gigamick

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   by gigamick 6y ago

   Thanks a lot. What's you side business? You should consider selling it.
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   by gigamick 6y ago

   wow - congratulations to you! that is awesome. lol if I get to £1000 MRR I will be jumping for joy. Over £1m mrr is insane!
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   by gigamick 6y ago

   Thank you! How are you getting on with your own projects now?
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   by gigamick 6y ago

   backend is laravel hosted on Heroku with a MariaDB. Front end is just plain old HTML and CSS.
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   by gigamick 6y ago

   Awesome! thanks for the feedback. A lot of people who have come from Soundcloud said that was a thing, so I thought I should point it out on the homepage.
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   by gigamick 6y ago

   I really agree with you. I think in any walk of life you can reap so much benefit from just being a human being and treating others the same. I get so much response when I email people. Every email is hand typed and I just say whatever come
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   by gigamick 6y ago

   haha well I'm Scotland and the way I look at it is that it now pays for my car, fuel etc. So I see that as significant.
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   by gigamick 6y ago

   You're not the first person to say that. It used to be $50 a month and no-one took me up on that, however the product has evolved quite a bit since then. Will re-look at pricing in the new year. Thanks a lot for your input, it is appre
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   by gigamick 6y ago

   Just so you're not recommending a competitor, it's songbox :-) not soundbox. Hmmm... I'm unsure of wether you could host the audio somewhere else and serve it through songbox. It's an interesting proposition though and o
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    I actually don't... I mean I have a blog where I post the odd article at my other site, https://division77.com but I didn't think anyone would be interested in my ramblings. Maybe this thread has changed my mind on tha
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    100% Agree
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    Oh definitely! I will look at pricing again in the new year. I am contemplating reducing from 3 to 2 plans as well.
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    I use filestack.com for uploading and handling assets.. so yes I do believe this could be a possibility. Do you see a use case for this?
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    100% ditto
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    Thanks for sharing this. There are echoes of my own journey here. I truly believe that "slow and steady wins the race".
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    Ooops... thanks so much I will address these issues tonight.
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    I decided it was worth asking money for before I laid a finger to the keyboard. Getting first users was really tough. I "launched" on product hunt and that was a bomb. I posted around some forums and that got some attention, but i
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    I hear you and sometimes the results weren't conclusive but I did uncover a few gems. particularly around pricing and the hero statement. I would rather do it than not.
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    Thank you!
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    Thanks very much. I really appreciate that.
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    No that's totally cool. I appreciate the feedback.
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    My career is actually in Product Management, but yes I am a developer... not the best developer but I can make anything I choose to. I think the product management background is what has helped me as I focus on the user and the product... f
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    No, I see those stories in the same way that I see stories about people winning the lottery; it can happen, but it probably won't. Growing slowly has aided me hugely in being able to refine and optimise as I went. If I had the money to
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    I do utilise such tools but I 100% advocate for being a human being and just speaking to people. Customers really appreciate it. I guess its not for everyone, and it's not infinitely scaleable but it is highly valuable in the early sta
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    Hmm... thanks for that pointer. I'll investigate that. Cheers
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    Sorry I'm not entirely clear what you mean. However I try not to weigh myself down with "What ifs" as a general life rule. Where does it end? What if your parents never met? Please don't read this as facetious, I'm
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    Subjective. But I appreciate the feedback. I'll look into it.
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    It was $50, it was $7. I've done a bunch of experimentation of price points over the years and the setup now converts by far the best. Started seeing conversions shoot up instantly upon deploying the latest pricing. Prior to this setup
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    Thank you very much. I have put a lot of effort into the homepage. Like... a lot. Months and months of A/B testing copy, images, price points. I'm happy with it and I appreciate your words. Thank you.
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    by gigamick 6y ago

    I understand what you're saying but it's not a thing in this case. And with my current employer I had my contract amended before I started (as a condition of joining, I recommend everyone does the same). The change implemented all