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Derek Duban
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I've never had a problem with posts being removed. My requests just seem to be ignored.
Best Communities for Feedback?
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There are AI tools out there that can learn your personal writing style. Train one of those tools with your writing, then give the agency your trained tool to use so they can write like you. Google this phrase "is there an ai tool that can learn my writing style?"
Help! I want my newsletters to maintain my writing style even if it is managed by an agency.
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Derek Duban
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Don't give up an asset.
What would you tell your 18-year-old self when it comes to business?
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Sadly, I can't even explain it to a 50yo. It's a serious problem.
Can you explain your business to 5yo kid? Try it π
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Is anyone building a community or community software?
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Right there with ya. I've been programming for 30+ years and feel completely unemployable. I had a friend who warned me once, "don't leave the system" (meaning to not got independent). I left the system.
ππΌ A failed founder here, who wonβt be a suitable fit to join the workforce ever, ironically.
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Store your own work files... (?)
I'm making a site for creators, and the way things are, it just works out easier for me (and hopefully users) if they store their own work files. ie: they can download their projects so I don't need to store it for them.
So whenever they want to work on a project, they just upload that file, make changes to their project, and download it to save it locally.
Is that just a horrible idea? I...
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I burn out. Then I recover, and start again.
But lately there isn't much motivation because on August 14 my website hit a record number of visitors and on August 15 Google changed its algorithm and by Aug 16 my traffic was halved.
Burn out to me is directly tied to seeing results but, lately, I no longer see hard work as paying off.
I'm starting to get back into it because last week a close...
How do you manage content creation without burning out? π©π₯΅
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Derek Duban
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Community.
Which part of the Product Hunt is the most important for you?
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I think it was on Reddit that people were discussing that it would take them months to just get their first order on Gumroad (or maybe it was Fiverr). I can understand that for people starting up without referrals, but if someone with existing clients asked their client to pay via one of these platforms, they can have early success (with immediate, positive, reviews)
What are you...
π° A quick list of 10 platforms where you can monetise your products
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I'm considering this question now. Google is the killer. The algorithm updates over the past year is killing small sites like mine.
I'm watching my business fail live now, for the past 3 weeks. Google search results used to be great for sending most of my traffic with 20K daily search impressions a year ago to 38 yesterday. It's over.
I came back to PH a couple weeks ago not realizing this is...
When do you know it is time to quit the project or business?
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Inertia
What makes you stay loyal to a particular brand or product?
Kavya Tripathi
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Animation templates people can easily extend and share... for gifs, or presentations, etc.
What are you building right now?
Han Jang
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Blocking
What are your favourite social media features?
Corey Knight
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SaaS payment processing solutions?
I'm trying to find a suitable solution for my subscription processing. There seems to be so many options and I'm curious what someone else would do in this situation.
Here is my setup:
A basic PHP website
- has membership built-in
A CloudFlare service provides extra goodies
I simply want a subscription page with 3 payment options, then the payment processing, and subscription management....
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The trouble with SEO is that Google changes its algorithm and all your hard work is in the trash. The August 15th update immediately crashed my search impressions by 87% overnight. My traffic is down 40%.
I really don't see the point of climbing that hill again.
Now for the good news:
Yes, you should do all the basic SEO things, like titles and all the tag recommendations.
The most amazing...
Dear Saas founder: Are any of you doing SEO for your website ?
Khul Anwar
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Plain old SEO
Which marketing channel has worked best for you soo far?
Luka Brzin
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Bad design. I don't just mean in software. Example: in hardware, like a ps4, the buttons are hidden in the bevel, and the label icons are sooo tiny they can't be read in the dark which is how you often have a room in which you are gaming. I mean, why are they trying to hide the buttons? Everybody know devices have buttons - it's nothing to be ashamed of - just make them easy to find and press....
What is something that makes you really angry?
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Review my Newsletter
I have never made a newsletter before. Last Thursday I issued my first one to 8 subscribers. 38% open rate and no unsubscribes. I don't know how to interpret that.
I'm about to start writing my 2nd issue and thought I'd ask for feedback on the 1st. Here is a web view link:
https://mailchi.mp/7c84b7d88487/editable-gifs-news-learnings
Thank you.
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About using streaks in app and sites
Nobody asked, but here is my little opinion on streaks.
Years ago I was using an exercise app. I was on day 700 or so - what an excellent streak, oh joy! an Internet point that means nothing - I wasn't excited about it until it was taken away.
One day a life event happened where I simply wasn't able to do the exercise that day. I lost my streak.
The next day I open the app and I'm back down...