I always start my service for free, and tell them at some point I’m going to charge pricing, but the first 100 users don’t have to pay EVER.
After I get ~50 – ~300 users, I tell them I’m going to set pricing. I usually do this with a pop up or email. They then have a drop down with “how much would you be willing to pay monthly for this service”
Usually you get some range, say $5/month to $100/month.… read more “Pricing advice from HN”
We have lots of clients who have seen insane increases in their results… I am talking increases from $271k a month in organic search revenue to $440k a month in organic search revenue in just a twelve month period… Cancel! It’s absolutely insane.
I think the problem is that I need people on the ground in their offices.… read more “What I hate worst about the agency business”
I am going to try build up management tools in my Scoretask application for the rest of Coalition’s internal processes. I have already built awesome tools for recruiting, training, management feedback, task management, and link building. Copy management is in progress. After that, I will work on SEO metrics and checklist, sales, management reports, retain and web development management tools.… read more “Big Business Goals For Next 3 Months”
I think I am going to work on getting my private pilot’s license. This seems like it would be a pretty useful skill to have.
I forgot to do my blog post this morning and don’t have much energy left for it now as I have been in the office since 8 am this morning and even missed my nap today.
Laurel and I continue to debate about where would be best for us to live long term:
Enthusiasm is learned.
Had a big heart to heart with a college professor right before graduating, about how I don’t know what I want to do or what my “dream career” is.
Her response: nobody does. Those people who say they do, don’t. Find a job, you’ll learn you become passionate about it whatever it is you’re doing.… read more “Best Advice on Dream Careers from Reddit”
I would love to do extensive physical exercise every day and learn new things hands-on. I would like to learn more about how electricity and computers work by building circuits and relays and gadgets by hand. I would like to backpack the Pacific Crest Trail.
I always feel like I don’t have enough time to work on everything I need to get done. I really want to spend some time finishing up my copy management toolset in Scoretask, but have been bogged down in employee and client meetings and hundreds of emails. Even my usual sacred time, the weekends, has been busier and hasn’t given me as much time as I want to build my tool.… read more “Not Enough Time”