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Re: Ask HN: I built it, nobody came, now what?

#31

Post by d--b »

d--b wrote: post #23
ecesena wrote: post #13

Start by saying what it does and posting a link (or at least adding a link into your profile)? Pro tip: add a call to action to your description. I'm not kidding. For you it's an exercise to describe it. For us it's 1) a way to see it (which is what you want), and 2) even if we're not interested, we could give more precise suggestions.

Ok sounds like an easy first step. Thanks for the tip.

What it does: Jig helps CEOs/CTOs get custom insights about their businesses without using much developer time.

Install the beta from https://www.jigdev.com

Re: Ask HN: I built it, nobody came, now what?

#32

Post by d--b »

chrisrickard wrote: post #9

Have you tried posting to Indie Hackers? https://www.indiehackers.com IH is a community of people working on their own products, often solo devs, and it may be a good place to introduce yourself and your project (possible customers could read IH), but also ask for some more advice.

Yeah it's on there. Honestly, I didn't really find on the website how useful it could be. I guess I'll dig a little more

Re: Ask HN: I built it, nobody came, now what?

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Post by d--b »

AznHisoka wrote: post #33

Is your project JigDev? I actually had a need for something like that awhile back. I needed quick visualizations for data from my database. I used Google Sheets as a solution by calling API calls inside the cells and having a chart rendered from that data.

Yep! Glad to hear that you've experienced that problem. It usually ends up in hacky spreadsheets... Give it a shot if you face the same problem in the future :-)

Re: Ask HN: I built it, nobody came, now what?

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Post by codingdave »

I took a look at it, and my very first thought was, "Oh, another analytics app."

Maybe it is like you said - I'm just not seeing what is distinguishing it from Tableau or other such "DIY analytics from your data" apps. It gave me the impression that you built your own solution instead of learning what was already available.

If I am wrong, then you don't need broader reach. You need a different message.

Re: Ask HN: I built it, nobody came, now what?

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Post by d--b »

codingdave wrote: post #35

I took a look at it, and my very first thought was, "Oh, another analytics app." Maybe it is like you said - I'm just not seeing what is distinguishing it from Tableau or other such "DIY analytics from your data" apps. It gave me the impression that you built your own solution instead of learning what was already available. If I am wrong, then you don't need broader reach. You need a different message.

Thank you for the honesty. This is very valuable feedback.

It’s very hard to find a way to convey what’s different... i’ll keep trying

Re: Ask HN: I built it, nobody came, now what?

#37

Post by rabidonrails »

d--b wrote: post #31
d--b wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok sounds like an easy first step. Thanks for the tip.

What it does: Jig helps CEOs/CTOs get custom insights about their businesses without using much developer time. Install the beta from https://www.jigdev.com

I think you have a winner if you could make this Jig helps CEOs/CTOs get custom insights about their businesses without ANY developer time.

Re: Ask HN: I built it, nobody came, now what?

#38

Post by darrenwestall »

rabidonrails wrote: post #37
d--b wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What it does: Jig helps CEOs/CTOs get custom insights about their businesses without using much developer time. Install the beta from https://www.jigdev.com

I think you have a winner if you could make this Jig helps CEOs/CTOs get custom insights about their businesses without ANY developer time.

I completely agree with this. I’d use this (and so would my CFO) if I didn’t need to use any dev resource

Re: Ask HN: I built it, nobody came, now what?

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Post by trilinearnz »

d--b wrote: post #24
trilinearnz wrote: post #15

I had a quick look at your app's web page. Seems like a quality tool that could indeed be useful for people. My approach would be to do some traditional web-based paid promotion marketing along the lines of Google Ads and via Twitter. Hook into key words that you think your audience would connect with your product. Let it run for a bit and monitor any engagement that you get. Only other thing I would suggest is have…

Thank you very much for taking the time and for the encouraging words. Paid ad campaign is something I am a bit afraid of, having done none of it... maybe i should give it a shot. i tried to get in various incubator programs in the past without success.

> Paid ad campaign is something I am a bit afraid of, having done none of it...

It's quite approachable, and Google and Twitter make it very easy to set a small budget that your impressions will be limited to (i.e. the promos will run until you get a certain amount of views/interactions that you can define). Definitely recommend giving it a try.

Re: Ask HN: I built it, nobody came, now what?

#40

Post by trilinearnz »

d--b wrote: post #31
d--b wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok sounds like an easy first step. Thanks for the tip.

What it does: Jig helps CEOs/CTOs get custom insights about their businesses without using much developer time. Install the beta from https://www.jigdev.com

I like this a lot, as a unique selling proposition. The improvements you made to your site based on this also look good. By identifying this market segment, you can tailor your advertising more sharply, which will hopefully make it more effective than if you were trying to market to any/all segments.
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