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Making Material Design. Beautiful stuff. Who knew it will come a...

draganbabic — Fri, 29 May 2015 08:13:45 +0200

Making Material Design. Beautiful stuff. Who knew it will come a time when I will be able to identify more with design principles coming from such tech-oriented company.

Recap From Funnel Feature on Product Hunt

draganbabic — Thu, 07 May 2015 15:55:11 +0200

Now that the dust has settled down a bit, I thought it would be a good idea to create a small writeup regarding our recent feature on Product Hunt for our first in-house SaaS product Funnel.

Some numbers:

we ended up being number 5 in the featured list for April 30 2015 with 302 votes, and 7 comments
4222 unique visitors on this day, the vast majority of them being from Product Hunt
over 400 sign ups
0 sales so far
many tweets and retweets about Funnel
a couple of features on blogs and startup websites

Despite the fact that we didn’t get any sales, I am overwhelmed by the success of this feature. We got tons of feedback, people seem to like the product, and most importantly we got the word out. We’re even fast-tracking a couple of new features since we found out they are most likely more important than we initially thought.

No Sales… Why?

I honestly don’t think this was a flop just because we didn’t get any sales, the reason being is that all these new accounts are still in trial. And since we have a different kind of trial, it might take a while before we see any financial gain from it.

We also gave out a 50% discount for people that came through Product Hunt, and we got tons of people that claimed that discount.

Weird Trial, Why 10 Cases Instead of 30 Days?

This was also asked in the PH comments section, and we understand that it’s an unconventional way to go about it. The reason we chose to set the trial to 10 cases instead of 30 days (it was actually implemented as 30 days at one point), is because we believe that it is a much better way for the users to get to know, and grow into the service.

For example, for someone who gets contacted through their website on a daily/weekly basis 30 days would be enough for a trial. But most of the people — who don’t get contacted so frequently — wouldn’t get a chance to familiarise themselves with Funnel, and would waste their trial.

So, our logic was:

get people to sign up,
give them enough time to grow into using Funnel, and experience the benefits,
once committed, there is a higher chance of converting to a paid subscription plan.

Going Forward

Getting validation that Funnel may after all have a chance of becoming a stand-alone business is an awesome feeling. We’ve been working on it for so long that we’ve kind of almost been putting off the official launch. This Product Hunt feature gave us a lift off, and just getting the word out there is a major weight off our backs.

All in all, we’re already working on some improvements, as well as some long-awaited new features we’re really excited about.

Looking forward to see where this takes us next.

I’m so excited for Windows 10 and want it to be cool,...

draganbabic — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 08:56:03 +0200

I’m so excited for Windows 10 and want it to be cool, because I’ve ran out of patience for OS X. Yosemite is a joke.

I’m actually looking forward to owning a Windows laptop again, after 10 years or so.

js;dr = JavaScript required; Didn’t Read.

draganbabic — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 07:45:05 +0100

js;dr = JavaScript required; Didn’t Read. :

Because in 10 years nothing you built today that depends on JS for the content will be available, visible, or archived anywhere on the web.

"Dizajn je posao. Naš posao rešava tuđ problem — ne sopstveni."

draganbabic — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 13:26:25 +0100

“Dizajn je posao. Naš posao rešava tuđ problem — ne sopstveni.”

- Stefan on design for the StartIt blog (in serbian).

nenad.grujicic - portfolio

draganbabic — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:11:01 +0100

nenad.grujicic - portfolio:

Tons of good stuff from Nenad on his new website.

U inženjerovom gnezdu (in serbian, obviously)

draganbabic — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:21:33 +0100

U inženjerovom gnezdu (in serbian, obviously) :

Arsenije who is a long time friend of ours shares some of his experiences of working with developers. Good stuff!

Recently Rejected

draganbabic — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:35:32 +0100

Recently Rejected:

Tons of good, unused work here.

Very interesting implementation of the sharing widget on the...

draganbabic — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:56:09 +0100

Very interesting implementation of the sharing widget on the MetroLyrics site. The widgeth basically follows along as you scroll and quotes a line from the verse that’s in the middle of the page.

The (Somewhat Commoditized) State of Web Design

draganbabic — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:11:51 +0100

The (Somewhat Commoditized) State of Web Design

Hungarian Paper Money by Barbara Bernát

draganbabic — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:44:51 +0100

Hungarian Paper Money by Barbara Bernát:

The X-ray thing is a useless gimmick, but those numbers are beautiful!

LAZY BONES

draganbabic — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:11:32 +0100

LAZY BONES:

Lazy bones makes awesome illustrations in MS Paint.

Desinion

draganbabic — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 11:06:36 +0100

Desinion:

This is pretty cool, it’s basically hot or not for design.

We believe in good, old fashioned work! Via blindartist

draganbabic — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:40:56 +0100

We believe in good, old fashioned work!

Via blindartist

Photo

draganbabic — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:57:23 +0100

A brilliant ad for Norwegian Airlines. There are six flags in...

draganbabic — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:08:19 +0100

A brilliant ad for Norwegian Airlines. There are six flags in this picture.

These shirts are about to drop. 💥 🔨

draganbabic — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:33:01 +0100

These shirts are about to drop. 💥 🔨

"If you walk into a meeting in which you are pitched fully-formed concepts as part of the sales..."

draganbabic — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:22:41 +0100

“If you walk into a meeting in which you are pitched fully-formed concepts as part of the sales process, you are probably not talking to a design firm.”

- The Rapidly Disappearing Business of Design on Wired.

Teehan Lax joins Facebook

draganbabic — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 18:02:00 +0100

Teehan Lax joins Facebook:

Wow, this is a surprise. One of the best design shops today is closing down and joining the Facebook design team.

This modal window containing the sign up and log in forms have...

draganbabic — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 10:23:02 +0100

This modal window containing the sign up and log in forms have increased Reddit’s sign up rate by 8%, which resulted in 200,000 new users within a year. This is a pretty impressive testament to the impact design can have on a business.