Stand Up: Who is TGIF hustlin'?
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 July.
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. Let's get in there with the encouragement/feedback!
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
EPIC
YESTERDAY
BREAKDOWN
WEEK 1: TODAY
WEEK 2
WIP: Envoy
KUDOS
@bjames on fixing bugs w/ client validation tool. Remember it doesn't have to be perfect but useable.
SIDE NOTE
Totally mismanaged my time yesterday. Oh, well try again today.
To be honest, I'm hopeful but tired. Past 6 months have been rough. To change things around requires work on my part. So I gotta find ways & time to relax while staying focus and making progress. Any recommendations when you're at a crossroad and a vacation is not an option?
Totally agree with @bjames. The best part of being an entrepreneur is the ability to switch it up. When I'm tired of coding and being (technical), I'll work on something creative like design or copy.
And although vacation is out of the question... what about a cocktail with friends? Being an introvert, I'm too often reluctant to live life beyond the keyboard. But every time I do, it's rejuvenating. Too bad we're not in the same hood!
One thing that has really helped me out is the sheer number of things there is to work on when building for the web. If I'm feeling tired and don't have the energy to work on the task at hand, I might work on something else for a few nights (maybe design instead of content or SEO instead of coding, etc). I've only been at this for a month though, so maybe someone with a little more experience can chime in.
Also, listening to the indie hackers and startups for the rest of us podcasts are always super inspiring!
Back for a third day in a row. Woooo!
By end of August, I'll have launched early access to my Sales For Founders course, and generate $20k in presales.
I'll also have finally decided whether I want to say 'enrollment' or 'enrolment'.
EPIC:
Launch 'early access' version of course. Generate >$20k in prelaunch revenue.
BREAKDOWN:
Week 1: Redo landing page, record testimonial videos/welcome video, write funnel emails
Week 2: Set up either free webinars or free video course
Week 3: Redo course content
Week 4: Redo course content and launch
YESTERDAY
TODAY
KUDOS
Me for turning up 3 days in a row! (I'll be less selfish and do this properly from tomorrow, promise 😇)
20K in presales is downright lovely! How much will you charge for the course and how large is your mailing list?
(I know I'm being super nosy, so don't hesitate to tell me to pull my nose out of your business if offensive... I just love riffing with folks in this space since it's so new to me!) What are you changing about your launch and why?
That's the goal - we'll see if it happens!
It's a bit difficult to say for sure what size the list is. I have several list of more/less interest.
But ~300 who are explicitly waiting for the launch, and ~700 more who are interested (signed up for a lead magnet)
Not sure what I'll charge for the course yet.
Probably there'll be a 'completely hands off' version for <$100 and a 'serious' package for ~$1500. Maybe something in between as well.
The only real big change (other than some wording, adding testimonials etc) is the launch of multiple packages. I'm still not sure how I'll do that well.
Is the "why" to meet the needs/pocket books of more folks?
Yep!
A lot of people can't afford $1k+ for a course, and aren't taking their project seriously enough to justify it anyway.
For them, I want to be able to provide just a really simple 'exactly what you need to know about sales to get your first ~20 customers' guide.
I'd love to hear how you're handling pricing/packaging too!
By end of August, I'll have proven whether my online course was a one hit wonder or a source of recurring revenue.
EPIC
Launch evergreen course and sales funnel, earning 5K in revenues.
BREAKDOWN
Week 1: Complete scripts. (1 of 5 completed)
Week 2: Complete filming and email funnels.
Week 3: Complete website.
Week 4: Launch and respond to queries.
LAST NIGHT
TONIGHT
Finish script #2.Finish script #3.KUDOS
@bjames for joining the stand up party! @louisswiss excited to have an online course buddy!
How are you editing the videos?
And what platform do you use for the course?
Not self-editing. I've done that work before in a past life and I found the process incredibly tedious (although I found the end process worth it). I've hired a fab videographer, who will also take on the editing! Are you doing your own editing?
I'm Teachable all the way. I gave maybe 4 other platforms a look, but Teachable got me immediately into the game! What do you use?
TGIF here I go!
Gonna try to just rest this weekend, no plans for any big work but today I wanna get through some big items
EPIC
-Launch MVP and get into direct marketing mode: demonstrated by emails/DMs/messages/calls with 200 people.
YESTERDAY
-Implement new payment ingress (done)
-Build payment success/failure pages
-some client junk
TODAY
KUDOS
@louisswiss looks like you got yourself a habit
(Laughing!) Client junk?
EPIC
Get to 50 subs for my personal blog
YESTERDAY
TODAY
KUDOS
@bjames and @louisswiss for starting a new habit :)
IPFS? And here's to insistent mind! 🥂
# EPIC
Reach MVP
# BREAKDOWN
Week 1: Tools week - I've got several additional tools in mind, I'm going to try to get at least two of them completed by the 8th. I'm also going to be fixing a couple of issues I've noticed with the current tools. I'll also add client side input validation, I'm only doing server side validation right now.
Week 2: Writing Week: Troubleshooting flow-chart and/or checklist, a couple of articles for the notes section
Week 3: Do some basic SEO, keywords, sitemaps, etc. More tools work or writing as time allows.
Week 4: Finalize the look and feel of the website, any design changes should be minor at this point. Explore some of the paid ideas I've been kicking around.
# LAST NIGHT
# TONIGHT
# KUDOS
@Harlem - I've only been doing this for a couple of days, but it's great that you're getting us to set concrete daily goals.
So glad you're getting something out of it! And nicely done with finishing yesterdays commits!