Comment by cdvonstinkpot | Hacker News Reader

Comment by cdvonstinkpot | Hacker News Reader

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I'm _really_ hurting for money this month, and couldn't even afford $100 for anything at the moment. I just committed to spending $350 on an attorney to review my TOS to be sure it's going to be effective in my use case. But I'll keep odesk in mind for July when I have a new budget to work with.

Another thing I just committed to is $1.61/day each ad spend on both Facebook & Google AdWords, which equates to $100/month, and is about all I can afford- leaving me with little or no money for things like coffee shops or breakfast diners for myself. Hopefully it'll be enough to bring in _something_.

I'm currently on disability, but I just applied for a part-time job at a grocery store today in hopes of raising enough to cover Google AdWords & drawing some traffic to the site. If I get the job, I'll be able to spend a couple hundred on odesk like you say.

Of course, if someone would like to help for free, I'd certainly be happy to accept their assistance. My hosting doesn't support _any_ server-side scripting however, so everything has to be strictly static html. Which is unfortunate because I have a lifetime Mixpanel membership I'd love to use with it.

Thanks for your reply.

100% agree with ainsej. Do not waste money on any paid advertising without a proper landing page/website set up. The way your site is now, there is no way you'd get anyone to convert, so you'd just be throwing money away on those clicks. The only people who may sign up are those looking to spam, attack, dos, or abuse your services in one way or another.

The $350 for attorney to review your ToS is not the right way to use your funds. You can find some decent templates for ToS or borrow from other hosts and edit/rewrite portions yourself. You need to solidify your product and overall brand/appearance before you spend any money on marketing and legal.

Another thing, I just saw the prices for your services, going upwards to $1,800/mo. If you're intention is to attract companies with that kind of budget, you'd definitely have your work cut out for you. There is 0% chance a company with that kind of budget would sign up with a service that isn't 100% polished and offers more than just, here's a server. They can get a dedicated server with those specs elsewhere for probably cheaper at a more reputable vendor. Sorry, but I think you really need to rethink the market, and definitely stop your paid advertising. It's just going to waste.

I wouldn't recommend sinking any money on AdWords just yet, not atleast until you have a site that's going to retain visitors. Focus on the product first

I just learned from Mixpanel support that the javascript they use all runs client-side, so I can use it after all.

Now I've implemented metrics on my site & can watch people visiting it in real time. It's fun!

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