What do you need help with right now?
At the beginning of every month indie hackers share their monthly goals with each other. Now let's discuss the challenges we're all facing to reach those goals!
- What do you need help with?
- What help/advice/service can you offer others?
Please reply to someone else and help them out — especially if you've requested help yourself!
I need a small team of babysitters/tutors so I can get this beta launched!!
Ya'll are laughing but no one is offering to come and watch all these kids for me!!!
:)
I totally understand you! Have a 3yo kid over me all day long. It’s difficult to work.
+1 here! Threenager
I feel your pain, buddy. I don't know why people complain about 2yo, because 3yo are a whole other level of narcissist. I've got twin 5yo girls and an 8yo boy.
my little one is 10 months, are you saying it get's worse :O
For me it’s been way more difficult. Mine is veery active, doesn’t stop for a second
I thought you guys are finding someone to babysit you
Ahah
lol fun fun
I need someone who could market and build a community. I realized that this person is not me..
Not everyone is an expert in everything. But I believe there is a process, which if understood well, can help us understand the skills of marketing and building a community.
I personally recommend the One-page marketing plan book. It helps a novice or mediocre person to understand and implement simple procedures that will help them market their product.
Hoping you have a great product that solves a problem and generates value to your customers.
Write back if you have any more questions. Cheers
Reuben.
How can I build my Personal Brand from ground up?
@Zviko what would you recommend?
My approach is to hangout with the people I want to build a reputation in, follow them, converse with them, and contribute at times (writing, talks, etc).
Thanks a lot @rosiesherry i appreciate your help.
would definitely recommend a podcast. when you reach out to folks you want to connect with in the space you want to build a brand in, they are much more likely to reply to:
"Can I feature you on my podcast?"
VS.
"Can I pick your brain"
Thanks for the tag @rosiesherry :)
Hi Bensaadia
Personal branding is what I do best! On top of what Rosie has recommended, I suggest you join communities where your target audience hangs out.
Then give, give, give. Give advice, answer questions and make sure you consistently show up in the community.
Publishing content that your ideal client finds valuable is another approach you can use to build a powerful personal brand.
Happy to chat more about this on a video call if you’d like. :)
Good luck!
Thanks, @Zviko for your advice, I will work on it until then I will catch you on a coffee time and we will chat about it. :D
Write down your values, expertise, goals and what you're learning. Start sharing that across your different platforms. You'll start seeing more people who are like you and understand you engaging with you more.
True, Thanks @pdc
I am looking for:
I can help with:
I'd be happy to narrate! I'm not an expert narrator, but I do have some experience from theatre. Please message me if you're interested and I can send you a sample or something for you to evaluate!
How much recording do you think you will need?
Thanks. I did not find contact details of you, so please reach out to me at hello@mindfuldevmag.com and let's talk
Sounds great! I can help you with UI in return can you help me by being a mentor in my development journey?
Anything I can help you with, email me at sebastian@ds9soft.com .
Sure. Email me at hello@mindfuldevmag.com and let's talk
I've sent you an email. Check it.
I can help with
• Writing stories in Twitter format? Well, I've been doing it for a month or so. Been learning a lot
• Product creation
• How to quickly launch an MVP
• How to launch a newsletter using an iPad only (logo, newsletter stack, etc)
I need help
Well, I write actionable insights from pre-90s companies for modern founders.
At the moment, I'm thinking of how I could bring more value and be more helpful to founders
Whats your go-to newsletter stack? I've been trying to play around with a few platforms but not sure which to go with. What would you advise?
Been using substack. Very easy to set up. 5 mins and you’re good to go. I shared how I’m building it here https://www.indiehackers.com/post/my-monthly-review-ipad-only-project-challenge-tech-stack-and-stats-fe57145fba
I love this idea! I was listening to John Collison on this podcast and he was talking about how companies in other industries have very different best practices from the tech industry (specifically around Mergers & Acquisitions). Made me very curious. Subscribed!
Thanks! Will listen to the podcast later on. Yes, we need to look at different industries, not only tech. We have a lot to learn from those companies
I'm working on Monilo (monilo.io) an app that rewards users for saving money through daily scratchoffs and a monthly lottery. Save money, win money!
I'm looking for beta testers and feedback!
I'm happy to beta test for others and also provide feedback :)!
I am a high school student who wants to develop my own product but doesn't know how. Most of the ideas I have come up with already exists in the market. I have an educational app idea that doesn't, but it's hard to implement.
I can help with product feedback and promotion via twitter.
What I need help with, feedback and subscribers on my newsletter westcoastsports.substack.com. It's a sports newsletter with the best news and jobs for casual sports fans and busy professionals on the West Coast (CA, WA, OR and NV).
Right now, I'm just trying to build an audience and learn newsletters before I launch this into a full scale sports media brand with social marketing and website. It's a big weekly newsletter right now but at some point I will probably end up pivoting to two or three times per week.
Hello, maybe this can help. I've just launched a small GitHub site to create a community of tech people willing to spend some of their free time to have calls with people that need advice on your area of expertise.
No money involved except donations that you could receive from the people you help.
If anyone is interested on helping or get help please let me know and I will post the link.
Probably the most important would be to figure out how I can reach the correct audience with my website.
I get some traffic and there are some views but not in Hungary which is where I’d like to be better referenced.
I’m not sure why and what I could do to improve on that, so that would be something good to have for The Other Workspace - Coworking in Budapest.
I hope I’ll be able to reflect and make some improvements on that! :)
Great site design. As for reaching people, you have 2 easy choices. FB ads or finding communities where your users would be.
Figuring out how to write Firebase Cloud function to sync phone contacts with my Firebase db.
I have a startup idea , and now have validated idea and a roughed up business structure along the way.
What is my next step?
Do i find a CTO/Tech co-founder or do i find a Marketing , Business minded people ?
Thanks
First, all the best with your startup Idea. Good to know that you have validated your idea as well. Validation leads to understanding if your product fits the market. Your next step should be developing an MVP (Minimum viable product).
Developing an MVP should be quick and with minimum features. Have a plan to complete this MVP in less than 3 weeks' time. Here is an article: https://berlocks.com/blog/v/how-to-build-your-mvp-in-days-5ef098da6d52f
At this stage, you may have to find at least one potential customer who could test your MVP and provide you with valuable feedback.
Users who test your product may request for additional features. It is during this time, you will need a technical co-founder.
I recommend you to get some suggestions from people who have already been through this stage or find a mentor who can guide you through. Hope this helps
Reuben.
I can help with developing and architecting Softwares..... contact me atishaybaid@gmail.com
We launched our newsletter as a separate website/product a couple of days ago - https://www.lancerletter.com. Trying to figure out ways to grow the subscribers.
We did ok on product hunt. Got 40+ subscribers which showed that it has potential. Just need to find the right channels.
Marketing mainly. I don’t know where else to reach to gather some users for my PopDo app. I would also like someone to review my app’s site and tell me if it’s too simple or what could be improved.
I could help others mainly with coding stuff. Just barely as I have little time, but anything I can lend a hand on, just ask.
While working at Microsoft Outlook I worked on a lot of to-do features and worked with creators of the Wunderlist app if you're familiar with it. Happy to provide some feedback if you're interested. Feel free to email me to schedule a chat.
I would love some developers to integrate a project which is in relation to the account system and security. Let me know if you're interested.
I’m trying to get users for a two side marketplace platform. I noticed that a lot of the users(supply/seller users) I would like to join the platform are on Instagram. I want to dm all of them telling them about the platform because I think it would be better than cold emailing or cold calling but I’m hesitant because the business Instagram account only has 21 followers and I’m thinking people may see that and be skeptical of doing business with me. It’s honestly laughable but the sad truth is people really do think like that.
I'd recommend the book "Business Model Generation". It has a lot of information around Multi-Sided Platforms. It talks about how you essentially have to subsidize one side of the platform to incentivize the other side to join.
I remember when Uber came to Ann Arbor. I had free unlimited rides for the first month. That was 10 years ago and I've never owned a car since. It's all about facilitating the value exchange. Uber has millions of funding so they can hack it. If you don't, you effectively need to facilitate that value exchange one by one at first.
Don't ask them to join your platform, bring them the value, whether that be a client or whatever the currency of your marketplace is. Treat it as a service at first. Then have them join your platform with the allure of you looking out for them. Keep doing this on repeat until you get an ecosystem to stabilize.
Also, check out Andrew Chen's marketplace stuff: https://andrewchen.co/marketplace-startups-best-essays/
Thanks for the in-depth response, appreciate it.
I already know what side I have to focus on first, that’s the supply(accommodation) I know where a lot of them spend their time (Instagram). You said I should bring them value but I can’t do that without them signing up for the platform and giving me access to their images and accommodation information, customers can’t inquiry to me about accommodations if I don’t have access to accommodations. I think I would just say fuck it and dm a few of them on Instagram, the reason I hesitate was because I know with the low social media presence they made judge from that aspect instead of the platform itself.
Got you. Agreed! If it's truly valuable to them, they won't care if you have 0 Instagram followers. In my experience, the more valuable something is, the more of a risk someone is willing to take.
I’m going to try sending out some DMs first thing in the morning. Will let you know how it goes. I really hope they look past and don’t judge based on social media presence. because I created so much value to offer them. Thanks man appreciate your input
21 followers is not too bad! What about asking your friends and family? Also, what is your marketplace?
Can’t really ask friends and family. It’s an accommodation marketplace (houses, rooms, villas, guesthouse etc) due to COVID I said to myself it would be a great time to reach out since they all will be inside and no really getting any bookings right now.
Mentors who can help with Javascript and Python code reviews, best practices etc.
Context: We are a student accelerator - www.horizontech.dev
I'm in need of:
I can help with a variety of languages, frameworks, and tools such as:
Oh nice, that's like wrench.com but for bikes. Cool idea! You basically want to scour Craigslist/FB/etc. looking for people looking to get their bikes fixed in the area and then get it done for them reliably.
I just commented about marketplaces up above for @Mikell 's comment. Copying and pasting here as I think the same idea applies:
"I'd recommend the book "Business Model Generation". It has a lot of information around Multi-Sided Platforms. It talks about how you essentially have to subsidize one side of the platform to incentivize the other side to join.
I remember when Uber came to Ann Arbor. I had free unlimited rides for the first month. That was 10 years ago and I've never owned a car since. It's all about facilitating the value exchange. Uber has millions of funding so they can hack it. If you don't, you effectively need to facilitate that value exchange one by one at first.
Don't ask them to join your platform, bring them the value, whether that be a client or whatever the currency of your marketplace is. Treat it as a service at first. Then have them join your platform with the allure of you looking out for them. Keep doing this on repeat until you get an ecosystem to stabilize.
Also, check out Andrew Chen's marketplace stuff: https://andrewchen.co/marketplace-startups-best-essays/"
Thank you for that reply @philipp_cannons ! I'll definitely check out the resources you recommend!
The other day Mozilla introduced their VPN which costs 5$/m, however, you should blindly trust their server. That's why I created ZudVPN. This way you own your server.
I'm aiming for:
I can help with:
I'm looking for more people to try out Letterbase and give me feedback :)
I installed Drift a couple of days ago. I liked it because it's free and allows me to chat with people in our app. It loads within a few hundred ms, doesn't clutter my email, and I'm fine with their privacy policy.
IMHO you need a stronger differentiator. If you only had one "ooh that's interesting" feature I probably would of installed a trial to see how it works personally.
What would be a stronger differentiator for you? Anything that you feel like Drift is lacking in or missing?
I'm a terrible "chat" customer at the moment. Dead giveaway is the fact free mattered to me. Think you need to find someone who either does high frequency or high volume chat as they are most likely to have pain points they'd love solved.
If you wanted to brainstorm how to do customer discovery, be happy to jump on a 30 minute call though. Feel free to email me.
Great landing page by the way.
Your privacy & workflow points are good. Emphasize how your app can save them time or money
More generally, there are many "large" players in this category, your not first. So consider positioning your product in a new category where you can be first. For example, first privacy focused or first focused solely on email ..etc you get the idea.
Good luck
pretty good landing page! I actually am in need of a little chat messenger box too
My site themellow.work is not listed in Google and can't figure out why. It would really mean if someone could help. TIA
Did you add it here? https://search.google.com/search-console/about
You do a redirect on your homepage to another URL which Google doesn't recognize. But your homepage doesn't have any content, so Google can't index anything.
As @philipp_cannons said, add it in the google search console, or better yet, post it to Hacker News. It will be picked up by Google and you’ll gain a backlink.
I need to speak with 5 more dev shops / agencies (or developers who work or have worked at a development agency).
I'm thinking about pivoting my nocode tool (noco.io) to be more of a developer productivity tool and would like to see if this would be valuable.
I don’t think developers should be the main target for a no-code tool, after all, they know how to code.
BTW, your site is not loading on my browser, Safari.
huh, loading for me just fine.
I'd love to show you a demo and show you why I think developers make sense if you're open to it! I'm at andrew at noco.io
It seems my Safari session was botched.
Nice design! I don’t do web dev, so that’s why I didn’t think developers would use it. But I see how it could have a future. Do you know Simulink? Many engineers use it to build real stuff, it’s pretty powerful.
No I’ve never heard of it. Looks like a crazy way to build stuff though!
30+ people dev agency owner here. Happy to help ;)
Amazing! I’m at Andrew at NoCo.io
Should only take about 30 minutes of your time which I’m more than happy to pay for.
Shot an email. No need for payment.
I am letting in the second batch of community builders into <pubb builder community>. Giving the 5-day course on how to build a community. https://kanglelin.com/pubbbuilderproject/
I am still looking for the best candidates for this community.
Getting initial users and early adopters to write content on https://messagink.com/ . Its very challenging and new experience for me.
I was super confused why there was a "chatting conversation" on the right side of your landing page. Only after a few minutes of clicking around I realized that's the "stories".
I think Title = "Write stories anywhere/anytime with WhatsApp" would make your value prop much more clear.
I think the example you have on the right is not a good first impression. It looks like the type of conversation I'd never want to read again. Something like "The Case of The Lost Brother" would be cool display of your value prop though.
Thanks for the feedback. I am working on a new landing page and will be making these changes to make sure users understand what the product is.
UX, early-stage growth, and pricing for tractific.com
Testing the email builder app I just launched, Letterwand. I want to really stress test the HTML it generates to make sure it looks great in every email client before I start charging for it!
I'd be wiling to help out. I love beautiful emails! Feel free to msg me
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+1 for litmus, It worked great for a project at my work.
Thanks for the tip! I've been using Email On Acid to test this but their free trial is only 7 days 😅 so far the emails I've tested are fine, but I'd love to get a bunch of people to try it out so I can test their emails and make it even more robust.
Finding the best design software for my mini saas web app - https://www.spreadtech.online/
Mainly, I don't know how to best promote Randator (https://randator.com), a free one-step brand name generator.
There are plenty of brand name generators out there, but let’s be honest most tools out there do not do anything special, they just add some prefixes and/or suffixes to the keywords your introduced. Even the most famous give you suggestions but you can even easily check if domains are available, seriously?
This is why I created Randator, I focused on grammar algorithms that check basic things about the generated names, such as they are in fact words from a grammatically point of view, they can be easily pronounced, they are short containing from one up to four syllables, and many other things. Not perfect, but some suggestion are really great.
The problem is how to promote this with some many **** out there :-).
Is there a missing 'r' in your logo?
The design feels a bit old, perhaps making some improvements there could help?
@rosiesherry thanks for your feedback.
I wanted a kind of "classic" design, but maybe is feeling like old. I will try to change the design then :-).
Where are you referring with respect to the missing 'r'? Thanks.
I'm wondering how I can get more conversion to BuildFaster through emailing. 🤔
How about doing something similar to what @Paul_G has been doing with Carrd?
https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-make-3-billion-dollar-companies-landing-page-in-5hours-c986158384
What do you mean exactly? I want to increase email conversion to buildfaster.
Did I miss something?
I mean, what if you clone some websites using your templates, and use it as content marketing? Your subscribers might see some new possibilities they never thought before and consequently, buy your templates
I like that idea Leo! I’ll keep it in mind :)
I'm looking for teams of software developers (as few as two people) who are willing to try out CoderNotes.io for Teams for free!
Why don't you go to Crunchbase find companies who are in the Pre-seed/seed-stage and reach out to their head of devs?
Definitely wasn’t my first thought. I do already have Crunchbase Pro for another project...
Any experience with doing this yourself?
I'm not a developer anymore, but like your idea. How are you promoting CoderNotes?
Right now, I'm exploring CoderNotes.io's viability as a B2B product for Teams. Previously I was mainly focused on solo-developers, mostly because I was one and knew how to reach them.
However, I think Teams are where CoderNotes.io can really shine. Right now I'm just tapping my network (hence that post) to get some initial feedback on the Teams functionality, and get an idea for initial improvements. I plan to start doing more targeted outreach soon, likely via LinkedIn
how about HN? Looks a good place to launch as well. But I guess you're waiting to receive feedback, make improvements and then launch it?
Yea, I've gotten plenty of good feedback from individual users at this point. I want to hone in on the Teams use-case and launch CoderNotes.io Teams there
Cool!!
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Got pretty jazzed up watching the videos and went to try it out only to discover it's Windows only. :(
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Small JS SDK could mean anything!
If it's small enough you should consider learning how to do it yourself. We are indie hackers after all. People will be more than willing to help out
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awesome me too :D
Hello sir. I need help to tailor my landing page to ceratin demorgraphic market n some few google adword
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how much is the SEO service?
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