What is your site?
What did you do to get that traffic?
How long did it take?
What would you do differently next time?
Thanks so much!
Dave Craige www.tugboat.io
I did it by having a really nice app, really understanding how to grow an app on the Facebook platform, and a combination of black magic and luck.
If I had to do it all over again, I'd do a couple things: try to get into the build-measure-learn loop faster, and once inside BML space try to loop around faster. Second, for funnel optimization focus on removing or rearranging steps, as opposed to optimizing the conversion from one step to another.
if you want, feel free to link us to the app. would love to see it.
keep us posted if you work on another great app like that.
It is also on the iOS app store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/horoscope-astrology-experts/i...
For iOS it launched on Aug 28, and it was at #5 for the Lifestyle / Free section for a while. It's been a really fun ride and I've learned a ton about growing apps on FB and mobile.
Here's a screenshot of the google analytics: http://i.imgur.com/gz9hJ.jpg
It's missing 3 years worth of data - and those were some of the highest traffic years, so essentially, the site has done over 1 billion pageviews. Best month was 1 million visitors. I run the site by myself.
I also created http://www.exoticspotter.com which attracts over 1 million visits per year and am working on a 3rd site that attracts about 500,000 visits per year.
I was just lucky to get the traffic - basically started a site that was naturally viral. I don't know how to program, I just know how to code HTML/CSS, so I've been running it as a completely static site this entire time. It needs an update badly.
The traffic took off almost immediately, I had it on a hosted server that crashed and I got a bill for almost $1,000 for overages. Moved it to a dedicated server and the rest is history.
what would you recommend is the quickest way to get to 1m for people just starting out?
best,
I'd still love to hear if anyone here at hackernews has any tips or stories.
thanks! yea the link got cut off.
you are right, the correct link is: http://www.quora.com/Startups/Which-Quora-members-were-able-...