Today's Digest: Ben Thompson on paid podcast subscriptions and the tradeoffs of 3rd-party platforms

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Ben Thompson on paid podcast subscriptions and the tradeoffs of 3rd-party platforms

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Daily Stand-up group

Stand-Up #95 - May 12th, 2020

Stand-Up #95 - May 12th, 2020 Finished up with the script tag injection graphql queries/mutations and functionality. Yesterday's progress: - Script tag injection process re-plannin...

by jrf 1 comments

Stand-up #16 May 12, 2020

Hi, Project: https://amicu.app/ - Reminders to keep in touch with the people in your life. I woke up at 4:23 am today without an alarm clock. It's been some weeks since the last ti...

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Standup #2 - 05/12/2020

Today has gotten off to a great start. Yesterday, implementing a couple of ad tweaks from someone I met in a discord resulted in my conversion rate doubling. I was converting about...

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Growth group

Our competitor just got acquired by Atlassian

Hey IH! 👋 Today Atlassian acquired a small venture-funded startup in Boulder called Halp. Halp has built a light-weight, Slack-first helpdesk tool for teams. From what I can tell,...

by chrisbuttenham 9 comments

My product is in a miserable position. Any advice...?🙏😭🙏

Those who use LearnObit (https://learnobit.com) consistently are less than 10, after 3 months from launching. I think it's quite useful already, and although it's far from a comple...

by sungho 8 comments

Which CRM do you use and why ?

Hey IH, I'm looking to adopt a new CRM solution. I know there's many out there, and many of those solutions are complex and pricey. As a bootstrapped startup I'm looking for a simp...

by Sheepp 7 comments

23 of the best Free marketing tools to grow your startup :)

by dansiepen 5 comments

Who are the big players in your niche?

Hello, We all have a startup or a product and we all have big players in our niche. Big players that dominate the market. Just to get an idea what Indie Hackers are fighting agains...

by Ishtar 5 comments

Took more than two years to reach $500 MRR. Took less than two weeks from there to get to $1k MRR.

by rosiesherry 5 comments

Ideas and Validation group

Would you pay to finish more long-reads every month? 📖

👋 IH I'm working on something that helps you get through those long-reads that are super interesting but you never have time to finish. Have had amazing early results with a small...

by solomon_teach 6 comments

Roast this idea (on fire)

### Problem You go to a restaurant or order food, but you don't know what's their most favorite/best-selling items on the menu, which are usually means its the most delicious items...

by nscode 2 comments

Pay $100, get 10 users giving comprehensive feedback + video interview on your product.

Hello IH, As many people are trying to validate businesses here or via other channels, I wondered whether I can get more value from just ad clicks and looking at funnels. At my rec...

by kirso 2 comments

How many sign-ups are considered idea validated?

When you build a landing page, do you have a number in mind? Unless X people sign up for newsletter, you will move on to the next idea?

by junji 2 comments

How to come up with a B2B idea?

How can a I come up with a good and doable B2B idea when I don't know where to start looking? It's not like I'm a business that know what businesses need. I know this is out of con...

by ycm8 1 comments

Social network app API as a service?

I'm in the process of building a social network related app targeted for a certain niche. I'm more than three quarters of the way done and planning to release it this month. But an...

by berk 1 comments

Indie Parents group

lead screws and nuts Jordan

Lead screws and nuts are open with one of a kind plans which can be adjusted adequately and quickly.These are for the most part masterminded from with execution plastics. So the mi...

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Landing Page Feedback group

I'm not a designer. Please roast my new landing page.

I just updated Pikaso's website. I'm not a designer and coming up with a good design takes a lot of time & energy from me. Please take a look at my new design and tell me how can I...

by soheilpro 9 comments

Roast my Education Platform

__https://engineeringcollective.io/__ My weekly goal is to get landing page feedback from __5__ Indie Hackers. Help me crush my goal! 💪🏼 __The Ask__ - What are your first impress...

by robertdippolito 6 comments

I redesigned for the browser app landing page

Cause of the milestone version released and the anniversary, I redesigned and optimized the browser app landing page. Will you like to download it, after seeing the page? Looking f...

by Angelon 6 comments

Building a video game Database based around the Community - feedback/constructive criticism welcomed.

Hi everyone, Over the last year and a half, I have been busy trying to create a video game database that is not only easy on the eyes but easy to navigate and full of information....

by TokenGeek 5 comments

Landing page for my MVP, thoughts?

I've just yesterday released my product and I'm keen to know what you all think of the landing page. I'm deliberately not explaining what it does here to see if you can work that o...

by jamesrwhite 4 comments

Gamers -- Would you sign up?

A couple months back I did a top-down redesign of my website. I've had much better conversions since I made the updates, but never asked for any specific feedback. I'm sure there's...

by michaelmesserli 4 comments

Looking to Partner Up group

Design Previz tool looking for partner

Hi all, I'm looking for a development partner to build out a tool I'm calling MindFrame. Short explainer video below as to what it's all about. I have a clear vision of what I want...

by vancegerard leave a comment

Product/Tech Co-founder wanted **Great Opportunity**

Hey y'all, I have recently launched a marketplace that connects tech startups to advisors. I've taken a few payments and I'm looking for a technical / product partner to help manag...

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Game Dapp seeks Solidity/VueJS/Social Co Founders

I'm kicking around the notion of finding multiple co-founders to help me out. I've been working on an Ethereum game dapp with help from a designer friend. We call ourselves Partava...

by zasKoda leave a comment

Looking for some UI/UX help - pre-launch

Hi fellow Indiehackers, I've been working on a bookmarks service (https://sc10n.com) for a few months now and wanted to polish the pages/service a bit before doing a more general b...

by iamcwu leave a comment

Looking for a Co-Founder/Partner (sounds cliche right)

Hi everyone I'm John, an accountant from NY. I am in the process of starting my own media company geared toward the political market and could use a co founder who is dedicated, re...

by dreamjohnxg leave a comment

Cryptodollars Neo Banking, Looking for Tech co-founder in London

Hello All, I am working on a crypto native banking project and looking for a technical cofounder ideally in London, UK. The project involves working with stablecoins/cryptodollars...

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Self Care group

⏳ 3 Years. No Income.

*From my personal site* * * * * * I quit my job in February 2017. With roughly **$250k** in savings. And went without income for **37 months**. Until April 7, 2020. When Whit Ander...

by dru_riley 29 comments

Cultivate your can-do attitude

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Virtual Meets group

I started a virtual meetup for Solo Founders

We meet weekly on Tuesdays at 6pm EST for 1 hour. The meeting is confidential and a safespace to share frustrations from founding a company by yourself. I share some anonymized not...

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Top Milestones: Hit $1k MRR in 12 days

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Top milestones for the day from your fellow indie hackers. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Growth Bite: Add client logos to your homepage to increase conversions

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Social proof can be an easy way to increase conversions. If you're a B2B company, add your clients' logos front-and-center on your homepage as evidence of your value and trustworthiness.

Today's Digest: Tech and business

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

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Growth Bite: Use unusual words occasionally in your sales copy to increase conversions

Monday, May 11, 2020

Potential customers need to remember your message in order to convert, so make it easy for them. Increase sales by planting uncommon words in your sales copy. According to [one study](https://www.ncbi.

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