You should sell before you have a product always. The step by step process is that you get in front of hundreds of people, let them tell you about their goals, extract out their pain points, then you position your product in the middle as a vehicle that takes them away from their pains and towards their goals. Sales is a game of volume.
I would like to see advice on how to market my products virally and organically instead of buying ads on large networks. I think that increasing your ranking naturally will have a bigger impact than buying ads.
There's a ton of B2B and SaaS-targeted advice here and a lot comes from people trying to build email lists and hawk their wares/services to us.
I'd like to see more consumer-focused advice, product advice for gaming, educational apps and communities. It would be great if that advice came from people who don't share signups to their email lists and/or $100+ products.
I'd love to be able to practice sales with other indie-hackers - we could refine our calls, emails, message etc. without the pressure of "wasting" a real lead! For me there's nothing scarier than those early calls and emails - I'm sure it's the same for many others too!
You could check out https://saasclub.co/plus/ for that - I think they have sessions online about that. Recently joined myself (There is a free trial period).
"So you didn't do any of the things you're suppose to and now you've launched a product with no marketing... here's how to dig yourself out of that hole."
I'd love IH "sponsored" 30 day challenges. e.g. Mailing List challenge, Social Media challenge, User feedback challenge, etc.
Each day, there'd be a nugget of wisdom + suggested next action. Folks completing each next action of the 30 day challenge would then be awarded with a coveted tee.
Hey Tony, I have helped non-technical entrepreneurs run their engineering teams in the past. Would love to help out anyway I can. If you're interested I'd be happy to chat!
Prioritization. Yes, easy to say "do that which generates revenues". But a lot of activities are interlinked. Just start at the top of the funnel and work down or another plan of attack? There are plenty of theories. Would like to hear more from successful IHers.
Not all website themes are created equal. I recently purchased a theme, launched on PH, got #1 of day -- however had the worst reputation kick ever because the images in the theme laid claim to someone else's IP. Sometimes the easy route isn't easy...
sales!
And how do I sell before I have a product? Is there like a step by step process? How do you get them to take me seriously without a product yet?
Tinyseed videos from Rob Walling should help. He goes into step by step.
You should sell before you have a product always. The step by step process is that you get in front of hundreds of people, let them tell you about their goals, extract out their pain points, then you position your product in the middle as a vehicle that takes them away from their pains and towards their goals. Sales is a game of volume.
this please
idea overload and limited time: how to decide what to work on
Finding and working with co-founders. Matching expectations, motivations, etc
Agree
How to validate a market exists before building something
Take a look at tinyseed videos from microconf. They do step by step!
link?
https://tinyseed.com/learn
Thank you, will do
Coming up with product ideas
USE THE PHONE TO SELL. Speak to people in real-life. Don't discount it.
I would like to see advice on how to market my products virally and organically instead of buying ads on large networks. I think that increasing your ranking naturally will have a bigger impact than buying ads.
Product-market fit and sales
Making the first hire as a solo entrepreneur!
You might find this post useful...
Shows 404
thanks, should work now
There's a ton of B2B and SaaS-targeted advice here and a lot comes from people trying to build email lists and hawk their wares/services to us.
I'd like to see more consumer-focused advice, product advice for gaming, educational apps and communities. It would be great if that advice came from people who don't share signups to their email lists and/or $100+ products.
How to build and audience, and eventually, a community
Useful Code snippets
payment gateways info
advertising/affilate advice
free resources.....
coding videos for newbies like me
quick website templates
an open source script library
onsite STRIPE advisor chat window
oh yea..and Indie Hackers tshirts..not those fancy ones....simple white ,grey or black
I'd love to be able to practice sales with other indie-hackers - we could refine our calls, emails, message etc. without the pressure of "wasting" a real lead! For me there's nothing scarier than those early calls and emails - I'm sure it's the same for many others too!
You could check out https://saasclub.co/plus/ for that - I think they have sessions online about that. Recently joined myself (There is a free trial period).
"So you didn't do any of the things you're suppose to and now you've launched a product with no marketing... here's how to dig yourself out of that hole."
moar productivity !
I'd love IH "sponsored" 30 day challenges. e.g. Mailing List challenge, Social Media challenge, User feedback challenge, etc.
Each day, there'd be a nugget of wisdom + suggested next action. Folks completing each next action of the 30 day challenge would then be awarded with a coveted tee.
Marketing. Sales pipeline. Cold outreach. Drip marketing. How to refine target market personas. CRO. Viral loop. Onboarding flows. Retention. Business model monetization.
Find a co-founder
How to find Dev's as a Non-tech and how to manage them, track their work, set goals and timelines etc.
Hey Tony, I have helped non-technical entrepreneurs run their engineering teams in the past. Would love to help out anyway I can. If you're interested I'd be happy to chat!
I'll shoot you a message.
How and when to incorporate. LLC vs C Corps
I found this article to be helpful https://stripe.com/atlas/guides/llc-vs-c-corp
Thank you. I’ll give it a read 🙌
At the end of the day, the most important thing is to start selling anything so "finding new users". My personal vote goes to mental health.
Prioritization. Yes, easy to say "do that which generates revenues". But a lot of activities are interlinked. Just start at the top of the funnel and work down or another plan of attack? There are plenty of theories. Would like to hear more from successful IHers.
Hiring
Collaboration
managing your mental health as an entrepreneur!
Not all website themes are created equal. I recently purchased a theme, launched on PH, got #1 of day -- however had the worst reputation kick ever because the images in the theme laid claim to someone else's IP. Sometimes the easy route isn't easy...