MarketingReminder - build those marketing muscles!
Hi all,
I've just opened up MarketingReminder to the public, as I'm using it to get myself into the habit of marketing properly, daily, and thought I'd share it with others. It's free - proper free, no sneaky upsells or pro plans or whatever.
If you're interested, it's at https://marketingreminder.com - I'd like to hear what you think.
The "no sneaky upsells" positioning is refreshing. Most free tools feel like traps waiting to spring a paywall.
The core problem you're solving — consistency over intensity — is something I struggle with too. I'm building a tech news aggregator and the "build vs market" ratio is embarrassingly skewed toward building.
A question on the approach:
How do you think about the difference between reminding someone to "do marketing" vs helping them figure out what to do? For me, the friction isn't forgetting — it's decision paralysis. "Post on Twitter" sounds simple until you're staring at a blank compose box.
Curious if you've thought about bundling prompts or micro-tasks with the reminders. Something like "Reply to 3 tweets in your niche" feels more actionable than "do marketing."
Either way, bookmarked. Shipping something genuinely free is rare — respect for that.
Hi, thanks for responding! That's also rare these days :-)
You're right, doing vs knowing what to do, is important. I think, if we're all honest, we know what we need to do. We just need to do it rather than build just one more thing...
I am thinking about adding pre-built checklists, but I'll do that if enough people are interested and actually using the service.
And the reminders aren't just "do marketing", it's specifically aimed at precise tasks.
eg, you might have a "Daily social media" schedule with actions to:
Then a "Weekly SEO" schedule, and a "Monthly Content" schedule, etc.
And then assign each schedule to the relevant projects, and bish-bash-bosh you get customised todos for each project evey day/week/month
That's exactly what I was hoping you'd say — the schedule system with specific tasks per project is way more useful than generic "do marketing" nudges.
The example breakdown (post + engage + follow) makes sense as a repeatable unit. And the "not spamming links everywhere" item is a good self-check to build in.
Thanks for the detailed walkthrough. Will give it a proper try.
great page. Great idea. Great concept.
I really like this framing too! ~
I’ve found the hardest part of marketing isn’t knowing what to do — it’s building the habit of actually doing it without overthinking every step. Most tools jump straight to tactics, but the habit gap is very real.
I ran into this exact thing on a side project when I tried to “do marketing properly” and kept stalling because every day felt like a blank page. What helped wasn’t better advice, it was having a small daily nudge that made starting feel almost effortless.
The fact that this is intentionally simple — and free — makes a lot of sense if the goal is reps, not optimization. Curious to see whether people actually stick with it over time.
This is great, Andy. The "proper free, no sneaky upsells" line made me smile—feels increasingly rare these days.
I resonate with the core insight here: knowing what to do isn't the problem; remembering to do it is. As builders, we're so heads-down on code that marketing becomes "I'll do it tomorrow" for six months straight.
I'm working on a similar problem but from the opposite direction—instead of reminding people to DO tasks, I built something that EXTRACTS tasks buried in email/Slack chaos. (I'm a lawyer in Japan, and nearly missed a client deadline because a request was buried in a 3-day-old thread. That scared me into coding a fix.)
Funny how "reminders" can mean such different things:
Both solve the same underlying problem: our brains are terrible at tracking commitments.
Bookmarked MarketingReminder—I need exactly this kind of accountability. Building in public is easy; marketing in public is terrifying.
Thanks. I think it's more "building in private is easy; doing anything in public is terrifying" :-)