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๐ŸŒฟ 3ั… Saas Founder โ†’ bootstrap, $0 marketing, micro-teams, no VC, PLG. ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป @flowmapp : $600,000 ARR ๐ŸงŠ @aaplyHQ : frozen ๐Ÿ‘ฝ stealth: beta ๐Ÿ’ต +3 exits $20k

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4 months
๐ŸŽ‰ Product of the Day N1 ๐Ÿฅณ Thank you to everyone who gave a little bit of your attention ๐Ÿ’š Your participation and support is our greatest strength. @flowmapp 's main asset is the people and community around the product. And I'm very happy that so many people from all over
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Where to find inspiration for your landing? ๐Ÿ”– Bookmark my extended list: โœฆ Landing Love โ€” โœฆ Dark Design โ€”ย  โœฆ Godly โ€” โœฆ SiteInspire โ€” โœฆ Saas Landing Page โ€”
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11 months
Paywall is sucks ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ So we decided to make @flowmapp Limit Modals more cheerful by adding these animations ๐ŸŒˆ What do you think? #buildinpublic #uxui
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2 years
๐ŸŽ‰ 14 days after @ProductHunt launch, I'm happy to announce that @AaplyHQ has been awarded a well-deserved Product of the Day! ๐Ÿ† Amazing news for our team! #buildinpublic #startups
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5 months
Wrong: I'm going to build an AI product. Right: I will solve the users' problem using AI and other technologies.
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10 months
3,000 followers ๐Ÿ˜ฒ Amazing community, awesome people. I'm so excited! Love you all, guys โค๏ธ
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Paul Mit
1 year
I can't #buildinpublic for the next 30 min ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™‚๏ธ
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5 months
My biggest personal problem: Overthinking ๐Ÿ˜ก why am I doing that... It slows me down a lot How do you deal with it?
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5 months
Why is everyone trying to add AI / ML to the product name? End users don't care about backend technologies ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Imagine analogies from real businesses: - PHP based Carsharing. - Next generation Digital Bank on TypeScript and Go. - 15-min Product Delivery with PostgreSQL
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6 months
Please share what you're building to get to know each other ๐Ÿ‘‡
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10 months
How do you measure success?
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6 months
People in LinkedIn: Intro request: I would love to connect, are you open to networking? First message after accepting: We specialize in โ€ฆ If this sounds like something youโ€™d be interested in โ€ฆ schedule a call to discuss โ€ฆ God please!
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Paul Mit
10 months
Who's on LinkedIn? ๐Ÿคต Let's connect โ€” share your account + follow ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Paul Mit
11 months
I love Twitter ๐Ÿ’™ and its recommendation algorithm: โœฆ 14 years: from 0 โ†’ 500 followers โœฆ 2 months: from 500 โ†’ 2,050 followers Wow ๐Ÿคฉ I finally figured out how it works. And kudos to amazin #buildinpublic community!
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5 months
1,000,000 impressions in 3 months ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ I think I've done it! Thank you for viewing my stuff 1 million times ๐Ÿ™Œ
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11 months
2,000 ๐Ÿฅณ Thank you all, guys ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿคฉ Full of motivation to share more!
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Paul Mit
1 year
I think I'm getting the hang of it. Thank you all for your support ๐Ÿ˜™
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6 months
How Twitter works: โœฆ You feel like it's going to be viral โ†’ no one likes it ๐Ÿคฏ โœฆ You post something for fun โ†’ it goes viral ๐Ÿคฉ Welcome to Twitter!
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11 months
Never Never Never Never sell on the first conversation! Never!
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Paul Mit
3 months
We did it ๐ŸŽ‰ Again. Started preparing tips. Stay tuned.
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Paul Mit
6 months
Why is everyone obsessed with "unicorns" and billion dollar valuation? Personally, $987,000,000 is enough for me.
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Paul Mit
10 months
WHY are you building? #buildinpublic
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5 months
6,000 followers ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ Thank you so much, guys! I'm very inspired โœจ I really enjoy contributing here. And getting your incredible support! Cool vibes, cool atmosphere, incredible people all around. Let's do it ๐Ÿ’ช
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6 months
Giveaway ๐Ÿฅณ To celebrate Friday, we are giving FREE PRO @flowmapp subscriptions for 5 people! It's easy: 01/ Repost ๐Ÿ” and comment ๐Ÿ’ฌ this post to be in the running. 02/ I will randomly select ๐ŸŽฒ a winners on Monday 25 โ†’ @flowmapp is amazing visual platform for website/app
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8 months
WoW ๐Ÿฅณ 4,000 followers So excited to meet all of you guys! Appreciate it ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿค›
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Paul Mit
5 months
People using these 'followโ†’unfollow' plugins: You'll burn in hell! Think of your karma ๐Ÿ˜
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Paul Mit
11 months
Wow ๐Ÿคฉ Glad to welcome the 305,555th @flowmapp user ๐ŸŽ‰ This ID appeared in our database today. I remember the day we started with 0. Just do it by taking the first step for your next product and #buildinpublic for community support!
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1 year
๐ŸŒ€ 0$ Marketing We launched @flowmapp 6 years ago and have grown to 300,000 users. According to Google Analytics we acquired 1,577,346 website visitors. For 0$. โ–ถ๏ธ Here are 12 marketing channels we use: 01. SEO โ€” started working on it BEFORE the product launch. 02. Blog โ€”
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4 months
We did it โ€” Product of the Day N1 ๐Ÿ† ๐ŸŽ‰ IKI is amazing product and I'm so proud that community supported us! Thanks to each of you! And of course kudos to team @ivanilin9 @TheMaxOr and @ProductHunt ๐Ÿ‘ Lots of new stuff coming up.
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11 months
fck ๐Ÿ˜ณ ... ๐• partially banned me for 3 days. Please like โค๏ธ this post to break the curse. (it won't work, but it'll support me)
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11 months
Love this new toggle switch ๐Ÿ˜™
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Paul Mit
1 year
How to become a trully unique person? Just don't launch an AI product ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™‚๏ธ
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Paul Mit
5 months
Don't judge people by the number of followers. Everyone starts from scratch.
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4 months
7,000 followers ๐Ÿ˜™ You guys are awesome! ๐Ÿ‘
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5 months
How we used $0 marketing to grow to 320k users ๐ŸŒ€ This post went viral on Reddit: 143,000 views and 1,200 shares. Here is the full version published on Medium. I would love your claps ๐Ÿ‘
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Paul Mit
11 months
How to reach 10,000 followers in 7 days? 1. Change your bio to: ยซVC ๐Ÿฆ„ ex. @sequoia , @a16z , @SoftBank | mentor @ycombinator + @Techstars ๐Ÿ‘‰ LOOKING FOR FOUNDERS โ†’ pre-Seed ๐Ÿ’ฅยป 2. Follow all guys from @ProductHunt , @_buildspace , #buildinpublic and get immediate 99% follow
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7 months
This is incredible ๐ŸŽ‰ 5,000 followers! Can't believe this, but it is true! I am very grateful to each of you ๐Ÿ™Œ Thank you, my friends.
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1 year
My takeaways on building a SaaS โ†’ bootstrap, 300k users, x2.5 YoY โ‡๏ธ 1/ Freemium is a must 2/ Onboarding is your infinite point of growth 3/ Paid traffic at launch leads to the wrong place 4/ Design will be even more important in 2024 5/ Launch priority is retention, not
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11 months
Hey launchers! Our beloved @ProductHunt and @rrhoover are celebrating 10 years ๐ŸŽ‰ Congratulations ๐Ÿฅณ How about we follow each other on PH? Post your accounts and let's be connected ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
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6 months
How I see social media: โœฆ Instagram: regular people trying to look like millionaires. โœฆ Twitter: millionaires try to seem like regular people. โœฆ LinkedIn: the people who work for these millionaires. โœฆ TikTok: when you have exams this week and you're not studying. ๐Ÿ˜
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5 months
Rate my setup for the next 7 days. Thank you, bootstrapping!
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Paul Mit
4 months
Our stack: React, TypeScript, React-query, Redux-toolkit, Socket io. Share yours ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Paul Mit
7 months
Rate my setup ๐Ÿ–ฑ๏ธ
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Paul Mit
7 months
Whoop whoop ๐Ÿช New hero-banner is live on Preparing other versions for A/B testing.
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Paul Mit
6 months
Wow, almost 100k impressions this week ๐Ÿคฉ Post, post, post.
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1 year
After a few publications about our bootstrapping journey ๐Ÿ‘‡ ... today I received a request from a tier-1 VC ๐Ÿ˜ฏ๐Ÿ˜ฒ
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3 months
New Product Launch ๐Ÿ„๐ŸŽ‰ I am hunting cool product today! Pygma AI is AI-powered Social Media Copilot, revolutionizing the way we create online presence ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ“ฑ It seems like a great chance for all of us to become Instagram stars ๐Ÿคฉ @ProductHunt I'll be
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7 months
99% - of startups fail. 92% - of invested startups fail. 50% - death rate of YC startups. Indie hackers, solo-builders, micro-Saas makers, I'm proud of you ๐Ÿ’ช ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป You create a new way to deliver value and ship products. Keep going. Just do it.
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6 months
Yesterday we had a daily sales record for 2024 ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ Bravo, @flowmapp team ๐Ÿ‘
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5 months
Why do founders post SO MUCH about OpenAI and Apple presentations, but so little about their own products? ๐Ÿคฏ Promote your vision, not someone else's.
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2 months
If your SaaS earns less than $1,000 per month: 01/ Talk to ALL users and customers, finding out all use cases. 02/ Sort your audience into target segments โ†’ think of communication messages for each segment (= product positioning). 03/ A/B test different product positioning on
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4 months
We've launched FlowMapp at Product Hunt ๐ŸŽ‰ Our product began on @ProductHunt 7 years ago ๐Ÿคฏ and here we are launching again! We are grateful to all builders, makers, and #buildinpublic community! I'd be happy if you'd support us ๐Ÿ™ Yahooooooo ๐Ÿฅณ
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11 months
๐Ÿคค Oh what a favourite dopamine notification from Lemon Squeezy @lmsqueezy Especially on Sundays โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿฅž
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8 months
Hey ๐• algorithm, I want coffee, salmon sandwich ๐Ÿฅช and $1M ARR.
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13 days
I think I did it again! Product of the Day โ€” 1st ๐Ÿ† Hunted @Osmos_social and led @n_chebotar team to the top. I love the @ProductHunt and it's community ๐Ÿ‘ Lots of feedback, comments, attention, new connections, and feature requests. PH โ€” a great way to bring products to
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2 months
Had a few minutes to experiment with Twitter header. ( @PLBompard inspired me to redesign)
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7 months
I just remembered that I've had 3 exits since my university days. Aprox $20,000 in total. One of it was less than $500. Anyway, not bad. Working hard for my next one.
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5 months
Great advice: Only compare yourself to yourself. There's no point in comparing yourself to others. Everyone has their own progress, their own path. The idea in self-development is to become better than you were yesterday.
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1 year
Thank you, community ๐Ÿฅณ You are awesome! Hit the 1,000 followers mark yesterday. It seems like it's time to share even more about our products and funder journey!
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11 months
A small but much-loved piece of @flowmapp landing ๐Ÿ˜š It takes up few pixels, but it's been one hell of a long and hard journey. #buildinpublic
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If you want to sell, please do these: โ€” Provide value first. โ€” Be polite. โ€” Respect others' boundaries. โ€” Build relationships. โ€” Take an interest in your potential client. โ€” Analyse what he/she does. โ€” Personalise each interaction. โ€” Be helpful. Be supportive. โ€” Don't be
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11 days
Looking for 3 cool dudes ๐Ÿ˜Ž to be friends with. I guarantee: โ€” ะกool vibes ๐ŸŒˆ โ€” Fun ๐Ÿ˜ธ โ€” Useful hacks along the journey ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป
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7 months
Using your own product is essential ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป We're now designing a new landing section 'Use Cases' and involve @flowmapp at many stages: Discussion โ†’ @SlackHQ Ideation โ†’ @flowmapp UX & User Flows โ†’ @flowmapp Content โ†’ @flowmapp Wireframing โ†’ @flowmapp UI โ†’ @figma Web building
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11 months
Work in progress โ†’ @flowmapp ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป
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8 months
No matter what, I'm not going to stop calling Twitter Twitter.
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5 months
Movies for Builders ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ My favorite movies and shows for founders, entrepreneurs, startupers, indie hackers, builders and makers. Pure inspiration: โœฆ Whiplash (2014) โœฆ WeCrashed (2022) โœฆ Silicon Valley (2014-19) โœฆ The Founder (2016) โœฆ Narcos (2015-17) โœฆ There Will Be
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๐Ÿ€ 18 learnings from building Saas Here are my takeaways from growing product to 320k users: 1/ Don't be afraid to ask people directly to test your product. 2/ Design will be even more important in 2025. 3/ Hire smart. 4/ Talk to users every day. 5/ Start social &
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One of the main skills of a founder: To be energised by fails. The more you fail = the closer you get to success. Failures stop ordinary people, but founders are recharged ๐Ÿ”‹ by failure.
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6 months
Nature inspires me a lot ๐Ÿ”
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7 months
When we started I sent 300 cold emails to VCs And raised $0. Thank God they didn't invest back then. That would ruin everything.
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6 months
5 thoughts on Twitter growth: โœฆ If you're not looking for someone, followers won't find you too. โœฆ If you're not messaging anyone, your inbox is empty. โœฆ No one comments on you because you don't comment others. โœฆ To expect a lot of likes, you have like a lot. โœฆ Reposts
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7 months
Writing new code for features that nobody needs, so you don't have time for marketing ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
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6 months
I'm always #buildinpublic because my dog is watching me all the time.
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4 months
Have you guys found ways to deal with bots on Product Hunt? What should you do if you encounter cheating founders? When we recently launched @flowmapp noticed anomalous activity again ๐Ÿ˜ซ 01/ 3 products at the same time (!) started growing wildly overnight. Sleepytales โ€”
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5 months
I see that some people follow 0 people. Jesus, what a boring feed they must have...
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7 months
What is the most convenient place for community interaction? - Slack - Discord - WhatsApp / Telegram - Reddit - something else? Share your experience please.
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4 months
Taking a break from the tough Product Hunt race ๐Ÿ˜… I feel satisfied. Have a great weekend, everyone!
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4 months
What a Twitter meetup! Had a great time over morning coffee with @dijazola Lazar pitched me his upcoming product @DetachlessUI and it's ๐Ÿคฏ I was very impressed. Let's keep an eye on it. It's time to organize an offline Twitter-Builders-Community here in Belgrade ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ
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5 months
A side project is a great way to build a long-term business.
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8 months
I first came across Product Hunt in 2017. Since then, we've done 10 launches. ๐Ÿค” I'm thinking about sharing my experience, hacks and how to become N1. I have tonnes of tried and tested tips.
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4 months
WOW, we did it ๐ŸŽ‰ 22,016 followers on @flowmapp @Medium Next goal: 30k!
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4 months
First do manual solution. Test it: does it solve the customer's problem, does it deliver value, is PMF possible? Then automate it.
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6 months
Someone from Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช has made the mobile (!) app to learn @flowmapp ? well, why not
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5 months
Recharging my batteries ๐Ÿ”‹
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5 months
Attention! This post is not created by AI. It is created by a human ๐Ÿคต Thank you for your attention.
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6 months
I #buildinpublic todayโ€”strategy time.
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โŒจ๏ธ 7 ways to launch a product without a line of code: 01/ Create waitlist 02/ Build a community 03/ Start content marketing (blog) 04/ Newsletter (email) 05/ YouTube channel 06/ Personal relationships (p2p) 07/ Build a personal brand (Tw, Li) Product is not about coding
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21 people I love ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‘€ to read: @ThePeterMick โ€” chief networker @Duduagency โ€” Toolfolio creation process @ternome โ€” design buddy @vovaflame โ€” widget buddy @thejorgemedina โ€” cool 'yellow' product @romaindewolff โ€” nice content mix @johnrushx โ€” deep founder content
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2 months
bad news: you are struggling with marketing good news: so does everyone else
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1 year
Work-in-progress @flowmapp ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ #buildinpublic
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10 months
Twitter- @X : follow 16 suggested people in 1 click. Also Twitter in 5 minutes: ๐Ÿ˜ก you were banned for fast following. L โ€” logic. wtf ๐Ÿ˜†
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6 months
I woke up with 5,288 followers โœจ Yesterday it was 5,280. Thank you, Twitter ๐Ÿ‘
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Yesterday, I asked for help. More than 30 people responded to it ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ Here are 2 things I got out of it: 01/ Feedback is everything! Whatever you do get feedback from people as early as possible. It will change everythingโ€”thoughts, impressions, ideas allows you to break
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9 months
Did no one forget to change @ 2024 in the footer?
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8 months
How do you prefer to rest? (after productive work)
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10 months
Friday surprise โœจ I just happened to notice we hit 21,079 followers of our UX/UI-media on @Medium Congratulations, @flowmapp ๐Ÿชฉ
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3 months
Hey, I'm on vacation from Twitter ๐Ÿฆ I'll be back soon ๐Ÿ‘Œ
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6 months
My new read #Dune ๐Ÿ“– What do you think of the movie ๐Ÿชฑ ?
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4 months
Startup idea: Auto delete AI-outreach in your Twitter / LinkedIn inbox. Unicorn ๐Ÿฆ„
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8 months
I genuinely love weeks like this! +40% increase in new paying customers @flowmapp Awesome releases pay off, @buildinpublic (the screenshot from our financial @fastspring dashboard, which is where I start each day โ˜€๏ธโ˜•๏ธ)
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