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by Hammerhead12321 1125 days ago
Posts like these really need to provide proof of income.

“I make $xx,xxx per month from MySite, click here to visit MySite!” has become an extremely popular marketing tactic, even though in reality the site could be making next to nothing.
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kieloo 1125 days ago
I’m the app creator. Honestly I have nothing to sell (other than the French course) so there is no funnel or anything. I’m just sharing my experience.

I agree with your general point though.

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huhtenberg 1125 days ago
> I have nothing to sell (other than the French course). I’m just sharing my experience.

I like your project, but this ^ is blatantly disingenuous.

Disclosing your revenue is a very effective marketing move that gives you a lot of traffic and drives sales up. You cannot not know that and it's extremely unlikely if it weren't one of the reasons for the linked post, if not the primary one.

If you were up to "just sharing", you would've done it anonymously with the name redacted and no links to your website.

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kieloo 1125 days ago
That would be true if indie founders and HNers were the audience of my app but they are not for the most part. Doing interviews like this is really not doing much for me marketing wise. Just to give you an idea, this interview generated 5 trial signups which is less than what I get on an average day from Google alone.

The main thing I gain from this is making connections and meeting fellow indie founders. I’m not sure you will believe me but it’s true. Not everything is a calculated marketing move.

And sure, I could have shared anonymously but this would make the content way less interesting than knowing what the app is etc.

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huhtenberg 1125 days ago
Interviews like this are extremely valuable due to their viral spread, resulting publicity and improvements in the search ranking. By your own admission you spend 60% time on marketing, so, no, I don't really believe you hadn't given a single thought to this aspect here and this claim is what I find strongly off-putting.
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moneywoes 1125 days ago
Thanks

So many people neglect this fact especially with all the hustle gurus

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