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by studiofellow 7y ago
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 writin
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by studiofellow 8y ago
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 automate
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by studiofellow 8y ago
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!
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by studiofellow 8y ago
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 everyth
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Show HN: Mod&Dot, a web design and devtools extension
11 points by studiofellow 8y ago|3 comments
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by studiofellow 10y ago
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 busin
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The Tiny Designer – End the conflict between non-designers and designers(thetinydesigner.com)
10 points by studiofellow 11y ago|1 comments
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by studiofellow 12y ago
I really enjoyed this book—useful guide to communicating with clients. Has me thinking a lot more about what I write before pressing send.
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by studiofellow 12y ago
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 i
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by studiofellow 12y ago
This is a goldmine! Thank you.
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by studiofellow 12y ago
This would be nice because it's always a good idea to have a fallback payment processor.
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by studiofellow 12y ago
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.
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by studiofellow 12y ago
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.
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by studiofellow 12y ago
Congrats, the new site looks fantastic. You 3 do some of the best interviews of any podcast out there.
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by studiofellow 12y ago
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.
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by studiofellow 12y ago
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.
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by studiofellow 12y ago
Sorry if this was unclear, but I do include copywriting & marketing advice in the project.
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by studiofellow 12y ago
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,
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by studiofellow 12y ago
I just sent Justin his new design yesterday. So, can't really blame him for not having it online yet. :)
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Landing Page in a Day – Get a custom landing page that converts(landingpageinaday.com)
76 points by studiofellow 12y ago|50 comments
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by studiofellow 12y ago
There are quite a few good resources for developers to learn design. Disclaimer: I wrote a book on this topic, but because of that, I know resources made by other people too. --- Sacha Grief’s ebook is good for an in-depth example: http:&#
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Don’t let trolls hobble your marketing.(blog.studiofellow.com)
1 points by studiofellow 12y ago|1 comments
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by studiofellow 13y ago
I think a lot of cultures (including much of startup culture) place too much emphasis on ideas. So many creative ideas really are stupid ideas. However, that doesn't mean creativity should be criticized--it just means we need to teach
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by studiofellow 13y ago
Knowing the value of an idea is difficult until we see it in hindsight, already fulfilled. I think that pretending to know the value of a creative idea when it's merely an idea is presumptuous. The article describes how the reception o
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by studiofellow 13y ago
https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/2193 Url should be /fonts, not /font. In variables.less, change @fa-font-path to: "//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/
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by studiofellow 13y ago
Thanks. I was also 'thinking aloud' on twitter that slowly building a following could eventually build up quite a bit of momentum. But that momentum will never build unless you keep firing pellets, so to speak.
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by studiofellow 13y ago
The piece I find most interesting here is not JK Rowling or book publishing, but the effects of 'intrinsic talent' and 'cumulative advantage' upon success. The suggestion that the quality of my work might not contribute
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by studiofellow 13y ago
A small community of designer/authors is releasing ebooks aimed at teaching design. I'm one of those authors. I'm biased, of course, but I recommend looking into these books as they are vastly more practical and beginner-friendly than most
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by studiofellow 13y ago
I'm disappointed that instead of trying to educate new entrepreneurs, the OP is discouraging them. The tone is incredibly condescending. It's like he just heard of bootstrappers, and instead of saying, "Hey that's awesome, let me tell you w
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by studiofellow 13y ago
Completely disagree with this example of sketching. Sketches should be visceral, messy, and fast. The entire purpose of sketching is to get the ideas out as quickly as possible. I don't understand the purpose of creating preliminary sketche

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