It seems a lot of these examples are from 'internet marketing businesses' or people selling info products on "how to make money online" or "how to create an email auto responder".<p>I've been following the internet marketing niche on and off for a while now so maybe thats why I have certain alarms going off in my head when I see words like:<p>"What’s your biggest fear and frustration?" - Seriously, that is taught in every internet marketing eBook ever made.<p>And emails with really long pitches that try to be overly friendly and act like we are best friends and mention things like "Tomorrow I’ll be sending you the “Internet Business Toolkit!” and "since we’ve found each other, I’ll be hooking you up with all sorts of cool stuff"<p>Maybe it works, but to me it just seems so cheesy after seeing the same email format and same tactics from thousands of other wannabe "internet marketing gurus".
I don't like this kind of posts. There isn't much wisdom inside. Instead there is the usual kind-of inspiring talk that is not bad, but is not actionable and doesn't contain much details.<p>It's not "ultimate guide" at all, it's a collection of nearly random and not at all that insightful things that in general would work if you need to execute them well. And the execution is what will make or break your business, not just "knowing" the stuff.
OK side note: Anyone else use Adblock to remove that ugly fixed #getSocial div with the Twitter, Facebook, etc buttons? I do this all of the time to websites, wonder if others do too.
Maybe the most powerful post I've ever read on recurring revenue businesses --- This post is a guest post on my site, and I took extensive notes for myself! Learned an amazing amount---nice!
I wish there was a "Sticky" function on HN. Every SaaS startup founder needs to read this.<p>Seriously. Bookmark it. Instapaper it. Evernote clip it. However you save it, save it and read it.
Wow. Amazing!<p>Would love to see a section about what to do with your time once your business is covering all your expenses ("filling the void" type stuff)