Getting the first user/upvote/feedback is hard

That is why I want to support you.

- Launched an app? I will download it.
- I will leave a review for your app
- I will upvote your product hunt launch.
- I will try your product. Just let me know.

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First zero view day in 3 months yesterday 😔 Feel it’s important to share the highs and lows

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Message from Apple today demanding we use their In App Payment system incurring a 30% fee

You don't realise how truely extortionate this is until it happens to you

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🌶️ Hot Take Thursday

10% of ChatGPTs revenue should be taken to support the Open Source software and Not For Profits that it benefits from

Thoughts?

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💡This week's SEO Tip

Free chrome extension to find keywords from google search chrome.google.com/webstore/detai…

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Latest app store submission rejected for no logout button 🤣

Another indiedev rite of passage complete ✅

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Anyone have any advice or experience on building your own referral program v using 3rd party e.g. Rewardful?

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🏆 New Milestone: Finally signed up first creator to our marketplace

It took:
⌛ - 10 weeks
📧 - 265 cold emails
🌐 - 16 Blog pieces

Coming soon: the elusive $1 MRR

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Had some spare time so cleaned up add payment page today

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This weeks achievement - No zero view days

Had a few creators share interview series we've been doing. Slow going but still progress.

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Results from first week of Cold DMing potential customers. All mostly positive

📬 - 22.5% Open rate
👏 - 13.75% Reply rate

Any kind people know what industry averages are so I can get a feel for how I'm doing?

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Being part of the twitter #buildinpublic makes it so easy to get caught up in others successes and get disheartened at your own progress.

It's important to step back and reflect and what you've achieved so far.

So far I have 500 visits and 11 sign ups

Next goal is $1 MRR!

1 month recap of my journey to get first 100 users

👪 - Users: 11 (100% increase)
🚦- Traffic: 457 (100%)
💸 - MRR: $0
🐦 - Twitter Followers: 19 (100%)

Discussion of what worked and didn't in 🧵

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Day 5 - #100daysofmarketing

Big day today of Cold Outreach. Scary but feels oddly productive compared to other channels.

Have set up cold outreach to relevant people on Twitter, Email & Reddit

🚦- Traffic (24h): 15
👪 - Users: 4
💸 - MRR: $0

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Are there any downsides of putting a blog on a subdomain rather than /blog route?

Hard to get a straight answer help needed from Indie Devs out there

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Holy s*** just got my first user!!

🚦- Traffic: 134 (New record)
👪 - Users: 1
💸 - MRR: $0

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Amazing to finally see some traffic to @move_app_media !!

Result of posting in a few subreddits

Sadly no converts yet but these are only small numbers

🚦- Traffic: 54 (New record)
👪 - Users: 0
💸 - MRR: $0

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Funny seeing another user on your site other than you!

Maybe the marketing efforts are starting to pay off

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Day 5 - #100daysofmarketing

Disappointing results from y/days launch on reddit.

Tmrws plan: few most posts to reddit and start rolling out short form vids to TikTok & Reels

🚦- Traffic: 1
👪 - Users: 0
💸 - MRR: $0

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Day 4 - #100daysofmarketing

Launched first Engineering as marketing project today!

Free tool to convert workout notes into an online playable version!

Going to post across the various socials and see if can't get some traffic to the site

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