Today's Digest: Standup #1: First User Testing Interview

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Standup #1: First User Testing Interview

Today I did the first user interview with a friend, ever! 🙌 I was testing UX of Wordcloudy.com, the product I'm currently building – a word art generator, e.g. for unique personal...

by DmitryBorody 1 comments

Stand-Up - The week before my marketing launch

**How did you fare last week?** Finally got my logo revised and finalized but we had a hurricane so I had to postpone the launch of my marketing site. The marketing site itself wil...

by lwrightjs leave a comment

Stand-up #121 - Working on ways to add contacts.

Hi, Project: https://amicu.app/ - Reminders to keep in touch with people. I now work on multiple ways to add contacts in the new app. It's easy to make something quick, but the UX...

by kaioelfke leave a comment

Today I pushed on to complete my v1 go-to-market strategy

For my startup TAILORU.com which focuses on helping independent tailors with custom made tech. Things I learned / got advised to do: - Not spend money on advertising for the first...

by therealthudo leave a comment

YC Build Sprint: Day #10 Update

Tenth day of the sprint (check out the previous update here). Ok, it's official - the burnout is here! Today was by far the slowest day of the sprint. There was an interesting "hap...

by tyherox leave a comment

Growth group

What's your indie hacker computer setup?

Hey all, So I'm just curious as to machines you folks are running for hacking on your side projects. I've currently got a 2015 27 inch iMac which I use for checking emails and gene...

by god 23 comments

My website is banned by Google

Google just sent me a letter with this message: Social engineering content detected on your site. I can't reach my website with Chrome, Google deleted my pages from the indexing so...

by tonybug 3 comments

What the hell is Design Debt?? 🤔

There always seems to be something new to learn when it comes to UX and growth marketing. Design debt came up in a job interview and how to deal with it, in which I didn't know the...

by RickN 2 comments

Help me with your opinion.

We started engagebound.com to make agency experience smoother for entrepreneurs. We subscribed to a client portal and got a mixed response. Surprisingly lesser people tried us afra...

by Shushrut1996 2 comments

Discord or Slack

Hey, I just launch makerpath.co and people signup to the mailing list. Now, I would like to set up an instant chat to discuss together. It's a makers community, learning how to lau...

by Paul_G 2 comments

Tip: For happy subscribers, use your welcome email to start a conversation

With 50% open rates, it's tempting to use your welcome email to make a sale. Instead, get the relationship started on the right foot by asking how you can be of service. Your welco...

by growthbites 1 comments

Ideas and Validation group

I've Built an open source alternative to Intercom , Drift, Zendesk ...

by michelson 3 comments

Tell me what you think of this MVP

I recently built this MVP to help my kids learn how to read English. The text books over here (in China) are not very good so I adopted a phonics based approach - it worked on my k...

by chrischeung 1 comments

Looking to speak with executive assistants!

Hey everyone, looking to do research for an app I'm working on and looking to speak with executive assistants and / or people who manage other people's calendars. If this is you I'...

by pdufresn leave a comment

Has any one used Almost Cake for idea validation?

I came across Almost Cake the other day to validate one of my ideas. They offer a paid service that promises a PDF with surveyed potential users. They rank the idea on a few key me...

by joemasilotti leave a comment

Connecting emerging creatives to innovative companies

Hey IH community 👋 Really excited to submit my first post and share our global talent network! We've built a platform that is bridging the gap between the best emerging creatives...

by ian_e leave a comment

The Do’s and Don’ts of Business Texting

by TextMyMainNumber leave a comment

Indie Parents group

Baby Formula

Hi guys - maybe a bit off topic but have any of you struggled to find a baby formula that your baby liked and WASN'T full of sugar cane (causing breakouts) or iron (causing gas/dia...

by Brendancahill_ 2 comments

Landing Page Feedback group

I’ll run usability testing on your site for free

Yo Indie Hackers, 🤔 How well do you know your users or customers? If you run an online business or are building an app, chances are you’ve been knee deep into it and have very lit...

by quinnzeda 4 comments

Roast my boat slip marketplace LP, targeting a largely senior audience

https://tahoeslips.com/rent-my-slip tldr; We are starting a boat slip rental marketplace, and initially launching in Tahoe. Roast my landing page targeted at boat slip owners! Base...

by Gobey 3 comments

Let's share our Landing Pages and get feedback

Hey indiehackers! I've made a landing page to prepare the launch of our web app on Product Hunt. And this morning, I said to myself "Indiehacker is an incredible place to get real...

by Fabien 2 comments

Looking for Landing Page/Sales Funnel Insight and Feedback?

Hey all, I recently started a private Facebook group exclusively for those looking to gain insight on landing pages and funnels that are live and converting right now. They'll be c...

by ree4three 1 comments

Feedback: Building a design pattern Library

Hello everyone I just launched a UI/UX design pattern library. I hope that this will help designers getting an idea of best design practices, that are being used by top tech compan...

by TonnyTonni 1 comments

Feedback on homepage. Will be updating entire site soon. Thank you!

by rayfallen10 leave a comment

Looking to Partner Up group

Looking for Frontend Dev

by rvo 1 comments

Side project making $3/mo looking for a developer

Hey, I’m looking for a developer to partner up with and take the site to the next level by turning it into a basic marketplace for video editors.

by Makax 1 comments

Looking to partner with full stack developers!

Im ready to take my business to the next level and work with a full stack developer to develop, design, and take my service live! Im looking to provide a self-storage marketplace c...

by casey_krug 1 comments

Digital Marketing Help for Your Business

by DigitInk leave a comment

Looking for a Graphic Designer for a side hustle!

Hi designers! I am an experienced Marketing Director and I'm looking for the Robin to my Batman to help create a side hustle where we can assist companies to grow their social medi...

by anasun leave a comment

Looking for a Country partner

Looking for country partners ideally connected to the education industry in their market (e.g. teachers), to help develop and market Magic Reader app - an app which helps kids from...

by chrischeung leave a comment

Self Care group

How important is mental wellbeing to you?

A few months ago, I found myself battling my inner voice. "Watch the news," it said, "it's important to know what is happening in the world." All this negativity put additional str...

by thomasstachl 3 comments

How many hours a day do you spend in front of a screen working?

and how many of those hours do you consider as productive? if your answer is, say 2 hours, would you consider giving yourself only 2 work hours of screen time tomorrow?

by codezed leave a comment

What's blocking your pathway to success

Most of the people have a villain in their life that stops them from progressing forward.

by nikhilbhola leave a comment

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Growth Bite: Assemble an amplification group to grow your brand awareness

Friday, September 4, 2020

Though time-intensive, amplification groups are an extremely effective method of getting your content out there. Amplify your work by creating a group of people who will occasionally post your highest-

🗞 What's New: Cashing in on a Hobby Project ‧ How to Win People's Attention ‧ An Indie Hacker Hits $1M ARR

Friday, September 4, 2020

Indie Hackers September 3, 2020 Channing here. Happy September! We're entering the final months of one of the strangest years imaginable. Question is: will things calm down in 2021, or does the new

Growth Bite: Batch your releases to decrease churn

Monday, August 31, 2020

Your first release is bound to have a few quirks. And while live users are a huge help when it comes to sniffing out issues, they may also bail when they find one. Batch your releases and start with

Today's Digest: Monday Standup

Monday, August 31, 2020

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