1. There is no such thing as too much social proof 2. The higher price, the better customers 3. Empower users, not market them 4. Talking to customers is a shortcut to success 5. Having an email list is a superpower 6. Nobody wants to book a meeting with you 7. Showing the product > Describing the product 8. Nail one acquisition channel before adding the second 9. Sell positive future, not product features 10. Your customers are the best promoters 11. Distribution is more important than the content 12. Paying customers is the true validation You can see how we implement all these rules on the landing page of MakerBox Marketing Workbook https://www.makerbox.club/workbook
Product Hunt was created specifically to showcase what you do. But let s face it, with the progress of AI, there are more and more products and you don t have time to test them all (respect to @gabe , who does this job brilliantly).
I noticed that as my following grew throughout social media, more people contacted me wanting to test products. Of course, I don t have room for everyone, and what s even more shocking is that to get to me, they want to compensate me for testing.
Yesterday, I had an unpleasant experience. For a few minutes, I lost my LinkedIn community of several thousand people (TL;DR: I was falsely accused of using suspicious software).
Fortunately, I got my account back but it was a strong reminder that we don t own platforms, nor our profiles on them.
Yesterday, I came across a job posting from a specific SF company that offered Yesterday I came across a job posting from a specific SF company that offered a salary of 250k 1M (including equity), but realistically, I don't think they have that money; they're just grinding to satisfy investors and succumb to too much hustle culture.
Requirement: be available on-site from 9 AM to 9 PM 6 days a week in the office (and I bet even Sunday would be dedicated to meeting some team members in "free time"). In addition, they were willing to hire those who would relocate to SF.
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