rct

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by rct 13y 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.
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by rct 13y ago
what's the best way to pitch a writer like yourself? Does email work, or do you prefer twitter?
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by rct 13y 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 m
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by rct 13y ago
I saw you got press in TechCrunch today, congrats!
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by rct 13y ago
That's an awesome app! How is the marketing going? Because I think this could be a really big hit.
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by rct 13y ago
lol, yeah it's a bit hard to read. I thought about writing it out as: Car Incentives.com
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by rct 13y ago
This is an MVP. Just getting started, dealers want to see interest before they will offer a paid test-drive.
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by rct 13y 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.
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Show HN: CarIncentives.com – get paid to test-drive new cars(carincentives.com)
9 points by rct 13y ago|8 comments
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by rct 14y 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
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by rct 14y 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
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by rct 14y 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 i
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by rct 14y 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: gregg@realcartips.com
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by rct 14y ago
Thanks!
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by rct 14y ago
Autotrader.com and Cars.com are the two biggest players, and yes, most dealerships use at least one to list their inventory. However, many car shoppers do search individual dealer's web sites for inventory and find that it sucks. In additi
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by rct 14y ago
It's because there are only a few DMS (dealer management system) providers that most dealers sign up and stick with. They manage not only their web site, but a lot of back-end systems as well. These systems, like you pointed out, don't do
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by rct 14y ago
This may backfire on dealers. Most consumers don't understand why buying a car is such a hassle. It's mainly due to the out-dated dealer franchise system. Dealers are going to fight this tooth and nail, we'll see if consumers take notice
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Dealers Sue Tesla to block stores in NY and MA(autonews.com)
1 points by rct 14y ago|1 comments
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by rct 14y ago
I run the site by myself, self-taught HTML/CSS with a little bit of jQuery. If you guys have any car buying questions, I'd be glad to answer them.