Jason Leow

Indie hacker, solopreneur | Creating a diverse portfolio of products + services.

Added 4 users to the animated accordion Carrd plugin...they really love them templates!

Day 230 - 8h of sleep is not enough https://golifelog.com/posts/8h-of-sleep-is-not-enough-1629270498082

The best sleep hack of them all... don't have kids πŸ˜‚

Joking

Helped a Testimonial Carrd plugin customer debug background color issue

Must be a Bootstrap conflict again..... grrrr

Fixed Fo You Yuan site due to deprecated Google Sheets v3 API

β€’ Converted it to plain HTML in the interim because couldn't figure out the easiest way to get the JSON endpoint of my Google Sheet
β€’ Created new API endpoints using nocodeapi and sheetsu but not sure why I couldn't integrate easily with my app

Collab with @jordanlys95 to cross link each other's product

https://vaccinegowhere.sg

Day 229 - Community-first product development https://golifelog.com/posts/community-first-product-development-1629177307304

A few days ago, I created 2 new communities in a day – Carrd Chat and 5am indie hackers.

But for Carrd Chat and 5am indie hackers, I’m trying something new. A community-driven product development approach. Truth is, in starting these 2 groups, I have no products to tag to the groups. But I know I’m interested to create something that that space, for profit or for free. Just not sure what and why…yet.

But seeing the value of of these groups from my previous products, I thought why not, let’s create the community first, then figure out what to even build. Just chat, and over time, perhaps needs and pain points will arise.

It’s exciting to try a different product development approach. Can’t wait to see how these groups pan out!

Added full disclaimer page

Original inspiration from @jordanlys95's https://vaccinegowhere.sg/disclaimer

Added Carrd Chat telegram group link to Plugins For Carrd site

Please join me!

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An unofficial Telegram chat group for fans of Carrd.co.

https://t.me/carrdchat

πŸ—£ Ask anything about Carrd
πŸ“£ Share your Carrd sites/templates
πŸ† Share cool tips & tricks

Run by @jasonleow of Jason’s Plugins For Carrd (https://plugins.carrd.co)

Twitter marketing

Usual mix: scheduled tweets, commented on other accounts, RTs

πŸ’΅ Received S$60 payment for Standard ad for 4 months from Carbs For Keto

Day 228 - Viral retro, part 2 https://golifelog.com/posts/viral-retro-part-2-1629078476634

More points on why I think safedistancing.sg went viral...

β€’ Something more &/or different
β€’ Data legitimacy
β€’ Co-creation

Twitter marketing

β€’ tried inversion and reverse psychological tweets today - FUN!
β€’ scheduled more tweets based on good tweets I saw today
β€’ trying a different commenting approach - arguing back nicely
β€’ tweeted out long thread on viral success of safediatancing.sg
Jason Leow Author

oh no lah, not at all! But I thought i can counter argue to tweets i see, instead of being over-positive.

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Carl Poppa πŸ›Έ

do you get a lot of ppl arguing with you??

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πŸ’΅ Sold the first copy of my latest Carrd plugin - the card listing with search and filters (US$30). Thanks Safyan!

Some Twitter marketing

β€’ commenting and engaging
β€’ RTs
β€’ scheduled some tweets

Day 227 - Retrospective on the viral launch https://golifelog.com/posts/retrospective-on-the-viral-launch-1628991774884

Some numbers so far in just this first week of existence:

πŸ‘₯ ~2600 users on site at its peak on 8-9 Aug
πŸ“ˆ 236k active users
πŸ‘ 362k page views
πŸŽ‰ 1.06M event count
πŸ“° Featured on 6 news platforms
β˜•οΈ 141 coffees received
πŸ’΅ $705 one-off support
πŸ’³ 3 new monthly subscription members for my social impact patronage
πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’» 1 full stack developer job offer (what?!)

@keni asked that I do a retrospective on how it went viral. Here’s what I believed worked in my favour and contributed to its virality:

β€’ Addressing a real pain point
β€’ A descriptive domain name
β€’ Timeliness
β€’ Mass appeal
β€’ For social good vibes

Added new links and info based on contact form suggestions

β€’ Added safe travel link
β€’ Added group limit for sports
β€’ Added link to guidelines for arts sector

Day 226 - What are the few things that would make today a great day if you did it? https://golifelog.com/posts/what-are-the-few-things-that-would-make-today-a-great-day-if-you-did-it-1628910073979

What are some things that would make the day a great day if you did it?

What are some things that would make a great week/month/quarter/year if you did them at least once a week/month/quarter/year?

What can the few things that you should aim to do as often as you can, to maximize joy daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly?

Here’s my own attempt at listing it out