Free services every tech entrepreneur needs to know
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Free services every tech entrepreneur needs to know
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Re: Free services every tech entrepreneur needs to know
#2I like how this post is broken down into specific categories. The most important tools are under "Analyzing and Improving". Obviously I use google analytics but haven't used Visual Website Optimizer. Is it like Optimizely?
Re: Free services every tech entrepreneur needs to know
#3I like how this post is broken down into specific categories. The most important tools are under "Analyzing and Improving". Obviously I use google analytics but haven't used Visual Website Optimizer. Is it like Optimizely?
Yes, it's very much like Optimizely. Here's a good (but old) comparison: http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-main-differences-benefits-...
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#4I like how this post is broken down into specific categories. The most important tools are under "Analyzing and Improving". Obviously I use google analytics but haven't used Visual Website Optimizer. Is it like Optimizely?
things like crazyegg are good too. you can just use the 30 day trial to test it out.
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#5I like how this post is broken down into specific categories. The most important tools are under "Analyzing and Improving". Obviously I use google analytics but haven't used Visual Website Optimizer. Is it like Optimizely?
Yes, it's very much like Optimizely. Here's a good (but old) comparison: http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-main-differences-benefits-...
When using the two tools I much preferred VWO editor that allowed to setup the tests. Besides that I found the tools to be quite equal.
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#6For monitoring the article mentions Pingdom. I have found New Relic's server monitoring [1] to be quite nice as well.
The nice thing is how it integrates with other New Relic monitoring for your app and that it actually is free.
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#7Great article. Super important everyone knows these services. Steve Blank also has a TON of great free resources on his blog: http://steveblank.com/tools-and-blogs-for-entrepreneurs/
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#8Whilst technically true, “at the lowest level”, I find it hard not to take with a pinch of salt any article that describes Heroku as a “free service”.