- Taught myself to code a year ago. Just released my first product as as solo entrepreneur. Super proud and have got my first 60 paid customers! If you're interested in learning to code, I can highly recommend it
- 29-years old making $5k/month building SaaS products without investments, without a team, without a CS degree, all the way from Italy! ����
- I'd like to start an outdoor little bookshop
- I aggregated the best stuff I read on entrepreneurship this week - Week 1
- Ideas that shouldn't work 2
- You’re not selling “jobs” you’re selling LABOR
- Ready to start my own local freight same day delivery service
- ‘Low effort’ ways to keep on working on my business
- Is it worth trademarking a name I use for my freelance side hustle?
- How to sell my new product to my customer: eBay clothing resellers.
- Merchandise with a Presidents Name
- Handling conflicts for payment gateway
- Should I offer more services?
- Product hunt launch
- Virtual address
- Best business email provider? Besides gmail
- How many customers/users do you need to break even?
- Business Finance Books
- Should I start a business where I sell custom masks, or is it too late in the game?
- Built up a design services orientated website which now gets 1,000 users/mnth and 7-8 enquiries /mnth (avg. order value of $300). How can I price it and sell it?
- Free trial with credit card vs no credit card
- The Right Pricing Model for Your Micro-SaaS Product
- How to create something viral? (my experiment)
- As a Professional Writer, I was a little hostile to the idea of using artificial intelligence to help with my writing, until I saw how it could solve a major problem many people face - Writer's Block. So I built this web app.
| Posted: 28 Nov 2020 10:21 PM PST I spent 10yrs in a career of branding/advertising and went from knowing no programming to launching my first product in a year. It won't be for everybody but if you're on the fence about switching careers or learning to code, I'd definitely recommend it. Even if it's just to see if you like it. I learned by doing a short course on Udemy and then just watching a ton of YouTube videos. Here's my website for reference: www.llamalife.co (It's a productivity application which helps provide structure and focus to get work done). Feel free to ask anything about the journey. Not going to lie, it was a hard slog, but extremely happy I did it. Edit: for typos Edit 2: adding resources Resources A lot of folks are asking for resources. Below are a few that I like (bear in mind my focus was javascript/React). YouTube was my main source of learning. Udemy - Jonas S's html, css, javascript course Youtube - Wes Bos, Traversy Media, Dev Ed, Academind, Net Ninja, Web Dev Simplified Websites - javascript30, freecodecamp, google and stackOverflow ;) Edit 3: this was fun, thanks guys. Going to bed now. In Australia 🇦🇺. Will answer other comments in the morning. Edit 4: 9:20am AEST Nov 30th - good morning from Australia 🇦🇺🦘! Back answering questions now. Thanks for all the support, especially the discussion on pricing! It's an area I struggle with, and yes it's probably priced too low for a Lifetime deal. Will have to reassess that. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2020 03:15 AM PST I run multiple profitable software products with no investments, no team, and even no computer science degree. These software products do not make millions - but make me enough to earn a living. I think there are some mantras everybody says that could be true. Most people buy into these mantras without thinking that the opposite could also be true. I try to question everything. Everybody says "focus on one thing". Well, it turns out you can absolutely focus on multiple things at a time. In fact, I think it's best for many reasons: you can share resources between businesses, you can try your luck many more times, you can learn faster and apply what you learned to all of your businesses. There are more. Everybody says "build a team". Well, it turns out it's entirely possible to build a business as a solopreneur. In fact, I think it's better. One of the invisible cost of having a team is communication: you spend hours communicating what you want to other people. One of the cons of having a team is also that people are strong inputs whereas what you need most of the time is isolation. You need to think strategically and to do that, you need to be alone. I try to live like a monk to reduce my inputs and focusing on my outputs. If anybody is on the fence about starting a business or building a career in tech: you should do it. I learned to code when I was younger, the first programming language I used was PERL. But, I'm not a programmer. I'm actually a jazz musician, I studied music pretty much all of my life. If I can do it, you can. Here's my personal website for reference: https://mikerubini.com Btw, I also believe in transparency and fact-checking, so I share publicly all of my revenue and app stats, and even what I'm working on at any time: https://brain.rubini.solutions [link] [comments]  |
| I'd like to start an outdoor little bookshop Posted: 29 Nov 2020 01:36 PM PST https://imgur.com/gallery/CInmYzH Something like the above. Stands? (I have no idea what they're exactly called or where I can find one, I'll check ebay). It's my goal to start a radical/leftist bookshop/ plant shop but I'm not interested in the overhead required for an actual brick and mortar store. I'm either going to go the mobile bookstore route or one these street stands you see around Paris in the movies. I have streets in mind with a lot of foot traffic, and my small city has a lot of young progressive people so I feel like this idea can work. I just need to know how to begin. Do I need a permit? Does anyone know what these stands are called and where I can buy one? What do y'all think? [link] [comments]  |
| I aggregated the best stuff I read on entrepreneurship this week - Week 1 Posted: 29 Nov 2020 05:17 AM PST Here's a list of topics so that you can skip to anything you find interesting :)
Now that I've made sure you don't waste your time if none of this relates to you, let's move on with those who're still here :D
Chris finds lucrative deals in companies that lie between bootstrapped small businesses and Unicorns, ideally the ones that raise a few million and sell for 10-20X in 3-4 years. Most investors are looking for either unicorns or undervalued public companies. Chris finds middle-market opportunities. Another interesting trend is VCs writing $10-50k checks to multiple startups as an engine for gathering information. It helps build relationships with founders early on in their career and VCs get regular updates on growth and can decide which startups to double down on. $50k is pennies to write off for VCs and can give them a glimpse into the next unicorn. Investment philosophy - who's the founder I know will kick ass? There are only a few companies that never pivot. It's almost always better to bet on the founder than the idea. Slack was a videogame startup, Twitter was a podcasting startup. Hiring - It's better to hire a fax machine salesperson from Baltimore than someone in charge of YouTube ads growth. You're not great just because you inherited a great process. He shared the story of Lambda school founder, Austen Allred on his mission in Ukraine. He went door-knocking every day from 11 am until 9 pm. "Nine hours of a 19-year-old American boy mustering all the courage he could to knock on the door of an old Ukrainian Communist and strike up a conversation about God". The story reminds me of this story of Mitt Romney over the course of his 30-month mission abroad, Romney's duties consisted mainly of going from door to door in Paris. He watched many of those doors close in his face. "Most of what I was trying to do was rejected" There's something about door to door sales I guess. Agency to SaaS - Workday is a prime example of a company pivoting from services to SaaS company. Even at the time of their IPO, almost 50% of their revenues came from services. Chris is building his startup Laskie to understand sales and marketing in large companies from the agency side and then productize his services into a SaaS. Play Long term games - Shopify was a snowboard shop for 2 years. Palantir had 1 customer for 6 years Nerdy Nuts leveraged TikTok, Supreme-style drops, and scarcity to scale their tiny operation into a peanut butter powerhouse. They borrowed Airbnb's playbook and leveraged the US elections to drop 4 flavors based on the food preferences of Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders. Zachary Crockett has done an excellent job, sharing the startup cost, profits, and growth numbers in detail.
Jeff Goins grew his blog Goin Writer to 10k subscribers in 2 years and made $150k. It was his 10th attempt at blogging. He'd failed in all previous 9. "All my failed blogs had 1 thing in common. I had quit them." So with Goins Writer, he made 1 decision. He'd write every single day for 2 years. And if he failed to get 250 subscribers at the end of 2 years, he'd quit. He also decided that for every 1 thing he'd sell, he'd give away 3 things for free. And here's how he hacked guest posting - Become someone's case study An example of this is Jeff Goins becoming Michael Hyatt's case study. Michael, in those days, was teaching his readers about implementing lead magnets. Jeff did exactly what Michael had asked and reached out to him with his results. "I did this enough times with enough people that some of them started talking about me" Michael asked Jeff to write a chapter in his book "Platform". An important insight that Jeff had in the process was, everyone is looking for testimonials. If you implement someone's strategies and ask them to share your story, there's a chance you get to tap into their audience. You're helping them for sure, but every relationship starts with a favor. --------------------------- Thanks for reading. My Twitter if you like to say Hi! :) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2020 02:17 PM PST A follow up to my last post. Check out the site: should.work [link] [comments]  |
| You’re not selling “jobs” you’re selling LABOR Posted: 29 Nov 2020 06:18 AM PST If you own a business, you are a buyer and seller of labor. (Yes materials too, but you usually don't have quality control over materials, the manufacturers you get them from do.) You're essentially an investor. You make agreements with employees on an hourly rate in exchange for their time, and re-sell that agreement to the marketplace for a much higher rate. So, why is this important? Because the only thing that separates you from the competition in most cases is the quality of labor that you're selling. The quality of your team, their ability to follow instructions and keep the promises that you made to the customer, their ability to fulfill the production aspect of your business with integrity. That's it. Your competitor can use the same product, but it's the labor that will differ. It's the labor that will separate you from the competition.
With this in mind, this should be the focal point of your sales pitch - because chances are your competitor will be using similar products. With this also in mind, hiring and developing a strong team(s) should be a MAJOR focal point for your business. Remember, you're a buyer and seller of labor. I did a podcast on this topic if you're interested. You can listen here . I've also put out a video on this topic as well here [link] [comments]  |
| Ready to start my own local freight same day delivery service Posted: 29 Nov 2020 09:37 AM PST I have been in freight sales for 5 years, and operations for 4 years. I would like to go all in and purchase 2 , 20' Box trucks with liftgates and do same day deliveries to factories , hospitals etc, even car dealerships contract this work out for parts and vehicles. A friend of mine whom does this legitimately makes $4000-$5000 a week by himself minus expenses, he lives in another state, so I know the potential in it. Capital- I have enough to cover all expenses including insurance, equipment, repairs etc. Has anyone else done a similar endeavor and how many trucks did you start out with? I have a family member that works for a large freight carrier that would run my other truck. I would handle the billing , credit apps, sales, and even drive and get my CDL. Realistically, I would like to begin in mid January. Any advice? [link] [comments]  |
| ‘Low effort’ ways to keep on working on my business Posted: 29 Nov 2020 01:19 PM PST Hey reddit. At the moment I suffer from brain inflammation and am on bed rest for the next two months. My day consists of taking medication, having meals and most importantly resting. However, I still have a business I am working on, and despite being on bed rest, I don't want to stare at the wall all day and drown in self pity. I don't want my business to be in the same spot for 2 months! Can you guys please help me with ways or tips to build some blocks in my business while in this state? For now, thinking and focusing is pretty hard for me, so for example, writing pages long contracts is not feasible for me (I do have one already but it's an example.) I can use my phone for longer but I do have my laptop as well that I can spend a few hours on daily. I am an online business manager (OBM) if that helps! Now I'm doing:
My website is done (very simple but does the job) and I already have a business email as well. [link] [comments]  |
| Is it worth trademarking a name I use for my freelance side hustle? Posted: 29 Nov 2020 12:54 PM PST Title pretty much says it all. But here's a bit more insight: I have been doing freelance work recently and wanted a quicker/easier way for potential clients to see my past work. So I am deciding to open up a website to allow me to have an online portfolio. I wanted a "brand" to have on the work I do outside of just my name so I thought of a "business" name. It appears to already be an active business founded in early 2000's with an LLC in another state. Which if I'm correct, I am still in full legal boundaries to name my website/side business that - correct? Anyway, the question is, is this online portfolio site and the name of just a side hustle worth getting a trademark over? Would like advice. [link] [comments]  |
| How to sell my new product to my customer: eBay clothing resellers. Posted: 29 Nov 2020 12:49 PM PST I am selling "wholesale" lots to clothing resellers that typically sell platforms like eBay. The platform I'm using to market my product is on IG and also by reaching out to small Youtubers in the clothing reselling niche. I've done a lot of financial models for not only me, but the consumer, insuring that they would be able to not only make money by buying my product, but make a living from it. I am currently in Canva making decent looking IG stories and posts explaining all of these financial numbers and all of the reasons why you would want to buy my product vs going out and sourcing thrift stores where the cost is less and your margin is more. I make this post to get more ideas while I work on my existing ones. Also, for critiques to my plan. Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Merchandise with a Presidents Name Posted: 29 Nov 2020 12:41 PM PST I'm trying to find info/rules/laws around having merchandise with a presidents name. Anyone have experience in this area? [link] [comments]  |
| Handling conflicts for payment gateway Posted: 29 Nov 2020 11:11 AM PST I posted Payment service on top of Stripe/Paypal a few days back. I have a few more questions to clarify my thoughts. I want to create third-party payment processing on top of Paypal, Stripe for countries where stripe doesn't exist like Pakistan. When there is a conflict between the company (to which I am providing service) and the end customer and customer reach VISA/Master about a refund. In that case, that refund will be taken from my account.
Thank You so much [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2020 10:45 AM PST Hi, so I run a moderately successful social media marketing company(20-30 long term clients) and I have various certificates and education in seo. Should I continue to offer just management, or should I expand my services to include seo consulting? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2020 10:38 AM PST Has anybody had a really successful product hunt launch? We finished the MVP and want to build some traction, what would be the best way to do it? I know people put it on angelist and do word of mouth marketing on twitter but not sure what else we can do. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2020 10:31 AM PST I'm starting up a side business and wondered if anyone knows of a cheap virtual mailbox I could use anywhere in London where I can collect any post I receive. [link] [comments]  |
| Best business email provider? Besides gmail Posted: 29 Nov 2020 09:59 AM PST I currently use squarespace and g suite so that my email has a custom domain at the end. I have had so many issues with gmail and their customer support is terrible. Is it possible to use a different provider? I would love to be able to use outlook but I was also looking at ionos... However I don't want to transfer my domain. Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| How many customers/users do you need to break even? Posted: 29 Nov 2020 09:33 AM PST We all have the special number of users we need to break even. For me, I need about 10 users to pay for my investment in my website, and then 3 monthly users after that. Since my only user is my mother so far, I have far to go to hit my goal. How many users do you need to break even? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2020 09:33 AM PST Looking to improve my ability to read P&L's, create and challenge valuations, m&a, protect wealth, take advantage of tax incentives, etc. Have you read any books that would provide growth within/around any of the aforementioned topics? [link] [comments]  |
| Should I start a business where I sell custom masks, or is it too late in the game? Posted: 29 Nov 2020 09:17 AM PST Exactly what it says in the title. I've been thinking about doing it, but now most people (at least those who believe in masks) already have masks. And it also looks like the vaccine will be coming soon. Although, cases are going up in a lot of places. So I'm wondering if it would still be worth it to take the plunge and start this business. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2020 09:05 AM PST Hi there I'm trying to figure out how to price this website because I want to move on to another niche. It's basically a design service which ranks for many transactional keywords. A long of information content is also now driving good amount of organic traffic too. I've managed to build a reputation around it and collect reviews, hence why I'm managing to get 7-8 enquires every month (of which I normally convert 2-3). The problem is I'm the one doing the actual design work but I'm not longer interested. Does anyone have experience in flipping a website like this? How would one price a website like this? Would it be 30x the potential revenue? Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Free trial with credit card vs no credit card Posted: 29 Nov 2020 09:01 AM PST Hi all, I have been struggling to get users on my new website, markitsimpl.com . I have a free trial for a month that I thought would get some traction but it was set up to require a credit card and then would charge you after the free trial month. I recently set it up so you can sign up and demo the site for a month without a credit card and then after the month you have to subscribe. I am hoping this will allow me to get some users and validate the idea a little more. Has anyone had experience with the credit card barrier to entry? Am I potentially losing sales by not requiring a cc for the trial ? [link] [comments]  |
| The Right Pricing Model for Your Micro-SaaS Product Posted: 28 Nov 2020 09:04 PM PST I've been writing chapters in my micro-SaaS guide and up till now, we have covered finding and validating a business idea, and building a minimum loveable product to launch into the market. But, your product can't go live without pricing plans. So let's get that sorted right away! A look at common SaaS pricing modelsIt is only prudent that we explore the most common SaaS pricing models before deciding our own. The best pricing strategy for your SaaS depend on several factors, but most notably they depend on
Per User Pricing Perhaps the most common way to price a SaaS product is to have a per user pricing model. Your customers pay per user, and with each additional user, they pay more. Example of per user pricing: Front's pricing model (screenshot). Pros - It's common and easily understood by users, and revenue scales with higher adoption or growth of an organization. Cons - Might limit adoption as users might share accounts or be apprehensive of adding new members of their team to your product, due to the per user cost. Tiered Pricing Also very common is slab or tiered pricing. It's when a SaaS company gates certain usage limits, or features, or both. The best companies typically have 3-4 pricing tiers. Example of tiered pricing: Buffer's pricing model (screenshot). Pros - Appeals to distinct customer bases, if done right. A small customer will pick the lower pricing tier, large customer higher tier. The cognitive load of selecting a pricing plan goes down. You or your inside sales team will also have a clear path to upselling existing customers when they outgrow their pricing tier. Cons - If you have too many tiers, or if you split features without being thoughtful, you might create confusion in your customer's mind. They would be overwhelmed in trying to decide which pricing tier is right for them. Usage Based Pricing A pay as you go model works perfectly for certain products where the value derived increases almost linearly with increasing usage. This could be an API company where you can charge per API call. Or your product might aid customers in increasing sales and revenue, in which case you could collect a % of the revenue. Example of usage based pricing: Twilio's pricing model for SMS (screenshot). Pros - Pricing scales with usage, which is great for you in terms of revenue. It's also easy for a new customer to get started, they only need to pay for what they use and they can quickly gauge how much their usage might be, provided the value metric you use to scale pricing makes sense. Cons - Hard to predict revenue for you as a business, and hard to predict costs a customer. Flat Pricing A flat pricing model is like a buffet, pay a fixed sum for an all-you-can-eat experience. I personally think it's a good pricing strategy to adopt for the early days, given its simplicity and low cognitive load to arriving at a decision. Example of flat pricing: Basecamp's pricing model (screenshot). Pros - Easy to communicate, and hence easy to sell. Cons - Someone whose usage is lower might want to pay less. Someone whose usage is super high might end up costing you too much. SaaS pricing strategies that can help increase adoptionOther than picking the right pricing model for your micro-SaaS, there's also additional strategies that lower the barrier for new users to start using your product. Should you offer a Free plan? Free plans work great if they attract and keep users who are likely to either:
If neither of these conditions apply to your micro-SaaS, including a free plan might not really benefit you in any way. Should you provide a Free trial? A free trial is perfect for your would-be customers to try out your product and its advertised features, especially if you are unproven and they aren't sure whether your product will deliver on its promise. In today's time, free trial is considered a standard for almost every kind of product. And so users have a built-in expectation that you might need to satisfy. The only thing to think deeply about is the free trial length. I've covered this in a later part of this post. Should you only have paid plans? You can completely make your business work by being paid-only, and the benefits of it are manifold.
A post on Indiehackers surveying what pricing model IH prefers (screenshot). However, as a new micro-SaaS business I urge you to consider the free trial and free plan routes. The primary reason? You are trying to do everything you can to lower the barrier for new people to sign up and use your service and give you feedback on whether you are solving a real problem, solving it well, and generally headed in the right direction. Have the mindset that your first 100 users won't be the reason your SaaS makes it big and grows to a high MRR. The first 100 users are validation that there exist 1000 (or more) others facing the same problem and needing your solution. Those 1000 is where you need to focus on earning from. The right pricing strategy for your Micro-SaaSThe literature on pricing models and strategies does not end here, but as you delve deeper, you enter the land of optimizations and smaller improvements. I keep repeating this because it's important - in the early days, you want to keep things clean and simple, for you and for your customers. Not only that, you want to do everything you can to get users through the door and signed up. Your objective should not be revenue optimization. It should be to cast a wide net before you have enough data and gut-driven insights to start narrowing down. And all the concepts discussed in this post so far are sufficient for you to achieve that simple pricing. So how should you price your Micro-SaaS? Here's what I recommend: 1. Have as few pricing tiers or options as possible Fewer options means lesser cognitive load. Customers only have to decide whether they want to sign up or not. And in case you have a free plan, the choice to be made is between two, hopefully clear, options. A simpler pricing model with fewer tiers will enable potential customers of your product to get signed up quickly. And that's your primary objective during the early days. Example: Lunch Money's pricing (screenshot). 2. Use the right value metric to scale your pricing If your product delivers increasing value to users the more they use it, then there's likely an axis on which you can build a scalable pricing model. Zenmaid has nailed it here - they understood that the size of business run by maid service owners is determined by how many cleaners they manage. And so instead of having pricing tiers, gated features, or anything else for that matter, they simply included a slider that scales with the number of cleaners in their team. The mental model for Zenmaid's customer to understand the scalable pricing is also very obvious - "I pay according to how big a team I manage? Makes sense!" Example: Zenmaid's scalable pricing model (screenshot). However, scalable pricing is not as simple as the above example illustrates. If you pick the wrong scalable axis, you might end up charging too little. Or worse, you might incentivize bad behaviour for your users. Let me illustrate with an example (remember, this is a hypothetical) - in a parallel universe, Zenmaid's pricing could have scaled with the number of houses or clients served by the maid service. Seems straightforward right? You pay more if your business is bigger. Well, here's how it might go down. Maid service owners would onboard all their cleaners to the software, as there's no additional charge for doing so. And then they would simply NOT log all the clients or houses they serve in the software. This is because they are disincentivized from logging all their clients - after all, not logging means they pay less. And unless Zenmaid's product has a clear value proposition that increases with the number as a maid service owner logs more clients into the software (eg. accounting, invoices, etc.), their users are now incentivized towards bad behaviour. 3. Price it low, but not too low $5/mo is usually too low, and it attracts people who aren't really serious about using the software. Worse, you might attract users who say "this should be free." These are not the users with whom you can build a business. In the early days, you don't want to attract non-users who waste your time and resources. Jon of Bannerbear learnt early that a very low starting price attracted the wrong type of users, and has since adopted a clean and simple tiered pricing structure with a good starting price of $29/mo. Example: Bannerbear's pricing (screenshot). However, if you think your SaaS should be priced at a $100/mo, try to start at 1/4th of that. Start at $25/mo, which is a sufficiently high price point to attract serious users, but also low enough not to deter someone from trying your product in the early days. 4. Have a free plan The purpose of the free plan is to attract users who are likely candidates to eventually upgrade to your paid plans. If that's not the case for your SaaS, then you can skip having a free plan altogether. If there is a viable way for you to cut down on features for a subset of users, or set usage limits that don't cannibalize the paid plans, then a free plan be right for you. An advice that I often give - if you're launching your app in a competitive marketplace, you might benefit from offering your app for free for the first few weeks, only because it provides strategic value to you in terms of users for quick iterations, and reviews & ratings to help you climb the ranking ladders. You'll have to decide for yourself if going free for the first few weeks can provide you that boost, and if yes, go for it. 5. Have a free trial In the early days, following the principle of keeping friction low, you might let users start a trial without entering their credit card details. Again, this doesn't mean you never add that friction later. All these tiny decisions to keep friction low in the early days adds up. Set the right trial length When offering a free trial, bear in mind what is the right length of trial to offer. If you offer too long a trial, people might sign up but not end up using your product immediately, leaving it for later. If the trial period is too short, it might deter people from signing up at all. The right trial length is one that gives your customers sufficient time to use your tool and experience its value proposition. For the example we have followed so far - SaaS product to collect user feedback - an appropriate trial period might be 30 days. That's because it might take that long for your new users to setup your product in theirs, start receiving feedback from their users, and experience the full value of your product. A simple and scalable SaaS pricing exampleThe pricing model in the screenshot below has nailed everything in terms of simplicity, and having a scalable axis to the pricing model. It's the best example that I could find which captures most of the points talked about in this post. Example: Simple and scalable, EmailOctopus nailed it! (screenshot) Let's unpack everything happening in EmailOctopus' pricing page:
If your SaaS product has similar characteristics as EmailOctopus, then I urge you to copy and adopt their pricing model for your own. Not sure how your SaaS pricing could scale? Use Flat pricing In case your SaaS does not have a scalable usage component, or you're not clear about which component scales with user value, then the easiest solution for you is to start with a a flat price. Remember, this pricing is only to attract your first 100 users. You can always modify your pricing model later once you understand your users better and how they derive value from using your product. and modify it later. Keeping that in mind, a flat price is simpler than a scalable pricing that scales on the wrong axis, as that would confuse and alienate your potential customers. -- Hope you've got pricing for your SaaS sorted now? If not, DM me here or on Twitter and share your questions. I'll try my best to help. [link] [comments]  |
| How to create something viral? (my experiment) Posted: 29 Nov 2020 08:55 AM PST I listened to a talk from Alex Tew (founder of Calm, also the guy who created milliondollarhomepage.com and donothingfor2minutes.com - two super simple websites that went viral). He said that in order to grow your user base, you can create something more viral than your actual product. He emphasized on simple ideas that take max 1-2 days to build. I wanted to try that. So I thought, what would be the simplest thing that I can create?It would have to be a bit surprising and maybe a touch funny for people to notice it.My answer is... nothing. Seriously, that's what I have created: itsjustnothing.com. Not the best idea in the world, but I thought it's so quick to build that I should just give it a shot. My goal was to boost my Twitter following and as a result, my youtube channel as well (my main activity). I was excited, I showed it to a few people, they all liked it. This gave me confidence. Then the moment of truth, I tweeted the link. I thought "that's it, now it's gonna go viral, I just have to wait". But then, nothing happened (pun unintended). It's been a week. Barely anyone saw it. Makes sense because I barely have any followers (23). But I still hoped those who saw it would retweet. Then, I posted it on r/notinteresting and r/technicallythetruth, but same thing, it went pretty much unnoticed. What I have learned:
Now the question I have is:
I don't want to give up just yet. I feel that my experiment hasn't come to a complete conclusion. I want to learn more from it. Even if it's a complete flop, I want to learn to get better in the future. Thanks for your help! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2020 08:43 AM PST Whether you are a CEO, a Marketer, or a prolific writer - writer's block can really throw a wrench into your life.No one knows why it happens. And until recently there has been no easy way to fix it. In mid 2019 came the rise of Language Transformers, and that's when I had the idea for HelloScribe. It's an AI-powered writing tool that helps anyone conquer Writer's Block by generating 1000 words to kickstart their writing. It lets you enter a brief description of what you want to write, choose the style of writing you prefer, then generates an editable script in a matter of seconds. Version 1.0 is now live. Lots more features to be added to make it even more useful. But I'm looking for an Angel Investor to help take it there.
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