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Rishi Shah

Personal blog · gettingmoreawesome.com · on HN as rishibusinessstartups

Rishi Shah writes Getting More Awesome, a personal blog at gettingmoreawesome.com about business and startups. Since 2010, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 56 times. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.

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2010–2012first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 40 in 2011

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked in a Show HN thread about creating and collecting forms directly from email. The one comment questions whether the approach beats standard form builders, and does not praise or criticise the writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Web Marketing by Rishi Shah

The author on HN?

rishi · 974 karma · member since 2007

I'm constantly trying to learn how businesses acquire new paying customers. I blog about web marketing here: http://gettingmoreawesome.com I live in the Mission in San Francisco. Please contact me if you are ever in the area and want to talk about Web Marketing: www.twitter.com/risk

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What Hacker News says?

  1. jbarciauskas · 2012-12-14
    So, the purported benefits are that a) it's easier to create the form than other form creators and b) you'll get improved response rates because people fill out the form in-line and reply rather than clicking a link? Marketing managers don't want to learn some type of special markdown, and I can't imagine they would ever prefer it to a nice WYSIWYG form creator like Wufoo or SurveyMonkey. No one wants to try and fig…

    Comment linking /2011/05/24/increase-survey-response-rate-by-embedding-it-in-an-email/

    on “Show HN: Create and collect forms directly from email”
  2. rishi · 2011-01-14

    Submitted How to win with an online store (hint: don't sell things available on Amazon) as a story · 94 points

    HN discussion
  3. rishi · 2011-09-02

    Submitted Follow up emails work as a story · 79 points

    HN discussion
  4. craigkerstiens · 2011-08-17

    Submitted Enthusiasm Goes A Long Way Over Email as a story · 78 points

    HN discussion
  5. hshah · 2011-10-27

    Submitted Easy To Cancel makes it Easier to Sign Up as a story · 75 points

    HN discussion
  6. rishi · 2010-11-24

    Submitted Airbnb leverages Craigslist in a really cool way as a story · 67 points

    HN discussion
  7. rishi · 2011-07-14

    Submitted Learn from Google+. Copy First, Innovate Second as a story · 47 points

    HN discussion
  8. rishi · 2012-06-07

    Submitted Instagram Growth Hack: Using the Web to Drive Mobile Downloads as a story · 46 points

    HN discussion
  9. rishi · 2011-03-22

    Submitted Meetup.com User Lifecycle as a story · 44 points

    HN discussion
  10. rishi · 2011-05-05

    Submitted Text Me a Link as a story · 33 points

    HN discussion
  11. rishi · 2011-06-22

    Submitted The Worlds Greatest Upsell: Facebook Pages as a story · 19 points

    HN discussion
  12. rishi · 2011-02-10

    Submitted Feedback Galore: Email Template to get Real Customer Feedback as a story · 15 points

    HN discussion
  13. rishi · 2011-02-15

    Submitted Creating Cultural Change and How Orabrush is Doing it as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  14. rishi · 2011-09-12

    Submitted Why Google Wants to Buy Hulu as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  15. rishi · 2011-04-11

    Submitted How to Find Keywords that Will Get You Paying Customers as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  16. rishi · 2011-03-24

    Submitted Public Stats: Twitter and YouTube make me care as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  17. rishi · 2011-02-03

    Submitted 2011 The Year of Marketplaces and How to Win as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  18. rishi · 2011-01-28

    Submitted How Reddit Gets You To Notice Their Ads as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  19. rishi · 2010-12-16

    Submitted How to Hire an Amazing Customer Support Person off Craigslist as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  20. rishi · 2011-10-11

    Submitted 3-5 Years as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  21. rishi · 2011-05-19

    Submitted Tweet at 11p EST for more engagement as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  22. rishi · 2011-04-20

    Submitted Shazam is the Future of TV Advertising (track tv ads like PPC) as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  23. rishi · 2011-03-29

    Submitted 3 Benefits to charging Yearly (instead of monthly) and how to do it as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  24. rishi · 2011-06-12

    Submitted Launch a Business, Not a Bunch of Social Media Accounts as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  25. rishi · 2012-10-03

    Submitted The Art of Negotiating an Online Media Buy as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  26. rishi · 2011-05-25

    Submitted Increase Survey Response Rate by Embedding it in an Email as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  27. stanners · 2012-10-30

    Submitted SEO Growth Hack: Piggy-Back For Fast Rankings as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  28. rishi · 2012-10-16

    Submitted 6 Pivots to a Billion Dollars: How a Soda Shop Owner Did It as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  29. rishi · 2012-03-28

    Submitted Sex on the Facebook Sign Up Form as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  30. rishi · 2011-07-26

    Submitted Subscriptions vs. Advertising – “Reddit Gold” Success as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion

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