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  1. Chris_Willow

    Cryptocurrency Experience

    CRYPTO INVESTING HOT! 
    not sure if this has been posted earlier, but here's an infographic on the history of bitcoin that I came accross today.
  2. Chris_Willow

    400,000 visitors a month - how to monetize them?

    You should look into Amazon SES. I'm using it for in-app emails and it works beautifully. The deliverability rates are ok too when you send DKIM signed emails properly. Here's a good email marketing app for sending emails via SES (one time purchase): http://sendy.co/ P.S. Amazon will not...
  3. Chris_Willow

    Outsourcing live chat support

    SOURCING 
    nevermind
  4. Chris_Willow

    Your opinion is needed! Which one to hire?

    PEOPLE 
    Here's another option. Since you're not a native speaker go to fiver and get a professional audio recorded. Then do the video yourself. You will have to write a script, but at the same time your tutorials will be much shorter, to the point and packed with information. In your sample video the...
  5. Chris_Willow

    Fastest hosting companies? Anyone use bluehost? Which one do you use?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I hosted a website on hostgator for 3 years without problems. Then they changed something and we started getting anywhere from couple of minutes to a few hours of unexpected downtime per week (I know because we have uptime monitoring). When I notified their customer support about the issue...
  6. Chris_Willow

    Might Be Thrown Out Of The House

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I think they might be worried you're doing something shady. I know mine were.
  7. Chris_Willow

    PageSpeed Insights Wordpress Problem

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Try setting cache control headers in htaccess. (if you don't have mod expires enabled in apache you'll get a server error). Here's what I use:
  8. Chris_Willow

    Dane Maxwell AMA-- SaaS, Membership Sites, The Foundation

    NOTABLE! EXECUTION SAAS / APPS 
    Hey Dane, Here are some serious questions: What are some of the customer acquisition methods you teach? How do you minimise churn? What do you do to increase the number of trial users who start using the software? And a couple of unrelated questions: How did you end up getting the .com for...
  9. Chris_Willow

    Introducing NutJobFans.com, "Pinterest for Sports Fans"

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I won't comment on the business side of this, but you do need to get a designer on board asap. If you really want to save money get a ready-made pinterest clone script. I found quite a few with a quick google search.
  10. Chris_Willow

    How I built my own electric dream-guitar (if you can't buy it - build it!)

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Wow, that is amazing! I'm more of a blues kind of guy so it's not something I'd want for myself, but the craftsmanship of this guitar is mind blowing.
  11. Chris_Willow

    [URGENT] I Need Some Objective Sharp Minds On This One

    The sooner you get on the narrow road of entrepreneurship the more time you have to make it work. I doubt the degree can give you a substantial head start over somebody who's spent the 3 years in the trenches creating inventions and gaining experience, but ultimately that is up to you to decide.
  12. Chris_Willow

    Confused about divorcing your time from money in relation to liquidity even

    That is only true if you assume the business will be viable forever. New competitors, government regulations and technology can destroy a successful business virtually overnight. In fact, James Altucher mentioned this on the other thread:
  13. Chris_Willow

    Actionable Tips For More Conversions

    EXECUTION 
    Conversions optimisation is one of those sexy subjects everybody and their brother is writing about. Most of the stuff is just fluff and link bait anyways. Here are my top 3 legitimate CRO resources I follow: Discover Which Marketing Programs Really Work Landing Page and Conversion...
  14. Chris_Willow

    Fastlane AMA: James Altucher; Startups, Publishing, Bloggin More...

    EXECUTION NOTABLE! 
    Been following this from the beginning, also read the book. The thing that stuck with me the most was the daily practice. Been doing it for almost a week now and really starting to see results. Definitely recommend everybody to give it a try :) Thanks, James!
  15. Chris_Willow

    My idea for finding the On Ramp to the Fast Lane

    IDEA 
    Seems like your focus is too broad, or perhaps it's just your website. I'd suggest taking one specific piece of OSS and making it a service. This benefits you in 2 major ways: 1) users feel like your solution is made exactly for them, which increases conversions. 2) you can target users of the...
  16. Chris_Willow

    (Guide) How-To: Hire Effectively Hire Freelancers

    Man, why didn't you use escrow? It's a small fee, but at least you're protected (and the freelancer too)...
  17. Chris_Willow

    How Do I Track Down the Owner Of a Domain

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I say don't worry about it too much and focus on growth. Basecamp stared as basecamphq.com seomoz.org is now moz.com thefoundation.io is now thefoundation.com dropbox was once getdropbox.com Once you're making money you can purchase the premium domain.
  18. Chris_Willow

    Do things that don't scale

    This essay by Paul Graham was on top of hackernews yesterday and really hit home for me. It's a long read so I'll share the best stuff here (emphasis by me). On Stripe (the payment platform): On targeting a narrow market first: On getting first users manually: What are your...
  19. Chris_Willow

    8 Eyewear: From Idea, to Launch, to Growth (And Quitting the Job)

    IDEA 
    If it took you so long to find them I doubt your market has any idea about their existence. Also, they're now getting a lot of traffic from fastlane forum. Luckily this is on the inside :D
  20. Chris_Willow

    How to turn a YES into a sale

    Can you elaborate on this? Seems like a neat idea to test.
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