Today's Digest: Weekly Check-In (2021 Week 7 - All welcome!)

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Weekly Check-In (2021 Week 7 - All welcome!)

Yikes I'm late! Should start moving this to the weekend again, (will do the reset this coming weekend)! It's that time again for the weekly check-in! It's MID-February now, WINTER...

by Davey 1 comments

Growth group

Why does above-the-fold design w/o screenshot convert better?

Earlier this month, I've added a screenshot to the above the fold section of my landing page. I thought this was a no-brainer - but in the next week my conversion rate to the signu...

by lgrammel 8 comments

Marketing Research for Startups

I moved back to Southern California in late 2020 after 13 years in San Francisco working on startups. Through work, life, and Tahoe ski leases, I managed to talk to a lot of founde...

by jonbishop 5 comments

How Brett of DesignJoy hit $50k MRR (plus a recap of the latest milestones)

In a 12-hour time period, DesignJoy's MRR jumped by $5k, bringing revenue to an incredible $50k/mo. That's 2.5x growth in eight months. And @brettwill1025 did it as a solo founder....

by IndieJames 2 comments

Getting some customers prelaunch?

I'm getting close to launch with twitMate and am keen to get a few customers lined up so it can hit the ground running. Is my idea for prelaunch any good and is the timing for it O...

by ryanGlass 2 comments

How to Win at SEO as a New Project, Community

by 8bit 1 comments

Growth Hacking the Business of Chatbots

by sudhir_rai leave a comment

Ideas and Validation group

I know it's a pain. But what is the biggest obstacle to validating your ideas?

Validation is important. This is a crucial process for companies at all stages. Whether you're launching a new idea, new feature, or a new product. You want to know if you're headi...

by felix12777 6 comments

Strawberry farm on the moon 🍓

What a great idea I just had - a strawberry farm on the moon! SO cool. But how to evaluate whether it's worth doing? Lets start with a quick reality check: - We don’t know which of...

by Matt_M 2 comments

Are you interested in a privacy-first photo management solution?

Hi there! We're building a privacy-first photo management solution. We aim to provide the convenience of cloud-based solutions, with the privacy that their architecture can't offer...

by arturbrugeman 1 comments

What’s your biggest pain point?

Hey folks, I’m doing some research into startup founders biggest pain points with the view to building a streamlined startup dashboard. I know I’ve struggled and continue to really...

by Deweysi leave a comment

Find the product I launch, only with 1 picture.

Hey Indie Hackers! I'm building a new product. Here's a mockup. In your opinion, what is the product? 🤫 (Max 10 words 😉)

by BenjaminPoisson leave a comment

SaaS for influencers to "treat" their fans

I have created a free to use SaaS called https://www.awsom.me. The platform helps influencer or creators to create "Treats" for their fans (or even normal people to share with thei...

by hvardhan878 leave a comment

Indie Parents group

Anyone here with kids who use outschool?

Hi all, I am working on coolskool.io - an online platform where kids can learn creative subjects via zoom calls. My guess is my potential users will have a similar profile to outsc...

by vsuresh5 leave a comment

Landing Page Feedback group

Our new landing page needs some feedback

Hi, We plan to launch our new product TAD Ops, a self-deployed data infrastructure that enables companies to have all their data on their own server without third-parties getting a...

by liorb 3 comments

Complete redesign of the Jonga landing page after all the feedback

I went back to the drawing board with Jonga and rebuilt the landing page from scratch. I changed platforms too so that I could accelerate iterations on the design instead of battli...

by Baadier 2 comments

Does this landing page make you want to sign up?

Hey everybody, happy to be here! I'm currently building https://pinbin.io It's a online toolset that aims to help startup founders and product managers validate their product hypot...

by Ena leave a comment

Looking to Partner Up group

Looking for a front-end first ninja to partner with.

post your Twitter link and let's get to work!

by yerjanik123 1 comments

Looking for tech co founder/ manager for marketplace

I am looking for a skilled tech co founder to build a marketplace similar to Etsy. I own a Shopify store selling a range of products within a niche that is growing at a rapid pace....

by Sheikhsingh leave a comment

Are you an Indie Hacker & mobile app dev who could do with some extra cash? I'm looking to work with someone to create a simple MVP.

Hey folks - as per the title, I'm hoping to work with someone to build a simple app MVP for a side project I want to start exploring. I've started reaching out to folks on job sub-...

by hawkthorne leave a comment

Guest Post Exchange

I am trying to find if anyone wants to exchange a guest post for a guest post on my site. PS I will ONLY accept guest posts about business or income. If you're interested, reply to...

by Luisperwira leave a comment

Anyone interested in Saas apps for NFTs?

Seems like NFTs are all the rage now (among other things), and I'd like to know if anyone wants to chat about them and possible Saas opportunities. I have some technical skills in...

by GoChanaGo leave a comment

Self Care group

"Work-life Balance" vs. "Work-life "Flywheel"

As a founder, it's so easy to fall in to the trap of thinking "I have to tradeoff work with exercise, diet, or sleep. If I'm not working I'm not spending *every waking hour* on my...

by arjmahadevan 1 comments

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Wednesday, February 17, 2021

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🗞 What's New: Founders are validating business ideas in record numbers

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Indie Hackers View in browser To validate or not to validate? The vast majority of founders say yes: - **84% of SaaS founders now validate** their business ideas, up ~30% from the previous year. Lean

Growth Bite: Increase purchase intent by speaking for yourself ("I") instead of the company ("we")

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Thanks to an outdated study, it's common practice to speak as the company ("we") when communicating with customers. Instead, increase satisfaction and purchase intent by speaking for

Today's Digest: My solo design service just hit $50k MRR 🤑

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

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Growth Bite: Proactively offer a partial opt-out on promotions to reduce unsubscribes

Monday, February 15, 2021

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