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ChatGPT seems so powerful, but I feel like I'm using it wrong 99% of the time Anyone write any threads about how to leverage it to its full potential?

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I'm getting a lot of questions on this Tweet So fine, I'll spill the beans Here's what I know about programmatic SEO

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1 year of programmatic SEO for Not bad for a Google sheet with some CSS on top

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Directories to submit your AI app into

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This is unreal. I'm quitting SaaS and going full-time into shit-posting on Twitter.

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1 year of programmatic SEO for Not bad for a Google sheet with some CSS on top

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Making an AI-powered tool? ✨ Submit to these directories & thank me later

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My google sheet passed $3k this month Don't overthink the tech decisions Just ship things people find useful

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A girl I had a crush on 12 years ago just signed up for the paid tier of my indie SaaS. Is this what PMF feels like?

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3 years

I was on Reddit today and someone mentioned their whole marketing strategy is commenting on peoples posts They said they learned it from some guy on Twitter with a dog in his backpack I smiled, deployed to prod on a Friday, and walked away The internet is absolutely incredible

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1 year

Had my first $2k day today 🥳 Almost doesn't feel real yet

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To find exploding niches on @Reddit , just look at the fastest-growing subreddits in the 100k-1M size range

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2 years

💸 Funding secured $50k from 234 customers via LTD sale

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So yeah, you could say things are heating up

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1 year

There's an app for everything these days

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4 months

Do you ever add "Reddit" to the end of Google searches? If yes, for what kinds of queries and why?

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2 years

Startup founders that got their positioning right the first time around, mad props to you 👏

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2 years

Most common advice for SaaS founders: "Talk to your users" What they don't tell you: ⌛️ It takes a lot of time 📆 Its a pain to coordinate 🙅 Not everyone wants to talk I've received helpful feedback from 5k this year users as a solo, time-crunched founder Here are my systems:

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AMA about programmatic SEO

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I launched a Lifetime Deal for my early adopters I expected to make a handful of sales Ended up selling $50k in 2 months 💰 Here's all I learned about LTDs...

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6 months

Anyone else getting this error from OpenAI?

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2 years

Dark mode, only mode Who's with me?

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2 years

I'm convinced the best Twitter growth strategy is just building cool stuff and telling the world how you do it

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1 year

A one-page site that gets 2hrs a year from me Growing every week, due to the power of SEO Don't wait! Start your SEO project today

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1 year

I built GummySearch because Reddit is a treasure trove of information, but not always easy to navigate Originally a personal tool, now used by thousands to ideate/validate businesses, research markets, and discover customers Curious? Take it for a spin!

GummySearch Audience Research

Explore any niche. Discover pain points, content opportunities, and what solutions people are eager to pay for.

gummysearch.com

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2 years

My setup for @thehiveindex - Google Sheets as the data source - GatsbyJS web framework (similar to react, but with server-side rendering) - Algolia for client-side search - Ahrefs free plan for audits - Netlify for hosting Total cost: $0/mo (I call it the CheapStack ;)

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Someone build this Micro-SaaS 💡 Detect if a trialing customer is using a virtual credit card that has a high chance of failing on payment User signs up for trial, places down CC which passes authorization, but they've configured a limit so it doesn't charge when trial expires

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2 years

@Hicksyfern @molly_struve I stole it from Reddit too 😘

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It took 3 years, but this month marks the first time my side project income surpasses the day job To celebrate, here are 3 of my most popular tactical guides for indie makers #1 ) How to run an early supporter LTD to validate and fund your startup with customers, not investors

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I launched a Lifetime Deal for my early adopters I expected to make a handful of sales Ended up selling $50k in 2 months 💰 Here's all I learned about LTDs...

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1 year

A customer a day keeps the day job away

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If you're a founder and not banned from at least 1 subreddit yet, you're not promoting yourself enough

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2 years

I'm a technical founder learning sales Watch out world

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1 year

Started requiring CC for trial => First 50% growth month Should have done this earlier!

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2 months

Yeah sex is great but have you tried reading a Twitter post where your product is recommended in half of the replies?

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scrape niche subreddits put into vector database filter by pain points infinite startup ideas list somebody has to do this

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1 year

Hard to dislike the indie lifestyle when you wake up to this as your office, you gained a few customers in your sleep, and your calendar has one event on it and it's a surf session

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1 year

Okay I guess... 🤷‍♂️

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6 months

So many products to build, so little time

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It took A YEAR for my SaaS to grow to $580 MRR It took the talented @abhiondemand TEN SECONDS to add 10 new customers and $580 MRR via this reply Thank you Abhi, you absolutely made my day Don't underestimate indie hackers supporting other indie hackers 💪

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@codyschneiderxx or use @gummy_search , which does that for you.

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2 years

Just paid out an affiliate $745 for his first month 🤑 He's stoked about the extra income I'm excited for the help with distribution Good vibes all around!

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8 months

Hit 1k total customers for my SaaS this week yay 😁

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1 year

Stripe's dashboard metrics are off. But now I have proud parents. At last.

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2 years

Just found out that 2.8% of my free trials signed up with a disposable email account That's not going to fly. They get the boot 🥾 For anyone who wants to prevent fraudulent signups, here's a list of disposable email domains

GitHub - disposable-email-domains/disposable-email-domains: a list of disposable and temporary...

a list of disposable and temporary email address domains - disposable-email-domains/disposable-email-domains

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2 years

🎊 My first PH launch! @thehiveindex showcases 1100+ wonderful online communities across a variety of different topics The goal is to make community accessible to anyone, no matter their interests or preferences Thanks in advance for your support! 🙌

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2 years

SaaS founders that run an affiliate program, Any tools/tips/gotchas?

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2 years

Yeah sex is great, but have you ever received an annual subscription notification for your indie SaaS?

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1 year

2022 recap for @gummy_search 📍 Subreddits Indexed 378 -> 8,413 🔎 Reddit Searches 12,302 -> 101,003 👨‍🚀 Users 378 -> 5,685 🤝 Customers 18 -> 525 🤑 Revenue $700 -> $80k It certainly felt like a breakout year, But even more planned for 2023 :)

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2 years

The best part about working on startups is how intellectually stimulating it is. Solve interesting challenges, meet cool people, learn something every day. What more can you ask for?

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2 years

Its been a record week for 🤩 Lots of fans of the LTD promo ending on 4/4

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11 months

SEO case study is a simple site to debug if a page can be iframed Took an hour to build and launch, then I forgot about it Checked in and saw it was ranking well for domain name terms Recently added FAQ on the page - ranked queries went from 80 -> 580

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11 months

Me: feeling proud my indie SaaS is paying for rent Instagram:

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1 year

Posting your new product to Reddit? Most subreddits have strict rules about posting your own products Try these subs dedicated to self-promotion first!

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6 months

Combined monthly revenue from my 2 indie products is now 75% of the day job. A year ago it was 15%. If there's anything I'd recommend to makers earlier in their journey - just keep moving forward every day.

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2 years

Anyone want a programmatic SEO site? You supply a Google sheet $2k - SEO-optimized site with your data deployed to your new domain $5k - I'll design it too In both cases you own the codebase, hosting, and get a playbook to run a prog-SEO site for $0/mo DM if interested

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1 year

Founders that have made it this far, What's the difference between going: $0 - $1k MRR $1k - $10k MRR

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2 years

Building a recurring revenue business is not easy Don't be fooled by all the success stories on here that make it seem effortless They worked, doubted, launched, flopped, experimented and pivoted to get there

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I'm experimenting with day passes for my SaaS 🎟 This is based off feedback that some folks do their research in spurts but not on a continuous basis. Same idea that made the past LTD option popular. I'll report back how it goes! Anyone else try this?

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1 year

Honestly the $1k - $2k MRR range is so fun If you're just getting started, keep going!

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1 year

In case you need some non-AI content in your feed Bought my cat this heated blanket and she literally never leaves it It's a cat magnet 🧲

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4 months

New site in the works. Using Reddit data, AI, and programmatic SEO I've found my indie maker Ikigai, time to ship now

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2 years

This week @gummy_search passed 400 customers! Thank you all for trusting a solo founder, supporting the product, and motivating me to keep getting better! 💙

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2 years

When Reddit works, it really works! I introduced my audience research SaaS @gummy_search to r/SideProject, and it's taking off

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1 year

@hakluke 3 monitors for efficiency, 2+ keyboards for speed

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🥳 Celebrating 300 paid users for "The world will know that community-first founders stood against the odds, that few prevailed against many obstacles, and before their journey was over, even Reddit can be tamed"

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Added 1k pages over the past 2 months Play long-term games, win bigger prizes

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1 year

Successful entrepreneurship is not about having a great idea It's about the determination and hard work to make it happen

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7 months

I cancelled her subscription and processed the refund. She missed her chance and my heart is taken now.

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A girl I had a crush on 12 years ago just signed up for the paid tier of my indie SaaS. Is this what PMF feels like?

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1 year

Pretty cool how simple visuals can contain so much meaning IYKYK

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2 years

Entrepreneurship is getting lucky on purpose Increase your surface area for luck

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First subscription customer today Enterprise, too :) Have a nice weekend everybody

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2 years

Woke up to Gummy on the front page of HN 🙀

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1 year

MRR isn't the only metric that matters Proud of this, getting stronger every day 💪

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2 years

Some days I miss my tech job Paid the last 3 months of MRR to the dentist today 🤕 My wallet hurts, but it does inspire me to continue growing

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I've sponsored 25 newsletters so far Here's the data for the curious ones

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I'm in a mood to sponsor some stuff! 🤑 Send me your offer (newsletter/directory/etc)

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This is your reminder that bootstrapping SaaS is hard and you're doing just fine

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1 year

AI micro-saas idea 💡 Look at your GitHub commits and generate a product update email

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This, except I don't write unit tests & go straight to prod

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Fun fact: I am the iframe king 👑 A couple of years ago I built & launched in an hour, to help with debugging an embedded web app Then I forgot about it completely Checked in recently and it gets 10k visitors a month LOL

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I've spent 1.5 yrs curating the internet's communities Here are the 11 most popular categories. Enjoy :)

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My dirty little secret is that I push incomplete features to prod and clean them up later

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1 million page-views for Not bad for a glorified spreadsheet!

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My fancy spreadsheet had its first $2k month. Don't overcomplicate it, just launch & iterate!

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2 years

Why do bad things happen to good people?

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1 year

I declined a "serious" acquisition offer last week I'm grateful for the external validation But still have a lot left to build myself 👷‍♂️

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2 years

Things I'll never regret investing in - user onboarding & education - community engagement - delightful UI and UX - customer service

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I'll never get tired of getting DMs like these :)

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I hate to tease you folks like this... But I'm on the verge of some groundbreaking stuff with @gummy_search Stay tuned, I'm dropping gamechangers in the coming weeks

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I just got off of a 50-person livestream demo of my product I still find it hard to believe that so many people could be excited about something I dreamed up and built myself Being an indie maker has lows too, but it can be so incredibly rewarding sometimes

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I know it's not for everyone, but working on multiple products simultaneously is a fun way to work

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Pretty neat that you can just post a link to Reddit and get in front of 100k people without requiring a large audience on the platform (Even with sidestepping a bit of a landmine in the top comment on this one)

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Working on something pretty cool 🤩 Aggregating product recs from Reddit Want one? Send me a product category

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If you run a SaaS, sending an occasional product update email is an incredibly high ROI activity If you haven't updated your users in a while, this is your friendly nudge to do so!

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2 years

One of the most important skills for startup founders is storytelling Who does a fantastic job of telling their story?

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Dark mode, only mode Who's with me?

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2 years

I love meeting solo founders that work on similar products I don't really believe in competition amongst indies If your goal is a 5-digit MRR, the market you're in is probably big enough for more than 1 product

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For the indie hackers out there, how did you acquire your first (non friends & family) customer? Just the name of the platform is fine, or tell a story if you have one!

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is coming up on 5000 users! That's the number I picked for launching out of beta, after which the price goes up and trial requires a CC THANK YOU to all of the beta users so far that have helped get the product to where it is today! 💙

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I did a newsletter experiment last month Sponsored 8 of various sizes & costs Learnings: - Results are hit or miss, hard to predict - Size isn't always correlated with results - Ad format (image/placement) matters a LOT

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Any other multi-startup founders have a hard time answering this question?

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The only way to lose the bootstrapped founder game is to quit With enough calculated shots on goal, you will score eventually It's possible to win these days without a large team or big funding, just need runway and motivation How do you make sure you never run out of both?

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8 months

Couple days off the grid never hurts

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2 years

The programmatic SEO approach would be to make individual web pages targeting the following search query patterns: {{country}} weather {{city}} weather {{city}} weather in {{month}} weather tomorrow in {{city}} 10-day {{city}} weather hourly weather in {{city}}

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