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Twitter’s Answers analytics tool now lets mobile developers create custom events

Jul22
by on July 22, 2015 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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A year after it introduced Answers — a utility that analyzes mobile app performance –Twitter is improving it for mobile developers. Now, Answer users can create custom events to get the precise information they need. The Events feature allows developers to track exactly how users navigate an app using a set of APIs. With custom events, developers can specify granular actions they want to monitor. In a gaming app, for instance, a developer may want to track how many purchased a “full” version of the game (that removes ads or unlocks goodies). With custom events, a developer could also know…

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35 actionable tips to grow your Medium blog

Jul22
by on July 22, 2015 at 4:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blogging, Insider, medium

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1. Timing Publish on a Saturday morning to increase your chances of standing out. You will quickly notice you will even be able to make it to the Medium Top 20 during some weekends with just a few recommendations. 2. Push Bring your first audience from outside. It is way easier for your story to get noticed on Medium after some initial exposure. Email your close friends and also share your article on your social media accounts. 3. Backlink Place links back to your website (or CTAs) at the end, or integrate them smoothly into your story. Use Google’s free UTM tool to track…

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35 actionable tips to grow your Medium blog

Jul22
by on July 22, 2015 at 4:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blogging, Insider, medium

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1. Timing Publish on a Saturday morning to increase your chances of standing out. You will quickly notice you will even be able to make it to the Medium Top 20 during some weekends with just a few recommendations. 2. Push Bring your first audience from outside. It is way easier for your story to get noticed on Medium after some initial exposure. Email your close friends and also share your article on your social media accounts. 3. Backlink Place links back to your website (or CTAs) at the end, or integrate them smoothly into your story. Use Google’s free UTM tool to track…

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10 tools to help you work smarter, not harder

Jul22
by on July 22, 2015 at 4:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Future of Work, Tools

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Software exists to make our lives easier—that is, until it doesn’t. The tech sector is currently seeing a boom in which new, cloud-based products are springing up every day. Just take a look at sites like Product Hunt, and you’ll see that there is an app to simplify every pain point your life: all the way down to finding a ‘spur of the moment’ dog walker. With so many available options, it can be challenging to pinpoint the tools that are actually awesome. Choose wrong, and you’ll end up with tools that create more work—you’ll be buried under set-up, maintenance,…

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10 tools to help you work smarter, not harder

Jul22
by on July 22, 2015 at 4:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Future of Work, Tools

working

This post was brought to you by Somewhere, the visual platform for sharing what you do and seeing how the world works.

Software exists to make our lives easier—that is, until it doesn’t. The tech sector is currently seeing a boom in which new, cloud-based products are springing up every day. Just take a look at sites like Product Hunt, and you’ll see that there is an app to simplify every pain point your life: all the way down to finding a ‘spur of the moment’ dog walker. With so many available options, it can be challenging to pinpoint the tools that are actually awesome. Choose wrong, and you’ll end up with tools that create more work—you’ll be buried under set-up, maintenance,…

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