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Let's make it hot! Friday's Daily Stand Up!

by Janice

Why?

That extra nudge of accountability to achieve even a small step on your IH journey each day.

To join in:

01 COMMENT on AT LEAST ONE fellow hacker's progress and give them an IH Point for their check in. Let's get in there with the encouragement/feedback! (Changing the order, because I know we can do better!)

02 Share your epic (a big chunk of work with a meaty objective) you'd like to complete by the end of August.

03 Share what you accomplished yesterday.

04 Share what you commit to accomplishing today.

Optional:

05 Share your Work In Progress to underscore your accomplishments.

Then tune in the tomorrow to share how you did on your own tasks!

#daily-stand-up

Janice's avatarJanice
on August 16, 2019
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    🔥👏🏻

    Congrats to @maxshash with his progress on DeployPlace.

    BY END AUGUST:

    YESTERDAY:

    • Split my add exercise modal into multiple React Components to give more control to user for different types of sets per exercise. Originally had done something similar but i've executed it better now. Each row for each set is now rendered based on the json array of set objects.
    • Started on promo video for features of app
    • Started to implement smart functionality into the add exercises modal

    TODAY:

    • Unfortunately probably not much today/tonight - More tomorrow night and Sunday!
    • Tomorrow / Sunday - finish the smart functionality and add some nice touches to the add exercise modal e.g. adding a new row for a set, make the div scroll to bottom.
    • Get the view / edit screen done.
    • Then i can finally start on my social sharing feature.

    https://trackmylift.app - So exciteddddd - end of august!

    alanmontgomery's avatar alanmontgomery
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      What did you use to record the promo video? On iOS, I should clarify.

      Taormina's avatar Taormina
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        For the video part of the promo vid I just captured my screen. I was originally creating the promo myself but I've since used renderforest as it's very slick and professional. Just to get something done. More time for Development 🙏

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          Renderforest looks dope, did you just get the Video Maker single export package?

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          Cool cool. Android makes it super easy with adb shell screenrecord > play.mp4and you just need YouTube to go on your app store page. Apple wants something very specific for the App Store promo videos, but for marketing you can do whatever you want.

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            I'm developing a PWA so no need to worry about those guidelines as I won't be submitting to the app stores. Progressive Web Apps are definitely the future 😁🙏

            Yeah renderforest is pretty nice. Just a single export yeah so need to get it right haha

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      Hi Alan,

      What a great plan you have. It doesn't look easy.
      Let the inspiration be with you!

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        Thank you dude! It's tough going! Lots to do before release but I think I'm on schedule 🙏🙏😁

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    EPIC
    Danger World Multiplayer Experience - https://danger.world - https://danger.world/blog/multiplayer

    We already shipped multiplayer, but there is still plenty to do.

    YESTERDAY

    TODAY - WIP

    • Notifications! You need to know when it's your turn.
    • Pulling the multiplayer experience into a more prominent location.

    We're up to 198 user accounts! I'll post a milestone when we cross the 200 mark.

    KUDOS
    @TheTechTeacher - Good app progress!
    @helengriffinjr - Keep up the hustle!

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      Also, we're still #4 on GrowthRanker's This Week's Top Traffic Growth which is pretty cool.

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        What?! That's brilliant! What do you think is your most effective marketing strategy?

        Janice's avatar Janice
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          I had two days of boosting a Facebook post announcing multiplayer with a link to the blog post, and the blog post traffic is what GrowthRanker noticed. Going from nothing to something traffic-wise is noticeable percentage-wise.

          Facebook has been working, but Reddit has been driving these last few days of growth. I'm spending $50/platform to show people on r/dnd the game. I'm also expanding that audience to include r/dndgreentext.

          Android has been gobbling it up. I noticed that on Facebook as well.

          I've got some more wiggle room in the budget I gave myself for advertising. I might do another $1/day/platform app install campaign on Facebook to keep a steady drip of new users learning about the game. Reddit is way more contextual than Facebook though, so I suspect that will win out after this experiment is concluded.

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    EPIC

    1. 2019
      • $6400 EOY - Nov & Dec excluded
    2. Aug
      • 1st Pilot Customer
      • $1600 in Revenue
    3. Objective
      • Double down on the sales problem to understand the customers better it.
      • Then make/test a quick MVP solution.

    YESTERDAY

    • Daily outreach (warm emails).
    • Draft warm intro emails/DMs.
    • Do customer interview.
    • Search for a contract.
    • Editing one-liner: identified problem & value proposition statement
    • Update CRM
    • SUS group session

    TODAY

    • Daily outreach (warm emails/DMs).
    • Edit warm intro DMs.
    • Book lunch w/ dev buddy to get intros
    • Draft a contract.
    • List customer problem statements.
    • Editing one-liner: identified problem & value proposition statement.
    • PT job

    BREAKDOWN
    WEEK 1:

    1. Set my Aug KPIs. Pick my primary & secondary metrics.
    2. Define a practical non-tech MVP solution to test w/ prospect.
    3. Do lead generation to prepare for week 2.

    WEEK 2

    1. Do cold calls and emails.
    2. Revised landing page copy.
    3. Ship: updated website.
    4. Lead generation.
    5. Nurture folks in my pipeline.

    WEEK 3:

    1. Follow up w/ folks in my pipeline.
    2. Daily outreach (warm emails).
    3. Review & Documentation (customer problems & progress w/ customers).
    4. Revised & center my value proposition and message on the problem.
    5. Get feedback on MVP potential value.
    6. Iterate my pitch, emails, and call scripts.
    7. Assess & document customer behavior, data, and feedback.

    WEEK 4:

    1. Iterate my MVP & website from feedback & objections.
    2. Daily outreach (warm/cold calls/emails).
    3. Ship again.
    4. Revised sell sheet.

    WEEK 5:
    TBA

    WIP: Envoy

    KUDOS
    @Aadhi on getting his customer development groove on! Good luck!
    @louisswiss congrats on launching your online course! Much success, bruh!
    @Taormina on onboarding 180 folks w/ new accounts!

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      What?! Did @louisswiss already launch his course?

      Janice's avatar Janice
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        Not really, just opened up enrollment to my earlybird list.

        The course still launches on 09/09/19 :)

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    HA! I just created a daily stand up post, lol. I'll delete mine.

    helengriffinjr's avatar helengriffinjr
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      Thanks, chick, for having my back. Yesterday and today were scandalous. But I managed to get it in!

      Janice's avatar Janice
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    Ooh! Love all the action in here!

    Hard hitting setback at my main gig. But I'm still standing.

    By end of August, I'll have proven whether my online course was a one hit wonder or is a source of recurring revenue.

    EPIC
    Launch evergreen course and sales funnel, earning 5K in revenues.

    BREAKDOWN

    • Week 1: Complete scripts. [5 of 5 completed]
    • Week 2: Complete video shoot and email funnels. [8 of 8 completed]
    • Week 3: Complete website. Launch FB ads.
    • Week 4: Launch free training and respond to queries.

    LAST NIGHT

    Another boozer.

    TONIGHT

    • Pick a venues for Plan B.
    • Incorporate @louisswiss amazing feedback.
    • Rework epic for Plan B.
    • Rework FB ad, lead magnet and email funnel for Plan B.
    • Contact EA to help with emails.

    KUDOS

    To the stand up crew. Every single person in here has a kudo or a comment. Righteous!

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    By end of August, I'll have launched early access to my Sales For Founders course, and generate $20k in presales.

    I'll also have finally decided whether I want to say 'enrollment' or 'enrolment'.

    EPIC:

    Launch 'early access' version of course. Generate >$20k in prelaunch revenue.

    BREAKDOWN:

    Week 1: Redo landing page, record testimonial videos/welcome video, write funnel emails

    Week 2: Set up either free webinars or free video course

    Week 3: Redo course content

    Week 4: Redo course content and launch

    YESTERDAY

    • Prepared to launch early enrollment

    TODAY

    • Launched early enrollment 🎉
    • bit of fire fighting
    • answering questions etc

    KUDOS

    • @helengriffinjr for some awesome consistency. Do you have a link to what you're working on?
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      💥💥💥Congrats on the launch! 💥💥💥How goes it the initial response?

      Janice's avatar Janice
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        Thanks!

        Too early to tell. Had some sales and a lot of interest (clicks etc) but there's no urgency to buy today. The last launch had a similar flow (constant signups, no big swing).

        We'll see how it goes over the next week :)

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    EPIC
    50 subs for my personal blog

    YESTERDAY
    Sickness :(

    TODAY
    Probably more sickness :'(

    KUDOS
    @helengriffinjr for carrying the torch on the off chance @Janice gets occupied!

    OTHER NOTES
    I've been battling a scratchy throat since last week and it got much worse yesterday. I figure it's probably because I've been pushing myself on all three axis of life:

    • Social life
    • Study / IH'ing
    • Not a lot of sleep

    I did get quite a bit of sleep yesterday and I'm feeling a lot better today, but I'm taking another rest day to be sure I'm back in form.

    Will continue to brainstorm channels to validate my ideas while I'm chillin' in bed!

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    EPIC

    Launch landing pages for my iOS apps

    <a href="ffippcfkspq2.landen.co">Bestow</a>
    <a href="joinjukebox.com">Jukebox</a>
    <a href="joingift.club">Giftclub</a

    BREAKDOWN

    🥊 integrate stripe on my pre-launch pages 
    🥊 finish the copy & FAQ
    🥊 integrate kickoff labs 
    🥊 develop visuals for the prelaunch pages

    LAST NIGHT

    YC Startup School weekly call

    TONIGHT

    🥊 finish the copy & FAQ

    🥊 buy domain for my Bestow App

    KUDOSI

    I like this thread I look forward to seeing you all more often 😉

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