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Comment on 'Having a Hard Time Finishing?' by Jason Seifer

2010-03-03T19:32:34Z

Great post Steve!

Comment on 'Having a Hard Time Finishing?' by Alex Fair

2010-03-03T16:49:48Z

Good stuff. Thanks for that and the code you have contributed. This post goes well with something I wrote and stuck on the wall a few months ago:

I may be right or I may be wrong, but I will certainly be something.

I like the Mom line too. My Mom called to apologize for posting a comment on my blog about me in diapers. I told her “not to worry, every entrepreneur has a Mom.” She laughed. I moderated it out anyway :)

Comment on 'Having a Hard Time Finishing?' by Steven Bristol

2010-03-02T12:52:17Z

@craig,

I assumed that money was already a motivator, but you’re right, let’s not forget to list it.

Money Honey!

Comment on 'Having a Hard Time Finishing?' by Grant

2010-03-02T03:46:19Z

Nice, I’ve got stuff to finish this month AND a high school reunion this year. Great timing!

Comment on 'Having a Hard Time Finishing?' by Andy

2010-03-02T03:16:08Z

Thanks for this Steven

I have two half finished websites that I have been putting off…I’m going to finish one now so my Mum will love me more when I tell her what I want for my birthday soon haha

Andy

Comment on 'Having a Hard Time Finishing?' by Craig

2010-03-02T01:20:59Z

What about - - it might make you some money.

I know we are all supposed to be doing these things because we have a massive “passion”, but a little bit of money and roof over the head sure helps.

ps I like the high school reunion one!!

Comment on 'Having a Hard Time Finishing?' by Daniel

2010-03-01T23:35:59Z

Thanks for the post. I just launched my second personal product (www.bookticker.com). It doesn’t do half of what I want it to do, but it does to what it does well. I love books and I love to see what other people are reading. I got tired of the momentary snapshot of best seller’s list, so I built a site that tracks bestsellers over time. You can click on any book and you can see a chart of how popular the book is.

Benefits:

My wife is proud of me
I find out cool stuff about books
My friends think it is cool :)

Comment on 'Location, Location, Location' by Raymonn

2010-03-01T15:36:35Z

Wow Steve! In two paragraphs you summed up exactly what I feel and think often. Location, Location, Location. It’s not the url but the niche in which you are located in that makes a huge difference. Thanks for the profound words. That’s good stuff.

Comment on 'Static Screen Captures Suck' by John Gallagher

2010-03-01T01:07:18Z

Love the video.

I totally agree with you. I think a massive screenshot is a big waste of space. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t include a series of gorgeous screenshots elsewhere on the site. I just think your primary selling tool in the first few seconds could be video.

However, it needs to be done really, really well. Your video nails it, but it’s so rare to find this in an overview video. When the tour starts with “Hello. My name is X and I want to tell you about my great application for blah blah blah” I just want to scream and close my browser.

So my take? Hard to do, but when you polish and polish and finally get it right, I think it’ll draw customers in. I put up a video on my site for the Beta signup and I’ve got some pretty good conversion rates from it – about 20% who’ve seen the video have signed up.

I’ve also had some really nice comments from potential customers saying that I nail the problem. Check it out for yourself at http://lapsusapp.co.uk

Thanks Allan and Steve for saying what needs to be said. There’s so much untapped potential for businesses in video.

Comment on 'Location, Location, Location' by Troy

2010-02-27T18:01:58Z

That damn Chinese math.

Comment on 'Buttons on the left is the winner' by Storm Force

2010-02-25T12:56:16Z

Interesting research guys. And very interesting information on theatre Darien.

My next round of optimisation would be to consider a primary and secondary call to action rather than giving both buttons equal weighting.

Perhaps at this stage “See the tour” should be the primary call to action as someone would want more information before handing over their details.

Just a theory, but one worth testing I think.

Storm Force

Comment on 'Addiction' by Annette

2010-02-19T00:55:40Z

I could not agree more that addiction is a dominant trait of humans. Search of happiness initially, and another thing is that the force of habits quickly takes over. Humans like to avoid uncertainties, and finding a regular routine that seems to work provides a false sense of security. So I always try to test new things and leave routine to task automation.

Comment on '#10 Rules for Bootstrapped Web App Startups ' by Tom Dwan

2010-02-18T23:01:54Z

Each of the 10 points is worth thinking about. The key is 1/, build something people need, and there is a lot of competition to find novel ideas.

Comment on 'Addiction' by Amy

2010-02-12T16:04:12Z

I was a consulting-aholic, but I quit recently. I never felt better!

(Funnily enough, I’ve got 90% of a guest article written about quitting, where I even introduce myself as an addict. GMTA, or FSD? ;)

Comment on 'Addiction' by SQQZY

2010-02-12T15:56:58Z

I am a stevaholic.