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Marketing, startups, etc.
Personal blog · purde.netstartupsbusinesscareer
Marketing, startups, etc. is a personal blog at purde.net about startups, business and career. Since 2012, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “What happens traffic wise when a post hits #1 on Hacker News? Here are my stats”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as a source for startup and marketing advice, including a case of a profitable simple SaaS (Toggl) and data on traffic from Hacker News front-page posts.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- What happens traffic wise when a post hits #1 on Hacker News? Here are my stats2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-01-12
- How Toggl has gotten to 20.000 paid users, and counting2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-09-20
What Hacker News says?
I don't have anything to do with Toggl besides using it briefly years ago, but apparently it is (or was) profitable: http://purde.net/2012/09/keep-it-simple-talk-to-users-how-to...
Comment linking /2012/09/keep-it-simple-talk-to-users-how-toggl-has-gotten-to-20-000-paid-users-and-counting/
on “Ask HN: What is an example of a super simple SaaS that is profitable?”Submitted How Pipedrive went from 0 to 10,000 paying customers in SaaS as a story · 212 points
HN discussionYou can expect up to low 5-digits of page views - https://ma.ttias.be/the-frontpage-hacker-news-stats-graphs-a... http://alainmeier.com/traffic-data-after-hitting-the-hacker-... http://purde.net/2015/01/hacker-news-number-one-post-stats/ But unless you're selling something most people can enjoy (dropbox, github, etc) it may not be of much value to you - http://blog.yesgraph.com/yesgraph-tc-ph-hn-omg-bbq/ 9.3k unique…
Comment linking /2015/01/hacker-news-number-one-post-stats/
on “Ask HN: How much traffic to expect if your project hits HN front page?”Submitted What happens traffic wise when a post hits #1 on Hacker News? Here are my stats as a story · 28 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I got better at customer interview management as a story · 25 points
HN discussionSubmitted 10 highly practical startup marketing tips from a SaaS marketer as a story · 23 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Pipedrive reached 50,000 paying customers as a story · 15 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to run ads: 6 super practical tips as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted From hand to hand combat to Bond villain – how you evolve as a startup marketer as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted We ran some numbers on our referral program – here's the most important factor as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Keyword Research for Startups – A thing every content marketer should do as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to hire the first marketer for your startup as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Marketing Planning for Startups: A No-BS Framework for Early Stage Companies as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Toggl has gotten to 20.000 paid users, and counting as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Closing Achoo, or how I learned that it's all about the team as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Everything I’ve ever learned about marketing (5 years later) as a story · 1 points
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