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What is your biggest pain point as an Indie Hacker

I'm an indie maker and my biggest pain point is being able to grow with and through other indie makers like me.

Twitter allows you to do that and so does community.

And what is your pain point as an indie hacker?

1️⃣ - Progressing alone
2️⃣ - Finding peers to progress with
3️⃣ - Getting advice

How do you solve this problem?

on November 17, 2021
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    Distraction has, of course, been a challenge. However, currently, the biggest challenge is creating an engaging audience on Twitter - it is very unnatural creating content for nobody to read it. Any tips are welcome!

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      I started from 0 a few months ago. And I'm making progress. The most important thing is to stay consistent on Twitter.

      You can check out my account, I share content to build an audience

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        Thank you Victor, I've followed your account now.

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    My biggest pain point is distraction. Every time I start making some progress I start getting distracted with new ideas. Marketing, SEO, Outreach is so boring compared to writing new code for my fresh idea :D

    I solve this problem by daily reminding myself that I can do whatever I want on Wednesday but on other days I have to strictly work on my main project.

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      I have the same problem. for the moment I haven't solved it 100%.

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    Agree with @volkandkaya earning sustainable revenue is extremely hard.

    Revenue is generally the end goal for a lot of IH - but the step before revenue looks different for many people. This depends on business model + industry.

    Though I'm open to being wrong - what's the best way to validate that "being able to grow with and through other indie makers" is a big pain point?

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      I agree. A sensitive point when you work alone with no one to talk to.

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    "my biggest pain point is being able to grow with and through other indie makers like me."

    99% of IHs biggest problem is earning revenue and making a profit.

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      Of course the biggest problem is making money and making profits.

      And what are the solutions you find to do that?

      Does exchanging with other creators help you to progress towards this goal?

      If yes, is it easy for you to find these creators to exchange with?

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        Putting in the work.

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