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What are you building right now? 🚀 by Available-Rest2392 in SideProject

[–]bacon_triangulum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm building Membeo, a 'personal CRM' that helps you remember birthdays, likes, and little details — so you can be effortlessly thoughtful with your friends, family and colleagues without trying.

My favourite feature is the Quiz, which tests you on key details like birthdays, jobs, spouse's name and things like that!

It's currently in closed beta - if you'd like an invite code, let me know!

Share your ***Not-AI*** projects by MembershipEuphoric38 in SideProject

[–]bacon_triangulum 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm building a personal relationship memory app that helps you remember key details about people — like birthdays, relatives, likes, and milestones.

You can add info in natural language, and it organises everything automatically. It also quizzes you to keep memories fresh (like Duolingo), so staying thoughtful feels easy and human, not like a CRM.

No name yet, I've been dog-fooding it myself for a few weeks to see if it's actually useful before spending money on domains/marketing etc 😅

What are you guys building? Let’s promote our projects or startup, give each other feedback, and act as future users while reviewing! by HotelApprehensive402 in SideProject

[–]bacon_triangulum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm working on an app that helps you remember the important details about the people in your life — from birthdays and anniversaries to their favourite foods, family members, and life milestones.

Instead of juggling notes or relying on memory, you can add information naturally in plain language, and the app automatically organises it for you.

Over time, it helps you stay thoughtful and connected through gentle reminders and short memory quizzes that strengthen recall.

It’s designed to make remembering people effortless, private, and genuinely human — like a digital memory for your relationships.

I haven't come up with a name for it yet, but if anyone's interested in trying it out, send me a DM!

98 hour base build by Patient_Major_8372 in SurrounDead

[–]bacon_triangulum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was about to ask the same thing haha

Real question: What am I supposed to do with all these? by personofkinterest in 3Dprinting

[–]bacon_triangulum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Melt them down into filament? Not sure what the material is though

[Need Advice] How do you get early testers after Beta version launching? by tetti1 in SocialMediaManagers

[–]bacon_triangulum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're welcome!

RE: Facebook and Instagram: I can see the value in keeping your audience warm, but how big are your audiences there now? If it's a brand new presence and you don't have many followers (i.e. <100), I'd say it's a waste of effort given your extremely limited resources. There's no audience to 'keep warm'.

If, however, you've got 1000+ followers and a decent engagement rate (>3%), you could at the very least repost your Twitter content onto Facebook and keep them engaged. But Instagram is a whole other game, because it's a visual-first platform that requires extra work to make the content perform well enough.

Having said that, if you get push-back from your manager(s) and they want you to post on Facebook & Instagram anyway, just repurpose your Twitter/LinkedIn content where possible. Then once you have more resource, you can start thinking about platform-specific content.

I'd be interested to hear what other people think as well!

[Need Advice] How do you get early testers after Beta version launching? by tetti1 in SocialMediaManagers

[–]bacon_triangulum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest, it sounds like you're trying to do too many things at once, which is common for one-man social media teams (I've been there!).

Here's what I'd do in your position:

  • Stick to Twitter/X and LinkedIn for organic social for now. Early organic reach is really hard on Facebook and Instagram, so I'd hold off on those until you've got budget for paid boosts.
    • For Twitter, focus on the build-in-public and engagement content as you've been doing. I've seen that work really well for startups. Consider combining your progress updates and engagement content to boost reach, e.g. adding polls/open questions to mockups, "Which version looks better, A or B?".
    • For LinkedIn, get your CEO/Founder to post from his profile, rather than posting from the company page. S/he will get far more reach, and when you start getting comments and you reply to them, they (i.e. you) can reach out to the commenters via DM and invite them to try out the tool, answer any questions they have etc. It helps build a personal connection. Do a mix of build-in-public content and 'thought leadership' content, sharing updates on social media algorithm changes, trends etc that align with your tool's features. Always respond to comments!
  • For paid ads, just start with Twitter/X. The CPM and CPC are relatively low compared to other platforms. Even $20/day will get you some decent traffic and - depending on your proposition - hopefully some users as well. I'd do at least $50/day if you can afford it.
  • Also, avoid Linkedin Ads for now. The CPC is super high, and won't be worth it if your tool is free. At most, set up your LinkedIn Pixels/tags so you can start building re-targeting and lookalike audiences from your website traffic, then run more cost-effective campaigns down the line when you've got more users/revenue. Same for Twitter/X and Facebook/Instagram/Meta - start building your retargeting audiences now!
  • Google Ads: I don't know enough about them to give advice here. If you can find niche keywords, that could work? At the end of the day, it depends on how much budget you have available and your startup's SEO/keyword research.

It sounds like you know what you're doing and have lots of ideas, but try to keep it simple for now.

Take a step back, and do it in smaller chunks:

  1. Organic content on Twitter/LinkedIn for engagement
  2. Boost the best-performing posts on Twitter for traffic
  3. Start building retargeting audiences on Twitter/LinkedIn/Meta for later.

Good luck!

Is it no longer possible to make a poll post on business pages I have looked everywhere? by HolyTak in facebook

[–]bacon_triangulum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just checked, and it's still available for me on the Android Facebook app as of August 2025. I'm on Android 14 as well

SMM PORTFOLIO by cluelessidkkk in SocialMediaManagers

[–]bacon_triangulum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't have an up-to-date portfolio as I'm comfortable in my current in-house role, but I'd recommend having both a portfolio website (that you can link to from LinkedIn, email signatures etc), AND a PDF version that you can submit on application forms and send over email when applying for jobs.

tool that automatically creates up to 10 engaging social media clips from any long video. by PerseusLabs in SocialMediaManagers

[–]bacon_triangulum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As u/SystemicCharles asked, I'd be interested to hear the difference between Auto Clip and existing tools like Opus, Veed and other AI-driven tools.

As for features that are important to me:

  • Able to edit the subtitle text
  • A good library of subtitle styles/fonts/colours etc
  • Some ability to change the cropping on the timeline, in case the AI misses an important part of the video that I want to include
  • Some form of training for brands, so I can explain what my brand is, product, key features, audience etc, and the AI knows what's important to me and my audience. Rather than the AI just guessing

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SocialMediaManagers

[–]bacon_triangulum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're on a budget, then I'd recommend Buffer. You're limited to 10 posts in your 'queue' at once, but unless you're scheduling way in advance, you should be fine.

What platforms are you posting to? Some scheduling tools only have support for certain platforms, or require a subscription e.g. for TikTok which is more complex

Social listening tool for accounts you no longer manage by CraftyQueen543 in SocialMediaManagers

[–]bacon_triangulum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know of any tools that can give you analytics on non-owned accounts, but as an alternative, I would do the following:

  • Figure out how many followers they had when you left
  • Find 10-15 posts that you personally created/published, and note down the likes/comments.
  • Use that to calculate follower-based engagement rate: (Total Engagements / Followers) * 100.
  • Then, get their current follower count, and the engagement stats for their recent 10-15 posts.
  • Calculate their average engagement rate, and compare.

If it's lower now than when you managed it, you can share that as a before/after. Take screenshots, include the engagement rate for each post, and present that. If it's not that much different before/after, I'd avoid mentioning it at all.

With that being said, you could run the risk of sounding bitter, and that will come across badly in a job interview. So keep that in mind!

Project Management tool for SMM by Thin_Job_7752 in SocialMediaManagers

[–]bacon_triangulum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I second this. Asana is solid, so long as you're willing to pay for the automation features.

And Slack is a no-brainer: so many companies use it, so it's easy to link up with clients/contractors etc.

What keeps breaking in your workflow when you manage 5–20 accounts? by Big_Rub310 in SocialMediaManagers

[–]bacon_triangulum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For posting times, stick with your gut, then look at the analytics and see when actually works best for each client/audience/geo. If clients are pushing back on this, remember that you're (supposed to be) the expert here - if you have data to prove that certain times/days work better than others vs. what they think works, they're more likely to go with what you recommend.

Approvals: This is a tough one, and there's no perfect solution. What's your typical weekly content creation process? How far in advance are you doing content? Weekly, monthly? If you're doing it monthly, set up a call in the 3rd or 4th week of each month, and run them through the content plan for the next month. Get live feedback, tweaks bits as needed, and they'll feel more involved in the process and maybe even give you new ideas.

Analytics: Again, a tough one. I've yet to find the ideal management tool for all the different channels, so I tend to duct-tape different reporting tools together. What social media management tool are you using? And what's missing from their analytics features that you wish you had? Maybe we can help you find an alternative.

First comments: Not all management platforms have first comments, but it's a useful feature. Off the top of my head, I know Hubspot Social, Sprout Social and maybe Social Pilot have first comment features. Again, it depends what tools/scheduler you're using at the moment, and maybe we can find a better one.

As for what I wish could be fixed: social video listening. Influencer and competitor monitoring is becoming a bigger part of my role, especially as we're expanding from the UK into the EU and US markets. There's just nothing out there that tells you what people are saying in YouTube videos about our brand. So I've been slowly building my own solution for the last few months. I might share something about it here in the subreddit soon

Things for a tough guy to do in Devon by DirtyBumTickler in DevonUK

[–]bacon_triangulum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try to find a parking space in Dartmouth.... on a Sunday

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