TGIF Edition: Daily Stand Up
Awwwww yeah!
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 May.
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.
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
So far, so good. Users are currently stable at ~100 MAU. 4 users subscribed to the premium subscription and two of them canceled later on (Too bad). This month I'm working on expanding the content users can use to help them create better messages to reach out.
2019 Goals for Contact Journal
By end of May
Yesterday and today
Learn more
If you can spare a few minutes, give it a try and share your feedback. Much appreciated!
iOS app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/social-contact-journal/id1186696582?ls=1&mt=8
Website (WIP): https://socialcontactjournal.com/
*Kudos *
@everyone, Good luck with your goals for May!
Nice simple landing page. Useful idea that could really get some steam.
I'd definitely be interested but I'm on another platform
Do you have Android version scheduled?
Thanks~
The landing page is still WIP. The AppStore pages look much better!
At the moment there is no Android version scheduled, but I might give Flutter a chance in the future.
Congrats on those premium users. Did you consider reaching out to those who churned and ask why?
I'm not collecting any user data so I can't reach out and ask why.
Epic:
Launch Naminator, Bianna, Dating site by end of 2019. Have one of them gain traction.
Today:
Tomorrow:
WIP:
https://naminator.io
Cheers! You seem to have taken a different approach from other name generators. Good luck!
Good on you for working on that algo before jamming on the keyboard. It's an under-utilized but important skill that I don't see enough of in my current workspace.
EPIC
By end of 2019
5K MR ($3,513.34 of $5,000 - $0 from Jeanius | $2,796.34 from Hair Mogul | $18 from Happy Endings)
By end of May
LAST NIGHT
TONIGHT
KUDOS: I gotta give one more shout out to @anuragg! With his gracious spoon-feeding, I migrated from Heroku to Render within two hours and a savings of $88! This was a task that I was dreading and Render made it painless!
WIP: Jeanius, Hair Mogul, Happy Endings
Really happy to have Happy Endings on Render, and congrats on all the progress! You're a machine!
Really happy have a found a home for Happy Endings!
Glad to see the migration went well.
And it's good know that Render makes it easy. Thanks for sharing that feedback.
Where the hell have you been?
lol! Working and getting all the ducks in a row for the party tonight! Can't have party people going hungry at a party.
Or for that matter, can't have low income moms and kids going hungry in general (my day job is dev, deploy, and maintenance for software used to give benefits in a few hundred WIC clinics in several states).
Fantastic! I think I am going to deliberately learn about SEO this month finally. Maybe I can find a good podcast to listen to on the journey today about it!
Authority Hackers all day, every day!
Project: https://257fixes.com
#01 - Generate US$500 a week in sales, without relying on referrals.
#02 - Built the new offering landing page at https://257fixes.com/website-check
#03 - Do more research on sales & marketing strategy
Curious, how are your health checks are performed and delivered?
Your industry standard tools might be worth listing also.
Looks like your target is people who don't know how, or don't want to trouble themselves, to use them. That might add some oomph behind your service.
Sucuri, Pingdom, among others are industry standard tools I use. For now, tests are done manually / semi-automatic. The upside of my service is that I go beyond checking metrics. Deliverables are basically a PDF document with that particular website's weak points, explained in layman terms. Basically, I compare whatever I get to previous results, known issues and overlooked details on the previous tasks. 257 was made based on actual needs of actual clients I had over the last two decades. So far, pretty much all of customers 257 had were my previous clients.
Thanks for the input. Yeah, I need to convey a message better and communicate the offer better. Up to a point of even changing the website entirely.
All of my previous sales experience selling my consulting services was outbound or through networking. In a way I imagined 257 to be, it doesn't work. It's inbound, by design and on a purpose. It's just that I'm somehow struggling to figure out what to do to make it happen.
Your feedback is appreciated. Thanks!
EPIC
By end of 2019
300 agency subs
Launch a SaaS and get it to 15k MRR
By end of May
Launch the beta
Onboard 1 agency, 1 direct business
YESTERDAY
Simplified our pricing model
Implemented pay wall at key action to convert free trials
Two prospect calls; one is enterprise and wants a demo when we're in beta!
Reviewed launch video producer sample reels
Defined a key post-MVP feature (which prospects have already shown interest in)
Finished last integration with external APIs
Scaffolded 'solutions' pages with marketing content for my two main audiences
TODAY
Completing the last views, beginning to wire-up front-end and back-end
Two agency prospect calls
Schedule two more agency calls
Evaluate & estimate new feature to overcome key prospect objection
Work on grant application
Work on enterprise pricing model
Work with attorney on MSA / contract so I'm ready for those big customers
Marketing language for tier features
Website: https://1brand.co
Cool concept, I can think of a few past employers who should consider using this. Very interested to see where it goes.
Not trying to disparage in any way, but I wonder if the domain name interferes with credibility? I once led the dev team at a manufacturer called, no joke, Mechanical Devices Company, which spent way more time courting customers because the response is always "wait is that a real thing?". I still have trouble explaining that it was in fact real, when I interview for positions on some contracts.
Have you considered playing with domain names in A/B style scenarios to see if something a little less 'on-the-nose' might perform better?
Thanks for the feedback, @jpusateri! I haven't tested the brand, but also haven't heard any feedback about credibility concerns. I'll work on some tests / surveys to see if I can get a better sense of market perception. Thanks for the suggestion!
Just to ensure I understand your concern, is it that the name 1Brand is to explicitly descriptive? Or is it the .co TLD? Anything else you can share about your perception would be very helpful.
It might be nothing in the long term. 1800accountants seems to have dealt with it (even though that domain name gives me the heeby-jeebies).
My first thoughts were "oh this could be really useful!" followed by "hmmm numbers in the domain name, is this legit?" followed by "I can't believe that domain was actually available!" I'm sure I'm overthinking it. The fact that it immediately piqued my curiosity is probably a boon, too. Just got me thinking about experimenting with names as well as product, which is often not given much thought.
I like the "1 Brand" name on it's own. From a guy that often just buys a domain because I think it's a cool idea, that was a great pickup.
Popping my head up for air. Super busy week (home repair and production deployments at work) got in the way of my previous plans but I'M STILL HERE!
2019 EPIC
MAY EPIC
SINCE LAST WE SPOKE:
IN THE PIPE:
KUDOS:
@genemachine love the site, and really like the concept. Welcome to the threads.
@Harlem nice to see that number move upward this week, and great work getting that recording done
WIP:
DotNetNitro.com - I've realized this one mostly works for me only because I can ethically justify committing down-time at work to making some progress.
AutomatedAPI.com
What does that mean? As a side hustle?
Kinda, I'm thinking about it more as a lead funnel for consulting and for Automated API right now, but if it picks up I may think about a premium version of some kind.
Thanks Jim! Threadbase looks really cool! Is there a demo for Reddit, HN, PH lookalikes?
Thanks, I actually acquired that one a couple months ago. I see potential there and want to keep it alive. Still working through some things as I'm not native to the language it's built on. The transition process was a learning experience for sure, but I'm only now starting to really get into going through bugs and extending some things.
One of the original founders, @darksh1nobi, wrote up a piece demoing the HN style last year.
I see. I would love to see a community that resembles IH (not a copy, but something with similar comment system, profiles and post functions). I would pay for that!
2019 Goals
May Goals
YESTERDAY
TODAY
KUDOS
@wousser for the 100MAU!
WIPs
Good luck on that 7 hour trek.
Just noticed the logo on Announcr renders partly off screen on Chrome.
Thanks for letting me know! On mobile?
I was on desktop, checked it on multiple widths though.
EPIC
MONDAY-YESTERDAY
TODAY
Reschedule a customer interview.WIP
Get clarity on the market and the customer!
Ah! Did you scoop a client?
Kept my eyes open for folks asking for recommendations or some sort of referrals and then kept following up w/ em until they reply back.
Nice job on that referral from the VP. Way to pivot a job interview!
Thanks, @jpusateri. Yeah, the job hunting process is way too labor intensive to leave interviews w/out any positive results.
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