Andrew Yates

Learn how the Buffer for iOS 7 was built. This post shares behind the scenes with Buffer for iOS 7.

Behind the Scenes With Buffer for iOS 7

Today, we are thrilled to announce the newest version of Buffer’s iOS app, which represents a major upgrade in design, code, and features. We’ve gone through many iterations, and we’re hoping you like what we’ve come up with. The end product was more than five months in the making, and we thought it might be neat …

Behind the Scenes: How Buffer for iOS 7 Was Built

Today, we are thrilled to announce the newest version of Buffer’s iOS app, which represents a major upgrade in design, code, and features. We’ve gone through many iterations, and we’re hoping you like what we’ve come up with. The end product was more than five months in the making, and we thought it might be neat […]

Kevan Lee

Reading of any and all kinds is encouraged at Buffer. This post shares what buffer is reading this month.

What Buffer Is Reading This Month

From the moment you join the Buffer team, you are encouraged to read. In fact, the welcome email implores you to read early and often, and you receive a Kindle Paperwhite and free Kindle books just to make sure there are no obstacles to reading as much as you want. (Sound like something that might …

Workplace of the future

From the moment you join the Buffer team, you are encouraged to read. In fact, the welcome email implores you to read early and often, and you receive a Kindle Paperwhite and free Kindle books just to make sure there are no obstacles to reading as much as you want. (Sound like something that might […]

Joel Gascoigne

When Buffer was in its early stages, we applied to the accelerator Y Combinator. We were rejected. Here's what we learned from it - and what you can, too.

See Buffer's Rejected Y Combinator Application

Buffer’s Rejected Y Combinator Application

Sunil Sadasivan

Meet Zach Flower. This post introduces Zach Flower as part of the Buffer team.

Zach Flower is Part of The Buffer team!

While this is a bit overdue, I am still so happy to share that in February, Zach Flower has finished the 45 day Buffer Bootcamp and accepted our invitation to join the Buffer team full-time! Zach lives in Boulder, Colorado and in the past has worked at Mocavo and PhotoBucket. In such a short time …

While this is a bit overdue, I am still so happy to share that in February, Zach Flower has finished the 45 day Buffer Bootcamp and accepted our invitation to join the Buffer team full-time! Zach lives in Boulder, Colorado and in the past has worked at Mocavo and PhotoBucket. In such a short time […]

Courtney Seiter

We’ve recently added several new teammates to the Buffer team and thought it might be helpful to give Open blog readers a look behind the curtains at our full process to hire a new teammate. This process has evolved over time and works well for us, we'd love to share it with you!

How We Hire: A Look Inside Our Hiring Process

How We Hire at Buffer

We still rely on that single cronjob that runs every minute of every day. This post is an overview of the one line of code.

The One Line of Code That Generates Nearly $4 Million a Year

Meet The Single Line of Code That Generates Nearly $4 Million a Year

Enter Buffer’s content suggestions! This post shares the story behind Buffer's new(ish) content suggestions.

The Story Behind Buffer's New(ish) Content Suggestions

Important update: We’re retiring the Suggestions feature – beginning August 1, we’ll start turning off Suggestions in phases. Read more… Overcoming writer’s block. Curating great content. Sharing on social media many times a day for better engagement. These are topics we talk about often on the Buffer blog, where our daily focus is making you …

The Story Behind Buffer’s New(ish) Content Suggestions

Important update: We’re retiring the Suggestions feature – beginning August 1, we’ll start turning off Suggestions in phases. Read more… Overcoming writer’s block. Curating great content. Sharing on social media many times a day for better engagement. These are topics we talk about often on the Buffer blog, where our daily focus is making you […]

Niel de la Rouviere

Learn how this engineer toured Asia. This post shares how this engineered toured Asia while working for a distributed team.

I Toured Asia While Working as an Engineer for a Distributed Team

From Taiwan to Bali: How I Toured Asia, While Working as an Engineer for a Distributed Team

michelle

Here are 6 ideas for those of you who run subscription-based businesses. This post lists six ideas to reduce your product's churn rate.

6 Ideas to Reduce Your Product's Churn Rate We Found to Work

At Buffer we recently spent the past 6 weeks focusing on one key metric – reducing churn rate.  Comparing to the initial setting up of the growth effort with lots of experimentation and exploratory data analysis, it was a conscious shift to align the team’s focus on one key metric. Here are 6 ideas for those of …

6 Ideas to Reduce Your Product’s Churn Rate We Found to Work

At Buffer we recently spent the past 6 weeks focusing on one key metric – reducing churn rate.  Comparing to the initial setting up of the growth effort with lots of experimentation and exploratory data analysis, it was a conscious shift to align the team’s focus on one key metric. Here are 6 ideas for those of […]

Leo Widrich

How do you use social to drive traffic? This post shares about the slide deck we used to raise half a million dollars.

The slide deck we used to raise half a million dollars

This article appeared in full form on OnStartups and you can read the post “The Pitch Deck We Used To Raise $500,000 For Our Startup” there. When Joel and I first arrived in San Francisco around 2 years ago, we had absolutely no idea about fundraising. Even the term “pitch deck” was something copmletely new …

Reports

This article appeared in full form on OnStartups and you can read the post “The Pitch Deck We Used To Raise $500,000 For Our Startup” there. When Joel and I first arrived in San Francisco around 2 years ago, we had absolutely no idea about fundraising. Even the term “pitch deck” was something copmletely new […]

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