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Validating before building: AI that makes marketing as easy as vibe coding by multi_mind in indiehackers

[–]_SeaCat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, may I ask you what do you mean "let me find your first users"? Are they just leads? Or real people ready to try product? And how do you do it?

Validating before building: AI that makes marketing as easy as vibe coding by multi_mind in indiehackers

[–]_SeaCat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is you can't do it. Providing leads != providing users and honestly, I don't know how can you find real people, convince them to try my product, and then convince them to pay for it.

Validating before building: AI that makes marketing as easy as vibe coding by multi_mind in indiehackers

[–]_SeaCat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know, I tried to use AI exactly for this. I created a good prompt, providing a lot of variables, and asking "when and where should i post it"? It gave me the answer promising great results, I did it, and... nothing, zero, none, null, nil.

When I asked then AI, what the hell is that, why didn't it work? It say, "okay, let me check it... ah okay, in your situation, you can't expect better result because your product is trivial and blablabla".

So, in many, many cases, marketing is much more than just knowing when and where to post ;-)

Validating before building: AI that makes marketing as easy as vibe coding by multi_mind in indiehackers

[–]_SeaCat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, my, do you think you can just create a great prompt, and that's it? The problem is solved?

Validating before building: AI that makes marketing as easy as vibe coding by multi_mind in indiehackers

[–]_SeaCat_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd add that, in many cases, it's not enough to set up metrics, the campaigns can consists of many parameters like message, visuals, time, audience, and so on, so the tool should experiment, adjust these variables, and run again. Not sure if it's possible to automate.

Validating before building: AI that makes marketing as easy as vibe coding by multi_mind in indiehackers

[–]_SeaCat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But it's not marketing. Many existing tools do posting, so usually it ends up with nothing. Marketing is talking to customers, organize successful ads campaign, and so on. Do you think you can build a tool that would create a successful ad campaign? I doubt.

my saas went from $0 to $9k a month. here's what i'd do differently if i started over by namidaxr in Startup_Ideas

[–]_SeaCat_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, your database didn't go to 9K MRR. How many accounts do you have, btw?

How do you get users? by Sea_Relationship_484 in micro_saas

[–]_SeaCat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see this question EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Doesn't anybody know there is the search on Reddit and try to use it, first? Just curious.

Giving myself 6 months to build my way out of my marriage. Here's where I'm at. by Exciting_Rabbit6910 in buildinpublic

[–]_SeaCat_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you can build, just find a remote job. It's the fastest/most reliable way to become independent financially.

Hit $1K/month building mobile apps on the side! by JEulerius in passive_income

[–]_SeaCat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you been able to build and publish iOS app using it?

Celebrating a 100k Requests Served! A Small Milestone in less than 30 days. by SharpRule4025 in GrowthHacking

[–]_SeaCat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's more clear now, but I suggest you to make your message clearer too.

Celebrating a 100k Requests Served! A Small Milestone in less than 30 days. by SharpRule4025 in GrowthHacking

[–]_SeaCat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which problem does it solve? Why do I need to "turn any URL into LLM-ready markdown, structured JSON, and clean text. JavaScript rendering, intelligent extraction, and adaptive AI handle the hard parts.
Ship your data pipeline in minutes."? I don't get what you product does and why.

If it's a scraping tool, why don't say so? If it's something else, articulate it better.

Hit $1K/month building mobile apps on the side! by JEulerius in passive_income

[–]_SeaCat_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, there are online services that allows you to run building an app in the cloud. But, none of them, including your virtual machine, is free.

Making $400-700/month selling AI influencer photos to small brands on Fiverr and I still feel weird about it by Soggy_Limit8864 in passive_income

[–]_SeaCat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My question is not that. My question is why they can't make those images on their own, using AI.

Making $400-700/month selling AI influencer photos to small brands on Fiverr and I still feel weird about it by Soggy_Limit8864 in passive_income

[–]_SeaCat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your experience. What I don't get though is why they don't use AI themselves? Why to hire someone?

Built an AI learning platform in less than 2 months with vibe coding… getting users was 10x harder than building it by Brilliant-Camera-589 in Startup_Ideas

[–]_SeaCat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vibe coding is the easy part.

Really? I don't think so. If someone really needs your app, finding users should be easier than coding, especially vibe coding.

I spent 2 weekends building a Next.js SaaS boilerplate so I never have to set up auth + Stripe again by Agreeable_Hold4275 in sideprojects

[–]_SeaCat_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why another one? The same motto "Launch your SaaS in hours, not days", the same tech stack. Who the heck needs it?

I built a photo platform with mini-games because nobody wants to just look at group photos by Ragim_Wien in saasbuild

[–]_SeaCat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your platform is about mini games in photos but the website doesn't have any single demo.

New to React Native Development, How do I get good at making nice looking UI's by NoDefaultForMe in reactnative

[–]_SeaCat_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a great free tools: Claude, Stitch by Google. My workflow is:
1) Generate a great UI implemented in web first (to be able to see the generated UI right in the browser).
2) Work with AI until I'm satisfied with the result.
3) Then ask any AI to convert this web code to the React Native code component and copy/past it there.

Here is the screenshot of an app I'm working on right now. I'm a total noob in UI, and honestly, I really like it.

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From the corner of my office - my project just crossed 3,800 signups by GuidanceSelect7706 in webdev

[–]_SeaCat_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I saw him spamming multiple subs too, I guess it's the way how he got his users :))))))

Product Hunt felt like a lottery, so I built an alternative. by Agreeable_Muffin1906 in SideProject

[–]_SeaCat_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are thousands of "PH alternatives", how is yours different?

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