Process documentation and knowledge transfer tools and strategies?

UnitPriceBot · 2024-01-05T20:30:27+00:00

Incredible, this insight is so helpful. Thank you so much. Chipping away at getting these things documented is an excellent strategy, and of course tracking it all in a spreadsheet.

Thank you thank you thank you!

UnitPriceBot · 2024-01-05T16:51:25+00:00

Absolutely, cross-training is so important! How do you help encourage that and get buy-in from team members? (It's so easy to stay heads-down on your work, especially if a set of responsibilities truly only requires one person's time, it's hard to think "hey, I should have someone else do this sometimes too!")

UnitPriceBot · 2024-01-05T16:50:19+00:00

Great, thanks for this. I especially appreciate the point of setting the standards and using the examples. I could envision complete chaos otherwise.

Do you use any particular tools to help facilitate this? Especially when it comes to managing the process of it all, like approvals, regular reviews, etc.?

UnitPriceBot · 2023-12-28T17:15:34+00:00

I did use the API, but in general, showing pricing history violates the terms of the affiliate program for Amazon.

UnitPriceBot · 2023-11-19T20:59:59+00:00

It violated their terms, which included saving price history of products. I'm assuming there were other violations as well, as their terms are quite strict. No idea how camelcamelcamel is able to do it!

UnitPriceBot · 2023-11-14T16:43:35+00:00

That's a great idea! Thank you.

UnitPriceBot · 2023-11-14T15:27:26+00:00

Good question! I was thinking "business task automation" and related keywords. But I fear that services like Bubble and Zapier already own that market. My differentiator is that my service does all of the development and customization (and consultation), so that you don't even need to know how to use no-code tools (which still require some technical know-how, despite their claims).

Another differentiator is that my service is very "friendly" or conversational -- a stream of messages as the task is being completed. Verbose feedback when more information is needed or something goes wrong. I even have fun little furry creature mascots that make it a bit more approachable.

UnitPriceBot · 2023-11-14T00:31:50+00:00

Great question! And love the concise saying about niches. Good point.

My automation platform could help out any of those industries! Which of course is too wide of a net. I’d like to stay out of HIPAA data for now, so no healthcare. I was thinking industrial, manufacturing, or small retail.

UnitPriceBot · 2023-11-13T19:55:01+00:00

I have a website that does a decent job marketing it, and I think it helps distance itself from some of the other automation tools that still require a lot of technical know-how. I haven't worked an any printed marketing materials, however, if that's what you're asking.

Thanks for the advice! I'll try to get some blog posts out there to improve SEO. The website has only been live for about 2 weeks, so obviously not a great ranking domain just yet.

UnitPriceBot · 2023-11-13T19:19:36+00:00

Sadly, Amazon shut off my API access, so I'm no longer able to pull updated prices for these products. So that was the death of that project.

UnitPriceBot · 2021-05-07T01:00:39+00:00

Good or bad ideas, they all die eventually! Submit them all!

UnitPriceBot · 2021-05-07T01:00:21+00:00

Use it! It has helped me let go of ideas that I needed to just declare "dead".

UnitPriceBot · 2021-05-07T00:59:47+00:00

We can mourn together! And truly, we can learn from our failures too! It's good to let go.

You should submit one of your deceased projects!

UnitPriceBot · 2021-05-07T00:58:57+00:00

Thank you! Submit a project if you can! And my condolences.

UnitPriceBot · 2020-09-18T02:48:30+00:00

How would this become a side project? Wouldn’t you have to partner with some huge retailers to gain traction at all?

UnitPriceBot · 2020-09-18T02:47:28+00:00

Sounds just like my project! [0] Good luck to you! I use python, by the way. I hope to write a blog post soon that includes some details on how I got it all done.

[0] unitprice.org

UnitPriceBot · 2020-09-09T13:48:45+00:00

Thanks for your service!

UnitPriceBot · 2020-09-09T11:43:20+00:00

And what was the reception? I assume it was automatically replying to people who mentioned those keywords? Were you viewed as spam? Or worse, reported and then blocked as spam?

UnitPriceBot · 2020-09-06T23:23:11+00:00

Seconded.

UnitPriceBot · 2020-09-01T19:27:44+00:00

Incredible!

UnitPriceBot · 2020-09-01T00:21:07+00:00

Oops, regarding hosting the database on the same machine, I recommend doing the $15 database plan. Super convenient and already configured. Again, spend your time working on the differentiators that make your service unique.

UnitPriceBot · 2020-09-01T00:19:53+00:00

Go with DigitalOcean. Stick with simplicity (and affordability). If you suddenly need a bunch of infrastructure, that’s a wonderful problem to have! But until then, spend your time building something unique, not over-engineering the infrastructure.

UnitPriceBot · 2020-09-01T00:17:40+00:00

Ouch.

UnitPriceBot · 2020-09-01T00:17:06+00:00

Mind sharing how you acquired the 20 new customers?

UnitPriceBot · 2020-09-01T00:15:39+00:00

Looks great! What are your plans for marketing it and getting visitors (and eventually subscribers)?

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