I noticed pedalpete actually mentioned my staff scheduling business (http://www.helloscheduling.com), Hello Scheduling in his compete metrics. A few important things to think about:
1) Those compete metrics are really far off compared to what I am seeing in Google Analytics.
2) You have to remember that Excel and paper schedules are REALLY flexible. If your scheduling software is rigid, people will sign up, but then abandon returning to what feels comfortable to them.
Since we launched our application in mid-January 2011, we have consistently had sign ups but then high abandonment. As we've release features that made the product more flexible and addressed more unique scheduling needs, we've seen usage increase.
This is a really tough space, but don't lose heart.
1) Those compete metrics are really far off compared to what I am seeing in Google Analytics.
2) You have to remember that Excel and paper schedules are REALLY flexible. If your scheduling software is rigid, people will sign up, but then abandon returning to what feels comfortable to them.
Since we launched our application in mid-January 2011, we have consistently had sign ups but then high abandonment. As we've release features that made the product more flexible and addressed more unique scheduling needs, we've seen usage increase.
This is a really tough space, but don't lose heart.