Today's Digest: The one where writing books is not really a good idea

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The one where writing books is not really a good idea

https://ellegriffin.substack.com/p/creator-economy-for-fiction-authors

by csallen 8 comments

Twitter's new tip jar is good for creators and consumers

When I first heard about Twitter's upcoming tip jar feature, I was a little underwhelmed. But lately I've had a change of heart. I've said plenty about how I think Twitter is sett...

by channingallen 3 comments

Growth group

Polka - rate this product

Hi, I’m a co-founder of Polka. You can think of Polka as Google Docs of meeting recordings. I am reaching out to ask you for your opinion. Our team has identified that Polka would...

by karmowski 4 comments

Launched on Product Hunt - held #1 spot for 20 minutes + 14 Signups

Hi IH, Myself and @AndrewV launched @vidds.co on Product Hunt this morning and held the #1 spot for about 25 minutes 🎉 haha Preparing for our Product Hunt launch was an operation...

by EdwardThomas 3 comments

Hit 🎉 40K users 🎉 ahead of the launch

**Yet another launch. As the launch day is finally nearing, I would like to share my first ever milestone with Previewed (which is quite a big one) - it just hit 40K users! 💡 Idea...

by 11thDimension 2 comments

Tip: Increase sales by letting customers pick their prices from a set of three options

While it can be benefical at launch, pay-what-you-want pricing often reduces conversions. But with a small tweak, sales can be increased substantially. Consider allowing customers...

by growthbites 2 comments

If you could give someone one pre-launch monetization advice, what would that be?

That's it. That's the Q.

by youcedom 1 comments

6 Lessons from David Ogilvy to improve your marketing

https://twitter.com/YounglingAndCo/status/1391826121898004481?s=20

by RjYoungling leave a comment

Ideas and Validation group

Tips on starting a Market Research company?

So I've had this idea to start a market research company in my city for A WHILE now and I dunno where to start. I want it to be more than just a household name in selling data/info...

by Kgopiso_Tibe 5 comments

Your opinion matters - What would you do?

Hello community, hope you're doing well at this particular time. ## 4 things you need to know: 1. I started working on a marketplace business for second hand fashion shops during 2...

by RobinBdru 5 comments

I build an awesome white-label product but I don't know who could need it.

A couple of months ago I saw on a forum a small website builder that was doing 10 000$/month with a product that had some issues and bugs. And since I am a web developer I thought...

by bender_dev 2 comments

Creating a ‘study with me’ community but struggling to summarize the idea. Tips?

Hi, I’m working on a community named MIRAI (which means “future” or “the world to come”). The central idea is to connect, motivate, and inspire members (students, creators, etc.) t...

by nichijouJD 1 comments

Want to try a new subscription tool?

Hi everyone, I've been working on a new subscription tool that lets you create Notion-like web pages, but with subscriptions built-in. We're currently in private beta, but wanted t...

by thomasdrach leave a comment

A micro-website builder, privacy-first analytics tool, +2 more topics taking off

Exploding Topics scours the internet to find emerging trends before they take off. Here are four of the latest developments, along with some insights and analysis to help you take...

by joshahowarth leave a comment

Landing Page Feedback group

Feedback and constructive criticism welcome!

Hello everyone 👋 I hope all is well! I am the Founder and Software Engineer at my startup SaaS, EndorseFlow. Our tool aims to further streamline the collaborative proofing process...

by LucaUnderwood leave a comment

What do you think of our landing page/s?

Hey there! I'm Helene Lucien, the CEO OF MAKEZU! We've just launched MAKEZU - End-to-end solution from lead activation to community growth, and I would love to get some web design...

by makezu leave a comment

Building a SaaS side-project

Hi! I'm an experienced engineer myself and I'm working on Pull Penguin, a new home for pull requests for software engineers and team leaders. This will ideally be a SaaS product wi...

by matthewbrookson leave a comment

TriggerMesh - Cloud native integration platform for kubernetes

Hey community! I've just launched TriggerMesh and I would love to get some web design feedback. https://www.triggermesh.com What we do? TriggerMesh believes developers will increas...

by triggermesh_1 leave a comment

Roast my palette (show you can do better!)

Part of a good landing page is a good color scheme, and I have absolutely zero taste in the aesthetics! So, I made a page that allow anyone to interactively play with the colors us...

by Parakoos leave a comment

RoomPlays - So everyone can afford a while styled home

Hey Indie Hackers community! I've just launched https://roomplays.com and it would be great to get some feedback. Thanks in advance!

by roomplays leave a comment

Looking to Partner Up group

Funded startup looking for CEO / COO

I'm looking for a founder-like / entrepreneurially-minded individual to join Cogsy in a generalist role that is founder-like and (regardless of titles) has a clear path to being CE...

by adii 2 comments

Customer Attraction Strategies that WORK.

Hey, Community, my name is Angelo. My primary areas of focus are Product Innovation & Direct Response Marketing (CUSTOMER Attraction Strategies) I wish I had a dollar for every tim...

by angelovagas 2 comments

Crypto - UK Co-Founder

Hey IndieHackers, I am looking to collaborate with a full stack developer to build a FREE crypto currency search tool that reads social media data. I have identified potential APIs...

by Twiceasnice 1 comments

Tech Co-Founder For Crypto Reporting Tool

Hey Indiehackers! Like many, I've been fascinated by the world of Crypto over the last few years, first investing in BitCoin back in 2017. Only recently though have I started to in...

by mrgavinbell leave a comment

Closing a start-up can be devastating. A friend and me wrote a guide to help people who are dealing with it. Hope it helps. [Linked here]

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/welcome-lapsed-founder-club-motti-sigel/

by sabidot leave a comment

Best world in the world

https://kitchensalty.com/

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Self Care group

Content of Software engineer

https://www.starlightinternational786.world/2020/07/content-of-software-engineer.html

by Mohdalam leave a comment

Content of Sexual medication

https://www.starlightinternational786.world/2021/02/content-of-sexual-medication.html

by Mohdalam leave a comment

Closing a start-up can be devastating. A friend of mine and me wrote a guide for those who are dealing with it. Link here

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/welcome-lapsed-founder-club-motti-sigel/

by sabidot leave a comment

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