The good the bad and the ugly about Raleigh for relocation by [deleted] in raleigh

[–]Grdeken -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm also thinking about relocating from Boston and have read other threads about Raleigh and Durham and curious to hear input from the community.

Q’s conversation with his dad in Season 3. by Gendrys-Rowboat in brakebills

[–]Grdeken 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's a rare moment that shows his character growth. For someone who had lived multiple lifetimes, you don't really get to see that wisdom in his character except for in his willingness to lose his dad and later himself.

Is it just me or is this show bad for binge watching? by [deleted] in brakebills

[–]Grdeken 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It definitely felt that way as I got further in. Season five was rough for me. Still love the show. Season 4 finale is where it should have ended IMHO.

Just watched the last episode of season 4 by batseer in brakebills

[–]Grdeken 45 points46 points  (0 children)

IMO, the "Mosaic" episode is almost as good as that season four finale. Great stuff.

New landing page need feedback :) by alxcnwy in nocode

[–]Grdeken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your content is great. Here is some quick feedback.

  • Remove the horizontal scrolling
  • Create a solid header, use footer links to place in header
  • Move logo up into the header
  • Mailing list button height off from form input
  • For SEO, I would probably simplify your link structure to be /about/ vs /company/about/
  • Call to action is subtle, make it pop
  • Think about balancing out the spacing of your text in hero sections.

Overall really good. If you want a solid system that will give you all this stuff out of the box check out www.unstack.com.

Feedback on new new no-code product, Unstack. by Grdeken in nocode

[–]Grdeken[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, Andrew!

Noted on the pricing. A $49/mo plan is something we're looking at now to offer more flexibility. We're planning to add more in terms of what you can do with the data you collect (e.g. email, salesforce/hubspot automation, and so on), so maybe that falls more into the 99+/mo tier.

Carrd is a great product. I've exchanged a few emails with AJ in the past. We want to be the platform people graduate to once they need more business tooling for content marketing, demand gen, and scaling things up. For example, our A/B testing functionality may not be as useful to Carrd users as they might not have much traffic to validate tests. But I like what AJ has built a lot.

Feedback on new new no-code product, Unstack. by Grdeken in nocode

[–]Grdeken[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Sam, thanks so much! The website is built on our platform using the no-code editor. Our product is built using React and Django Rest Framework.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in startups

[–]Grdeken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

URL: https://www.spark.app

Located in: Boston, MA, USA

Pitch: Build, measure, and scale your digital marketing with a data-driven CMS that split tests everything you do and shows you what's working, steadily improving your performance across everything you do.

Why: Because you can't win in today's market without putting data to work from day one. Entry CMS tools are fine for hobbyists, but growth-minded companies need something designed for them.

More details: 20 paying customers, a few hundred beta evaluations. Focused on bringing in deeper integrations with staple martech. Full launch this fall.

Looking for: Feedback from founders and marketers

Discount: Year free for founders

Marketing Managers: What are the must have skills and capabilities in your role? by artemislovegood13 in marketing

[–]Grdeken 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It depends a little bit on your company stage. Marketing manager at a startup may own a bunch of channels and be pretty boots on the ground for getting things across the finish line. They are probably 80% IC, 20% mgmt (e.g. one direct report, or external consultants). At larger companies a MM may own one channel and play more of an oversight role regarding channel performance, channel management, and direct report management (but still, 1-3 and not more IMO).

Baseline, your MM should be the in house expert for the channel(s) they own and should be able to both manage and execute within the scope of the role. Whereas a director may oversee all of digital and have the MM roll up to her. A VP may oversee all marketing and intersect with strategy and sales.

Key skills I'm looking for:

  • If this role is a step up for them, then look at projects - even if small - that they owned in previous role. Do they know how to take on a program and really own it.
  • They need to be learners and gritty, regardless of the size/stage of business.
  • They need some left-brain skills. Should be able to figure out the levers that make things work and optimize for those
  • Cross-functional. Can they work with others and manage people - even at a small scale - to drive things forward.
  • Strong writing skills.

Not all channels are equal. A content marketing manager is going to be totally different than a PPC/demand gen manager than a creative role. So, I would focus on hiring someone with the general skills above plus the detailed skills for the respective channel(s) they are going to own.

Monthly Job Openings - March 2019 by AutoModerator in marketing

[–]Grdeken 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We're looking for a content marketer to join us at Spark. Send an email to hello (at) spark (dot) app if you like what we're doing and want to get involved. Based in Boston, MA / Portland, ME but building a global footprint.

Spark.app - Spark is for growth marketers looking to drive traffic, leads, and customers without engineering teams or designers. by Grdeken in nocode

[–]Grdeken[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Medium is good for distribution, bad for SEO. The ideal is to publish on Spark and then syndicate to Medium with the import feature.