myfolks.in

Introducing myfolks.in - A Social Diary Application for the Indian audience, with Groups at the center in the overall scheme of things, built in India. With the explosion of social media, being in touch with school friends, alumni groups, families, and former coworkers is quite easy these days. However, there is always a concern to share private information and not without valid reasons! At myfolks.in, Privacy finds its place very high up in the design considerations. Hence, the idea of Groups is placed at the center in the overall scheme of things. The Group offerings include 7 meaningful and purposeful ideas. They include Birthdays , Wedding anniversaries, Bytes, Classifieds, Events, Jobs, Polls and.. Know me/us). These features allow us to collaborate and more functionalities are getting added. The app Has more than just entertainment value! On Entities, both Organizations as well as individuals can own pages here to disseminate information. They can promote their services/wares, share events information, job postings and thus engage with their audience. And grow their entities! And you as an individual besides being part of Groups also can have your own space to bring together content from Entity pages of your interest. Makes it easy to stay updated! The best part of the app is.. there are No.. footprint tracking.. targeted advertising.. sharing of Data or integrations with any external applications/agencies as a Policy. Content audit and trail is well documented. The company is bootstrapped. The app has been tested on most Android phones/Chrome. The company has more ideas in the offing. The makers of myfolks.in invite you to be a part of this exciting journey. This app is free for all except those entities with commercial interests. All you have to do is to Access.. and install a shortcut to this Progressive Web Application - https://www.myfolks.in and begin your journey.

myfolks.in – What’s in it for Entities? An Entity in myfolks.in could be any person, partnership, organization, or business that has a distinct and identifiable existence. Entities can create and own pages for promotion of their ideas, products and services but never to post any private/personal content. Entities can post content in any of the following 3 containers – Information or Bytes, Events and Jobs. Entity Pages can be promoted and also subscribed to by interested users. Content from Entity Pages too can be shared using 2 options - Share to Groups besides sharing over WhatsApp. Thus, helping Entities to reach out to a larger audience. All new content as well as updated content are highlighted and shown on priority to Users. Content from Entity Pages are also shown as Featured Content in the landing page. So, visibility isn’t an issue at all for your Content. If you are an entity with commercial interests, you have additional options to categorize; highlight important bytes besides a Call to Action for Bytes, Events and Jobs.

myfolks.in – What’s in it for Groups? Groups form the core of the design at myfolks.in, just as in our real lives. In real life, we are very selective about what we communicate and to whom. Myfolks.in gives you this very same flexibility and helps you keep your privacy intact. myfolks.in offers 7 well-meaning ways to interact with your Group members. 1. Birthdays/Wedding Anniversaries. Make every occasion memorable. Spice it up with your own Picture Card and we will help you create a Collage. 2. Bytes. Share anything – Videos, Images and Text. 3. Classifieds Place to post all Buy/Sell/Rent content. Aren’t your Groups your first choice to seek help in such matters? 4. Events Publish and keep a record of all Events in your Groups. 5. Jobs Post Job Vacancies to do your bit for those in need. 6. Polls Conducting polls and taking decisions could never get simpler. 7. Know me/us Helps to get to know everyone in the Group.

myfolks.in – What’s in it for Me? As an individual, besides being part of Groups and also owning Entity Pages, you can also search for and subscribe to Entity Pages of your interests. Helps you keep updated. And do you recall the last time you sent a hand-drawn note to your friend. myfolks.in helps you create beautiful hand-drawn notes. And bring out the artist in you

How it all begun? It started as a simple idea to keep tab of birthdays and wedding anniversaries of all in our close circles. And this was to include even of the little ones and elderly connected in the groups. Normally, we get to know the event dates of all who are present in either Facebook or Linked-In or the likes. Hence, this is special. Besides this, I had this idea of writing or sketching beautiful hand written notes on the occasion - something we used to do in the good old days. I managed to get this done too. And the app would then beautifully bring together all the notes into a collage. Besides these, you can post wishes and also upload pictures on the occasion. It took a little more than 2 1/2 months to complete this effort. A quick run through with some of my friends from my college days and it had begun its journey. The idea was also to keep the personal data as secluded as possible. Meaning, it was not to be linked with the login Id (E-Mail or Mobile) or any other Contact Information. So, even if somebody managed to get this data (which is unlikely), it would be of no use. It simply would be a list of Birthdays/Wedding Anniversaries and no contact details. This was the first version.

I do not know what to expect by posting my product on Product Hunt. But, I urge the community to try out my product. You can use a demo Id. It isn't another run of the mill social media app. It has purpose to it besides entertainment value. And yes, more importantly it helps you maintain privacy. You only share with people you want to. You only view what you want to. And it is a complete collaborative suit for Groups

I believe I have a good product. But, it isn't selling. What am I doing wrong. Am a poor marketer to begin with. Sure, will be happy to hear from the experts.