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João Romão Março 6,2015
New Total Shares Counter feature. And no more badge!
First things first. As we don’t post this type of product-related content very often, we’d just like to take a minute tothank you for all for the valuable feedback and warm love that we have been getting in the last couple of months.We’ve been growing quickly and quadrupled the number of websites using GetSocial during February andalready doubled that in the first days of March. Plus, it’s really important to us to hear from you. We believe thatthe only way for us to grow as a product and as a company is by listening to the feedback coming from the oneswho rely on us to achieve their goals.
Like I said, we’ve received a lot of feedback in the last few weeks. Dozens contact us every day with problems,concerns, needs and ideas. We take this very seriously and get together to discuss the most common issues.These can vary in relevance, frequency or even priority, but there was something which was bothering you (andtherefore us) more than anything else: our branding in the social sharing bars. Remember this?
We used to include our badge in everything weprovided for free, as a marketing tradeoff. Wewere expecting it to bring a lot of qualified trafficback to our website who would then become newusers and customers. Although it did have arelevant outcome for our business, it was doingmore harm than good. So, in our latest product update we decided to remove it completely. Not make itoptional, not make it sexier, just completely removed it.
Our thought was: if our users want to become our customers, it shouldn’t be to remove ‘in-your-face’ advertising.It should be for the value we deliver to them. And value is the key word here. GetSocial should focus more ondeveloping valuable experiences and features for our users and features that contribute directly to their goals andtheir needs.
Getting back to the feedback that we had received, we noticed another pattern rising. People wanted anaggregated share counter. Of course, it was important to show how many shares each network had, but theywanted more, they wanted a big counter. So we did it.
I’d like to introduce you to our Big Total Shares Counter feature . I know I’m biased, but I have to be honest. Ithink it looks great. You can see it here on our blog on the top and bottom of each post and in the floating sharebar. It is a Pro feature but it’s one that people are happy to pay for as we have seen so many upgrades from folkson our free plan since we launched it earlier this week.
There are times that we want this business to be … well … a business. Butbusinesses are made from and with the people who use it and pay for it. It’s for andwith you that we work. It’s with you that we learn. And it’s with you that we grow.
We sincerely thank you for all the feedback you’ve been providing us and hope thatyou continue to be awesomely proactive. This keeps us moving forward every day.
Cheers from the GS team.