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New comment by studiofellow in "From almost shutting down Fathom Analytics to tripling our MRR"

studiofellow — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:59:33 +0000

Love reading stories like this about what it's like in the early days of a new business. Those early decisions about what to do when you're struggling to get traction are so critical, but no one talks about them. Thanks for writing this.

New comment by studiofellow in "Quit asking about my pain points"

studiofellow — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:54:41 +0000

Agreed, and I think those fall flat because they are trying to hide the fact that they're automated. There's nothing wrong with automation—just don't try to lie about it! Personally, I favor direct conversations over automated research. Even at smaller scale, it's just way more useful.

New comment by studiofellow in "Quit asking about my pain points"

studiofellow — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:50:58 +0000

Like many here building our own businesses, I had to learn the hard way how to do customer research—on my own. I wrote this as a short summary of what I've learned. Thanks for submitting it!

New comment by studiofellow in "Show HN: Mod&Dot, a web design and devtools extension"

studiofellow — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 16:43:16 +0000

Thanks! The chrome extension will let you create new "mods" for specific pages. When making a mod, it listens for any edits you make: CSS, HTML, text, etc. When you publish, it takes before & after screenshots and puts everything on a page you can share with other people.

Show HN: Mod&Dot, a web design and devtools extension

studiofellow — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 16:14:59 +0000

Mod&Dot is a new design tool for anyone who works on websites. This is an early concept and I'm looking for advice.

https://mod-dot.com/teaser/

After a site launches, revising the design can be a pretty frustrating process. Designers have to learn git and command line. Or developers have to parse font sizes from redlined screenshots. Clients make printouts and draw on them. Etc.

Mod&Dot gives a simple place to collaborate on website edits by saving & sharing changes made in DevTools. Anyone can add comments without using DevTools, too.

What do you think? Would love some input.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18085870

Points: 11

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New comment by studiofellow in "Monitoring team health in a startup"

studiofellow — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:56:01 +0000

I love that you are proving to others that it's possible to build a great business and still be healthy and happy. So often the message from startups is to sacrifice everything—even health and family.

I'm excited to see your business grow using this model, and hopefully others follow your example.

The Tiny Designer – End the conflict between non-designers and designers

studiofellow — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 17:45:40 +0000

Article URL: http://thetinydesigner.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9707414

Points: 10

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New comment by studiofellow in "Emails That Win You Clients"

studiofellow — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:53:41 +0000

I really enjoyed this book—useful guide to communicating with clients. Has me thinking a lot more about what I write before pressing send.

New comment by studiofellow in "The introvert's guide to getting noticed"

studiofellow — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 18:18:12 +0000

From my perspective, this article is not suggesting people try to be someone else.

It reminds me of the popular book "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking‎"

In that book, the author suggest that introverts fake extroversion in short bursts.

As an introvert myself, this is something I've done for a decade. It's tiring but pays off. Sometimes we introverts miss out on great opportunities because we don't stretch our comfort zone.

I think this article is good advice on small ways for introverts to put themselves out there and "fake extroversion".

New comment by studiofellow in "Your biggest freelancing questions answered in one place"

studiofellow — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:27:31 +0000

This is a goldmine! Thank you.

New comment by studiofellow in "Payola – A Rails engine for Stripe"

studiofellow — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:22:02 +0000

This would be nice because it's always a good idea to have a fallback payment processor.

New comment by studiofellow in "Payola – A Rails engine for Stripe"

studiofellow — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:16:25 +0000

Love that this gem does things the right way, like including background jobs. As a Rails newbie trying to build billing, all the code/tutorials/gems I could find weren't nearly this high quality or robust.

New comment by studiofellow in "Fear of the Launch"

studiofellow — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 17:28:28 +0000

Resonates so much. So, so many people never launch because of that fear. Good advice to reduce all the pressure on the single launch event. You can launch as many times as you want.

New comment by studiofellow in "Make Your Startup a Rocketship. 65+ Episodes. Thousands of Listeners"

studiofellow — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:04:08 +0000

Congrats, the new site looks fantastic.

You 3 do some of the best interviews of any podcast out there.

New comment by studiofellow in "Landing Page in a Day – Get a custom landing page that converts"

studiofellow — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:37:54 +0000

I also sell the framework I use for the landing pages separately here: http://cascade.io

It provides more style options than designmodo's and fewer components, but I think they are both great options.

New comment by studiofellow in "Landing Page in a Day – Get a custom landing page that converts"

studiofellow — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:29:54 +0000

Heh, good point. Fixed. The explanation is obviously intended for non-technical folks, so the distinction is probably lost there, but I do want to be correct.

New comment by studiofellow in "Landing Page in a Day – Get a custom landing page that converts"

studiofellow — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:16:47 +0000

Sorry if this was unclear, but I do include copywriting & marketing advice in the project.

New comment by studiofellow in "Landing Page in a Day – Get a custom landing page that converts"

studiofellow — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:16:06 +0000

Thanks for this—very insightful. I do include copywriting. For the case study, Justin already had copy that was in great shape. Other clients might not, so I'll provide writing from scratch in those cases.

As for the conversion rates, totally agree that the metric I shared is somewhat vague. Every project has different goals, and sometimes even a fraction of a percent is a major win, such as with major display advertisers.

Also, your point about showing the increase in conversions for my projects is way more powerful. Unfortunately, since this is brand new, I don't have better data to share. Hope to have some soon.

New comment by studiofellow in "Landing Page in a Day – Get a custom landing page that converts"

studiofellow — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:26:50 +0000

I just sent Justin his new design yesterday. So, can't really blame him for not having it online yet. :)

Landing Page in a Day – Get a custom landing page that converts

studiofellow — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:30:09 +0000

Article URL: http://landingpageinaday.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8366773

Points: 76

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