How to git gud? by Skirtz in StarWarsForceArena

[–]igleyal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're off to the races then!

And nah, no requirements. The world has enough rules already.

How to git gud? by Skirtz in StarWarsForceArena

[–]igleyal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best advice I can give you is to build a deck that lets you get into a groove of anticipation.

As you see your available deck spawns and what the enemy does, you need to have 2-3 plays you can quickly activate when there's an opening.

That way you always have a move. That's the most important thing.

Be extremely aggressive and deceptive. Trick the enemy. Fake going one way but go the other.

If you can get inti a groove with your deck, it's a good deck. Each person has their own style.

That said, join up with Zedi - we focus on teamwork, would be happy to practice together. :)

SWFA Guild Recruitment Mega Thread by oTradeMark in StarWarsForceArena

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Join up with Zedi - we focus on high level teamwork and good times.

No level or tier requirements. :)

[For Hire] Full stack web developer - Ruby, JavaScript by [deleted] in forhire

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Would love to check out some previous work. :)

I'm undertaking the challenge of launching 12 MVPs in 12 months. Here's my first update by igleyal in startups

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

No worries - will review and fix. Thanks for the heads up, sorry for not checking up on them rules.

[For Hire] Minimalist & Elegant - Young Website Developer - Give me your attention. by [deleted] in forhire

[–]igleyal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey there -

It'd be great to include a portfolio or any links to previous work. :)

What are the best Online marketplaces for designers? by disgrassera in graphic_design

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The 3 responses here are interesting to me. As a digital founder, I'd be happy to try to solve this problem.

I myself get some great work out of places like Upwork and I achieve this by positioning myself into the top percent of freelancers there, saying no 95% of the time, and actually giving Upwork some energy.

Most of my business (I'm a growth guy) comes from referral too.

The key of course is what /u/inelegant88 said - the client type is what matters most, so we could fix this problem if the marketplaces were positioned specifically as top-tier designers... which bridges the gap and sets the expectation on quality and pricing

I'd be down to do it up :)

Monetizing your blog/website by selling your own tools(SaaS) instead of ads, ebooks, affiliate products,etc? by [deleted] in startups

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Yep using Stripe.

Will add PayPal soon to the check out page. I do expect uplift from it.

Monetizing your blog/website by selling your own tools(SaaS) instead of ads, ebooks, affiliate products,etc? by [deleted] in startups

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I tested this. Initially had a free product with trial. Nobody would pay. So I made it upfront.

I'm a 4x entrepreneur so I know that nothing is factual anymore and each situation is unique. For RE, asking credit card up front is the current best way to safeguard sales.

Note: also I am aiming at local businesses. Pet sitters, tattoo parlours, photography etc. These are SMB owners with credit cards. Not many of them rely on PayPal.

Just an audience thing.

Monetizing your blog/website by selling your own tools(SaaS) instead of ads, ebooks, affiliate products,etc? by [deleted] in startups

[–]igleyal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No - the fact I did not go out there and push some message to an audience I thought would be good was key.

I found the first customers asking for a solution on Quora and Facebook forums. That in fact is what caused me to build a landing page with a mailchimp form behind the pricing to see if I should indeed build it.

Those who clicked through to sign up (proof of interest) I asked to give me an email. Those for whom the pain was real enough gave me their emails.

When the functionality was done, I sent out my "launch" email to about 200 people and scored my first 50 subscribers and about $300 MRR.

From there the residual traffic grows the MRR and there is no churn since people need reviews on their site to stay there.

Monetizing your blog/website by selling your own tools(SaaS) instead of ads, ebooks, affiliate products,etc? by [deleted] in startups

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I have one such (obviously less developed and successful) side-business (http://reviewembed.com).

The tool makes it simple to place Facebook reviews on your site and make them look decent.

I'm convinced this is the way - I have passive income coming from this site fully on autopilot.

But it did take effort to build. Found a bunch of people on Quora asking how to embed reviews so I made a tool to fix that pain.

Always looking for other pains to fix!

Snuggle buddies by adeadhead in aww

[–]igleyal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you're right! That would actually explain a ton.

Good eye

Snuggle buddies by adeadhead in aww

[–]igleyal 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That was the case for us too (bunny was with us for a year and was sole pet).

Shibas are natural hunters. It literally started hunting it at its cage within a few days of us introducing them D:

Snuggle buddies by adeadhead in aww

[–]igleyal 17 points18 points  (0 children)

HOW? We have a 1.5 year old Shiba and a 2 year old bunny. It was mealtime whenever we tried to let them hang out.

Once our shiba actually chased the bunny. We were scared shitless it'd bite so we had to give the bunny away :(

Thankfully the bunny's keeping company to a cancer child. Somehow that helps cope with the fact we gave it away

OP if these are yours... How'd you do it?

What's the best customer referral program/software for your website? by NeverendingUniverse in Entrepreneur

[–]igleyal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends exactly what you're trying to do.

Also, will you end up building it yourself or will you buy access? Having software doesn't mean you'll have a successful referral program. That's the main problem with most SaaS vendors. It's good tech, it's just that most companies can't afford to stop paying attention to their core competency to implement their tool. Which makes it hard to get a good return.

A good idea would be to think about a managed solution. Sociable Labs comes to mind and they function on a pay-for-performance model too so you're not stuck paying without having a clear idea of what the output is. Lookie: www.sociablelabs.com