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I'm Rhys, the founder of https://consultily.com - (An on-demand, pay monthly marketing consultant service)
So, after many many years of being a marketing consultant myself, running Consultily, a little bit of spare time at the moment and a few cups of coffee, I'd like to help a few of you. Well, if I can... ๐
All you have to do is post the following as a comment;
๐ Project URL:
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๐ Once you have posted, just sit back, wait and I'll respond with hopefully, what you think is an awesome growth hack for your project.
Update #1: There's a hell of a lot of requests! Don't stop though, I'll be getting back to all of you one by one. You just may have to give me a little bit of time ๐
Update #2: You may notice that some growth hacks are the same, this isn't because I'm being lazy aha, it's genuinely because some of you should use the same growth hacks. I'm reviewing each website personally and each response will be personal.
Thank you all!
Stock Alarm - Wake Up When It Matters Most.
@yahiabakour downloaded last week and recommended it to 3 friends.
#grassroots
https://spotista.xyz
A newsletter that sends you reports on your Spotify listening statistics (top songs, artists, etc.)
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Love this concept! Already signed up
That's cool, thank you very much Rxveena! It's still in an early stage so any feedback will be much appreciated :)
๐ Project URL: https://rewire.education/
๐ One liner explanation: Rewire is a game-based course for kids with autism. Mobile app + VR app
๐ Favourite emoji: ๐คท
wow this is cool!
Love this! It's super niche but I'll do my best;
Thanks for the feedback! Please let me know if you need any help in edutech :)
Project URL: incubatorlist.com
One liner explanation: a curated list of startup accelerators, incubators & VCs (soon there will be an application platform as well)
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Hey - Schedule a call through the website please, I have a client that could use your services. Also, I'd be happy to give you some growth tips on the call.
Hey Rhys, I will schedule it, thanks!
sendhoney.com
automated flower delivery so you aren't a bad boyfriend/husband
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Haha! I love this idea (not from personal experience of course). ๐คซ
Anyway, I'd use some form of real-time lead generation/interaction to capture when a user sends a post for example; Twitter - "Where can I get some flowers" OR "I forgot to purchase flowers" then interact automatically or manually with that tweet.
Well I'll be damned, that's really good.
That's a really cool service!
https://dorik.io
Design & Host Single Page Websites.
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Nice! Will keep this saved internally.
Thank for the feedback. Really good suggestions. We will try them out.
This is cool - I'm definitely checking this out.
Thank you. :-)
https://remoteleaf.com
We literally handpick the best remote jobs in your field from all the job portals and deliver it straight to your inbox.
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https://sassbook.com
Compose text content rapidly with AI
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This is fascinating! ๐คฏ
www.listnr.tech
AI voice-overs, helping bloggers turn their blog posts into podcasts.
Love this idea!
Project: https://preflight.com
Need tips for:
Automated Web Testing
๐ Project URL: https://www.simplepomodoro.io/
๐ One liner explanation: A simple pomodoro timer for C# devs.
https://www.status-enhanced.gibdig.com/
enhancements to the slack user status system
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โ๏ธ Simple online video editor tailor-made for social media content
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https://pingr.io
Uptime Monitoring
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The Codex- An education platform to teach Python with fun, interactive project based learning. (https://thecodex.me/) We're currently relaunching our website focusing on college students/new grads to take their learning to the next level-- any advice on how to spread the word? thanks in advance!
LeadConnect.io
LinkedIn outreach platform
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Spend less time on email and get more work done.
https://www.darwinmail.app
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๐ Project URL: https://crunchskills.com
๐ One liner explanation: Free programming education for everyone
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https://www.indiehackers.com/product/powow-2
www.powow.ca
on-demand services
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Bullishโฒ https://bullish.email
Stock market performance stats in your inbox.
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https://dogger.io - a host for Docker based applications.
https://github.com/apps/pull-dog - a GitHub app (called Pull Dog) for automated Docker test environments when opening pull requests.
My project : frontend.uneed.best
A list of hand-picked tools for front-end developers :)
Thanks !!
๐ Project URL: https://apps.apple.com/app/sipped/id1488442701 || https://www.sipped.app
๐ One liner explanation: Track what you drink with ease, simply by taking a photo of it.
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https://pointway.app - an app to track spendings and earned credit card points
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Website: https://wearevicky.com
Description: Vicky provides Affordable original digital video production and marketing.
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Oops, I missed the train. I'd look to catch the next one. Thanks for doing this anyway @Consultily
๐ Project URL: https://expatpro.webflow.io/jobs
๐ One liner explanation: I'm still in the very early stages but this site helps people find english speaking jobs abroad, focusing on tech/startup jobs
๐ Favourite emoji: ๐บ
๐ Project URL: bflexd.com
๐ One liner explanation: We build bots & help businesses automate.
๐ Favourite emoji: ๐ค (probably guessed)
Thanks for doing this
Hi Rhys!
๐ Project URL: http://contentcory.com
๐ One liner explanation: Super Simple Social Media Content Calendar
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I used social media planners a while back - this looks really nice and clean!
Thanks!!
https://remoteclub.io
remote work starts here
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https://productroad.com
Build better products based on customer's feedback
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https://startyourjourney.io
Social network that connects you with people that share your passion.
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๐ Project URL: https://sovisual.co
๐ One liner explanation: one-month packs of gorgeous social media content
๐ Favourite emoji: ๐คฌ
https://timelytarot.com
Online tarot card reading.
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https://knowyourworth.site - Find out if youโre being paid fairly - ๐ธ
https://scrapingant.com
Simple pricing and affordable web scraping service
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https://cloudsprt.com
A customer support helpdesk to help improve customer satisfaction.
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https://seodity.com
We are in the initial phase of releasing the application. Our users can be SEO Agencies, e-commerce, but also website owners. Seodity is an application for SEO analysis of the website but also of competitors. Aside from SEO analysis, we have a module that checks the availability of web services and reminds us of ending domains and certificates (Uptime Monitoring). Also, we have a feature that checks the ranking of keywords in Google daily.
http://mysaffronapp.com/
Cooking app to organize your recipes, generate grocery lists, and menu plan.
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https://reflect.run
Automated web testing that anyone can use.
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Thank you, Rhys!
StylesandMe.com
A beauty booking platform for consumers to find local professionals, and for professionals to build their business
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Letterbase - A simple, thoughtful, privacy-friendly customer support tool
https://letterbase.io
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The simplest way for an Athletes to create a beautiful website
https://www.modernwill.com
Free Online Estate Planning Platform
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Hi Rhys, looking forward for the awesome tips :)
Project URL: https://www.webgazer.io
One liner explanation: WebGazer helps companies keep their business running without interruption.
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https://www.cloverpop.com/
Keep track of decisions on Slack.
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https://doseapp.io
An app that helps you track your alcohol/caffeine/cannabis/etc use.
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Project URL: HTTPS://kingmailer.co
One liner explanation: Email service for anyone, not just developers
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https://probstack.io
Find & Discuss Problems Worth Solving!
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Conduct asynchronous meetings through text and email.
Don't have a proper website yet (we just have a landing page to sign up users).
https://sailnear.com
We provide a personalized news feed for the dedicated individual
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https://genda.io
An easy to use ToDos manager.
๐ Project URL: https://knockhq.co
๐ One liner explanation: A virtual office for remote teams
๐ Favourite emoji: โจ
Thanks for doing this! Really appreciate ๐
https://www.valist.dev
Get visibility in your app's development by automatically deploying and sharing previews to your team as your code changes
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https://www.namescore.io
Checking business and brand names faster than ever before!
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https://vreel.co
Stock drone footage for video creators of all sizes
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Thanks for doing this, would love to get your take and hear some useful tips/thoughts!
https://savology.com
Free financial planning in 5 minutes.
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Divjoy
Divjoy saves you a month of development time by setting you up with a custom React codebase and UI.
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https://gumroad.com/l/bSfvf
Book summaries that you don't forget
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https://www.owlstown.com
Website builder for academics
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You can head over to https://followerwonk.com/bio and search for ".edu" under "search Twitter bios only" and it should supply you a list of leads.
Then you can either;
https://www.influencegrid.com/
TikTok influencer search engine
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I'm not sure if you currently have a VA in place, but, ideally, get them to reverse lookup other accounts posting ads, find the advertisers and let them know about InfluenceGrid.
Alternatively, get your website listed on blog posts and videos such as "How to find TikTok influencers".
Cheers for the feedback.
I've tried 1) - the problem was the brands being advertising aren't the actual people who would use this tool. It's the marketing agencies they use to that actually organise those campaigns.
In terms of 2 - I already rank #3 for 'How to find TikTok influencers' and many similar queries. The search column is pretty low but I do get 200-300 organic visitors/ day, so maybe it's my funnel that needs focus.
Any other suggestions? Thanks
https://meetfriends.app
Repeating reminders to keep in touch with people you care about.
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Unfortunately, your website is not loading for me. (Android Browser)
Hmm that's bad. It's built with carrd.co/
On my Android Simulator it works.
I will ask some friends with Android. I know your time is valuable. If you find one minute you could try again in a different time and let me know if it's happening always. Anyway thanks for trying!
https://helpninja.com
Helpdesk for small businesses
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Your entire database of leads is basically here: https://builtwith.com/
Whether that's searching for Shopify or Zendesk.
Ideally, only target technologies you know you're better than though.
Thank you :) We tried builtwith but we felt the quality of leads is not so great.
https://www.usertrack.net/
Self-hosted analytics to improve conversion rates.
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You know who your competition is, I could name a few anyway, search them here: https://builtwith.com/ and reach out to low-end leads (easier to get hold of) and let them why your service is better ๐
Thank you for the suggestion, it's a really good one, I actually tried something like that a few days ago and found some possible leads. My problem with this is that it doesn't really scale, I would rather spend the time working on my product that going for leads. I assume I could hire someone to do the lead-generation for me, but I don't know if it works if someone else is doing it instead of me.
I will definitely give it a try when I have more time to spend on marketing!
Real-time job opening notifications from the best remote-friendly companies.
https://hireremotely.co
Nice! There should be an influx in remote work so, you have a nice project here.
Anyway,
Take a look at other remote job listing platforms, take a look at how you can easily access their users, for example; Twitter - Find a remote jobs platforms profile and then follow the users of that account using a HireRemotely branded account. You can do the same with Instagram.
These companies don't have "alerts" themselves, attempt to partner with them and maybe offer your newsletter as a service.
Project URL: http://thisappwillgiveyouabs.com/summerbod2020
One liner: Create your plan to get abs.
Aha, like the idea.
As this is sort of gimmicky and fun, it would get pushed further through shares than a growth hack itself.
I'd add https://sharethis.com/ and then post it online in various subreddits and groups.
You could also run a small Instagram ad with the same image you have on the website at the top to get the first push.
Just ensure that the share function is very clear.
Thanks. I will try that!
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thanks! Did you try it for yourself?
Project URL: https://langwise.ru/
One liner explanation: Translation service focused on online sellers
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Nice service and easily scalable due to sellers having many listings.
Once you have Chinese translation ready you can try this;
Search online for - site:ebay.co.uk + "ไธญๅ"
This will give you a list of all of the listings on eBay from China.
Assuming the top ones are the most popular ones.
Grab the email addresses from the contact sections at the bottom of the page and let them know about your service.
Of course, this method can be replicated for other websites/countries.
Passportlist.co Detailed list of visa-free, visa on arrival, and visa required countries you can visit depending on your passport strength.
I'd expect your website to have a downturn in traffic at the moment, but hold on I'm sure it'll take flight again soon as it's very valuable.
Oh, and I โค๏ธ the domain.
How does the Twitter lead-gen work? How have you previous done automatic interactions in the post?
Also, in another post you mentioned sharing a popular tweet to your site - do you mean featuring the tweet itself?
Thanks for your help! Looks like this IH post is a great 'growth hack' or source of awareness for your service!
www.lindyfeed.com
Community-curated modern library
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Nice project!
As you're community-related, I'd focus on specifically on building a community, that being said, creators or posters should come first.
To start with, take a look at Twitter (As that way you're not really stealing users from another community) and then find the top posts for let's say example; Indie Creators OR Entrepreneur ebooks.
As long as these posts are relatable, add them to the website and then tweet the poster from a LindyFeed Twitter account to mention "Great post! We've just listed this on LindyFeed" in the hope that if you do 10 of these, a couple of them will retweet you to their audience which will help your website gain more traction.
This can be replicated with LinkedIn and Facebook etc.
Also, on a side note, I agree with what @XCS mentioned below.
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I will try this, thanks!
I would remove the "modern" from the tagline, as it makes it harder to read and doesn't really add much. I had a hard time realizing this is about a library-library, not a software library. I think just "Community-curated library" also looks cooler:
Thanks for your feedback @XCS . Don't you think the "modern" part covers the articles, videos, podcasts, etc? Or how can I convey the meaning that LindyFeed covers more than books in the tagline?
I think that nowdays people don't think about the old books-only library when they read that word. Everything has a library now (Netflix library, Apple iTunes library, Audible library, etc...) and it very rarely refers to only books
savemeaseat.io
saas product helping companies help their employees network within the organization.
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Love this idea - Especially for remote companies.
As you split employees into groups of 4, I would assume you want to deal with company sizes of 50+.
I'd suggest the following, If you haven't already, use your free Sales Navigator trial on LinkedIn and add a 3 simple filters;
Then, attempt to reach out to the HR managers either manually or via automation to get the company signed up for your service.
Note: If you do this, ensure to select "Recently posted on LinkedIn" as those accounts will be more likely to respond.
It took me a long time to be able to read the name of the URL, it was next to your "sendhoney" site, so I kept reading this as "save meat". I guess I'm hungry.
Open Startup List
A list of startups sharing metrics like traffic and revenue in public.
Trying to figure what's the potential of it.
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Nice, I love looking at these.
If you're looking for new open startups to list then you could use boolean search.
For example; the search "open startup" has over 97K results.
Then possibly run an automated email outreach to get them onboarded/listed.
https://blook.io - Helping global entrepreneurs register their business in the US ๐!
So, I'm assuming that there are a certain few countries that this is a lucrative service for.
If you know those countries > find a breakdown of the cities by their largest population > search Facebook (or similar network) for "startups "city name"" and join all of those communities.
Once you're accepted in these groups, either simply post your service, respond to other posts or try and create an affiliate deal with the group admin to have you listed or promoted somewhere.
I appreciate the feedback @Consultily!
Great idea! I checked your website and I think I'll give it a shot to your services.
I'm just wondering, if I register a company, does that mean I'll have to report taxes every year even if I don't have any operations or I'm also registered on another country (ie. Canada)?
Thanks! I was going to send a dm with more info but noticed you have no email linked. Do you have anywhere I can send more info?
I just added my email to my profile. Let me know if that doesn't work and I'll send you an email via the website or something?
Off-topic. I actually love the idea of your service - got in touch.
Thank you! Looking forward to the call!
https://themoon.app
An Indie Hackers client for iOS
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Honestly, I'm not sure what I would do with this.
You have your whole target audience right on this website here.
I'm sure @channingallen & @csallen could help you out with this, assuming that they're not already developing something themselves.
I'm looking pretty forward to the launch though!
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really love your idea and the way you show it.