Questions

What are some strategies to grow your audience on Twitter? My blog gets a decent amount of traffic, but few people click on any of the several Twitter buttons I have and connect with me. How can I...

Twitter Audience Building

asked Feb 21 '14 at 16:22

Ryan Johnson
40 points

I run a small consulting operation and I have taken on more clients than I can service on my own. There is a contractor who can I sub-contract the extra work out to, who will do the work in the...

Ethics Consultants Contractor

asked Apr 18 '14 at 18:11

Pauline Larrick
7 points

I am starting a web encyclopedia in Nigeria but my fear is how to generate revenue with this online encyclopedia.

Getting Started Marketing Revenue Startups Revenue Model

asked May 29 '15 at 22:08

Hassan Sani
6 points

For subscription-based B2C SaaS businesses where the business is not charge for the support, but for the subscription. How much does on average customer/visitor support account to? In other words,...

Cost Metrics Saas Market Research

asked Apr 27 '11 at 15:13

Simpatico
198 points

I have set up a goal which will count the amount of sign ups I get on my site. I need to divide this number by the amount of new visitors in order to get my conversation rate. From what I can...

Analytics Metrics Conversion

asked Jun 4 '11 at 20:03

Ben
108 points

My website is rather unique in what it offers to users. Not only does it offer a forum specific for different subjects, but it includes Links boards and News boards for the subjects where users can...

Online Education Forum

asked Nov 6 '11 at 04:45

Noah O
8 points

Looking for early market validation re our startup idea, we did a simple smoke test: we created a facebook ads campaign, linked it to a launchrock page and looked to see what happened. We set a $20...

Testing Market Opportunity

asked Feb 2 '12 at 23:09

Guidupuy
8 points

I'm opening a gym with a friend, but I'm putting up all the funds. We've agreed to be "partners," but I don't know how to structure the ownership plan. I've considered offering him a low initial...

Partnerships

asked Sep 16 '12 at 14:44

User19680
6 points

I have a friend Z who has been acting as the middle-man between me and his clients. Z contributes to less than one percent of my business' revenue. The projects that Z refers usually amounts to $1k...

Referrals Commission

asked Mar 8 '13 at 01:50

John
170 points

How can I locate a set of good earlyvangelist for my SaaS application prior to building the application? Is there a specific way to find or locate them and finally engage them? Thanks.

Getting Started Software Lean Early Adopters

asked Nov 16 '13 at 11:33

User9968
229 points

What are some ways to find and qualify a list of ideas to write about on your blog?

Ideas Blog

asked Mar 17 '14 at 09:30

Ronnie Skinner
22 points

I have a new task management app. Born out of frustration that the current models out there are lacking in a bunch of features you would think would be obvious plus I added a new feature which I...

Marketing Adwords Project Management Saas Startups

asked May 30 '15 at 02:30

Paul Moran
6 points

How does one convince customers to spend more money for the environment? Following the inconvenient truth, global warming and raising oil prices last year, it seems that developing clean green...

Marketing Technology

asked Oct 18 '09 at 16:38

Ron Ga
2,181 points

I'm working on a very early stage web app, and I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to track some basic user metrics beyond traffic and all that. Some context: Limited budget - free or cheap...

Analytics Metrics

asked Apr 23 '10 at 12:55

Greg
339 points

I have a business in Hangzhou, China. What advantages are there to registering a company in Hong Kong? What are the disadvantages? Will a company identity in Hong Kong incur a lot of costs? Is it...

Incorporation Tax International

asked Mar 22 '11 at 21:46

Steven
1 point

Once we launch our product, we intended to raise our first round of funding. The preparation has already started, including the budget. I feel that the budget should be highly detailed, realistic...

Funding Budget Deck

asked Aug 1 '11 at 19:40

Stu Thompson
173 points

One of the toughest questions that ecommerce businesses face concerns what is at the heart of a business –customer satisfaction. At first glance, anyone doing ecommerce business or having an...

Software Ecommerce Technology

asked Feb 8 '12 at 22:03

Akshy
6 points

Given an offer to join an established company, earning at least a couple of million a year in revenue (under 10 employees) and which is a subsidiary to a multi billion dollar parent company; what...

Development Equity Employees

asked May 10 '12 at 01:34

Maxim Gershkovich
234 points

I've had an online site for years, currently with around 3000 users. I want to start a newsletter but am unsure of the laws for this (I've read CAN-SPAM guidelines but this subject isn't really...

Advertising Newsletter Spam

asked Dec 7 '12 at 07:52

Geoff M
115 points

I've got a fairly good business, producing a profit and revenues of half what I need to live. I'm an idea man and nurture lots of great ideas over time. I'm looking to have someone else run with...

Advisors CEO Profit Sharing Joint Venture

asked Apr 19 '13 at 23:44

Ron
21 points