Thread by @PierreDeWulf, I've built several SAAS and side-projects those last 5 years Not all [...]

I& #39;ve built several SAAS and side-projects those last 5 years

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Not all succeed, but I learned a lot

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Today I& #39;m not sharing great life lessons and business tips.

Today I& #39;m sharing ten practical tips that will help you save time and money on your #IndieHackers journey.

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1/ Finding a business idea in 1min

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Too many times I hear: "I don& #39;t know what to build"

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1: Go on http://Capterra.com"> http://Capterra.com / http://g2.com"> http://g2.com
2: Search for the most successful SAAS out there
3: Read the bad reviews

You now have a business idea

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1/ Finding a business idea in 1min https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

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2/ Testing your idea in 1min

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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?"

2/ Testing your idea in 1min https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

This is the MVP of MVPStep 1: subscribe to relevant FB/LI groupsStep 2: find a screenshot of a UI that could be your productStep 3: Ask "We built this homemade tool that solves X at our company, we considered sharing it, anyone interested?"" title="2/ Testing your idea in 1min https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⏱" title="Stoppuhr" aria-label="Emoji: Stoppuhr">This is the MVP of MVPStep 1: subscribe to relevant FB/LI groupsStep 2: find a screenshot of a UI that could be your productStep 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

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Check the CPC of related keywords in Ahrefs.u2028

A good proxy for:
- competition-size
- customer value
- buyers intent

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4/ Deploying a website in 15 seconds with @Netlify

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- no git repo
- no JS
- no build
- no questions asked

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5/ Saving $5k in 10 seconds

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Ok, now you have this awesome idea and a great landing page but you don& #39;t have a lot of cash in hand.

Then you need to check this

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The AWS deals alone are awesome!

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6/ Product research in 1 minute

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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" §

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Add HotJar free plan.

Wait a bit

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Work on the red dots

Enjoy!

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7/ Attribution in 5 minutes

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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

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First, store in a cookie UTM tags and referrer.

It& #39;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.

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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& #39;s it.

Not perfect, but working

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code

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8/ Getting users on a call in 2 min

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Offers 10x what your free plan offers to people willing to spend 15 minutes on the phone with you.

You& #39;ll get feedback from people who really want to use your product.

credits to @SahinKevin for this one

PS: use http://calendly.com"> http://calendly.com

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9/ Saving 1 hour a day in 3 minutes

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Use Alfred clipboard history (on Mac).

u2028u2028Useful when:
- filling form
- answering support with the same answer
- saving that link you& #39;re sharing everywhere

I use it 10 times a day.

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10/ Knowing when to answer on Reddit and HN in 1 minute

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Set-up your brand and industry keywords on http://f5bot.com"> http://f5bot.com

You& #39;ll receive those emails as soon as they appear.

A good way to know when you& #39;re getting noticed and what people say about you

Oh, and it& #39;s free!

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Set-up your brand and industry keywords on http://f5bot.com You& #39;ll receive those emails as soon as they appear.A good way to know when you& #39;re getting noticed and what people say about youOh, and it& #39;s free! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">" title="10/ Knowing when to answer on Reddit and HN in 1 minute https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⏱" title="Stoppuhr" aria-label="Emoji: Stoppuhr">Set-up your brand and industry keywords on http://f5bot.com You& #39;ll receive those emails as soon as they appear.A good way to know when you& #39;re getting noticed and what people say about youOh, and it& #39;s free! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>

If you& #39;re new to my feed: Hi, I& #39;m Pierre

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I& #39;m co-building http://Scrapingbee.com"> http://Scrapingbee.com , a web scraping API, in the open.

And I share everything I learn, here on Twitter.

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