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Re:Collection of Digital Clock Designs on Thursday July 16, 2026 @02:22AM (#48930961)
Very cool! Would be great to have a random one as a Mac screensaver. If only we could have a webpage as screensaver..
Re:T-Shirt Printing API on Friday June 14, 2013 @06:37PM (#5882916)
Spreadshirt has an API. But they are more focussed on small orders instead of bulk.
Re:Vayable (YC S12) Launches Destinations on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @04:05PM (#5481769)
Great idea. But tbh, it looks more like a way to score better in Google.
In order to get sales, you need traffic of course. I would focus on two channels at first and then look at others. This keeps you more focussed. These channels would be SEO and SEA.

SEO: Start writing about your topic. Both on your own site, a blog and try to get articles on external sites as well (build up the amount of links to your site). Try to include as much relevant terms in your text.

SEA: Start with a small budget, and maybe even one instrument. Set up a dedicated landingpage to point people clicking on the ads to. Keep it focussed on that topic. There are a lot of good articles about landingpage layouts and texts. Try to analyse the traffic coming from SEA and keep optimizing the landingpage and the flow throughout the website to maximize the amount of orders you get from this channel.

Hope this helps!

Re:Ask HN: 'Like' my domain, or 'Like' my Facebook page? on Sunday February 19, 2012 @03:50PM (#3610365)
Like your Facebook page. Google doesn't have access to the Facebook like-data, so it is better to be able to reach fans with content on your page.
Re:25 Startup Ideas for 2012 on Sunday January 29, 2012 @04:21AM (#3524864)
> 15. Airbnb for Activities

See http://www.gidsy.com

Congrats. Cool to read!

Could you explain the difference between this and LocalMind?

Re:Ask HN: How does your startup manage user logins? on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @04:35PM (#2922397)
Mostly single usernames. Everyone keeps the passwords in 1password, which is synced in their own Dropbox. The best thing about 1password is that you can look a password up easily for a team member. I suggest to everyone to use the random pwd generator in 1password as well.
http://launcheffectapp.com - A Wordpress theme for viral launches. Haven't tried it, looks nice though!
Cool! Would love to see endless scrolling in there though.
Great collection of Facebook apps! Try spreading your work, or even better good stories from people who use it, on relevant Facebook marketing blogs.
Re:Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @05:02PM (#2635007)
That includes your mail, facebook updates, twitter mentions, weather, etc. Had that idea some time back. Could be cool!
Re:Ask HN: Review my bootstrapped startup, Moment Garden on Thursday April 28, 2011 @01:23AM (#2492259)
Not a problem. Did you also see lifepath.me? Good to know who are also in the same space.
Re:Ask HN: Review my bootstrapped startup, Moment Garden on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @04:09PM (#2490899)
Great idea. Reminds me of memolane.

One suggestion: Put up a real example, so people can play with the app immediately.

Re:TweetDeck launches web client alternative to Twitter.com on Wednesday April 06, 2011 @03:03PM (#2416453)
Did you read this post yet? Very interesting on the real amount of active users they really have.

http://socialmediatoday.com/imckeevocaniccom/282916/how-many...

Re:Show HN: My inherently "viral" experiment: 3Pics.me on Thursday March 10, 2011 @03:45PM (#2310694)
Cool idea!

Some feedback:

- The buttons browse and upload are too far apart. I thought the upload was a seperate button. Why not upload the photo as soon as an image has been selected. Seen it in other places, so it is technically possible

- Loose the C:\fakepath\. I use a Mac so that is rather daft. Just show the filename. And oh yeah, make sure it fits the box and doesn't wrap lines.

- Throw same random numbers in the URL as an identifier. I don't think people will like it if other people outside their social graph can view their picture. Just a precaution..

- Integrate the proper Twitter share button instead of linking to the Twitter site. Much cooler and more handy!

- Make the #1 #2 and #3 result balloons easily recognizable as which one is winning and which one isn't. Now it's just random colours.

Hope this helps!

Not a problem. Send me a message if you want to me look at a later version.

And yes I know you can do it on Facebook. But I am using your app to make my life easier. It is impossible to find anything on Facebook these days as an admin. Help me solve that problem! That is a nice mission for your app, right :)

Such a cool product. The Wordpress for Facebook pages. Great stuff. Hats off.

Some small hints while using it.

* When editing your page it automatically saves, at least that is what the message tells you. But after clicking the upgrade banner top left and going back, my changes are lost. Using the latest Chome stable on Mac btw. After publishing the page, my changes were there though.

* Open the page result in a new window, so I can easily go back and tweak more

* When clicking on a header in the final page, I would like for it to close so I can easily open the next one.

* I am missing a feature to delete the whole page

* (Pro version?) I would like to rename the page as well as the page icon

* (Pro version?) Would love to add and edit more pages

* (Pro version?) Be able to change the style of the page (colours, fonts, borders ,..)

Re:Ask HN: Need suggestions for online t-shirt store business. on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @03:42PM (#2228195)
Perhaps you can start by using the service Spreadshirt offers. They handle the payment, printing and delivery, so you can focus on the niches you want to address and of course the designs. Is your idea working? Great! Then it is a good time to learn about printing shirts yourself. I think this way you can start with almost no costs and really learn if you idea is viable.