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Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, clickdesk.com on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @11:35PM (#2708314)
Thanks for letting us know - fixing it in a min now.
How are you ensuring that you are not missing Square and Quora kinds again? Is there a reason why you passed on both?
I have MVP ready - if you would like to get a demo of the designer - pl email me at pbx dot kumar on gmail.

Thanks.

Sure - you create a workflow graphically which you can keep changing runtime, do A/B testing etc. - that's one plus.

#2 - you just install Javascript code (Like Google Analytics) on your site with userid as one of the params - we will track it automatically

Re:Ask HN: Is this idea viable - email automation for SaaS on Thursday June 23, 2011 @01:47PM (#2688928)
swanson - I am aware of postmark and sendgrid etc.

However, these help in delivery. So, we build on top of these to automate your email based on user behavior and funnel step.

Does it make sense?

Re:Ask HN: Is this idea viable - email automation for SaaS on Thursday June 23, 2011 @01:46PM (#2688922)
Hi Pony - it's not about signup process. It's after signup process (free trial) - how do you manage your customers?

Normally, people handhold but it doesn't scale. This is automated marketing way.

Thanks.

Re:Ask HN: Moving to Bangalore from the US on Thursday June 23, 2011 @09:12AM (#2687690)
Godo one but here are edits.

~$450 would give you a starter place? Nothing fancy as the post mentioned.

$1/each way rickshaw is incorrect too

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, clickdesk.com on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @01:41PM (#2684202)
Thanks for your feedback.

We use Jabber, Gtalk and Skype.

Also about how are we different

- Adds call functionality. Customers can call directly from browser without installing anything new

- Integrates with Skype and Google Talk. Other IMs are around the corner. Hosted in AppEngine and Amazon cloud for scalability and speed (currently is the fastest live-chat)

- Social Tabs - you can customize the widget to show Twitter, Facebook and other social communities.

Let me know if there is any feedback you can give to us.

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, clickdesk.com on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @12:22PM (#2683816)
Skype and Google Talk direct integration is selling currently.
Re:Resources for start-up marketing/launch on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @03:12PM (#2679986)
Another great way is to collate a list of nice articles (bookmarked) and compile into a blog and promote it here. This will drive traffic -

I should be doing the same for Clickdesk.com ;)

Ask HN: How to scale an early startup to grow from 0 to 10000 to 1M customers?

What's the right way to scale a startup from 0 to 1M customers without lot of $$$ spend on PR and Adwords in the beginning?It's difficult to come out from code incubation - directory submission,Chasing PR is one way but who covers a non-ycombinator or funded startup. No one bothers to write about you or even return your email or tweet :( - that's reality.Spending on adwords seems to expensive...

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Re:HubSpot Acquires Performable on Saturday June 18, 2011 @06:47AM (#2668347)
Does anyone know of ~sale value? If they were really going well, what's the point of being acquired just as they were reaching Series B.

Ask HN: Rapleaf Competition

Who provides social data such as Twitter/Linkedin/Facebook id from Email address?Rapleaf has stopped providing and I just got an email saying that they are launching next week.

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