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Who's hustlin' this Saturday?

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 17, 2019
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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/DMs).
    • Edit warm intro DMs.
    • Book lunch w/ dev buddy to get intros
    • Draft a contract.
    • Sent contract.
    • PT job

    TODAY
    ***FOCUS - Review & Documentation (customer problems & progress w/ customers). ***

    • List customer problem statements.
    • 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 (aka me, myself and I) 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
    @TheTechTeacher fixing inconsistencies w/ his marketing/sales/ux bugs.

    Side Note
    Not much going to get done today. PT job will take up my entire day.

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    End of August

    • Release of https://trackmylift.app
      -- Product Hunt, HackNews, Reddit, other sites
      -- Facebook Ads, Local Facebook post tagging lots of gym goers and fitness business owners
    • Video promo complete

    Yesterday
    Don't get much time on a Friday but got some little things done

    • Started on a review section on website to showcase a few reviews of app I got from close people who I let use my app as it is at the moment - might be good to showcase 3 or 4 reviews at bottom of homepage - thoughts?
    • Added a new mockup screenshot for smart functionality
    • Fixed the free trial account creation page as it showed "payment" content related to paid plan page.
    • Fixed some scrolling issues on app, fixed by setting content div to 100%.
    • Tidied up my add exercises modal (still some to do)

    Today / Tonight

    • Take user input from keyboard for sets/reps/weight on add exercise modal (currently only controllable via buttons on screen)
    • Full integration of my smarty functionality feature I've built for previous workouts pulling into creation modal.
      -Fix up some niggly bits on add exercise modal when adding new rows etc.

    KUDOS
    @cvi for early release!

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        Thank you so much for the kind words 🙏🔥 I really appreciate that.

        My plan...I've been trying to build up my karma over there lately in preparation for a few posts... I'm really not sure as I know how strict they are on self promotion... Was maybe thinking of posting in the third person? 😂 Or subtlely promote it maybe

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            Yeah that's a very valid point actually thank you!!! 🙏

            Really? That would be awesome!!! Releasing end of August so not long to go atall! I'm so excited! It's nice cus I get to beta test it myself for my own session 😂 like what I develop tonight I'll test tomorrow for my session 💪

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        I've noticed that my self-promotion gets nowhere, but that my ads were insane. I think Reddit is okay with actual ads that profit Reddit through the Reddit system, but that they don't appreciate an ad masquerading as content. Now, if you have real content, go for it.

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            Also I guess here's the shameless self promotion: https://www.reddit.com/domain/danger.world/

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            I'm targeting /r/dnd and was experimenting with specifically targeting /r/dndgreentext, but to be honest, they already "spread the love" to the related subreddits (/r/dndnext, /r/pathfinder_rpg, /r/dmacademy, etc) a tad anyway, so I might just keep aimed at /r/dnd next time.

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    [Posting earlier than usual as I'm amid a red eye to NYC!]

    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 scripts completed.]
    • Week 2: Complete email funnel. [8 of 8 scripts completed.]
    • Week 3: Complete website. Set up webinar. Launch FB ads.
    • Week 4: Launch webinar. Set up premium courses. Respond to queries.

    LAST NIGHT

    • Approach venues for Plan B.
    • Incorporate @louisswiss amazing feedback.
    • Rework epic for Plan B.
    • Rework lead magnet for Plan B.
    • Contact EA to help with webinar/emails.
    • Review webinar platforms.

    LAYOVER/FLIGHT

    • Rework FB ad and email funnel for Plan B.
    • Write blog post re logo design.
    • Respond to venue owners.
    • Pick webinar platform. @louisswiss? Any preferences?

    KUDOS

    @jpusateri What the hell happened to your posts?

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      Great stuff!

      It has been a while since I've done webinars (~2 years). Back then, webinarjam was the nr1.

      My favourite at the moment is Zoom's webinar feature, but it doesn't have any of the dubious 'growth hacky' stuff built in (if that's what you're looking for).

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      lol, I've been posting in group this week. Seeing how well the group feature itself is being used...apparently less than I hoped:P

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        A four-week course typically takes me a week to create (including templates, quizzes, recommended resources) + a day to record.

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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

    • Great work on improved multiplayer UI.
    • Tweaked a misconfigured setting on the iOS Reddit campaign.

    TODAY - WIP

    • Multiplayer bug. The main thing today, really. Need this fixed.
      ---
    • Notifications! You need to know when it's your turn.
    • Pulling the multiplayer experience into a more prominent location.

    We're up to 241 user accounts!

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    Off day just taking care of my cold. Will be back at it tomorrow!

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    Busy day for me just answering emails and catching up on other stuff. Will be back properly tomorrow or on Monday :)

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