HN compares to other sources for us, in terms of signups, conversions, etc. I'll post it in this thread at the end of the day (would you guys want a follow up post on this "Value of HN visits") 2) I've gotten some great feed…

Hey Patrick,

I have a question. Why is the title of your http://patrickambron.brandyourself.com/ brandyourself page "Patrick Ambron, Internet"? Specifically, why ", Internet"?

Re: We (unexpectedly) got 60K users in 60 hours - What we learned

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Post by patrickambron »

eli wrote: post #68

More just FYI, but it's weird that your blog doesn't show up in https://www.google.com/search?q=We+(unexpectedly)+Got+60K+Us...

Thanks Eli. That's actually because I just created this blog about 2-3 days ago (this was my first post). It'll take a bit before it's picked up and starts ranking. That said, I should see it go up soon, since I use BrandYourself :)

Re: We (unexpectedly) got 60K users in 60 hours - What we learned

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Post by patrickambron »

engtech wrote: post #58
patrickambron wrote: post #38

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Yea that's a good point. The nice part is, we don't create any profiles or links on behalf of the user. They need authenticate things like twitter, fb, etc on their own, so they actually need to have or create these profiles. They need to go through the work of creating all the relevant content, and linking it to eachother, we simply let you know if they are optimized/filled out enough, and track their ranking Intere…

You could have a one-time pay service to get a "verified" badge on the profile, like what Twitter has for celebrities.

That's a really good idea. It could serve the purpose of giving you a badge, but it could also be a protective measure, because it means we won't let somebody else with your info use the service (since they aren't verified)

Re: We (unexpectedly) got 60K users in 60 hours - What we learned

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Post by patrickambron »

GrantCov wrote: post #67
patrickambron wrote: post #48

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Hey these are really good questions 1) In terms of duplicate names, the product also helps you optimize for specific relevant terms like "Patrick Ambron, developer" or "Patrick Ambron, BrandYourself" "patrick ambron, NYC" etc. So people looking for you will be able to find you. That said, if two people are competing for the first page of Patrick Ambron using our service, the person more actively updating and creating…

Thanks for taking the time to respond! Guess I better create an account so I can get a leg up on the other Grant Covingtons out there :).

Awesome! Feel free to reach out if you want to make sure you're doing everything you can or if you have any questions pambron[at]brandyourself[dot]com

Re: We (unexpectedly) got 60K users in 60 hours - What we learned

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Post by patrickambron »

osxwm wrote: post #71
patrickambron wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, users can pay for premium features (free users can submit, track and boost up to 3 links, paying members can boost unlimited) With our model we hope 2% convert to paid at some point in their Lifetime as a user. In terms of this push, most of the major US press has been a phenomenal source (which was the bulk of this surge). 2-3% converted in the first 24 hours, and by 8 weeks that number was closer to 5%. Mashab…

>The signups from foreign publications were pretty bad. They signed up for free at high rates, but they just don't pay (.5%). Not entirely sure why, but until we figure it out, we put people from those places on a wait list Do you have international friendly payment methods? Regionally tiered pricing? And what do you mean by, "we put people from those places on a wait list"?

Right now we use braintree to process payments. They accept all major credit cards, in all countries. It keeps it simple on our end, but if someone in, say Brazil, doesn't use a major credit card, then we can't accept their payment.

It's quite possible that in many countries, it's a small percentage of people who use cc. Anybody know any specific info or data on this?

Re: We (unexpectedly) got 60K users in 60 hours - What we learned

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Post by patrickambron »

monfresh wrote: post #69
patrickambron wrote: post #53

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Nothing in the direct roadmap, but that's a great idea. Right now we're focusing on being more directly integrated w sites so we can you improve them right from us. But again, that's a very good idea

I would be interested in such a plugin as well. Given that I have a very unique name (Moncef Belyamani) and that I've had an online presence for quite some time, I've owned the first page of search results for both my name and my "monfresh" nickname for years. I don't have a need for a BrandYourself profile, but the "associate an IP address to a company" feature is intriguing, and the analytics service I use for my s…

Surprisingly, very few analytics companies do. I'd go as far as to say just us (at least in what I've seen)

The reason is, most analytics company's are meant for places that get a lot of traffic. It's not really appealing or useful to have such specific info on one visitor, Instead you want overarching information about all of them

A person on the other hand, probalby has one or two people finding them a month. That means each visitor is someone important. You want as much information as possible to figure out who they were (where did they come from, how did they find me, where did they work, etc) Our goal is to get as much information as possible to you

Re: We (unexpectedly) got 60K users in 60 hours - What we learned

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Post by patrickambron »

engtech wrote: post #59
pcambron wrote: post #4

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Good catch, updated now! So what did you think of the article, was it useful to you?

just noticed that you've been responding with two different accounts, pcambron and patrickambron

Just the first response (I created an account a while ago pcambron, forgot about it, created the patrick ambron account, and somehow logged into the old one)

Re: We (unexpectedly) got 60K users in 60 hours - What we learned

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Post by patrickambron »

thekevan wrote: post #49
patrickambron wrote: post #24

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Hey thanks man! I just happen to really enjoy data--and it's paid off. I've also been getting some great feedback from the HN crowd, so these are great signups :)

Rochester guy here who has enjoyed watching a non-NYC startup gain some traction. Nice job! Also, will there be a "post HN front page" report?

I think I may do one
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