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How I got to $100 MRR

So here's what has been working for me to get to this point. 👇

  1. Building in public. About all of my customers have come from Twitter and building in public. Sharing what I have been learning and trying to help others. Create value for people before they even get to your product.

  2. The Market.
    I'm in a market that is growing.

  • Notion is growing.
  • Solo-creators online are growing.

I can't take much credit for this. But all I can say is the market you choose really matters.

And thats it. I believe those two thing are what have really made things work so far.

A couple of others things that have seemed to help. 👇

  1. I have been really responsive in support, replying to most questions within a couple minutes. This gives a really good experience for those on-boarding. People have been sharing this.

  2. People see what Potion is and can see the value in it right away. Every one knows the value of a website. Especially one you can create quickly. I don't have to do a ton of convincing like some other products I've tried.

We will see where things go from here! I have a lot of work to do. 😅

posted to Icon for group Building in Public
Building in Public
on March 9, 2021
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    How to get started in Twitter though? Any good resources to learn the curves?

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      • follow people
      • contribute to other's tweets
      • DM them
      • tweet and tag them
      • share your valuable knowledge
      • use hashtags to boost discoverability
      • write valuable threads
      • maintain consistency
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        Thanks for that. I'll jump onto twitter next week. Been focusing on Facebook groups last few weeks, it's been working a treat. But I really wanted to jump onto twitter to test the waters out.

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      Hmm, I don't know any resources really. But I'd say the best way is to dive in. Follow people that are doing it and you can learn from. Try things out yourself and see what works.

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        Thanks, I'll go with the above suggestion from @saidatta123. Someone on FB recommended something similar, so I'm guessing that's as simple as it gets :)

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    Hey. I run notionintegrations.com, want me to add you to our directory?

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      Wow, thats awesome! Haven't seen your site before. I'll have to share it in my weekly news letter. That would be great if you added Potion.

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        Added. And yes please feel free to share it that would help a lot ;).

        The site is relatively new, but I'm hoping to make it 1 easy plug-and-play place for notion users to find and install integrations, especially when the official API comes out.

        I love seeing other indie hackers doing stuff in the Notion space so if you ever need anything feel free to reach out.

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          Thanks! appreciate it.

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    Great, which product is it about?
    P.S. Followed you on twitter!

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    Awesome man, well done.

    Question: when you're 'building in public' on Twitter, is that through your business account or personal? Any thoughts which is better and if either work?

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      Its mostly through my personal account though I do have a business one as well and it is slowly growing. So I'm trying to use both but I think personal works better on Twitter because people relate to people and you can really share your story and how its going as part of the story.

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      Oh wow! Small world!

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      Thanks! Yeah, Twitter has been very helpful.

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