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While we work on ramping revenue I'm taking on some consulting work. I need to put in a proposal tomorrow. What I'm looking for is reference points for hourly contracting rates. Something like, "I did the following work and charged $x per hour".I'm not too concerned about the type of work done for that rate, as I can triangulate on the right rate for me given enough data points (from generous folks like yourself!)

thanks in advance

When working with new customers what have you done to help them overcome the perceived risks of dealing with a startup? What experience have you had with things like software escrow?

A couple of weeks ago I was looking at a platform designed for capturing feedback and feature requests for beta testers. It was essentially a forum but devoted to product feedback. I think they offered a free version and I just can't remember the name of it. Has anyone come across something like this?

We have just launched a site for a free download for a small biz app. I was wondering if anyone has some data in regards to what are good click thru or conversion rates.

To be a little clearer, the home page is currently the landing page, the user click a "download here" button to bring them to the registration page and then they click the "download now" button which bring up the start download page. If we have a 100 users hit the landing page we're seeing somewhere around 30% actuall download the app. Anyone got any comparison data they would be willing to share?

thanks ian

I'm beginning to work on our site and wondering what are the basic do's and dont's from a useability perspective. The site is intended to educated customers on our new product and entice them to download a free trial. We expect all our customers to be US based, predominantly english speaking and varying education levels. Suggestions on do's and dont's for color theme would also be very helpful.

thanks