rct
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Comment · 13 years ago
Telling stories is such an important aspect of marketing, but overlooked by many. A good book recommendation is "Make it Stick", by Dan Heath.
Comment · 13 years ago
what's the best way to pitch a writer like yourself? Does email work, or do you prefer twitter?
Comment · 13 years ago
Use http://www.segment.io for your analytics. You insert only one script into your site and the service lets you use up to 30 different analytic providers. Many of these services provide the first 30 days for free, so try as many as you like and see which ones you like best.
Comment · 13 years ago
I saw you got press in TechCrunch today, congrats!
Comment · 13 years ago
That's an awesome app! How is the marketing going? Because I think this could be a really big hit.
Comment · 13 years ago
lol, yeah it's a bit hard to read. I thought about writing it out as: Car Incentives.com
Comment · 13 years ago
This is an MVP. Just getting started, dealers want to see interest before they will offer a paid test-drive.
Comment · 13 years ago
That's kind of the idea. These leads would be very high quality, since consumers would actually have to visit the dealership. My target for the leads is primarily the manufacturers, not the dealers - but both are interested.
Comment · 14 years ago
Hi, I've been researching the car buying space for several years and started the site RealCarTips.com. Here's my take on this:
There's currently a site called RollSale (http://rollsale.com) that's doing something similar to this.
There's also AutoTrade.com Trade-In Marketplace where you can get quotes for your trade-in (https://tradein.autotrader.com)
But the problem I see with this business model is that any quote you get from a dealer for a vehicle they haven't personally seen and inspected will not be a reliable bid.
They can always do a bait and switch after you bring the vehicle in. Now that they have you at the dealership, they can wear you down and convince you to drop the price due to "unforseen" issues. Perhaps the vehicle is not in the condition they expected, or there's some mechanical "issues" and they can't honor their original bid.
I don't know of any dealers that will absolutely guarantee a used car bid sight unseen (unless they bid way below market rate), which isn't good for consumers.
Not saying this business model won't work, it's just hard to get guaranteed bids.
Edit: I may have misunderstood the question, but I'm assuming this is a service where you try to sell or "unload" your car to a dealer.
Comment · 14 years ago
SEEKING FREELANCER - SF Bay Area
Looking for a freelancer in the SF Bay Area for an iOS app project. This is a paid job, but I'm looking for someone who is open to partnering with me on future projects.
I'm also looking for Python or Ruby developers for a project I'd like to start in 2013.
I have a long track record of successful web projects. Currently the "poster child" for Google Adsense (picture of me on their home page: http://www.google.com/adsense
Please get in touch at: [email protected]
Comment · 14 years ago
Sure, taking that out of context makes it look like a typical craigslist ad, I agree. But I think I gave enough reasons why this isn't just a typical idea coming from a random business guy. Besides, I will of course reveal what the idea is once I meet prospective cofounders in person.
Comment · 14 years ago
tldr: I'm a car buying expert with a long and successful track record. Looking for a couple of technical cofounders in the SF Bay Area. If you're interested, I'd love to meet for a beer or coffee. Contact me at: [email protected]
You can email me at gregg (at) realcartips.com