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	<title>Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli &#187; Startup tips and tricks</title>
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	<description>On building profitable web applications</description>
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		<title>Making changes based on data: fixing our registration process</title>
		<link>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2011/making-changes-based-on-data-fixing-our-registration-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aymeric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: I have added the results of my changes at the end of the article I am currently working on Goalstribe a group coaching website and this month we are trying to prove we can sell groups via online marketing channels. After bringing sufficient traffic from Google AdWords, Bing and Facebook Ads, we haven’t managed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am a developer, yet I outsource the development of my startup</title>
		<link>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2011/i-am-a-developer-yet-i-outsource-the-development-of-my-startup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aymeric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That’s right, I prefer writing code than writing words and yet it’s been two months now that I started outsourcing the development of TaskArmy to someone in Ukraine. I spent the first 8 months developing the website myself until I proved to myself that my idea was a viable business idea. I was then ready [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website review to improve website ranking and conversion</title>
		<link>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2011/website-review-to-improve-website-ranking-and-conversion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 10:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aymeric</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[website ranking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I would like to show you how to quickly review a website and find low hanging fruits in terms of SEO, marketing and other technicalities. I will review the website of Blue Tea that offers kitchen designs in Sydney. Google Webmaster Tools Did you register your website to Google Webmaster Tools? If no, do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landing page improvements: a case study</title>
		<link>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2011/landing-page-improvements-a-case-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aymeric</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Startup tips and tricks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I signed up for a website called FeedbackRoulette.com where you can review other people’s websites and they review yours in exchange. After doing a few reviews for other guys (especially liked LuckyOrange) I started receiving feedback for TaskArmy, my service marketplace website. Although all of them liked the idea, they mentioned the busyness of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best practices on how to run a Facebook page</title>
		<link>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/best-practices-on-how-to-run-a-facebook-page/</link>
		<comments>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/best-practices-on-how-to-run-a-facebook-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aymeric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online experiments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Startup tips and tricks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to share with you two Facebook pages that I find fabulous and that are good examples of how to grow a loyal following in a Facebook page without the budget of RedBull or Starbucks. Case study 1: Lingopal The first is the Facebook page of Lingopal, an iphone travel app. The application [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My talk at BarCamp Auckland</title>
		<link>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/my-talk-at-barcamp-auckland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aymeric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship & Startups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Startup tips and tricks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday while doing some Facebook consulting, I was offered/pushed to do a presentation the next day at BarCamp 4. I am posting the slides here for your convenience: UPDATE: That’s pretty cool, my slides got featured on the homepage of SlideShare! Tips from a retired Facebook app developer View more presentations from Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Discovery Tools for Lean Startups</title>
		<link>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/customer-discovery-tools-for-lean-startups/</link>
		<comments>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/customer-discovery-tools-for-lean-startups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aymeric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship & Startups]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Running a lean startup? You will find here a list of tools you can use during the customer discovery phase. Survey and Feedback tools Although people tend to think of Survey Monkey or Survey Gizmo when I mention Survey, I actually think that Google Forms is very good already, and it is free. Google Forms [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips to kick-start the traffic of your new user-generated content website</title>
		<link>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/tips-to-kick-start-the-traffic-of-your-new-user-generated-content-website/</link>
		<comments>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/tips-to-kick-start-the-traffic-of-your-new-user-generated-content-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aymeric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Startup tips and tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are launching a new website but you are facing the chicken and egg problem? You need content to make your website valuable and you need users to add content? I have launched several projects in the last three years, and here are a few tips I have to help you grow your website. Preparation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Script to deploy your Ruby on Rails application to Heroku in one command (Windows)</title>
		<link>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/script-to-deploy-your-ruby-on-rails-application-to-heroku-in-one-command-windows/</link>
		<comments>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/script-to-deploy-your-ruby-on-rails-application-to-heroku-in-one-command-windows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 00:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aymeric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Programming tips and tricks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simply save this file at the root of your Ruby on Rails project and call in your prompt “deploy.bat ‘Your commit comment’” @ECHO OFF IF [%1]==[] GOTO Syntax CALL git add . CALL git commit -m %1 CALL git push heroku master CALL heroku rake db:migrate GOTO:EOF :Syntax ECHO deploy.bat [ comment ] ECHO __ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to send an email from your application with high deliverability</title>
		<link>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/how-to-send-an-email-from-your-application-with-high-deliverability/</link>
		<comments>http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2010/how-to-send-an-email-from-your-application-with-high-deliverability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aymeric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Programming tips and tricks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am writing a series of articles on emails, this one is specifically targeted at developers. In the series I cover the following topics: How to set up your emails for your own domain How to send an email from your application with high deliverability How to put your email marketing strategy on auto-pilot Set [...]]]></description>
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