BUILDING
SAMETIME.CO
A FREE TEXT SERVICE TO REMIND YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS TO DO SOMETHING AT THE SAME TIME.
ELEVATOR PITCH
WHAT WE’LL COVER
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DEMO
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TECHNOLOGIES
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CHALLENGES
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TAKEAWAYS
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FUTURE
JOEY AND I WANTED TO KEEP EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE, MAKING SURE WE:
WHY WE MADE IT
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WAKE UP EARLY
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WORK OUT
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MEDITATE BEFORE BED
DEMO
INCOMING
TEXT
MY RESPONSE
CONCATTED GROUP RESPONSE
TECHNOLOGIES
PHP
JAVASCRIPT
CHALLENGES
1. NAME & DESIGN
I COULD ITERATE
ALL DAY ON THIS THING
JUST LAUNCH IT
2. UX
3. COST
- SERVER $10/MONTH DIGITAL OCEAN
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TEXTING PEOPLE $0.007/TEXT!
- SO CHEAP!
- THAT'S AWESOME!
- WAIT...
- WHY DID I JUST BLOW THROUGH $100?
- IN A WEEK?
- TEXTING PERU, ECUADOR, ALBANIA, IRELAND, BULGARIA, SWITZERLAND IS LIKE $0.14/TEXT
- SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
- EXTRA BULLET POINT
TAKEAWAYS
SMS OPEN RATES ARE MORE THAN 99%
MORE THAN 90% READ IN 3 MINUTES
RESPONSE RATES 43% IN 15 MINUTES
STATS I READ ON THE INTERNET
~95% CONFIRMED GROUPS VIA TEXT
120 GROUPS
7,000+ TEXTS SENT AND RECEIVED
260 USERS
$50 HOSTING, $160 IN TEXTS
ALL BUT 15 INVITES RESPONDED TO
SAMETIME.CO STATS
TEXTING IS EASY
MULTI-USER TEXT LOGIC IS HARD
DON'T DO WORLDWIDE RELEASES
USE CASES ARE DIFFERENT
MOBILE-FIRST ISN'T JUST BROWSERS
LARAVEL ECOSYSTEM IS AWESOME
FUTURE
PREMIUM PLAN
and
WHITE-LABEL SOLUTION
THE
END
QUESTIONS?
Building SameTime.co
By Tommy Marshall
