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Ideas how to #buildinpublic w/o social media:

- print progress posts in local classifieds
- write a letter to your favorite developer
- write on a chalkboard hung outside your door
- put app updates on coffee shop bulletin boards
- relay your MRR reports to spam callers
@PereAyats Sir due to step 3, do I have to build in public via email??
Hey, everybody... this guy wants to get to 10K.

Let's get him to 20K!

#buildinpublic #SEO #copywriting
Can everyone pls just get me to 10K followers so I can pretend to my parents that I'm important on the internet 🙏

I'll do 3 FREE 30 min niche site audits for anyone who shares once I hit 10K - anyone who shares is entered and can win 🔥
Truth.

"spend money to make money"

Example: @Spotify 's $280M #Marketing budget.

#buildinpublic #indiehackers twitter.com/SimonHoiberg/s…
Whenever I see founders and indie makers insinuating that running ads are "beneath" them... I chuckle a little inside 😜
David Torras is killing it with @laradircom.

- planted the seed
- promoted it
- new developers every month
- crossed the threshold of FIRST PAYING CUSTOMER!

#thisistheway #buildinpublic #php #laravel twitter.com/dtorras/status…
#openstartup January update for @laradircom:

📈 49€ MRR (first paying customer!)
💼 8 new businesses
🧑‍💻 40 new developers (391 in total)
✉️ 54 messages sent

#buildinpublic
#buildinpublic spotlight: @gocuratedLA

What:
- newsletter only about local LA news.

Lesson:
- When other apps & newsletters target the world, do the opposite.
- Expertly serve a niche audience.
We've launched on @ProductHunt! | Hopefully our rocket engines don't give out: producthunt.com/posts/curatedl…
Love this tip!

Or use a password generator for var names.

Example: "$2mZF = bAZ8($nXRc);"

#cybersecuritytips #buildinpublic
Programming tip: always use one-letter variable names; it saves space and makes your code more efficient.
Awesome newsletter content.

Suggestion: break sections into individual emails and change send to weekly.

#buildinpublic
First ever startup update email: shipped ✅
Great innovative idea:

Security based on age/intelligence level.

Possible flaw: a young child can accidentally click the correct answer in 3 push-button options.

Solution: Make it a fill-in-the-blank with a three-digit answer. 900 possible answers.

#buildinpublic
Settings screen on Baby Sensory app will now be hidden behind a child lock…

Fellow parents – you are welcome 😂
I did that this week.

Me: I have 3 important tasks to do that will greatly impact my projects and they need to get done.

Also me: let me search out articles on SaaS advice (that will in no way help me get my tasks done.)

#buildinpublic
Reading books about building startups is my favorite form of procrastination.
I'm not the CompSci Masters dev at Google.

Not rising to CTO / COO of a big company.

Introvert. Plugger. Swiss-Army-Knife dev.

Finding my path.

#buildinpublic
Your goals should start with lifestyle, not money.

Filthy rich & burned out sucks.

Moderately wealthy & free is amazing.
Self-reminder:

- focus on marketing
- focus on marketing
- focus on marketing

Cool extra, "nice-to-have" features won't make my sites grow.

#buildinpublic
UPDATE: using Cloudfare's Free proxy for websites fixes the issue. Now I can use any host I want.

#buildinpublic #indiehackers #email
Like every other dev on the planet, OpenAI GPT now helps me to brainstorm ideas.

#buildinpublic #indiehackers
Someone on Reddit had trouble getting their users to give feedback.

Here's their email and my mock-up of a better solution.

#Emailsurvey #emailmarketing #buildinpublic #webdevelopment #newsletter
@mauro_codes Until you learn that competitors mean market validation.

Popeyes was a donut shop that copied KFC.
Walmart and Costco copied FedCo.

#buildinpublic #indiehackers
Sometimes negative feedback provides the opportunity to improve.

#buildinpublic #indiehackers
Update: added all world languages after a few devs noped out of the profile setup when they couldn't find their language.

(I thought the top 50 would be sufficient. I was wrong.)

#buildinpublic #indiehackers #javascript #Laravel