christonog

So what about credit cards and bank accounts that have no annual fees (essentially free to use)? I suppose your money is the product being sold (in terms of interest) in this case.

This is great. Can I quote you?

Thanks for the explanation. This is a great resource. My only regret is that I wasn't there to listen in!

If the majority of your revenue was from the small & medium accounts, why not just create a single plan, remove the lower plans entirely? Why continue with the personal plan if that resulted in higher turnover and less desirable customers?

If you really wanted to follow your favorite service provider, wouldn't you just friend them on facebook or follow them on twitter? The relationship is already there, so wouldn't reviews be unnecessary?

Was all/most of that 5K used on the brand identity?

I wouldn't say it was a total failure. You learned something, and you can always reuse code (such as the 700 lines for credit card payments) for other projects.

You could go the Google Chrome Web Store route.

This works if you need to give friends or family access, but what about taking it one step further by using a finger print scan + security PIN? Trying to fiddle with your phone from your pocket and opening an app or sending a text message can be just as cumbersome as looking for your keys.

Great story. How has the TweetingMachine affiliate program worked for you?

I think what he meant was that you have to consider a hefty tax burden come April 15 because, as a contractor, you don't get taxes taken out of your paycheck. This is where having a good accountant and knowing what expenses you can deduct comes in (to reduce your taxable income).

If for nothing else, you should have a business just so you can claim more expenses and reduce the amount you have to pay Uncle Sam (from my understanding, all you need to have is a profit motive -- not necessarily profits).

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

-Abraham Lincoln

Honest question, can you possibly expound on how you got that message? Does it mean web apps are necessarily better than developing for browsers via extensions?

Well, I'm mainly referring to the very early prototype stage, where you spend as little as you can. If you have some early funding (either self funding or family) then you can use VWO instead of a free A/B testing framework (A/Bingo for example).

You still need to know how to manipulate some of the front end and back end code to show the user your A/B tests. On page SEO at least requires some knowledge of HTML. You're right about marketing such as adwords and LTV not requiring any code though.