Lifelog

New search words for #sweetjamsites - "wordpress sucks", "jamstack", "wordpress vs jamstack"

Not sure why I only discovered this marketing hack for Twitter just yesterday, but I could have just searched for key words for my potential customers (eg frustrated Wordpress site owners, or those into daily writing habits) and then reply tweet to these folks for organic sharing, cold marketing!

Having FUN seems key. Just have fun chatting, riffing, with like-minded (re: writing habits) folks.

Every morning at 5am, the first thing I do when I sit down at my workspace is to verbalize my $5k MRR goal to myself.....

“I’ll learn my way towards $5k MRR by end 2021. In return, I’ll have fun growing my indie products, and adhere to a happy, healthy habit system. And I’ll surrender.”

I went into this thinking that it’s a way for me to visualize my goal......But two weeks on, I’m discovering a different reason, a better reason. It’s really for introspection, to reflect if I had diligently studied and put into practice what I claim to aspire towards. First thing in the morning, without distractions, mind clear, room quiet. Nothing to run away to or from. Just plain witnessing, a mirror check on the integrity of my actions to my word. It’s not easy, for sure.

Liking and following folks
Just chatting casually
Offering tips and hacks
RT to amplify and help

If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s. ~ Joseph Campbell

I’d been researching and asking around for more resources and material to get deeper on learning about money, marketing and monetization for Fund Feb.

Here’s the one relevant to indie hackers that I’m excited to get into:

Marketing Examples
https://marketingexamples.com/

Indie Hackers Growth Bites
https://www.indiehackers.com/growth-bites

Growth Examples
https://growthexamples.com/

Zero To Sold
https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/zero-to-sold/

Make book
https://makebook.io/
https://dariusforoux.com/stoic-path-to-wealth/

Side Hustle Stack
https://sidehustlestack.co/

Other resources, communities, podcasts and Clubhouse rooms about marketing
Also looking out for more great content, especially podcasts. Found a few Clubhouse rooms about marketing, will probably check them out if they’re just sleazy scams or the real deal.

Anything else I missed?

Relevant hashtags and search terms found:

writing habit
#ship30for30
#200wordsaday
#amwriting
#writingcommunity

Steps: Go for Top tweets under each search query/hashtag first. Once exhausted, then Latest.

"What does a perfectly productive day look like for you?"

For those who broke their streak but come back all the time. We have quite a few master streak-breakers in the community, and this might be great to celebrate their ability to bounce back, their Resilience (proposed name of upcoming badge). Interestingly the streak algorithm already has that data, just that I never thought it'll be interesting to show.

Found #amwriting #writingcommunity hashtags on Twitter.

"I find that as I whittle down all the tiny little things that drink from my day’s limited pool of cognitive capacity and willpower, I have just that little more available for the things that really matter – my work, my health, my happiness, my family, my goals. And that’s all that matters."

"Sometimes constraints help more than it hinders. In this case, narrowing down the distractions to the minimum, to focus on what matters."

Prioritizing via the ABCDE method:
A - major consequences
B - minor consequences
C - little/no consequences
D - delegate out
E - eliminate, never again

Instructions for use: Categorize your goals and tasks based on the spectrum of how big the consequences are of not completing them. Then focus on the As and Bs, the mission-critical things that really move the needle.

I will learn my way towards $5k MRR by end 2021. In return, I will have fun growing my indie products, and adhere to a healthy, happy habit system. And I will surrender.

Two bitter pills of hard gratitude to learn from adversity, and one soft gratitude to close the palette, like dessert.

Happiness = Reality – Expectations

I should really write that out in huge bold letters and hang them above my work desk, as a humble reminder every time I begin work on a new feature. Because I’m not as experienced yet, my estimates on development effort required are often way off, from 3x to as much as 10x off. So to preserve my sanity and to enjoy coding more, I got to really dial down my expectations. And safely so, because it wouldn’t reduce my motivation any one bit. In fact, it probably helps me keep going longer since I wouldn’t get unrealistically upset at my progress.

To be honest, is matching expectations with reality even possible, even if you’re super experienced?