Today's Digest: Employees have been massively more productive during the pandemic (+47% YoY in March/April)

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Employees have been massively more productive during the pandemic (+47% YoY in March/April)

by channingallen 7 comments

Daily Stand-up group

Talking to Customers

I purchased a book called The Mom Test, based on a recommendation from another founder, Jon. He's building his own business around a platform for community building. He is also doi...

by meadowsm leave a comment

Stand-up #24 May 20, 2020

Hi, Project: https://amicu.app/ - Reminders to keep in touch with the people in your life. More feature research. I also went through this PDF cheatsheet after listening to the rec...

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Sprint - Nancy Notifier 2020.5.21

## Sprint - Nancy Notifier 2020.5.21 ` Calendar Event Notifications via email, SMS and push ` ### Working on/updates ` Still playing around with time zone settings and push events....

by frederickjohnson leave a comment

Digital Nomads group

New Remote Whiteboarding Tool Here

Hey fellow nomads! I've recently started https://www.whiteboardcollab.com and am interested in feedback if you have a minute to check it out. I've been working remotely for 5+ year...

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Growth group

Any Data Science Indie Hackers?

Wondering if there are any Indie Hackers who are primarily experienced in statistics or other data-related fields? If so, what are you working on?

by mcsquared 6 comments

We have been building up our SEO credibility for months and it’s paying off

MuchSkills.com was launched just three weeks ago, but we are already listing for certain keywords and generating organic traffic. The trick? Not spamming keyword blog articles, but...

by dootah 5 comments

Is this Tweet a smart marketing campaign or clickbait?

Just noticed this Tweet from @Gabe, where he gives out a free license of his product for whoever replies. The thing is, the tweet settings are set such that **only he can reply to...

by XCS 4 comments

How I reached #1 on ProductHunt and got 40K+ visitors & 1600+ sign-ups (and went 'viral' in Saudi Arabia)

by FrankHeijdenrijk 2 comments

Apple Search Ads: Costs per Install much higher than benchmark

Hi, I recently launched my app page91... and now I want to make it famous :D I am currently experimenting with Apple Search Ads as it seems logical to address users who are specifi...

by beeeh 2 comments

Tip: Narrow purchasing options into smaller subsets to increase paid conversions.

Customers are easily overwhelmed, so don't show them a long list of purchasing options. If you have a lot of products, minimize cognitive effort, and increase paid conversions by d...

by growthbites 1 comments

Ideas and Validation group

I don’t quite know what to do next

Hi everyone! Lorenzo here I’m 21 and as a side quest in university I want to start a business that can profit me a little pocket money So, about a month ago I came up with an idea...

by Jaeger798 19 comments

Any developers interested in a platform?

My startup , thestreamintra.com , is basically a video platform for developers. thoughts? comments? concerns? lol yeah, any feedback is welcome. I've posted an article on Linkedin...

by lamen8te 9 comments

Proving My Worth

I'm new to indiehackers, so hello everyone! I really love planning and executing the business side of things - branding, strategising market entry, developing campaigns, organizing...

by joseyjh 7 comments

Automatically create a knowledge base from your notes, Google Docs and Gmail - is that useful?

Hi everyone, I'm working on a note taking tool that's able to link across your notes, Google docs and Gmail and suggest you snippets of relevant information while writing. I decide...

by fstanev 2 comments

Best type of monetization?

I'm planning out my app idea, and unsure of the best way to make money. The app divides expenses among friends (that's the simplified version), and I have a few ideas on how to cre...

by Guts 2 comments

Are you a Geek? We should talk...

So I've got another podcast idea I want to experiment with, here's my other one. For this one, it's all around me staying a geek. So I want to geek out on technology and video game...

by StayingGeeky 1 comments

Landing Page Feedback group

Feedback for personal site

Hi guys, Can you give me some feedback on my personal website? https://www.nicolasracchi.com It’s made with Gatsby, TailwindCSS and Contentful. Hosted on Netlify. It’s been a very...

by Nicolas_ 7 comments

How can "we" improve our start up?

Hi, A few days ago I have launched a new start up, where you can list your favorite properties just by one click. We have created a chrome extension, and now we are improving our t...

by kelyst 5 comments

Following indie hackers, I changed my landing page. Any feedback?

I posted this (https://www.indiehackers.com/post/my-product-is-in-a-miserable-position-any-advice-935c6ae7f1), and many indie hackers gave advice. So I changed the landing page bas...

by sungho 3 comments

Made a no code site for my 🎻 friend - What do you say?

https://valentimviolin.com She can't do normal work with corona so we decided to make a website. Do you have other ecommerce ideas for 🎻 players? Made with Carrd. Ask me anything...

by kaioelfke 2 comments

We worked super hard on our new landing page at Art in Res. Tear it apart (please)!

by johnsillings 1 comments

Revamped Landing Page - What do you think?

Finally had some time to work on updating my landing page 💪. I am sure it's not perfect, but I think it is a solid improvement. Hope to hear what you guys think about it. In the p...

by Ruben88 1 comments

Looking to Partner Up group

Aspiring Entrepreneur looking to help Tech Founders

I'm new to indiehackers, so hello everyone! I really love planning and executing the business side of things - branding, strategising market entry, developing campaigns, organizing...

by joseyjh 4 comments

Talk to each other, you are missing out

by pupeno 2 comments

UX / UI / product designer is looking for side-project

I am a graphic designer with 20+ years of experience. I worked in digital agencies, advertising agencies, I had my own design studio. I was a graphic designer, web site designer, b...

by bpx 2 comments

Looking for someone to do small startup projects with

I want to develop my front end skills esp. React.js. I'm looking for someone to help me build my portfolio by working ion small projects together. Would be nice if some of these pr...

by scho2510 1 comments

Iqrate is looking for a great backend engineer/co-founder! [funded startup with clients]

At Iqrate (http://iqrate.pro/) we are looking to add an all-star backend engineer that will fuel the next version of our product. We are backed by investors and we already have cli...

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Looking for React/Firestore developers & Sales Focused MBAs in exchange for Machine Learning / App development advice

I am the CEO of White Owl AI and I have started building an app. I am looking for people where we can exchange feedback and answer general questions. I have experience in cloud arc...

by ralphbrooks leave a comment

Self Care group

My Resume of Failure

I've seen a few posts on here recently about how coming to IH can be depressing as everyone is posting success stories (personally I don't agree with that as I've seen a fair few s...

by Primer 18 comments

It's been a tough week

This week has been tough. As much as I try to stay upbeat, energetic, and optimistic, I'm extremely hard on myself. After certain life circumstances I dealt with at a young age, I...

by onemanparty 8 comments

New here - pivoting industry

Hey all, I'm new here so thought I'd introduce myself and idea. So I have ran an online travel-related business for 10 years however COVID has seriously affected us to the point I'...

by rtguk123 2 comments

This kind of message keeps me moving forward

We all know, it's a tough journey, with loads of bumps along the way. I guess some, or even most of us already had this feeling before, as @ryanb58 posted Sometimes Reading Indie H...

by Leo leave a comment

Virtual Meets group

A Founders' Chat over a Zoom Call?

I have been looking forward to something like this for quite a while now. The times are uncertain for all kinds of businesses and I'm sure each one of us has their fair share of ex...

by Harshitbhatia 9 comments

Zoom Hangout on Saturday (#14!!)

Hey all! It's crazy to say, but for the last 13 weeks, a small group has met every Saturday at 11AM PST to do a Zoom hangout! (Haven't been good about posting on IH, but we've been...

by pliao39 1 comments

Monthly virtual meetups with indie hackers around the world ✨

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Top Milestones: Got hacked. Hired the hacker!

Thursday, May 21, 2020

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An Interview with Jaime Novoa of DealFlow ($1,900/mo)

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Hi! My name is Jaime Novoa and I work full time at K Fund, a venture capital firm in Spain. I ended up in the venture capital industry by accident, after spending four years working as a tech

Today's Digest: Stand-up #23 May 19, 2020

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Top Milestones: 1K email subscribers in under two weeks 😱

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

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Growth Bite: Remove high-friction words from your button copy to increase conversions

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

The copy on your site's buttons might be the reason that people are bouncing instead of converting. Make sure each button is optimized for conversions by replacing high-friction words with terms

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