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We have to engage/activate our existing users to get more users. For that twitter is the best mode.

On signup, we request users to tweet (just a request) - about 10% new users to do this tweet. The language of this tweet was selected after number of (sort of) A/B testing with different texts.

In the dashboard, when ever a user gets more than 10 new followers, we start showing a message that provokes them to share a message like "Woot! I got X #Pinterest followers from Pinwoot for free. If you are on Pinterest, you must try it". This tweet is resulting in 15% of new signups daily.

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Great idea prompting the user to tweet after 10 follows. Can I ask why you didn't do the same with Facebook posts? Is your target market more likely to be on Twitter?

We tried with both Tweet it or Share on Facebook. 83% people clicked on tweet it only button. 12% clicked on both and rest 5% on Share on FB only. All the new users that we got from this "Got_Followers" social sharing where from twitter only. Yes, zero converted from Facebook posts. Hence, we decided to stick with twitter only.

Another test we ran on our Facebook page (http://facebook.com/pinwoot) was to have a tab called "Try Now" which was basically connected to our Facebook connect app - that was great, many many conversions. So, we are still using it.

With the early traction you are getting are you considering dropping the side from the project and go at it full time.

My answer would be No for now because yes, traction is great but as a programmer(who loves hacking to find solutions to different pains/demands in market), my challenges will go lower with time because there are very few other features that we can build for this app, hence I don't see it motivating enough to focus all my attention on this. I may hire someone full time to take care of daily work at Pinwoot to give myself ample time to keep trying better ideas that I can see myself working on for next few years atleast.

"who loves hacking to find solutions to different pains/demands in market" I like your enthusiasm and your mindset.Would you be interested in a little challenge?I would like to have a talk with you.I don't see your email but if you are interested send me a contact id on my mail address.Thank you.

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