First Post, Scheduled Work, Next Steps

So today I shared my first post in the idea validation group. I basically asked is ok not to validate your idea? I have experience validating an idea, but asking the wrong questions. I have experience launching without validation. Neither worked. I used the example of a locksmith. You might not think you need them, but you do when you do. Most people would say they don't need them - or they'd say they need them but never use them - so is the validation actually useful? I'm nervous that I'm not validating my idea well enough.

So, I decided to follow some advice I got from an email from the guy creating BannerBear. He said one week he works on features, the next week he works on marketing. Since this is more of a side project and I have a lot of other work to do, I'm following the same pattern, but only on Fridays. One friday I'll work on content for my product, the other I'll work on marketing (which is making connections, writing in other communities, etc).

Today is going to be a bit of a planning day as well. I'm going to try to plan out what my sales funnels and product lines will be for the foreseeable future so I can start on my content.

I'm also going to go and get a logo design. The Laravel community has an appreciation for aesthetics so I think this is an important step. I'm thinking I'll try 99 Designs (because I haven't before). A business colleague had luck with Fiverr as well, but we'll see. I want to balance out the quality of logo and work with price. I don't mind paying a premium for a premium product, but I don't have the budget at this time. Hopefully a potentially lower-cost solution like this will work.