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I've built several SAAS and side-projects those last 5 years 
Not all succeed, but I learned a lot
Today I'm not sharing great life lessons and business tips.
Today I'm sharing ten practical tips that will help you save time and money on your #IndieHackers journey.
Not all succeed, but I learned a lot
Today I'm not sharing great life lessons and business tips.
Today I'm sharing ten practical tips that will help you save time and money on your #IndieHackers journey.
1/ Finding a business idea in 1min 
Too many times I hear: "I don't know what to build"
1: Go on http://Capterra.com / http://g2.com
2: Search for the most successful SAAS out there
3: Read the bad reviews
You now have a business idea
Examples
Too many times I hear: "I don't know what to build"
1: Go on http://Capterra.com / http://g2.com
2: Search for the most successful SAAS out there
3: Read the bad reviews
You now have a business idea
Examples
2/ Testing your idea in 1min
This is the MVP of MVP
Step 1: subscribe to relevant FB/LI groups
Step 2: find a screenshot of a UI that could be your product
Step 3: Ask "We built this homemade tool that solves X at our company, we considered sharing it, anyone interested?"
This is the MVP of MVP
Step 1: subscribe to relevant FB/LI groups
Step 2: find a screenshot of a UI that could be your product
Step 3: Ask "We built this homemade tool that solves X at our company, we considered sharing it, anyone interested?"
3/ Checking how much competition there is for your idea in 1 min
Check the CPC of related keywords in Ahrefs.
A good proxy for:
- competition-size
- customer value
- buyers intent
Check the CPC of related keywords in Ahrefs.
A good proxy for:
- competition-size
- customer value
- buyers intent
4/ Deploying a website in 15 seconds with @Netlify
- no git repo
- no JS
- no build
- no questions asked
- no git repo
- no JS
- no build
- no questions asked
5/ Saving $5k in 10 seconds
Ok, now you have this awesome idea and a great landing page but you don't have a lot of cash in hand.
Then you need to check this
The AWS deals alone are awesome!
https://github.com/startupdeals/startupdeals
Ok, now you have this awesome idea and a great landing page but you don't have a lot of cash in hand.
Then you need to check this
The AWS deals alone are awesome!
https://github.com/startupdeals/startupdeals
6/ Product research in 1 minute
Write documentation with a clear table of content
Add a section in your TOC for each feature you want to dev.
It can redirect to a "coming soon" §
Add HotJar free plan.
Wait a bit
Work on the red dots
Enjoy!
Write documentation with a clear table of content
Add a section in your TOC for each feature you want to dev.
It can redirect to a "coming soon" §
Add HotJar free plan.
Wait a bit
Work on the red dots
Enjoy!
7/ Attribution in 5 minutes
GA makes it very easy to know where do your visitors/users come from.
But when it comes to customers, it is harder.
Here is our very simple attribution system that takes 1 minuteto integrate
GA makes it very easy to know where do your visitors/users come from.
But when it comes to customers, it is harder.
Here is our very simple attribution system that takes 1 minute
to integrate
First, store in a cookie UTM tags and referrer.
It's important to set up the domain of the cookie if you use a subdomain for your app.
Here is the snippet we added on every page of our marketing website.
https://gist.github.com/daolf/e66ec71c603cec4e502190788e75a2f6
It's important to set up the domain of the cookie if you use a subdomain for your app.
Here is the snippet we added on every page of our marketing website.
https://gist.github.com/daolf/e66ec71c603cec4e502190788e75a2f6
Then on your signup pages, we added two things:
- hidden fields for the info you want
- snippet that populates those fields with our cookie
Store info in your DB and that's it.
Not perfect, but working
code https://gist.github.com/daolf/a93371c414aadc0ce7f77b3098acfa31
- hidden fields for the info you want
- snippet that populates those fields with our cookie
Store info in your DB and that's it.
Not perfect, but working
code
https://gist.github.com/daolf/a93371c414aadc0ce7f77b3098acfa31
8/ Getting users on a call in 2 min
Offers 10x what your free plan offers to people willing to spend 15 minutes on the phone with you.
You'll get feedback from people who really want to use your product.
credits to @SahinKevin for this one
PS: use http://calendly.com
Offers 10x what your free plan offers to people willing to spend 15 minutes on the phone with you.
You'll get feedback from people who really want to use your product.
credits to @SahinKevin for this one
PS: use http://calendly.com
9/ Saving 1 hour a day in 3 minutes
Use Alfred clipboard history (on Mac).
Useful when:
- filling form
- answering support with the same answer
- saving that link you're sharing everywhere
I use it 10 times a day.
https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/clipboard/
Use Alfred clipboard history (on Mac).
Useful when:
- filling form
- answering support with the same answer
- saving that link you're sharing everywhere
I use it 10 times a day.
https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/clipboard/
10/ Knowing when to answer on Reddit and HN in 1 minute
Set-up your brand and industry keywords on http://f5bot.com
You'll receive those emails as soon as they appear.
A good way to know when you're getting noticed and what people say about you
Oh, and it's free!
Set-up your brand and industry keywords on http://f5bot.com
You'll receive those emails as soon as they appear.
A good way to know when you're getting noticed and what people say about you
Oh, and it's free!
If you're new to my feed: Hi, I'm Pierre 
I'm co-building http://Scrapingbee.com , a web scraping API, in the open.
And I share everything I learn, here on Twitter.
I'm co-building http://Scrapingbee.com , a web scraping API, in the open.
And I share everything I learn, here on Twitter.
