What are Your Best Growth Hacking Strategies?, WP developer & Python coder needed(2 jobs)

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Jobs

1. WP developer needed!

2. Python Coder needed!

Growth & Sales

What are Your Best Growth Hacking Strategies? by @gordon

Most of us are on a budget after all!

• Build a pre-launch email list by creating a signup page using MailerLite
• Guest blogging to get exposure
• Be human, it's a competitive advantage these days by @rosiesherry
• Make a free tool related to your niche that solves a problem.
• Launch an affiliate program from day 1 using Rewardful or Tapfiliate
• Using Lead magnets to bring leads
• Gamifying your product by adding a digital currency such as likes, or upvotes etc.

How do you stand out on Gumroad? by @braydenTW

According to @philipkiely, his book is currently ranked in top 20 Books & Writing category. But only 4 sales came from Gumroad out of 579 sales. So the key is to build a following outside of Gumroad and then only direct them to Gumroad when they are ready to buy.

Community Building

When is the right time to start building a community? by @Zviko

"A year from now you will wish you had started today."
Short answer: Now!
Long answer: As soon as possible :)

Should my startup have its own blog? by @MichalM

A blog could be a great long term investment into SEO. And Figma got its first 100 users through their blog. When done right, over time blogging could become a great channel of free traffic and solid conversion rates.

Free Stuff & Deals

1. Free comprehensive front end review? by @mike_tempes

2. Offering free UI redesigns by @muchkler

3. Need help with your SaaS growth? Get a free 30-minute growth consultation call by @consultily

Snippets

1. Check Tilinmobile, a curated directory containing tips for creating iOS & Android apps, with a touch on macOS and ASO by @teeeeeegz
2. Getkap.co is an open-source screen recorder built with web technology by @gilli
3. Pory.io a web app for creating sites using Airtable by @shooting_unicorns

Worth Reading

1. Should you learn how to code or #nocode? by @aqui_c & @zeras

2. What do you listen to for deep work? by @karj

3. Would the Indie Hackers community be where it is today if it were a subreddit? by @marz0

4. Connect with intention: Guide on building and growing online marketplace by @annadante

5. How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 users by @rosiesherry

6. How to promote your blog when you have less than 100 subscribers by @brunor

7. Sales 101 (amazing Hacker News comment) by @harrydry

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