Trial feature is live!!! Free 30 day trial
If anyone has the time please check it out and let us know what you think!!! Cheers Pete On Dec 10, 12:11 am, Tristran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for all the feedback, it's appreciated! We take it all very > seriously and I plan on chatting with pete about a lot of it :) > > Alan - great ideas! > > PayPal do allow us to offer free trials, but payment details still > need to be entered to register. They just won't be charged until the > trial ends. I'm still not sure that's very good. > > Also Alan, I've activated your account for you to peek in and have a > look. Let us know what you think :) > > Dale - Thanks for the IE6 catch. IE6 is a real problem child, and > delayed development a lot originally because it just doesn't behave > like other browsers. > I will have a google for the eWFM now :) > > Shaon - Those mobile numbers are fake - that being said we might need > to tweak it a bit. > > Thanks for the feedback. Keep it coming :) > > On Dec 10, 7:14 am, Dale Hurley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey Guys > > > There is a product called eWFM. It forecasts, schedules and tracks call > > centre staff roosters. I would recommend you work out how to integrate with > > their product as call centres across the world are continually looking at > > ways they can reduce their costs. A tool that will send notification to > > their call centre agents would be a great way of reducing the costs of > > distributing the roosters and ensuring the staff have recieved their > > roosters. > > > Dale > > > > Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 04:29:11 -0800 > > > Subject: [SiliconBeach] Re: Review our startup | WorkWhen Notifier > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > > > HI Peter and Tristran, great business idea and great start to the web > > > platform. > > > > My first unanswered question for me was: how are you converting the > > > uploaded schedules to something you can send out via SMS and email? > > > I'm guessing you have written something that parses uploaded files in > > > various formats, but some broad details about the mechanism and more > > > importantly, some example schedule templates that business owners can > > > learn from or adapt to their own use might convert more new visitors > > > to customers. I'm sure there are things workwhen won't parse and you > > > want to try and help new users avoid that disappointment. > > > > I think your pricing is too high. I don't have the market research you > > > had when you set these prices but my gut says it feels too high, > > > particularly for <15 businesses. $80 works out at $5 per employee per > > > month and you really have to deliver a lot of value to justify $5 a > > > month. > > > > Note: I don't think offering a free trial on its own solves that > > > problem. Many web startups don't get free trial adoption if the paid > > > subscription they move to automatically later on is too expensive. > > > Users figure, "why would I go to the trouble and time necessary to > > > setup a free trial if I know it's too expensive for me later?" > > > > If payment by PayPal won't allow you to offer a free trial then you > > > *definitely* need another payment method. Free trials are an expected > > > part of the web services offering and you want to over-deliver — not > > > under-deliver — on that expecation. > > > > Alternative to free trial: consider allowing people to register and > > > upload a schedule for free with unlimited users and show them the > > > resulting parsed schedule. Then allow them to send that schedule for > > > free to, say, three users on that schedule (radio buttons.) That helps > > > me persuade other people in my company that we need this tool, proves > > > that the service works, and provides you with valuable marketing > > > information on people and companies that you can use as a prospect > > > list. > > > >http://notifier.workwhen.com/home/tour#section-activityneedsto be > > > cut up into separate pages, it's way too hard to navigate up and down > > > via anchors. Centered bulleted text breaking onto a second line is > > > just about as unreadable as unreadable can get. > > > > Finally, I got an error when trying to back my way out of the PayPal > > > checkout athttp://notifier.workwhen.com/account. I'll clear cookies > > > later and see if that fixes it. > > > > More (much more) available from me and the team atwww.pollenizer.com. > > > This is what we do. > > > > Cheers! > > > > - alan > > > > On Dec 5, 9:39 pm, Peter Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >www.notifier.workwhen.com > > > > > Hello people, > > > > > A mate and I have finished coding up our little web app and are now > > > > trying to spread the word. > > > > > WorkWhen Notifier - is a way for business's to better distribute > > > > their staff schedules (rosters). Business's can send us their > > > > schedules and we will push it out to their staff via SMS and Email. > > > > > Its a simple app but the benefits of better communication are many. > > > > > ALL FEEDBACK IS WELCOME AND WANTED!!! > > > > > Thanks Silicon Beach! > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Net yourself a bargain. Find great deals on > > eBay.http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Frover%2Eebay%2Ecom%2F...Hide > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
