My last 28 days on Twitter.

Had no idea how much I was tweeting, but a large number of those were replies. Breakdown is:

4.88m tweet impressions
108k profile visits (2.1% conversion rate)
3k ramenclub.so visits (2.8% conversion rate)

Another way of looking at it is every 1,700 tweet impressions generated an average of 1 website visit. 😂

Theory:

The price of side project marketing (for simple things) just dropped significantly. You know why.

So, we're going to see a surge in people building useful, free things for their audience and writing about it as their marketing strategy.

This is a win-win. Examples... with the help of our community, I built the following for the ramenclub.so members and audience:

🍜 Ramen Shop Radio: lo-fi beats radio player to work and study to | ramenshop.fm

📈 Marketing Quotes: Chrome Extension showing new marketing… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

You all asked for another thread, and here it is.

"How I built a mobile responsive lo-fi beats digital radio player in 10 steps and 90 minutes, with no coding experience. Using @Replit, ChatGPT & @midjourney."

👉ramenshop.fm👈

Let's do this. 👽

https://twitter.com/charlierward/status/1638880519583571968

Why did I build this? I often listen to lo-fi beats, or play them at our IRL co-working sessions for @RamenClubHQ in London. I wanted a simple site I could stream it from, with a ramen shop/restaurant theme. I have plans to progress this way further, so think of this as the MVP.

You asked for it, and here it is.

"How I built a functioning Chrome Extension in 10 steps and 45 minutes, with no coding experience. Using ChatGPT + Replit."

Let's dive in people. 👾

https://twitter.com/charlierward/status/1637887392626384903

(Before we start: to re-iterate, I *cannot code*. I've never shipped a product outside of basic no-code. While I have experience in the tech industry, it is as a PM/UX Researcher.

I know the name of certain things, e.g. an IDE, but I am not a developer, not even a hobbyist.

Oh while we're at it, I also built a v1 of this today.

Lofi beats in a gorgeous ramen shop.

ramenshop.studioramen.repl.co 🍜

@midjourney x @Replit x @OpenAI (ChatGPT)

Fancy a breakdown on this as well?

https://twitter.com/charlierward/status/1637887392626384903

Next steps:

- connect the domain
- add way more images
- make the images change every minute

Everyone’s laughing at all the ChatGPT threads, but I (a man who can’t code), just built and shipped a functioning and IMO useful Chrome Extension in ~45 minutes using just that and @Replit - it was the weirdest feeling ever. I was originally inspired by this thread by @joeprkns.

This feels to me like the next 10x productivity improvement in building MVPs.

https://twitter.com/joeprkns/status/1635933638725451779

Are you slightly offended when someone sends you their Calendly link? I am firmly in team “no”.

(Also - @savvycal is better!)

3x tried and tested ways to create deeper connections between your community members 🧵 1. Regular events

After meeting in person, the next best way to build relationships is over video.

Regularly scheduled, properly hosted happy hours, office hours, meet and greets (or whatever suits your members) work well.

A simple rule for early stage community builders:

No post should go unanswered. Ever. Communities have something in common with marketplaces here.

If you can't find the Airbnb you want enough times, you'll stop using it.

If you post in a community and don't get an answer enough times, you'll leave.