Happy New Year.
Every year, we at acceleweb.com put updates on product and engineering goals and measure our organization against them.
In the beginning of 2014, we stated goals for the year. Let's see how we did.
- Redesign of File Apartment (http://www.fileapartment.com) that will encompass a stronger foothold in the filesharing space providing features and functionality that will increase the tracking, storage, and sharing of files with accounts and plans. (Don't worry, we will still provide our a-la-carte option for those who want to just simply upload and share.) - Done. (We decided to not offer the la-carte option after rethinking to prevent brand dilution).
- Feature enhancements for GetMeThe.com to support attributes and sub categories.- 80% done - The basic system is completed. We have to fill out the actual attributes.
- A new classifieds site based on the GetMeThe.com classifieds engine/system. - Postponed in favor of another project.
- Refresh of the All Vineyards app. - Not prioritized
- A potential new utility app for Android. - Postponed in favor of another project
Overall, we ended up not doing bad, however, due to other priorities, some items were reprioritized. The biggest project, redesign of www.fileapartment.com has been completed and launched. The other projects completed in 2014 include:
1) Build out of a new network and servers.
2) Migrating all our existing applications to the latest version of Rails. Up until recently, our applications were still on Rails 2.1. Now we are on Rails 4.2. This includes allvineyards.com, fileapartment.com, getmethe.com, acceleweb.com, and stroke.acceleweb.com (our ad engine>
3) Advertising and marketing initiatives to help increase our sales.
4) Addition of promotions and events sections on allvineyards.com
5) Product planning for a dating site
These activities have resulted in the following:
1) Faster site load times, which helps with SEO and user engagement.
2) Increasing revenue through fileapartment.com
3) Higher awareness of getmethe.com and fileapartment.com
In the spirit of continuous transparency and improvements, we commit to the following for 2015:
1) Release of a dating site
2) New classifieds site based on GetMeThe.com classifieds engine/system
3) Complete enhancements for GetMeThe.com to support attributes and subcategories
4) Continue increasing marketing/advertising initiatives for awareness
5) Android and iOS app launchers for fileapartment.com and dating site
6) Enhancement of wine details page on allvineyards.com
7) Enhancements for fileapartment.com
8) A new analytics tool that is not currently available which we will use internally and may launch publicly.
9) Our stretch goal is a new online chat concept, however it is very early to tell if this is feasible in 2015.
Yes, this seems aggressive, but given some positive internal organizational changes, we believe we are in a position to be more nimble and faster then ever before. We will keep ourselves committed to not only product excellence, but execution as well.
Regards,
Manish M. Shah
President
AcceleWeb, Inc.
Every year, we at acceleweb.com put updates on product and engineering goals and measure our organization against them.
In the beginning of 2014, we stated goals for the year. Let's see how we did.
- Redesign of File Apartment (http://www.fileapartment.com) that will encompass a stronger foothold in the filesharing space providing features and functionality that will increase the tracking, storage, and sharing of files with accounts and plans. (Don't worry, we will still provide our a-la-carte option for those who want to just simply upload and share.) - Done. (We decided to not offer the la-carte option after rethinking to prevent brand dilution).
- Feature enhancements for GetMeThe.com to support attributes and sub categories.- 80% done - The basic system is completed. We have to fill out the actual attributes.
- A new classifieds site based on the GetMeThe.com classifieds engine/system. - Postponed in favor of another project.
- Refresh of the All Vineyards app. - Not prioritized
- A potential new utility app for Android. - Postponed in favor of another project
Overall, we ended up not doing bad, however, due to other priorities, some items were reprioritized. The biggest project, redesign of www.fileapartment.com has been completed and launched. The other projects completed in 2014 include:
1) Build out of a new network and servers.
2) Migrating all our existing applications to the latest version of Rails. Up until recently, our applications were still on Rails 2.1. Now we are on Rails 4.2. This includes allvineyards.com, fileapartment.com, getmethe.com, acceleweb.com, and stroke.acceleweb.com (our ad engine>
3) Advertising and marketing initiatives to help increase our sales.
4) Addition of promotions and events sections on allvineyards.com
5) Product planning for a dating site
These activities have resulted in the following:
1) Faster site load times, which helps with SEO and user engagement.
2) Increasing revenue through fileapartment.com
3) Higher awareness of getmethe.com and fileapartment.com
In the spirit of continuous transparency and improvements, we commit to the following for 2015:
1) Release of a dating site
2) New classifieds site based on GetMeThe.com classifieds engine/system
3) Complete enhancements for GetMeThe.com to support attributes and subcategories
4) Continue increasing marketing/advertising initiatives for awareness
5) Android and iOS app launchers for fileapartment.com and dating site
6) Enhancement of wine details page on allvineyards.com
7) Enhancements for fileapartment.com
8) A new analytics tool that is not currently available which we will use internally and may launch publicly.
9) Our stretch goal is a new online chat concept, however it is very early to tell if this is feasible in 2015.
Yes, this seems aggressive, but given some positive internal organizational changes, we believe we are in a position to be more nimble and faster then ever before. We will keep ourselves committed to not only product excellence, but execution as well.
Regards,
Manish M. Shah
President
AcceleWeb, Inc.
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