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Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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Post by sanity31415 »

noemit wrote: post #6
sanity31415 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for the suggestion and kind words. Do you have any thoughts on how to find someone like that? I've had mixed experiences with marketing people.

A good shortcut is hiring from high fame startups. Not foolproof, but marketing people at uber outclass the average marketing person that might answer an ad. Another shortcut is ask other business owners who are similar to you. Hopefully you have a small network or community. If you don't, it's worth finding 2-3 people who run businesses similar to yours to regularly connect with. You might not even need to find a ma…

Thank you for the advice, I'll do some research :)

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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Post by rikkipitt »

I’d love to chat with you about your process over the last 10 years. Only today I tweeted some stats for a product similar to yours that I launched earlier this year:

https://twitter.com/rikkipitt/status/1338790202463182848

Let me know if you have time to link up over Twitter or email.

Best, Rikki

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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Post by StavrosK »

jqpabc123 wrote: post #4

Nice simple forwarding service. I need something slightly more complex --- I want store and forward/routing/hub mailbox with API control. I need API access to obtain sender and destination address of mailbox item and then decide how to dispense with it, either delete, retrieve or forward to a different destination. "Destination" may involve dozens of addresses. Reply address may be changed. To minimize storage and co…

Sounds like you want Mailgun.

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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Post by sanity31415 »

rikkipitt wrote: post #12

I’d love to chat with you about your process over the last 10 years. Only today I tweeted some stats for a product similar to yours that I launched earlier this year: https://twitter.com/rikkipitt/status/1338790202463182848 Let me know if you have time to link up over Twitter or email. Best, Rikki

Will msg you on twitter.

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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Post by sanity31415 »

radicalriddler wrote: post #17

"For example, if the website is tribble.com, you might give themtribble@joesmith.33mail.com." This is in your home page, under "It's as simple as one, two, three!". Should there be a space between them, and tribble@joesmith.33mail.com?

Thanks, will be fixed soon.

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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Post by etempleton »

noemit wrote: post #6
sanity31415 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for the suggestion and kind words. Do you have any thoughts on how to find someone like that? I've had mixed experiences with marketing people.

A good shortcut is hiring from high fame startups. Not foolproof, but marketing people at uber outclass the average marketing person that might answer an ad. Another shortcut is ask other business owners who are similar to you. Hopefully you have a small network or community. If you don't, it's worth finding 2-3 people who run businesses similar to yours to regularly connect with. You might not even need to find a ma…

I will add my best unsolicited advice to this.

If you do not understand what a marketing or advertising professional is telling you and you ask them to explain it further and it still does not make sense—lots of jargon, buzz words, and “secret sauce”—do not hire that person.

There is nothing in marketing that is so conceptually difficult to understand that it cannot be explained at a high-level to a lay person. If they do not explain it well they either A. Do not understand it well themselves, or B. Do not want you to understand it.

Also be wary of big promises up front. No one can actually promise XX% increase or XXX more leads without having advertised your specific product before. They might be able to provide a general estimate based on past experiences, but that is it.

Best of luck.

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