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Ben Allfree

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Mar 23, 2012, 10:58:55 AM3/23/12
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Hi everyone,

I think we're out of the woods for the time being. Three of you stepped forward and volunteered subscriptions. Between that and some server reconfiguration/consolidation I did, I have been able to reduce the hosting costs enough to cover it with the 3 subscriptions. A big THANK YOU to everyone who donated!

I'll keep the ad running in the emails that go out, but the immediate threat is over. Thanks so much again.

Now a question to those 3 people who paid: what do you think is a fair pricing model for everyone else? I have to say I was a little surprised that only 3 of 93 active users stepped up. Maybe the others aren't as active as I thought?

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Shannon Warren

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Mar 23, 2012, 12:54:07 PM3/23/12
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I volunteered programming hours. I believe in the barter system ;)

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Robert Tracy <robert...@gmail.com> wrote:
I told you I'll $20 when we get to the first. But having some experience with on line communities I am pretty sure that three out of 93 is actually a really great ratio. If I was getting that kind of return on my webcomics company I'd be doing a lot better.

Rob


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Robert Tracy

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Mar 23, 2012, 12:47:14 PM3/23/12
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I told you I'll $20 when we get to the first. But having some experience with on line communities I am pretty sure that three out of 93 is actually a really great ratio. If I was getting that kind of return on my webcomics company I'd be doing a lot better.

Rob

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Ben Allfree

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Mar 23, 2012, 1:48:55 PM3/23/12
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Sorry guys, I didn't mean to ignore anyone's help in that last email! I was just looking at dollars in the door to cover immediate server costs. Anyway we're in the clear for now and if anyone has feature or pricing ideas I'd love to hear them.


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KrowFace

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May 17, 2012, 8:36:53 AM5/17/12
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Maybe there's a very small yearly subscription cost, and you can bring in more income by selling an App?

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Ben Allfree

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May 17, 2012, 8:59:47 AM5/17/12
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Cool idea. What would the app do?


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Jason Thompson

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May 17, 2012, 3:53:06 PM5/17/12
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I really don't know. Some sort of active radar that pings for jobs in the area you're standing in?

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Rodney Saenz

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May 17, 2012, 3:55:43 PM5/17/12
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I would absolutely pay a few bucks for an app like that.
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Ben Allfree

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May 17, 2012, 5:30:21 PM5/17/12
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Finding local freelance jobs seems to be a recurring request both for browser and mobile. Not sure exactly how to geolocate jobs other than to use the cities reported by job engines and CL. Do you think that would be an accurate enough proximity search?


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Jason Thompson

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May 17, 2012, 9:39:02 PM5/17/12
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What I imagine is the App would just run in the background, and when I got off of the bus or train or whatever landed me in town, it lets out a ping noise and when I look, it tells me about all local posts, and allows me to automatically respond with a recorded message. Something like "I am in town RIGHT NOW for X amount of days, let's meet now!"

Maybe also access to a database of labour and creative agencies in the area?

I'm not really a logistics guy, I just make things look pretty, so you might have better ideas.


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Ben Allfree

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May 17, 2012, 10:18:44 PM5/17/12
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Well, like so many ideas, the implementation is the problem.

There is no magic database of local posts and agencies seeking work. CL probably comes closest, and it has definite problems.

The big play here would be to become the database. We could start a competing listing service that uses geolocation and proximity, is freelancer-friendly, and business-oriented.

I downloaded this app called Skout which is basically dating/chat. It geolocates, says who is online right now, what they're seeking, etc. I can attest that it works. I've been out with one or two people from it and chatted with more. And considering what a SAP I am, that's a really good result! If we created something like that but for business, I could definitely see some use to it.

Imagine: I need to find a roofer. So I set my "seeking" status to roofing, maybe with a few other filter variables, and wait to be contacted by whoever is actually available right now.

Or: I own a bar and the band just bailed at 3PM. I need to fill it tonight. I fire it up, set band-seeking criteria, and let'er rip.

Or: From the freelancer perspective, you already nailed it: you arrive in town and you're hungry for work. Hop on, put in your "Having" criteria and see what local matches come up. Pay a few pennies to send out a mass-blast to all of them.

I could see that working nicely... I think there is a strong demand for localized business transactions. The proximity tools built into phones would virtually guarantee that you are dealing locally.

You're the visual guy. Care to wireframe that concept? :)


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KrowFace

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May 23, 2012, 12:04:06 PM5/23/12
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Hey now that my PC issues have been resolved, I'll go ahead and do that. :D

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Ben Allfree

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May 23, 2012, 12:28:08 PM5/23/12
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Looking forward to it!


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