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Hi,I'm a web freelancer who plans to build some landing pages for my clients (to promote their products and capture emails).I'll build the landing page myself with some HTML/CSS/JS. But then I'd like to give my clients some kind of backoffice so they can edit the content of the page itself if needed.How can I easily "convert" my static landing pages into a really simple CMS for my clients? I'm...
Already read it, and it's great! But it doesn't explain how to start getting clients from scratch.
> Expanding your network is a great way to increase your 'luck surface'.
That's what I'm trying to do. But I feel like going to developer meetups is going to be a very slow way to expend my network. Any other ideas?
However there are developer meetups almost every day in Paris, but I don't see any for business people or marketers.
> If you are only talking to 10 people a month, and you close a deal with 10% of them, that's 1 new client a month.
If I follow the plan described in my post, I will be talking to ~30 people a months. But they are just developers spending time in meetups, not people actively looking for freelancers. So I won't get 10% of them as clients, maybe 1% or less...
Hi HN,I'm a self employed guy living in Paris. I know how to code (mostly websites), and I'm pretty good at conversion optimisation (landing pages, AB testing, email marketing, etc). In 2017, I'd like to give freelancing a try, but how can I find my first few clients? My current plan looks something like this:Go to 2-3 developer meetups per week; talk to 4-5 people per meetup; introduce myself...
Hi HN,I love the vueJS framework, and I'm looking for a side project. So I was thinking: maybe my side project could be to teach people vueJS. Something like: start a blog, build an email list, and later sell an ebook. And I have 2 main questions:1. How can I make sure people are interested in this before I actually start creating content on vueJS? Basically how to validate the need for vue.js...
Hi HN,I'm a self employed guy living in Paris. I know how to code (mostly websites), and I'm pretty good a conversion optimisation (landing pages, AB testing, etc.)After reading the thread "Ask HN: How much do you earn through software freelancing?" [0], I would like to givre freelancing a try. But I don't know how to get started.First: what should I freelance in? Build website? Give CRO...
Hi HN,I'm subscribed to a dozen of blogs, and they send me on average one email per week each. I love reading this content, but it's starting to clutter my inbox.Do you know any app/website that let you manage all of these subscriptions? Being able to see these emails without actually getting into my inbox would be awesome.Thanks!
I'm curious: how did you market your game? What made you go in the top charts?
And as mentioned in my post, Github doesn't let you have some kind of htaccess, so no 301 redirect are possible. And I need that feature.
> 2. A CDN, for super fast loading.
I just want my website to load fast from anywhere in the world. I especially want this since page load time impact SEO. Something like cloudflare.com which has a free plan.
> 5. And not expensive, less than $10 per month.
$10 per month excluding the domain name. I don't think that's unresonable for a simple static html website. As mentioned above there are some CDN that have a free tier.
Overall I'm trying to find the simplest way to host my static website online, and make sure it works well with search engine (ssl and fast to load). All of that for less than $10 per month.
Hi HN!I'm building a static website in HTML/JS, and I'm wondering what's the best place to host it online. I'm especially concerned about getting a good SEO.Here's what I'm looking for:1. A custom domain with ssl, for an httpS url.2. A CDN, for super fast loading.3. Be able to create 301 redirects with something similar to an htaccess. So it seems GitHub page are not an option.4. Something...
Hi HN!I recently realized that a lot of people use Excel in their day job, yet most of them don't really know what they are doing. They could save hours of work per week if they knew how to filter data, use the VLOOKUP function, play with pivot tables, and so on.I'm a web developper who knows a lot about Excel, and I'm actually good at writing tutorials. So I'm thinking about making a website...
Hi HN,I've seen a lot of comments here lately about the power of meditation.What book would you recommend to someone who wants to try meditation?Thanks!
Recently we got 2 ask HN related to SaaS business [0] [1].This time I'm curious if you have any SaaS business idea that you don't plan to pursue? And if so, feel free to share it here.[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11924009[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11937132
Hi HN,Do you know any one man SaaS app that are profitable?I'm asking this because I'm considering starting a SaaS app as a side project, and I'm looking for some inspiration.Thanks!
Hi HN,I'm curious if you are currently using any B2B SaaS app that you hate?It's basically an app that is useful for your business, but you wished it was done differently/better.Thanks!
Hi HN,I have an idea for a small SaaS business.I'd like to follow the "lean startup" approach: find customers first and then build the product. So I plan to cold email a few companies to get their thoughts on my idea.My target customers are small companies in my city, that have a website, and that are currently hiring.However I have no idea where to find the emails of my potential customers....
Hi HN!I'm a developer that currently have a lot of free time. One idea that I've had for a long time is to write a series of tutorials on how to code for complete beginners. The goal of the course would be to be REALLY accessible.But I'm now wondering: is this really worth it? Will people be interested in this project? It seems like "programming tutorials" is a crowded market...So I'm...