UX Brains

The first week since launching UX Brains exceeded all of my expectations. Not only number wise, but also in regards to the community feedback, I received for the website. I did not encounter a single negative comment about the project and made many new connections on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Indie Hackers.

📈 The numbers:

• 3.8k unique visitors that accounted for a total of 8.9k pageviews
• 40+ articles suggested by the community (~20 already approved and listed)
• 20 newsletter signups

⚙️ Patch notes for week 1:

• Added newsletter signup
• Improved the website's footer
• Added a Ko-fi link so people can support the project

👨‍🎓 The learnings:

• Even a small side project like UX Brains needs a lot of attention and care if you want to do it properly

• Releasing the MVP as soon as possible was the right decision (no reason to be anxious thinking the project is not pristine enough)

• Identifying the right channels is a lot of work and it takes some bravery to share and put yourself out there (it’s a great feeling tho!)

I implemented a newsletter in order to get some reactivation possibility for interested users. I also redesigned my footer and linked the twitter of my logo designer.

I also identified some new channels to share the project in and posted a few links here and there. Curious to see how much traction I will get in the different channels.

After spending two weeks of ideating, building the website, and creating the database I launched the product and shared it with my network.

I used Webflow to create the website, integrated an Airtable and added Plausible as a privacy-focused analytics tool.