The first couple of months of 2011 have been nuts. Lots going on but not so much going on with Bidsketch — sort of. I say sort of, because Jan 18, 37signals blogged about my Highrise integration and tweeted a link to the blog post. This resulted in a small increase in traffic that day [...]
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Increase in Revenue and Possible Move
Posted by admin on February 21, 2011
http://www.extendslogic.com/bidsketch/increase-revenue-possible-move/
The Sales Process Isn’t Complete Until You Have a Fan
Today I was listening to a great case study interview by Rob Walling from SoftwarebyRob.com, and co-founder of the Micropreneur Academy. This is one of many great case studies found inside the Academy. The interview was with Harry Hollander, co-founder of Moraware. Harry’s obviously a bright guy, and he gives some great advice in the [...]
Posted by admin on April 4, 2010
http://www.extendslogic.com/business/sales-process-isnt-complete-until-you-have-fan/
I’m Looking to Acquire Another Product
I’ve been thinking about making another product acquisition for quite a while now. I haven’t been looking at any listings in Flippa though, I’ve just had an urge to buy another product. So now I’ve decided to start looking at listings in Flippa on a daily basis. It might take a long time for me [...]
Posted by admin on January 9, 2010
http://www.extendslogic.com/business/acquire-product/
Mixergy: Great Entrepreneur Video Interviews
A few weeks ago one of the Micropreneur Academy members posted a link to one of the best resources I’ve found. http://www.mixergy.com There are just some amazingly great interviews in there. I really like Andrew Warner’s (the founder) energy, and interview style. Excellent stuff that every entrepreneur should check out.
Posted by admin on December 7, 2009
http://www.extendslogic.com/business/mixergy-great-entrepreneur-videos/
Per-Proposal Plan
Today I had a user (anonymous) post a suggestion about a “per use” payment plan for Bidsketch. http://bidsketch.uservoice.com/pages/29932-general/suggestions/380184-add-a-per-use-payment-plan-for-those-of-us-who-don-t-usually-use-proposals?ref=title They state that certain designers just don’t write enough proposals to pay on a monthly basis. This makes sense in a way, a lot of people starting out might not use it all that much. This would [...]
Posted by admin on November 10, 2009
http://www.extendslogic.com/bidsketch/perproposal-plan/
Sales Figures at 3 Weeks
Ok so I’ve been live for about 3 weeks now and I have over 250 users on Bidsketch. About 20% of those are paid accounts, most are on the premium plan. I’ve introduced a Basic plan but I’ve received very fews signups on that plan even though I had people say they were going to [...]
Posted by admin on November 8, 2009
http://www.extendslogic.com/bidsketch/sales-figures-3-weeks/
One Week After Launch
So it’s been a week after launch, and I’ve not had much time to do any development. Most of my time has been taken up responding to emails, hacking my sales website, introducing a new plan, and sending emails out to my lists. Today I introduced a $9/month pricing plan. Now I have the following [...]
Posted by admin on October 27, 2009
http://www.extendslogic.com/bidsketch/week-launch/
Bidsketch Public Launch
So I’ve now been live with Bidsketch for several days now. Things are going well still, though my paid signups have decreased as expected. I’m going to be working on adding a new pricing plan to Bidsketch. Right now I have Free and Premium. I think a Basic plan will give people a much needed [...]
Posted by admin on October 21, 2009
http://www.extendslogic.com/business/bidsketch-public-launch/
Bidsketch is Live!
I’ve just launched Bidsketch! It’s been a very exciting day today. Last night I was starting to get nervous thinking that no one would sign up for either the premium or free accounts. The premium is just $9/month which is really low, but it’ll be going up in three days. The URL currently is: http://launch.bidsketch.com [...]
Posted by admin on October 13, 2009
http://www.extendslogic.com/before-launch/bidsketch-live/
SixCentral Update
So it’s been a few days since I posted the big news about my first acquisition. The last few days I’ve been lost in emails, tweets, and survey results. At this point I have two proposal SaaS based apps that focus on designers. Obviously lots of overlap and I’m not going to be able to [...]
Posted by admin on September 28, 2009
http://www.extendslogic.com/before-launch/sixcentral-update/