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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.

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Building in Public
on January 22, 2026
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    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.

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    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:

    • You: "Hey, go post on Twitter today"
    • Me: "Hey, someone asked you to review a contract 4 days ago"

    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.

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