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Thanks for the suggestions. I closely follow Rob's blog, although I haven't joined the Micropreneur Academy yet. Bob helped me advertise the survey and I'm pretty sure I got quite a few respondents via his blog post. Since the survey period has en…
5 hours ago
You should look into the Micropreneur Academy (www.micropreneur.com), a site focused solely on MicroISV's, with a great discussion forum. Contact Rob Walling and he can probably help you post the survey to the members there. Another good resource is…
9 hours ago
Russell Thackston added a discussion
The 2010 microISV pain point survey has closed out and we held the drawing this morning. The winners are listed on our website at http://microisvresearch.org/. I've emailed the winners, so if you see you name listed, check your in-box (and possibly…
August 28
Sorry, using AWeber.
August 27
I started with campaignmonitor.com
August 27
Anyone? P.S. There was Google warning on August 24 due to hosting issues.
August 27
Marcus Blankenship, Sesha Pratap, Daneille Miller and 3 more joined Business of Software
August 27
Eric Barroca, Shrirang Moghe, Rich Napoli and 2 more joined Business of Software
August 26
John Monte, Martha L Contreras, Mark Schall and 2 more joined Business of Software
August 25
Robert Ellison added a blog post
A few months ago I asked any Windows developers to answer a few questions on WinQual / Windows Error Reporting. This is the service from Microsoft that gives you direct access to crash reports for your application or driver. The survey has been take…
August 23
Yogeeshachar B. K. is now a member of Business of Software
August 22
Steve Wilkinson and Jay Cincotta are now friends
August 22

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Russell Thackston

microISV Research 6 Replies

(I was directed here by some readers of the Business of Software forums on JoelOnSoftware.com, so I apologize if this is a repeat for some readers.  Good reading in the forum, by the way...)  As a r…

Tagged: research, microISV

Started by Russell Thackston in Sample Title. Last reply by Russell Thackston 5 hours ago.

Russell Thackston

2010 microISV Pain Point Survey Drawing

The 2010 microISV pain point survey has closed out and we held the drawing this morning. The winners are listed on our website at http://microisvresearch.org/. I've emailed the winners, so if you se…

Tagged: drawing, survey, point, pain, microISV

Started by Russell Thackston in Sample Title Aug 28.

Rudolf F. Vanek

Active Campaign - anyone using it? 2 Replies

Hi,Does anyone of you use Active Campaign for sending out mails?What's your opinion?

Tagged: software, marketing, mail

Started by Rudolf F. Vanek in Sample Title. Last reply by Mark Dalgarno Aug 27.

Max Pi

My micro ISV is launched - Power Sayings 1 Reply

Hello,Please take a look on my website and application at powersayings.comTell me your thoughts, ideas and criticize it.Thank you,Max.

Started by Max Pi in Sample Title. Last reply by Max Pi Aug 27.

Russell Thackston

2010 Pain Point Survey Closing Saturday at Midnight

First, let me thank the members who responded to the survey. Second, let me encourage anyone who has not yet taken the survey to do so. I've gotten well over a hundred responses so far. This means t…

Tagged: survey, point, pain, microISV

Started by Russell Thackston in Sample Title Aug 19.

Ken Hughes

Use Twitter ?? 71 Replies

Anyone for sharing twitter usernames ?? @kjhughes

Started by Ken Hughes in Uncategorized. Last reply by Brian Cleaves Aug 19.

Jay Cincotta

Who's attending BoS2010? 2 Replies

Are you planning to attend BoS2010 in Boston this October? If so, add a comment to this post introducing yourself.   I had a great time at BoS2009 and am planning to attend BoS2010.  But one of my le…

Tagged: BoS2010

Started by Jay Cincotta in Uncategorized. Last reply by Marcus McConnell Aug 18.

Russell Thackston

2010 microISV Pain Point Survey is now open 1 Reply

The 2010 microISV Pain Point Survey is now open and all microISV operators are invited to participate.  http://microISVResearch.org/survey/ participating in the survey, you will... * Get exclusive…

Tagged: survey, point, pain, microISV

Started by Russell Thackston in Sample Title. Last reply by Russell Thackston Aug 4.

Sean Campbell

Our new book: Go Beyond Google: Gathering Internet Intelligence...

Just released our new book: Go Beyond Google: Gathering Internet Intelligence... http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Googl me know if you're interested in a a review copy.  Happy to provide. :) Brief book…

Tagged: Sales, B2B, Marketing, Intelligence, Competitive

Started by Sean Campbell in Sample Title Jul 28.

Tarek Demiati

Will TweetSense give AdSense a run for it's money ?

It now seems obvious that Twitter will pretty soon introduce ads to it's platform. I wonder how things will turn out, will Twitter be a more viable advertising platform ? Would it not be nice if twit…

Tagged: ads, google, twitter

Started by Tarek Demiati in Sample Title Jul 15.

Antonio Gray

Pricing High End Managed Services - Upfront Cost and Monthly Subscription

Hello Members; I've created a solution (software (web application, desktop app and mobile app), hardware (via dedicated server) and information product (operations guidebook for the business the solu…

Tagged: Services, Managed, Pricing

Started by Antonio Gray in Sample Title Jul 8.

Manuel Jaffrin

How does Adwords/Facebook/Linkedin work out for you to generate good leads ? 7 Replies

Hi I am curious to hear about your experience from your online mkt efforts with Google Adwords/Facebook Ads/Linkedin campaign etc,.. to generate qualified leads and traffic to your landing page? I am…

Tagged: Computing, PPC, Cloud, software, Business

Started by Manuel Jaffrin in Sample Title. Last reply by Chad Crandall Jul 1.

Cindy F Solomon

Haiku OS and enterprise pad

Is anyone developing applications on the Haiku OS platform?  I am working with a hardware vendor creating an enterprise ipad like device (improving on the weaknesses of the Apple version) for specifi…

Started by Cindy F Solomon in Sample Title May 30.

Ryan Wheeler

Marketing Win!

Thought this was interesting - how on earth can you get press for your company in a space as crowded as 'productivity' type apps?  Here's how RescueTime did it http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/1

Tagged: Marketing

Started by Ryan Wheeler in Sample Title May 25.

Matt Richards

SSL Certificates 3 Replies

It's about time for us to renew our SSL certificate.  Verisign wants $400 for the basic and $1000 for the EV, and then more for higher encryption.  Are the more expensive certificates worth it?  Are…

Tagged: Verisign, SSL

Started by Matt Richards in Sample Title. Last reply by Dennis Andersen May 16.

Prasad R

Question to all "Business of Software" ?

yup i m just new to this site and what i can accept the best from all you mates in this network. The interested can share their experience because it get a very good feedback for our network " Busine…

Started by Prasad R in Sample Title May 14.

Mark Dalgarno

How do you deal with self-doubt and the start-up emotional rollercoaster? 4 Replies

Steve Wilkinson has written an interesting post on dealing with self-doubt and the start-up emotional rollercoaster.My question for the group is how do you deal with these problems?

Started by Mark Dalgarno in Sample Title. Last reply by Sarah May 1.

Mark Dalgarno

Anyone using the fremium business model? 5 Replies

Do any network members have experience with the fremium business model?What conversion rates are you getting for free to premium services?[Interesting post on this here: http://blog.yo.lk/en/2010/03/

Started by Mark Dalgarno in Sample Title. Last reply by Girish Bellalcheru Apr 20.

Vikram

Why are there no googles,microsoft's,twitter,facebook etc from UK? 22 Replies

Was always wondering this question staying in this country for some time now? Is it the culture of Innovation? Is it education system? Is it right leadership which is mising except few companies l…

Started by Vikram in Uncategorized. Last reply by Girish Bellalcheru Apr 20.

Ken Barnes

Japanese law enforcement experience

I am working with a company that produces software for the law enforcement field and there are trying to break into japan. The problem is they don't speak Japanese and they really could use someone w…

Tagged: help, enforcement, law, software, Japan

Started by Ken Barnes in Uncategorized Mar 30.

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