I'm not setting any goals in 2021 (systems vs goals) I decided to not set any goals this year. I'm creating systems instead. I had a goal last year to get to $10k MRR. However, I didn't have a plan
I'm going viral on Reddit right now So on a spur of the moment I posted to the InternetIsBeautiful sub-reddit today. Another indie hacker had told me it was a great place to post as they actively
I summed up Kevin Conti's 10k MRR podcast interview Kevin has just hit $10,000 MRR in 5 months! I've summed up a 30 minute podcast interview last week for Newsletter Crew. He gave a very helpful breakdown of
50% off all my info products I made three products in September. It was a bit crazy at the time and a lot of work! But tons of people have been buying them and telling me
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Collecting rejections day 24 - getting on more affiliate schemes I'm working on asking for more at the moment. Today I got some affiliate links to promote software I use. I use Namecheap every time I buy a domain (which
Collecting rejections day 23: Asking for free fitness equipment I'm working on putting myself out of my comfort zone at the moment. The latest result was to get a full workout station for free! Here's how... To explain, you
Collecting rejections day 22 - getting SEO advice for interviews I'm working on getting out of my comfort zone more at the moment. I'm going for 30 days of collecting rejections. Then I'll write a recap on what advantages I've
Day 21 of seeking rejections - following up with coding bootcamps I followed up with some bootcamps today about sponsoring articles as part of my collecting rejections project. Sponsorship from big companies is a lucrative source of revenue but it takes
Day 20 of seeking rejections - talking about starting a podcast I'm choosing something each day to do in order to get out of my comfort zone. I saw a tweet recently from a founder offering people $1,000 a month
Day 19 of seeking rejections - not getting a social media part-time job There is a company I love but I think they could improve their social media presence. I sent them a message offering to work for them on a part-time basis. I didn't get it. I've seen this approach pay off for a few people
Day 18 of collecting rejections - closing a sale I'm seeking rejections at the moment and today I closed a sale! I had a great chat with a coding course provider last week. We agreed to do a sponsored
Day 17 of collecting rejections - asking for Tiktok tips Tiktok is huge nowadays and I need to learn how to use it. As someone with a content business I should really start to make videos there. It's intimidating though
Day 16 of getting rejections - asking for help with emails Someone just got hired from my job board! This is really awesome but it was a free post so I didn't get paid. Obviously, I wanted to talk to the company who hired the developer. I was about to hit send on an email
What happened when I took a week off working on my startups I've been feeling pretty burned out recently so at my girlfriend's suggestion, I took a week off work. She was taking a week off any way so it made sense for me to do so as well. I missed one important email and that
Day 15 of collecting rejections - setting a Zoom meeting that never happens I managed to secure a meeting with a potential client today. We had talked about having a chat for a week or two but it's easy to miss emails and
Day 14 of collecting rejections - getting my job board mentioned by an influencer I've been working on losing any remaining fear of rejection recently - the idea being that the more I go for rejection, actually the more success I will have. I recently asked someone to include my job board for self-taught developers to be included
Day 13 of Collecting Rejections - why Meet Your Heroes failed I wanted to do a post-mortem on this project. For the last month I've been interviewing startup founders in premium Zoom chats called Meet Your Heroes. I had a bit
How Scott's Cheap Flights makes over $3m a year Scott Keyes is one of the best example of an indiehacker. His cheap flights newsletter draws in millions of dollars each year and he doesn't have a board of directors
Daniel Vassallo has made $200k by teaching how to get a Twitter following Daniel Vassallo is a former Software Engineer at AWS who quit his job last year in order to work on his products. Along the way he started to pick up
Day 12 of collecting rejections - changing my job board prices I'm now offering unlimited posts on my job board if companies pay a subscription of $299. I had considered this idea for my job board for self-taught and bootcamp developers
Ben Tossell makes $50,000/m with Makerpad Ben Tossell has been leading the charge of no coders in the past couple of years. His fast growing business Makerpad is currently making $50,000 per month. As barriers
Day 11 of collecting rejections - Meet Your Heroes recap In September I am going for a rejection each day in order to get out of my comfort zone. I did my first ever video interview on Monday with my Meet Your Heroes series talking to founders. I have obviously done about one hundred
Day 10 of collecting rejections - first Meet Your Heroes talk In September I am going for a rejection each day in order to get out of my comfort zone. Today I have the first live video interview with a founder
Day 9 of collecting rejections - asking for more Asking for shoutouts on Twitter I'm collecting rejections all this month in order to put myself out there more and get better results for my businesses. Today I sent a private message to some of the founders that are appearing on my Meet Your
