Today's Digest: Should I focus on retention first, or traffic?

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Your Community Digest

Growth group

Should I focus on retention first, or traffic?

My product is a directory of blogs. A few days ago, I posted the c++ tagged blogs to the c++ subreddit, and hit the front page of that subreddit and got 1000 users. I also launched...

by dkb868 5 comments

Sudden growth with bad timing

Hey Guys, I wrote a few android puzzle games a few years ago and they did OK, but nothing really impressive. Since then I've moved on to new and more interesting projects but latel...

by felipereigosa leave a comment

Where is my network effect?

Every time I read about growth, the term "network effect" is always mentioned. I know what it means and it makes total sense to me that if I can implement the network effect into m...

by Emreb leave a comment

King of X. Autobiography release. Let me know what you think. How can I improve my website to attract more visitors?

The true story of an Ecstasy empire.

by Chriskingofx123 leave a comment

Ideas and Validation group

What is the biggest problem in doing validation on Indie Hackers?

Ideas and Validation channel is inspirational. However, I realized there’s a common pattern here. And I’m confused. IHers tend to validate their: - Ideas, in their early shape - La...

by felix12777 6 comments

Why making a Landing Page is not that easy 🕸️

It is said that when you have an idea, one of the first things you can do to validate it is to build a landing page and try to get customers through different acquisition channels....

by jrbayguade 6 comments

Want Tony Stark's dashboard?

**One dashboard for all the stuff you care about, styled the way you want.** For me, that'd mean an epic Iron Man inspired theme (like pictured above). How it'd work: 1. We pull da...

by nicholaschiang 5 comments

What do you think?

Is anyone here into Esports or things going on in the Gaming Industry? I'm relatively active in the Esports and Gaming side of things. I have been paying attention to what going on...

by KnightsofG 3 comments

Wifi hotspot for cities

Hello, currently working on a wifi project that high a speed wifi hotspot for individuals and businesses. the hotspots and modems are build from recycled materials, use batteries,...

by bakoume 3 comments

If you're an aspiring entrepreneur who's struggling to get a good idea, please read this post.

Hey! If you're an aspiring entrepreneur who's currently struggling to find an idea because it's hard or too time-consuming - and you've struggled to find solutions to this problem...

by Michaelh123 leave a comment

Landing Page Feedback group

Done lots of roasting, but never asked - what do you think of my landing page?

https://www.growform.co * Do you understand what it does? * Do you understand the value? Thanks in advance!

by harvellocapello 4 comments

LP update to a biz I bought

I bought a small online business about two months ago, and I'm now beginning to update the marketing materials. It's been interesting to come with fresh eyes and see if I can move...

by Larsenal 4 comments

Find the perfect gift in a breeze!

Hi everyone, With my app @ https://spot.gifts I want to help people find that perfect gift :) Rather than browsing large catalogs of products, users of spot.gifts are presented wit...

by rvo 4 comments

Seeking landing page feedback

Hey Everybody, I recently launched my project, Neutbook, and I am looking for some landing page feedback. It is a web app used to collect unbiased feedback from teams on ideas and...

by madhukarsp 2 comments

YouTube Viewer/Comment Analytics Tool (my first landing page!)

by KhoomeiK 2 comments

Looking to Partner Up group

Back-end developer for a project NEEDED ( as co-founders )

Just like in the title ^^ E-mail me (check my profile) if you are looking for an interesting long-term side project to work on. Idea in one sentence: job board as saas You: Back-en...

by Babilonczyk leave a comment

We are an MIT backed startup looking for developers

We are looking for passionate frontend/full-stack engineers to help build ProstateNinja, a web platform that seeks to improve Prostate Cancer Information and Outcomes We have a wor...

by lucasfra leave a comment

Looking for experienced B2B marketers!

It's never been cheaper to build it. And its never been harder to cut through the noise and attract attention and sales! With that in mind, I'm working on ideas in the B2B / Enterp...

by fennessy leave a comment

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