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4 months. I built a Slack bot called Standup Jack (https://standupjack.com https://standupjack.com). It's a ton of work upfront but if you launch early, keep a
by matthewmueller 10y ago
4 months.
I built a Slack bot called Standup Jack (https://standupjack.com https://standupjack.com). It's a ton of work upfront but if you launch early, keep an open dialog with your users, iterate on their feedback and keep your costs low, it's a nice way to earn some side income each month.
Udemy is a pretty easy way to start since they do the marketing for you (for a pretty big cut).
- primitivesuave 10y agoA fantastic tool built around a great idea. When people ask me the timeless question of "why Slack", I actually point to Standup Jack as an example of how a simple and useful integration can save time and increase transparency through Slack's API. I actually had no idea it was a one-man show until just now. Seriously awesome execution!
- matthewmueller 10y agoI really appreciate the kind words and thanks for spreading Jack!
- travisby 10y agoHow does Udemy market for you? All I knew was they were a course-learning company. Would love to hear!
- martin_a 10y agoYou can pay them a small amount to promote your course, but they will do so for free if they find it a useful project, I think.
- matthewmueller 10y agoThere are 3 ways for people to buy your course: 1) Direct marketing - Udemy drives a ton of traffic to their website, so people just naturally see your course(s) and buy it. 2) Affiliate marketing - Udemy advertises your course(s) via things like Google Adwords. You make a very measly cut on these sales. 3) Personal marketing - You can promote your course through your own channels / reputation. You make like 98% of the sale when people purchase it this way. Without doing your own marketing, you can easily earn decent side income though.
- cdnsteve 10y agoLooks great, going to show the team tomorrow! Can I ask what it is coded in? Node or something else?