Building SaaS in public: week #1 report

Last week I started my building-in-public journey and here are my first (very modest) results.

Metrics 📊

• +17 followers on Twitter (10 -> 27)
• 65 visitors on artdeal.io
• 1 signup to early access list

Building awareness about the service 📣

• Indie Hackers introduction post (161 views and 15 users to landing page)
• Twitter. Just starting here: posted a few tweets, learning how to engage on this platform (12 visits of the landing page from Twitter)
• Sending the link to my friends.

Lessons learned 👨🏻‍🎓

• People on Indie Hackers and Twitter are super friendly and supportive ))
• Building in public is great but doesn’t replace marketing.
• I need to research platforms with my target audience.

Plans 🗺

• Twitter: deliver more value to conversations.
• Indie Hackers: keep sharing the updates 1 post/week (or at least one/month).
• Review platforms such as Reddit, Instagram accounts, and FB groups for the target audience (illustrators and artists).
• Move towards building MVP.

MRR growth to everyone, hackers!