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Growth · January 29, 2013

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My first weekend project-ThreeBar, a welcome bar for content promotion

I've done a lot of standalone apps, but ThreeBar is my first service and "weekend project." I built it to take on a new type of project, but I've actually been using the service myself for a couple of months now on my own websites. ThreeBar is a "welcome bar" service. Essentially, you can customize a small bar with your own message, button, colors, and action to prompt your website's visitors to do "something." The bar will slide down from the top of the page, and your visitor can either click the button to go to a URL or dismiss the bar, in which case it won't be shown to them again. One…

My first weekend project-ThreeBar, a welcome bar for content promotion launched on January 29, 2013 with 10 votes, #115 of 526 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

ThreeBar is a hosted service that adds a customizable welcome bar to websites for promoting content or calls-to-action. The bar slides down from the top of the page with a custom message, button, and colors, and visitors can either click through to a specified URL or dismiss it permanently. Website owners can use it to promote books, social media accounts, discount codes, or other offerings to their visitors.

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In the maker’s words, at launch

I've done a lot of standalone apps, but ThreeBar is my first service and "weekend project." I built it to take on a new type of project, but I've actually been using the service myself for a couple of months now on my own websites. ThreeBar is a "welcome bar" service. Essentially, you can customize a small bar with…

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