August 30, 2018

I just doubled the user count for my app and I feel great

Went from 1 to 2 :)

Next goal is 4!

I'll take the small wins where I can get them.


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    Haha, this made me laugh (in a good way). Great post title. Congrats and good luck :)!

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      This would make a great medium post title: 'How I doubled the user count for my app in just three days' :D

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        The mother of all click baits hahaha

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    Paying users?

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      whoa, lets not get ahead of ourselves! ;)

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        comment of the day :D

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        That’s how you stay on top of Indie Hackers

        This is so good

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        I really like your sense of humour!

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        HAHAHHAHAH dude, this is my second post in this thread, you're killing me :D. I want to be friends! Started following you just now.

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          Aw you're the best!

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        😆

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      paying users that pay the site, perpetual money

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    It feel a like Christmas up in here. I needed this kind of energy when my largest paying customer cancelled his subscription last month

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      Fear not, you'll find another! or maybe a lot of smaller customers instead. Whats your app/service?

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    Congrats! If you keep doubling you users each day, you'll be bigger than Facebook in a month!!! I believe in you Russ

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      But I want to keep doubling my users for a year! Mathematics be damned.

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    Pretty funny 😄... Congratulations 🎊🍾

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    🎉

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    If you want to set a sequence of next targets I would suggest Fibonacci rather than doubling the count every time. I’m not sure what’s the app you’ve got but Fibonacci has been proven a more realistic expectation for users growth on my projects.

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      I agree, that would certainly be a more realistic expectation - but i'm not a realist :)

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    Hell yeah! Working on getting my first.

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      Oh yeah? I checked out your profile but couldn't find a link to it. Wanna share? I built a TA backtesting platform (in rails, no less) so i'm curious what you're up to.

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    I signed up just to thank you for this post. What a wonderful way to look at things!

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      wow thanks so much! It means a lot to me.

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    You should do a 100% increase press release pronto!

    Thanks for the post!

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    What is the app?

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      I guess I should have linked it: https://hudmoji.com

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    You sir, are awesome. Keep up the good work!

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    lol..what's the app...let be your number 3, share me the download link.

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      I'd appreciate you taking a look, https://hudmoji.com - no download, it's a webapp

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    Congrats, celebrating every victory is key to keep up the good work ;)

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    It's the small things, love it! Nice work!

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    I feel great for you too!

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    Hockey stick growth!

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    hahaha

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    Hahahaha. You won.

    I tried the app, and to be completely honest is very confusing. I recommend doing some usability testing.

    -How did you find your first users?

    -Are the users actually using the app?

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      thanks! I really appreciate you taking a look and giving feedback. WHat was confusing for you - what to do with the app, or how to do it? The former (what to do) is where i surmise I need more work around.

      50% of my users are daily users :)

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        I don't get what it is for. How does it make my life better?

        I see emojis and I click on them, but I don't know why I'm doing it or how I can benefit from the app. Maybe add some description or explanation somewhere.

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          Stoico,

          awesome - thanks for the feedback! invaluble. I'll have to think more about what sort of messaging I want to use and how to improve onboarding so that stuff is all more obvious.

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    hahaha LOVE IT <3