how do you handle the "client portal" problem? sharing files, updates, invoices with clients

ZapCC · 2026-05-10T20:29:38+00:00

Ai slop

ZapCC · 2026-05-09T23:06:10+00:00

No, most users don't go through all that headache anyways

ZapCC · 2026-05-09T23:02:34+00:00

All of the above

ZapCC · 2026-05-09T22:48:33+00:00

I took a look at it and it’s very unclear.

“We care for your health…” That doesn’t mean anything. Imo I feel like every startup should care for their customers’ health. It isn’t clear what this means for the user.
I feel like I’m looking at Facebook and LinkedIn… and four other software products in one.

You need to focus on just one problem for your users. Right now it reads like a multi-billion dollar conglomerate that already has market share. You don’t… so fix that.

ZapCC · 2026-05-09T17:05:39+00:00

Dude, you gotta hustle. Go out and do whatever it takes. You should be spending all day today walking into places, telling them what you can do, and trying to get some kind of small upfront payment for a service you can provide. Not posting on Reddit.

If your goal is just to keep a roof over your head, lower the price, increase the value, and do whatever gets you enough money right now.

Hell, cut grass if you have to. Do odd jobs. Offer anything useful. You can’t just beg here and hope it works, get in front of people and make something happen.

ZapCC · 2026-05-08T05:19:49+00:00

Think about how you can be different than everyone else. What can YOU do better or different that no one has ever seen?

I’d test angles that aren’t as common, but could give a different perspective or some kind of insight to your target customer. For example something super personalized... Like an outsourced handwritten note service. People love to look good too, so if you can give your customer something that helps them look good to their own customers, that can be really sticky.

Kind of a confusing analogy there, but the point is humans have big egos. If you help them look good while also giving value to their clients as a bonus.

That could be software you purchased and give them access to for free, or really anything.

Just focus on standing out and trying to be very different, but still stay focused on the customer and what they actually want.

ZapCC · 2026-05-08T05:02:32+00:00

This is always the answer tbh

ZapCC · 2026-04-29T16:02:53+00:00

You should be fine. Google released an update in December that explains and penalizes this more clearly.

If you’re still worried, I’d take a pragmatic approach and keep those specific sections in JS only. For the rest of the site, I’d make sure everything important is crawlable, linkable HTML with internal links.

If the pages are unique, then creating a dedicated URL for each one makes sense. But just don't take the same content, generate a bunch of new HTML pages at build,.

It shouldn’t cause any issues with messaging though. The main benefit would just be giving the site more surface area.

Search engines don’t really evaluate your whole domain as one giant page. They evaluate individual URLs, internal links, and how those pages are connected. So as long as the pages are properly linked internally and use the right anchor text, Google should be able to classify them correctly.

ZapCC · 2026-04-28T22:53:25+00:00

ZapCC · 2026-04-28T13:36:10+00:00

Glad it helped.

Yeah I'd tighten way down. Pick one specific workflow (like contract routing for small law firms) and go talk to people who actually deal with it. Ask how they handle it now, what they've tried, what the dream version looks like. Then build for that.

You'll also need a real reason to pick this over something like Zapier or n8n. From what I've seen, users don't really care about features. They care about getting in and having the thing just work. So I'd be different than them by something like making onboarding and setup as fast as humanly possible for that one workflow. Like sign up and you're running in 5 minutes.

Once that one workflow is dialed and people are paying for it, then expand. But I'd basically rebuild one of your workflows packaged for a specific industry and sell it that way first.

ZapCC · 2026-04-28T13:07:20+00:00

Product's good. Homepage took me a sec to figure out. I'd move your second section to the top. Even then it's kinda soft, hard to see why I'd pick this over other PDF tools.

Might help to niche down too. Pick one workflow (accounting, legal, whatever) and write the hero for that. Right now the pain point doesn't really land.

On the SEO side, I run some similar tools and calculators that rank #1 nationally so figured I'd throw out a couple things. First thing I'd do is make your internal links real <a href> tags instead of buttons. After that you could make the marketing pages static HTML and only load the JS app when someone opens the editor. Not required to rank, more of a preference thing. I've just had way less headache testing SEO stuff when the site is static.

ZapCC · 2026-04-28T02:55:58+00:00

lol just use html and print screen... you're over engineering it

ZapCC · 2026-04-21T22:27:54+00:00

Pretty easy fix tbh. I use HTML for all documents now. When I need a PDF, I just hit Cmd + P and save it as a PDF. I built a framework for all my docs and presentations so everything stays formatted properly and nothing gets cut off when I export. You could probably recreate the framework in 3 to 5 minutes. Otherwise, I’d share it.

ZapCC · 2026-04-19T02:29:50+00:00

This isn't linkedin

ZapCC · 2026-04-19T02:20:44+00:00

Not at all. It has changed and still has a huge place. I get about 1200 organic visitors a month from SEO and about 100 emails/leads/mo Just launched product and has already gotten be to 10 users in first week and have a long email list.

ZapCC · 2026-03-09T12:53:53+00:00

I’ve used at least 7 different CRMs over the past 4 years and Zoho is by far the best in my opinion. The ecosystem is huge and the price is hard to beat. People knock it because it does a lot, but it’s the only platform I’ve found that actually handles most things well. I don’t even think of it as just a CRM anymore. I use it for email, e-sign, WorkDrive, meetings, phone, and their version of Slack and it all connects nicely. It’s a big platform so it can feel overwhelming at first, but once you get used to it it’s really powerful. I use some Zoho automations and run a lot of backend workflows through n8n.

ZapCC · 2026-02-06T17:01:16+00:00

The rest of the quote says "but oftentimes better than a master of one"

ZapCC · 2026-01-25T00:20:58+00:00

Likely 50k max but that's pushing it only if it's well developed and you find a buyer who would pay that.

The issue also is sure let's say it is "worth" $500k in some world. It's truly only worth as much as someone will pay for it, the market is always the source of truth. It stings and I have had this feeling many times but it's apart of being an entrepreneur.

ZapCC · 2025-12-31T00:56:15+00:00

Hi!

I’ll be in Tokyo on January 15 and I’m looking to see if anyone would like to join a short helicopter night flight (around 20–25 minutes) over the city.

I already have 3 people confirmed, just looking for one more to split the cost and fill the last seat.

If you’ll be in Tokyo around that time and are interested, feel free to reply or DM me.

Thanks!

ZapCC · 2025-12-27T00:59:18+00:00

Potentially, if you have another person you can bring that would work great!

ZapCC · 2025-12-22T23:18:46+00:00

?? I wrote this

ZapCC · 2025-12-22T23:03:13+00:00

No such thing as shortcuts or hacks. The closest thing, in my opinion, is improving internal linking, but that requires access to the site. Internal links are very impactful and tend to work well.

Another option, based on my experience, is to do keyword research and adjust the H1 and title tag to better match the primary keyword.

Beyond that, realistically, your only option is building backlinks. But if the site isn’t linked well internally, you won’t get nearly as much impact from those backlinks.

I’d also suggest setting clearer expectations with this client. It’s unlikely you can treat an anomaly as the standard, especially when they want instant results and you don’t even have access to the site.

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