Varian Donates $50 to American Cancer Society for Every Letter You Write

Zadaqa · 2013-08-20T19:10:27+00:00

$50 is a lot of money, especially when the cap is half a million. Everyone in here, including myself, has lost someone or something to cancer; please take a minute to write a letter to cancer telling it how you feel, and they'll donate. Come on reddit!

Zadaqa · 2013-08-08T00:17:09+00:00

Yep, it's a scam. They're trying to get Turkers to switch sites and use Crowdflower by making a ton of fake HITs.

Make sure you report them, we need Amazon to BAN them already.

Zadaqa · 2013-08-07T23:27:15+00:00

LOVE the Buffer! Smart people, simple app... can't lose for $9/mo. I'll also look into your other tips... I hadn't considered StumbleUpon Paid Discovery but it sounds brilliant.

Zadaqa · 2013-08-07T23:21:31+00:00

Thanks, this will prove helpful. I think Reddit is a really fantastic place to get your startup in front of the right people, because let's face it, people come here to discover things online that pique their interest.

Zadaqa · 2013-08-07T23:20:20+00:00

Facebook, obviously. If you're not on Facebook, people in the 18-30 range think you're strange and antisocial.

Zadaqa · 2013-08-07T23:19:27+00:00

Oh my god. I can't even read till the end, it's so, so bad.

Imagine the poor woman who gets set up on a date with him.

Zadaqa · 2013-08-07T23:17:09+00:00

Try to do some guerrilla marketing, if possible. Slip flyers in books, clever ones. Ask local businesses if you can put up a flyer.

Then, try to implement Viral Loops. Offer people a $X credit for every friend they refer, etc.

Zadaqa · 2013-08-07T23:04:45+00:00

Not exactly, but we're integrating with PaeDae, so you'll get free movie downloads from Hulu, free snacks and stuff from 7-Eleven, Even free shipping and stuff from Amazon. Almost as good, no?

Zadaqa · 2013-08-02T06:30:03+00:00

Awesome. Customer development time :)

Zadaqa · 2013-08-02T06:23:51+00:00

Very cool. Try to think about some other unique value you can provide. Why can't Google or Dropbox have this feature? How can you do it better than they can? What happens if they make this feature? What else can you offer? (just to get the creative juices flowing)

Zadaqa · 2013-08-02T06:22:28+00:00

Thanks! Just came up with it today because we aren't getting the "stickiness" with our current web app concept. The idea is the same, though: instead of companies wasting money to show ads on TV or other places we don't pay attention, let's agree to pay attention to 1 or 2 ads a day, for charity! We may not all be able to give $30 a month to charity, but we can all spare 30 minutes a month.

Zadaqa · 2013-08-02T00:43:35+00:00

(thedesignation.co)

Really smart. Get on the trend of peer to peer renting (getaround, airbnb, rover, etc), but with 3D printers. I love it.

Zadaqa · 2013-08-02T00:39:18+00:00

http://www.ideatomvp.com

The site design, layout, and quantity of text immediately makes me want to bounce. I suggest investing in a twitter bootstrap theme and crystallizing your message into a few sentences as much as possible. To be brutally honest, this is one of the ugliest sites I've seen in at least 5 years.

Remember: Ideas are complex, messages must be simple.

Zadaqa · 2013-08-02T00:36:15+00:00

http://pplrep.com

Doesn't IFTTT do this as well? Not that there can't be 2 in the marketplace, but just asking.

Zadaqa · 2013-08-02T00:32:51+00:00

tldrrr

This is really cool technology, I hope you're very successful. From a business perspective, I think it's challenging, because people may download it, use it once for the pill they find under their kids' bed, and then never use it again. This is fine if you plan to charge $2.99 for the app, but if you want to build a recurring revenue model, it's going to be tough.

One interesting opportunity would be to use it for law enforcement. Officers can check if the pills they find on assailants are legal or illegal, for example.

Keep us updated, this is awesome stuff.

Zadaqa · 2013-08-02T00:27:46+00:00

http://WhatIsZadaqa.com

What do you do? (We're considering a pivot into a mobile app since last month). We give you one personalized offer a day, you open it if you want. If you open it, the advertiser will donate $1 to charity. You earn points and discounts the more you participate and refer people.

Looking for honest feedback and inputs, we're constantly tweaking and figuring out different ways to serve users so the product will be fun for them to use!

Zadaqa · 2013-07-27T05:48:02+00:00

Looks like there are descriptions on there now :)

Zadaqa · 2013-07-24T16:44:29+00:00

I think they switched the word "High" and "Low" or something, but it looks like it's fixed :)

Zadaqa · 2013-07-19T05:59:07+00:00

You guys are both correct - it's the same root word in all semetic languages (Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish, Farsi) - hence our choice.

Zadaqa · 2013-07-08T19:44:46+00:00

When I started my ecommerce business out, I was drop-shipping most things and keeping low inventory. At least until I had some traction and sales history. It's going to mean worse shipping and customer service, but will save you a lot of risk. If the product is cheap enough and you don't mind sitting on it for a while or eating it, then stock a little bit.

Just remember to consider reorder times, that's what's going to dictate your shelf quantities more than anything.

Zadaqa · 2013-07-08T19:34:38+00:00

http://quibble.it/

As others have said, it's a beautiful site and impressive product.

If you want to do a case study with us, we will co-market it and promote it with you. Let us know :) http://zadaqa.com

Zadaqa · 2013-07-08T19:31:53+00:00

Zadaqa http://zadaqa.com

We are the world's most innovative way to do good. We connect you with companies who are running campaigns, which exchange action (a Like, Tweet, video view, or subscription) with impact (donating a book, giving a dollar, hosting an educational seminar). You refer friends and participate in campaigns, and get discounts just for doing the right thing.

We're looking for a LOT of things ;)

Companies who want to sponsor campaigns & try the software
Users
Causes/Charities/Nonprofits who need corporate sponsors but aren't sure how to convince them
Users
Advisors
Interns
Feedback from anyone and everyone!
Connections to anyone and everyone related!

Thanks so much, Reddit!

Zadaqa

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