Scott's Cheap Flights: Growing a small side project into a booming business

Re:Scott's Cheap Flights: Growing a small side project into ... by exclusiv on Friday June 30, 2017 @04:23PM (#14673406)

Yeah further down they note: "We only try to partner with high quality companies. For example this Tokyo one were running right now is with journy, ProductHunt, theSkimm, The Wirecutter, and Conde Nast Traveler"

I looked at theSkimm and can't figure out how it's related either. Just seems like an email acquisition bartering scheme.

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Re:Scott's Cheap Flights: Growing a small side project into ... by petercooper on Friday June 30, 2017 @07:43PM (#14674290)

That's basically what it is.

People who want to grow lists quickly all get together. The smaller lists pay for the prizes, the bigger lists pay with exposure. They all pitch a sweepstakes to their subscribers, all entrants end up subscribed to all lists.. everyone wins (allegedly).

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Re:Scott's Cheap Flights: Growing a small side project into ... by exclusiv on Friday July 07, 2017 @12:03AM (#14715949)

I was talking with a younger relative this weekend who is in college and she mentioned TheSkimm and I immediately thought of this thread. Maybe the younger crowd who spends so much time with social apps and other noise find it highly valuable. There's probably a big distrust for mainstream sources which is not unwarranted.

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