en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/45891 Comments by Bradley Joyce http://bradleyjoyce.tumblr.com/post/618069521#IDComment76848291 Niel... thanks so much for taking the time to respond in such detail to my post. It speaks highly of your leadership and the company in general. I definitely fully understand all your reasons for the sales process you have. I guess for the bottom line is you could weed out a huge chunk of people simply by stating guidelines/restrictions/budgets etc that are required... both customers you simply don't want ever, or customers who may not be great fits at the time (ie, budget). For example in my case... you're right... I'm not in your target yet because I'm not ready to spend $3k a month. Had your website said this was a target or min budget, I wouldn't have even bothered submitting the form. But at least I would have known when I meet X-criteria I can come back and be ready to rock n roll on what sounds like a very cool service. Instead, I go through this entire process only to sit around and wait for a response and jump through hoops that aren't going to take me anywhere anyway. Mon, 24 May 2010 01:03:39 +0000 http://bradleyjoyce.tumblr.com/post/618069521#IDComment76848291 http://bradleyjoyce.tumblr.com/post/572598960#IDComment73811777 adblock is nice.. but it's not a solution for a better designed web. Ads are a piece of the puzzle and super effective when done the right way. For example , I love the ads in the Tweetie desktop app. They are always highly relevant to me and I click on a very high percentage of them because I'm actually interested in what's being offered. Fri, 7 May 2010 15:56:45 +0000 http://bradleyjoyce.tumblr.com/post/572598960#IDComment73811777 http://bradleyjoyce.tumblr.com/post/572598960#IDComment72810045 you are absolutely right! where can I sign up to pay to get rid of all the crap on the page?? Wed, 5 May 2010 16:32:52 +0000 http://bradleyjoyce.tumblr.com/post/572598960#IDComment72810045 http://bradleyjoyce.com/blog/2010/02/13/entrepreneurs-you-must-watch-this/#IDComment56690851 yeah, that would be such an insane experience (that I hope to have some day) Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:03:24 +0000 http://bradleyjoyce.com/blog/2010/02/13/entrepreneurs-you-must-watch-this/#IDComment56690851 http://bradleyjoyce.com/blog/2010/02/13/i-was-going-to-register-paypalsucks/#IDComment56681985 Stuff like that happens all the time, it's insane! Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:33:16 +0000 http://bradleyjoyce.com/blog/2010/02/13/i-was-going-to-register-paypalsucks/#IDComment56681985 http://bradleyjoyce.com/blog/2010/02/13/i-was-going-to-register-paypalsucks/#IDComment56680978 Dan, maybe you didn't read my entire post. I've had them TAKE $1,000 OUT of my account. I've had the SHUT DOWN access to my account so that I could not make payments OR with withdraw money (of course, they allowed the account to continue to RECEIVE money so they could continue to hold that money hostage)... That sounds like the mafia to me! Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:29:48 +0000 http://bradleyjoyce.com/blog/2010/02/13/i-was-going-to-register-paypalsucks/#IDComment56680978 http://bradleyjoyce.com/blog/2010/01/09/the-fastest-way-to-marketing-fail/#IDComment51292307 Scott, thanks for the comment! Generally, these type of people wait a while before putting you on their marketing list, and then they generally don't tend to show back up at the events where they got your card. But yes, giving them a friendly explanation *might* help :-P Sat, 9 Jan 2010 23:15:31 +0000 http://bradleyjoyce.com/blog/2010/01/09/the-fastest-way-to-marketing-fail/#IDComment51292307 http://www.fortworthstartups.com/2009/09/28/startup-legal-docs-from-the-funded/#IDComment49147535 I don\\\'t think it does, that would be really odd. Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:27:58 +0000 http://www.fortworthstartups.com/2009/09/28/startup-legal-docs-from-the-funded/#IDComment49147535 http://www.fortworthstartups.com/2009/09/28/startup-legal-docs-from-the-funded/#IDComment49147461 sure thing! Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:27:11 +0000 http://www.fortworthstartups.com/2009/09/28/startup-legal-docs-from-the-funded/#IDComment49147461 http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2009/10/30/our-country-club-for-developers-iphonedevteam/#IDComment41227117 sounds exciting! look forward to seeing some cool apps come out of it. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:16:31 +0000 http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2009/10/30/our-country-club-for-developers-iphonedevteam/#IDComment41227117 http://bradleyjoyce.com/post/215485784#IDComment39104322 this is the 2nd time it's replied to me but I'd forgotten about it... laughed all over again. Good stuff :-) Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:45:26 +0000 http://bradleyjoyce.com/post/215485784#IDComment39104322 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/nice-move-by-funding-universe.html#IDComment36410758 very cool to see you guys pushing this and having some affect. Some of the angel groups down here in north texas charge upwards of $500 to get in front of their members! I understand the whole idea of weeding out people who may not be ready to pitch yet, but there are other ways of doing that that are more constructive to the whole community. Hope to see these ideas spread! Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:33:26 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/nice-move-by-funding-universe.html#IDComment36410758 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/eliminate-ranges-from-your-negotiating-vocabulary.html#IDComment35638096 so if you have a range in mind that you would be offering... how do you take that and narrow it down to a single number that would be the most advantageous to you? or do you just go with what you really want, rather than a range you think you might get? Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:48:30 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/eliminate-ranges-from-your-negotiating-vocabulary.html#IDComment35638096 http://www.fortworthstartups.com/2009/09/01/tweetsavercom-launched/#IDComment35147418 Just an update, we now have a 7 day free trial available on the site :-) Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:10:04 +0000 http://www.fortworthstartups.com/2009/09/01/tweetsavercom-launched/#IDComment35147418 http://www.fortworthstartups.com/2009/09/01/tweetsavercom-launched/#IDComment32897170 Donna, shoot me an email at bradley[at]squeejee.com and I'll see what I can do :-) thanks! Wed, 2 Sep 2009 14:14:13 +0000 http://www.fortworthstartups.com/2009/09/01/tweetsavercom-launched/#IDComment32897170 http://www.collegestartupblog.com/2009/08/20/why-i-hate-the-words-guru-and-rockstar/#IDComment31347866 ugh, I hate all that crap too Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:01:28 +0000 http://www.collegestartupblog.com/2009/08/20/why-i-hate-the-words-guru-and-rockstar/#IDComment31347866 http://www.fortworthstartups.com/2009/08/19/advice-on-angel-funding/#IDComment31332211 glad it helped! that blog is full of good stuff. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:57:30 +0000 http://www.fortworthstartups.com/2009/08/19/advice-on-angel-funding/#IDComment31332211 http://bradleyjoyce.com/post/138559501#IDComment26817294 yeah which is why I had to post it here :-) Thu, 9 Jul 2009 21:31:48 +0000 http://bradleyjoyce.com/post/138559501#IDComment26817294 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/07/dead-pixel-in-google-earth.html#IDComment26796066 soo awesome!! Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:25:34 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/07/dead-pixel-in-google-earth.html#IDComment26796066 http://bradleyjoyce.com/post/131994672#IDComment25794196 nice! Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:10:33 +0000 http://bradleyjoyce.com/post/131994672#IDComment25794196