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@jdnoc
Jun 1, 2019 β€’ 9 tweets β€’ 3 min read β€’ Read on X
#OpenStartup report for May

MRR: $8797 (+$1610)
Organic Traffic: 2553 (+886)
New Trials: 173 (+15)

Milestone: $100k ARR! πŸŽ‰

More info πŸ‘‡

unindie.com/open

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Another solid month of growth for the Closet Assistant. When you have a product that's growing like this it's hard to comprehend how it's all happening.

My goal (back in January) was to hit $10k by the summer. Another month like this one, and that will be reached!
This month I wrote 0 lines of code, and 0 articles for content marketing. It was somewhat of a test to see if it would keep growing without too much effort.

It was the best month yet.

Now, I don't think it will always grow without some improvements, but I think it's a sign.
It's a sign that this product can be depended on. I actually went on vacation last month, and didn't do any work for an entire week. It still increased by ~$500/mo.

I think this is more of a testament to SEO, FB ads, and a good-enough product.
Next month I do plan on doing more. I plan on making more features, overhauling the on-boarding (really love the new @intercom on-boarding e-book), and I plan on writing some content.

It'll be another iteration. Another month of consistent growth.
I wrote a couple of things on my personal blog:

1. Quick SEO Rankings unindie.com/quick-seo/
2. Looking Back unindie.com/looking-back/

Quick SEO rankings explains how I get in the top 10 for keywords. Looking back is a reflection on how things have changed for me personally.
I'm really glad I am documenting my journey. Being able to look back a year ago and see exactly how things have changed is powerful. Sometimes you forget how bad/good it was.

I'll be porting over ~2 years of medium posts as well to my blog to complete the history of my journey.
As always, this is inspiration to go out and create something for yourself. All if the information you need to build something is out there. You can do it! And if I can get to the point I am at now, anyone can.
Here's the intercom on-boarding e-book: intercom.com/books/onboardi…

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Jan 12, 2023
It's 2023 and you want to boost your SEO traffic. Don't create new content - refresh what you already have!

I made a video that shows my exact steps for refreshing existing content to rank higher for keywords I already rank for (huge value for businesses):
Step 1: Make your content more relevant for 2023.

Things change over time. This causes your content to become stale.

Improve your content by adding or changing any information that may have changed over the last year.

Add the current year to your titles to signal relevance.
Step 2: Optimize your content to rank higher for existing keywords.

Check the Google Search console for keywords you rank in the 5th to 10th position. Looks for high impressions.

Find keywords that could be customers, and update your content to target that keyword specifically.
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Nov 8, 2022
Free SEO course:
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Nov 8, 2022
The website hosting platform you choose for your content can dramatically impact your SEO performance.

Here are my recommended hosting platforms:

1. Webflow
2. Wordpress
3. Static sites

Watch the video to learn more about what's important when choosing a hosting platform:
A solid honorable mention:

If you thought this video was cool, sign up for my mailing list.

You'll be the first to know about anything that I launch in the future relating to SEO:

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Nov 7, 2022
Some of the highest traffic, lowest competition keywords on Google are brand searches.

People don't search for "shoes" or "laptops". They search for "Nike shoes", or "Apple laptops".

Here's how to syphon a competitor's traffic to build your own audience or business:
Syphon or Siphon?
I would also like to syphon some of your attention by having you sign up for my Inner Circle newsletter.

I'm coming out with a bunch of SEO related products soon and you'll be the first to hear about it:

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Oct 27, 2021
After three years of being an Indiehacker (solo founder), a husband, and a father of 3 young kids, I finally have dialed in on a routine that works consistently for the whole family.

I find it highly productive. It reduces a lot of friction (mainly around communication).

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Every couple of months my wife and I would try something different with our schedules.

They were generally centered around when I got work done, and when she got work done.

When you've got 3 young kids (5, 3, and 1), you have to schedule work or it won't happen.
Here's the schedule:

(AM)
5: Wake, Most Important Task
7/8: Kids wake, I make breakfast. Wife works.
10: I get ready for the day, start work.

(PM)
3: Off work. Check in / clean.
4/5: Make/eat dinner.
8: Bed time for older kids.
10: Bed.
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Sep 20, 2021
The two most important aspects of an internet business:

- Signaling trust to platforms.
- Signaling trust to customers.

This is so fundamental, and it's blowing my mind.

It seems abstract, but I can explain:

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For any business, both online and offline, trust is *everything*.

Customers need to trust you'll deliver what you're selling, and they'll get the value they expect.

Platforms & institutions need to trust you are who you say you are, and that you're a credible source/business.
Without trust, no one will buy your product/service.

Without trust, platforms and institutions won't give you distribution or allow you to run your business effectively.

When you lose trust, you lose business.

Continuing a lack of trust is a downward spiral.
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