It's Friday, baby!
Why?
That extra nudge of accountability to achieve even a small step on your IH journey each day.
To join in:
01 Share your epic (a big chunk of work with a meaty objective) you'd like to complete by the end of April.
02 Share what you accomplished yesterday.
03 Share what you commit to accomplishing today.
04 Comment on at least one fellow hacker's progress and give them an IH Point for their check in.
Optional:
05 Share your Work In Progress to underscore your accomplishments.
Then tune in the tomorrow to share how you did on your own tasks!
#daily-stand-up
Feels like it's been forever since I read or posted :(
EPIC:
By end of April:
Past however many days:
Next few days:
WIP: https://brisaboards.com/
Welcome back!
Yeah it does! Where the hell have you been?
End of April goal: 15 users (at 7 right now)
Yesterday (and the day before, since they kind of melted together):
Today:
Kudos to @mikefogg for doing customer research!
WIP Sunshower.io
Great job talking with customers. Any feedback you didn't expect?
Not that we didn't expect, I'd say. We know that things still have plenty of rough edges (part of why we're doing it for free right now). However far you think you need to take the application for it to be usable, the answer is basically always take it further. 😂
Happy Friday everybody!
EPIC: Learn more about my current & potential customers :)
Yesterday (and most of March):
I just recently (last night around midnight haha) pushed out the new version of Applight.io that I've been working on since I quit my job in March.
Today (and all of April):
Any marketing tips are greatly appreciated :)
Goals (by the end of April):
WIP (Always): Applight.io
Thanks for doing the daily standup @Harlem! Love popping in here and seeing what people are working on :)
Welcome to the stand up party, @mikefogg! Love the name AppLight! (Well done!) Why did you niche down to app landing pages and what will you other that the other landing page "generators" don't?
Thanks @Harlem! Took a while (and about 5 domain purchases) to settle on a name that finally fit :) Seems to be the way that always works for me... haha
The Why question is a fun one! The short answer is that landing pages for mobile apps is a starting point that solves a problem I know exists. Tons (i mean tons) of solutions exist to the problem of quick landing pages, but as a mobile developer myself I found none really were able to make my experience so easy that I could get back to focusing on my app (and/or battling with Apple about why they’ve rejected it haha, which is more accurately where iOS devs spend their time).
By focusing on this specific niche and making a commitment to learning everything I can about what will help mobile developers like myself and not branching into being “just another landing page creator”, I’m hoping to build a product that solves their (and my) problems with mobile app growth.
Mobile marketing is an interesting space and soo many developers are missing out on traffic generated via the web and rely solely on app store search. I’m hoping some of the mobile-app-specific features I have in the pipeline will help them capitalize on more people looking for their apps!
To build a better set of tools I need to talk to more developers. Landing pages are a way to get people in that I can talk to.
So here’s to talking to more people in April!
EPIC
YESTERDAY
TODAY
KUDOS
Welcome back @AndrewV! Keep pushing through to find your tribe and the right problem to solve.
WIP Mindful
side note
Thanks, @harlem, @jt, @RyanHickman, and everyone for all the birthday wishes. I having a ball hanging and relaxing with family. Also, it feels good to make my mom smile and not worry about me. 😉 Her health could be better but we're grateful for these moments.
EPIC
By end of May (launch):
By end of April:
Complete the first, live version of the course (with 7 participants) successfully*
Record 10 interviews with amazing founders/salespeople (5 confirmed, 2 already done)
Have 500+ people sign up for the prelaunch list (currently at ~50 but haven't pushed it yet at all)
\*Successful completion of the live course would mean a) all participants are happy, and b) I learn exactly which bits of sales founders struggle with when they're starting out
YESTERDAY:
TODAY:
KUDOS: @Harlem for keeping this going! (Wooo two day streak :P )
WIP: SalesForFounders.com
Sounds interesting - sales is obviously hard for us techies!
Note: After the newsletter signup, there's no way to close the popup :)
Thanks Andrew!
I don't think sales is harder for developers - we just have more options available to us so there's more opportunity for mistakes.
What would you say your biggest challenge is right now?
Thanks for catching that. Which popup is this?
I'll look into it either way - thanks! :)
Popup isn't the right word. The sort of perma-footer at the bottom. I signed up and then it had a sort of "Thank you" at the bottom that I couldn't dismiss. Not a big deal.
My biggest challenge? I guess part is I'm not sure haha. I guess answering the question "How do sales people start?" Is it cold emails? Posts on popular forums? Where do they go to grow lists? Is there a simple formula I can follow?
In addition to the usual "When is my product ready for someone to use?" "Is it good enough?" etc :)
ok thanks - will check that out.
Great answers, thanks for taking the time. Those questions have already come up a lot and I'm putting some pretty good answers together now ;)
EPIC
By end of 2019:
5K MR
By end of April:
By end of week:
YESTERDAY
TODAY
KUDOS: Happy birthday, @helengriffinjr!
WIP: Jeanius
Thanks, @Harlem Glad you got a chance to relax a bit yesterday too!
Quick question. How much of a priority are your privacy policy and 404 pages that they have your attention at this stage? Are they so customer facing that they'll introduce leads and churn for your sales?
404 pages... not much. But I hate sloppy experiences. (Plus, it's an opportunity to reinforce the tone of one's brand.) Privacy policy I need to make happen. Google is dinging sites that aren't doing right by their visitors.
Regarding privacy, gotcha... def get Google off your back. But sloppy exp for 404 pages - I would rather just update links or redirects vs doing UI, UX for lower level pages esp when customers aren't opening their wallets yet*.
Nice! I missed a bit. Hope gatsby is working out well :)
It is. I'm soooooo glad I gave it a go. Still have tons to learn, but for now, I'm focusing on finishing the experiments.