SoVisual.co

Create social media images in seconds.

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Growth
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Photography
Productivity
SaaS
Social Media

Generate eye-catching, click-driving social media images in seconds. No complicated design tools, just pick a template, fill out a form, and let the magic happen. Now with AI Assist!

October 4, 2023 Shutting it down...

While SoVisual.co had a lot of potential, I just couldn't get the MVP to gain the traction it needed. Fortunately, in my search to improve the product, I stumbled down a rabbit hole and founded Magai.co. You can follow my ongoing journey there or follow @Magai here on Indie Hackers.

December 15, 2022 New demo videos are 🔥

As I explained in my last update, video editing is not my jam. But it is necessary to showcase what your product does, and so after mastering the Screen.Studio app, I decided to go a little deeper and add background music and subtle sound effects.

The results are... 😍

👉 AI Assist Quick Demo
👉 Basic Quick Demo

Since Screen.Studio doesn't do audio or allow for clipping/trimming from the middle of a video, I had to pull the final video into Premier Pro for that.

Audio was all sourced from Pixabay (who knew they started doing audio?!).

Keeping things simple is key for me. So they're not the most sophisticated videos, but they get the job done in a way that isn't awful. At least I think so. 😂

December 7, 2022 First AI Assist Demo video

It's important to give people a real demonstration of what your product does. This is especially true with SaaS products.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when I visit a landing page for a SaaS product and after digging through a seemingly endless amount of copy and abstract mockups I have yet to see an actual image of the product interface.

Show us the effin' thing in action!

Well although video editing is not my jam, I managed to make the very first demo video of our new AI Assist feature in action. And it is 😍 thanks to a little app I discovered this morning called Screen.Studio.

Full demo in less than 60 seconds.

And I never thought I'd say this about creating app demo videos... but I can't wait to make another one!

December 5, 2022 New Feature: AI Powered Text and Images!

It was an unassuming conversation via Twitter DMs that led me down a rabbit hole on the day before Thanksgiving.

After 4 hours, several tutorials, and a few YouTube videos I had the first working AI-powered text generator for SoVisual.co! After that, it was just a matter of integrating it into the site for people to start trying.

While users were testing it out, I was already working on the Image Generator portion, which only took a few more hours of tweaking and testing.

And as of now, all paid SoVisual.co users have access to our brand new AI-powered text and image generators right inside the template editor. 🔥

February 3, 2022 We're LIIIIIIIVE! 🚀

And we're live!!!

Years of struggling to find a solution for social media marketers.

Years of banging my head against a wall.

Years of road block after road block after 🤬🤬 road block...

Our new app is here!!

It's a humble beginning to something that will completely change the game.

Our first priority is to help people create great looking social media images FAST.

Whether it’s for your business, your blog, clients, or just because you love creating visual social media content.

When you don’t have 20-30 minutes to fuss with complex design software, SoVisual.co is your new best friend!

This initial launch gives everyone free access to try the app.
However, we’re also offering limited time launch packages with special “Perks” for those who want to support our continued growth.

And I’m the most excited about the Founding Member package... for those bold enough to become one of our Founding Members, you’ll be the ones shaping the future of the entire industry. You’ll also get some fun perks:

  • Limited Edition Gold Coin
  • Limited Series NFT drop! (Which pairs with your coin!)
  • Bonus access to our next product, Social Remix (coming very soon!)

And it’s more than just a product, we’re building a community of creators. People who want to create, connect, and thrive in the creator economy.

If you’re a creator, it would mean the world to me if you gave SoVisual.co a try today. Try it for free. Or grab one of our limited time perk packages.

And if it’s not for you, I’d love for you to share it with 2 people who you think it might be interesting to.

This is only the beginning! Let’s goooooooooooo!! 🎉🚀🙌

September 9, 2021 A new free tool to help with social media ideas

I've been sitting on this idea for years and finally decided to bring it to life in the simplest way possible.

It started as an internal means of generating content ideas for dozens of clients. It then evolved into a possible product that I would sell in the form of a "swipe file" or other simple document that just lists out ideas.

Eventually the grand plan is to make this more intelligent and build it into our core product down the road. But for now...

Say hello to Social Media Idea Generator.

Just visit the link, and your first idea is waiting for you. Not inspired? Click the "New Prompt" button and a new social media idea will be generated instantly.

These are based on my 10+ years working with hundreds of different clients. And I'll be adding new ideas regularly.

So for those who are stuck on "what should I post on social media today?" help is here.

May 2, 2021 A new investor... no, wait... two!

After being 100% ready to crowdfund I was approached by a friend who had been following my journey. He wanted to hear my "pitch" and see if he could help.

So I gave him the phase 1 plans for both Social Remix and SoVisual.co.

He loved the ideas. And had no issue with the equity I was offering. This was great news!

A couple weeks later, I had reached out to a trusted group for investor contract advice... and long story short, I had a second investor committed within a couple hours.

So now we have 2 investors in this with us. And things are moving. This was such a blessing in the midst of what seemed like roadblock after roadblock.

Now we have more than enough funding to get through phase 1 of both projects, with a little left over to spend on marketing.

April 6, 2021 From investors, to partners, to solo again

Man, what a ride. 2020 ended with a giant vision, and finally landing on some partners who could help me execute it. And it seemed like things were finally going to kick into high gear...

Until they didn't.

And after months of back-and-forth, a few proof of concept conversations, and a whole lot of wasted time... we realized the partnership wasn't going to work out.

I wanted to build a game-changing, giant f*cking business. They wanted another side hustle.

Nothing wrong with that. But it was clear this was just going to be a repeat of my last business that took way too long to exit.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't furious and a little sad. But this changes nothing about my grand vision for SoVisual.co. In fact, it's only helped me to clarify a lot of stuff.

We're setting out to completely change the world of design. And it might take a handful of baby steps to get there (SocialRemix.co being one of them). But we'll get there.

July 20, 2020 Investors or no?

A couple months ago I had an idea about the evolution of the product. Without divulging too much, I'll just say that it's the most ambitious idea I've ever had for a product. So ambitious, I didn't really have a clue as to how we might get there.

So for weeks I thought through MVPs and different iterations that would help us gradually step-ladder our way to that big, hary, audacious product idea.

This idea would require levels of development--even at the simplest MVP level--that I'm incapable of. So I called in a dev company to consult on it. After signing a couple NDAs, I presented the two phase idea to them so they can get me an estimate.

And then I waited.

[insert gif of someone waiting here.]

Seemed like it took forever for them to get an estimate back. But finally, they did.

The price tag for the MVP was definitely something far beyond what I could fund myself. I wasn't surprised. However, it was significantly lower that what I thought it might be...

So it got me thinking. A lot.

And after weeks of mulling it over in my head, I decided I'd look into possibly getting some investors involved, and exchanging equity for the needed funds to pay for development.

I sent a simple tweet--half-joking... and had 3 offers within 2 minutes. Haha... not surprising.

While I still haven't made a decision of whether or not I definitely want to go down this route, it's widened the realm of possibility to bring this idea to life.

April 17, 2020 Featured on Social Pros Podcast

This was a big deal for me. I've been a fan of Jay Baer and the Social Pros Podcast for a long time and to be invited on as a guest was such an honor.

I didn't think that Jay and Adam would want to talk about our product the entire time, but that's basically what happened. Very cool conversation about visual marketing in 2020, and found a kindred spirit with Adam when he realized SoVisualco is very similar to an advertising business his father had in the 70's!

For any interested, here's the episode: https://dustn.xyz/socialpros

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Generate eye-catching, click-driving social media images in seconds. No complicated design tools, just pick a template, fill out a form, and let the magic happen. Now with AI Assist!