Show HN: our (bootstrapped) Real Time Analytics + Social Media Monitor Startup
Hi HN,
The two of us are working on our real time analytics service Worldlogger for two-an-a-half months now. Today we rolled out a new version. It still has some bugs here and there, but it works :) Worldlogger kind of does what Chartbeat and Getclicky are doing, but we try to mix the best from both worlds ;) Curious what you think about it!
http://worldlogger.com/
Cheers
E
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My girlfriend works in this space and the real money is in consulting not SaaS.
For example:
- Brand protection (monitor social media; notify client about trouble when it starts)
- Social media reports (provide a report of what's being said; not a list of tweets for the client to slog through)
I looked at the demo and everything seemed very slick. I would say you could increase prices by 10x at least. You want to attract medium to large companies; not individuals and small companies.
Looks really good! It's a crowded space, especially at your price point. Clicky offers a lot for free.
I plan on checking it out sometime soon - good luck.
clickable link: http://worldlogger.com/