Wall St Rank #buildinpublic update No.4
Another week of night-time grinding. Here's this week's #buildinpublic update
🎉 Wins
$ 422 in new revenue
$0 churned revenue
134 new user signups
Ranking on the top page of google for a set of keywords
Managed to read through most of https://lnkd.in/g9mksucR
Started thinking a lot about value based pricing as opposed to competitor driven pricing
Saw that an old YouTube Short ended up getting really good engagement, going to start doing this again when the blog launches
Ready to announce remote teams concierge service next week
Connected with Jake Ruth of Stock Unlock (YC W22), great product, awesome guy (cool hair). We're def going to help each other
Connected with Brendan Lee Young from Passiv, great product, awesome guy (cool accent). We're going to be sharing data with their audience
Sending an activation email tonight which hopefully will convert some free users
6/7 days of 7 hours+ sleep
😬 Losses
4 users unsubscribed
Only 3/7 days of breath work
Only 2/7 days of exercise
Realised that we have been presenting the service as a commodity, and not reflecting the value we actually create
I tried using a 'White Hat' link building service to improve domain rating, my URL rating went down by one, BUT my domain rating actually went up. Discovered 40% of the posts were on paid sites. Felt ripped off. Canceled the service.
New landing page + blog delayed due to dev delays
👨🏽🎓 Learnings
Approx. 55% of search traffic goes to the top 3 search results
The top ranking search result on Google can rank usually ranks for 1,000+ keywords
Make sure the blog post has length and granular detail about the topic (Google is good at understanding subject depth)
Free-trials requiring credit cards details help maximise revenue vs no card
Founds tools like https://sparktoro.com/, https://hypefury.com/ and https://typefully.com/, https://tweethunter.io/ and https://lnkd.in/gb_g-U4A for audience building
Detailed responses in Quora plugging your site can seriously help with organic traffic
It's tough, but I'm thankful I get to do this every week 🙏🏽
#startups #indiehackers #bootstrapping
