Experiments with a licensing biz model for plugins.carrd.co to make the pricing more fair:

❌ Removed buy once, use forever
✅ License model now based on single use vs unlimited

My hunch:
Companies won't mind paying 10x for unlimited ($300 = small change)

#buildinpublic

My goals for August are simple:

📈 Hit $100 MRR for @golifelog (Current: $60, so need 4 more subscribers!)

📣 Find 1 reliable, recurring distribution channel for it

#buildinpublic #monthlygoals

July wins:

📈 @golifelog MRR: $60
💰 Total non-recurring revenue: $641

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🔌 plugins.carrd.co - +35 users, sold 8 plugins (US$120)
🥑 @ketolistsg - S$30 from ads
🍯 @sweetjamsites - US$499 for 1 #JAMstack website
🏥 Tech for good - launched the Giver Quiz

#buildinpublic

4:35am

Mondays...GOOD.

Always happy to start yet another week of making, hacking, building. #buildinpublic

“Build it and they’ll come”, they say.

I was a big believer. "Was".

It appealed to the craftsman purist in me, that I can attract customers just by the sheer power of product quality/UX.

But recently, I’m thinking otherwise...

#buildinpublic

Feeling a bit lost and stuck about what to do with marketing for @golifelog.

Been posting & tweeting daily, doing the whole #buildinpublic thing.

But is it working? I don’t know.
Should I try something different? Maybe.

What I know for sure?
I got to do better.

But how?
...

🗓 Found that aspiring to release only high quality content had held me back.

Perfectionism + procrastination = sporadic publishing

I think I need both - consistent quantity and good-enough quality. And more #buildinpublic on my personal acc too!

Been rethinking my approach for content for @golifelog:

✍️ Lifelog isn't for literary writers
🎨 Lifelog is for creators/creatives
🎯 Goals need more prominence
🤹🏻‍♂️ Tangential topics related to writing+goals work too
🗓 Consistency - quality AND quantity

Thread..

#buildinpublic

Consume, but discern.
Follow on Twitter, but don't always follow irl.
Watch people #buildinpublic, but build your own thang, your own way.

Great reminders.

"Take no other monkey’s word for it." ~ @naval

I like that it's a virtuous loop.

Seeing this at the right time, as I'm thinking of being more consistent tweeting and #buildinpublic for Lifelog.

I'm gonna give this a go!

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More fascinating stuff over at Ness Labs👇

nesslabs.com/pari

@alexisohanian #buildinpublic

Some next level #buildinpublic there. Love it! 😄

"Don't rush, but don't wait."

It’s wk 4 of writing mkting content for @golifelog.

I took this long as the 1st 2 wks I was figuring out what it means to do great work in this area to begin with. My rational self says "No hurry!".

Great content is worth the time.

#buildinpublic

@yongfook 💯 There’s more n more MRR porn on Twitter and IH. It’s great to celebrate and all, but oftentimes that’s all to it. I’d rather hear abt mistakes, challenges, lessons, insights. #learninpublic over #buildinpublic

Learn: #LearnInPublic
Earn: #BuildInPublic
Return: #HelpInPublic

@panphora Yeah, i think that’s the attraction of #buildinpublic - the audience rooting for the underdog kinda story. Looking fwd to see your tweetstorm! 😊👍

Sthg I'm hungry for in the #buildinpublic movement: open, authentic (or even vulnerable) stories of what people learned from difficulty/failure.

Hitting MRR goals is cool and all. But it gets douchey when that's all to it.

Rather hear stories that make me relate & root for u..

The story that's Lifelog is unfolding as we speak. I can share my process, #buildinpublic. If I can write daily for my personal goals, I can also write 100 words for Lifelog everyday. Just plan for it to happen daily! 100 words a day for mkting. Every. Day.

@Lobacrow Some interesting #buildinpublic work here:

twitter.com/benbarbersmith…

Benefits:

👯‍♂️Vibrant community - social is a great motivator for building habits
👨🏻‍💻Remote learning, riding on remote work trend
🗓Short term commitment - easier to bite off
👷‍♂️#Buildinpublic - network effects, for writer & also course creators