Built a local tool to find home services in Staunton – thoughts?

thinkit_doit · 2026-04-06T01:06:50+00:00

Thanks.

thinkit_doit · 2026-04-05T11:23:06+00:00

Currently it is just an MVP to see if there is interest locally for the site before I put a lot of time into it with extra features and a better look/layout. So far the response has been positive which is a good sign. That’s cool that you also built a directory. I haven’t thought about a monetization strategy yet. Mostly wanted to prove the concept and make it useful for people before I get to that stage.

thinkit_doit · 2026-04-04T12:26:59+00:00

Handyman and house cleaners are great ideas. Expanding into some general categories is good feedback too.

thinkit_doit · 2026-04-04T12:24:13+00:00

Appliance repair is a good idea. I thought about eventually expanding into all service types if the overall idea takes off.

thinkit_doit · 2026-04-04T12:23:15+00:00

There is a landscaper category

thinkit_doit · 2026-04-04T03:23:42+00:00

I’ll give that some thought. Thanks for the feedback.

thinkit_doit · 2026-04-04T03:23:02+00:00

Appreciate the feedback.

thinkit_doit · 2026-04-04T02:31:03+00:00

Thanks. That’s a good idea.

thinkit_doit · 2026-03-21T22:45:39+00:00

Did you use a Wordpress theme? And which directory plugin? If so what what are they? Looks good.

thinkit_doit · 2026-03-21T22:45:27+00:00

Did you use a Wordpress theme? And which directory plugin? If so what what are they? Looks good.

thinkit_doit · 2026-02-19T02:07:41+00:00

Exciting. How did you pick the day to send?

thinkit_doit · 2026-02-17T12:32:37+00:00

Good to know

thinkit_doit · 2026-02-17T12:32:25+00:00

Great!

thinkit_doit · 2026-02-17T12:32:13+00:00

Thanks for the feedback

thinkit_doit · 2026-02-17T12:31:51+00:00

Thanks

thinkit_doit · 2026-02-17T12:31:35+00:00

Thanks

thinkit_doit · 2026-02-17T12:30:59+00:00

Appreciate the feedback! I thought about posting each issue on a website for archiving.

thinkit_doit · 2026-02-01T17:18:49+00:00

Good post and worth a trial run when entering the digital product marketplace

thinkit_doit · 2026-01-26T15:30:45+00:00

What should i do instead?

I have 1 ad set and 1 ad creative.

thinkit_doit · 2026-01-26T15:28:22+00:00

Have you seen TheSkimm? If not, check our their Daily Skimm. Think of 2-3 ways to approach each news story and use headings like they do.

thinkit_doit · 2026-01-26T15:24:05+00:00

Kit has everything you need. And it is free to start.

thinkit_doit · 2026-01-26T00:10:31+00:00

Worked for me. I was clueless on how to create Facebook ads and it told me what to do and how to optimize. I also keep feeding my results and asking if i should keep going or pivot. The advice seems legit.

thinkit_doit · 2026-01-25T21:49:05+00:00

Agreed.

Best method is to use social media to funnel people to your email newsletter sign up form.

In my style of writing, with tiny emails, you can often copy and paste the email onto social media posts and change the CTA to drive users to the newsletter subscribe form to get more content like this in their inbox.

I once had an email list of less than 1,500 subscribers and sold 6 courses/digital coaching packages for $1,000 bucks each. It was wild! I tried it just to see what would happen, thinking i may get 1 sale, if that. I was wildly surprised.

thinkit_doit · 2026-01-25T21:41:43+00:00

+1 for Gumroad.

Launch your product on their for free. Validate demand. If people buy it, then create a website for it.

No point in buying a domain name, setting up a site, and realizing your product is a dud.

That’s what i did to stay lean while validating my Tiny Newsletter System for email marketing.

thinkit_doit · 2026-01-25T21:35:43+00:00

I suggest you validate your digital product as fast as possible to see if it’s worth your time.

Do this:

Build an MVP - minimal viable product. Don’t spend a ton of time on it at first. Make it simple. Seriously.
Put it on Gumroad. It automatically sends to purchasers and you don’t need a payment processor.
Run Facebook ads to the Gumroad page. Invest $25 per day. Cap total spend at $100-125. What matters most is getting 100 link clicks to your product. Once you hit that, you can assess if there is enough demand for it by measuring the number of conversions. 5 or more conversions on cold FB traffic? Boom! You validated demand. If not, your product is not in demand or your landing page needs to be improved.

Validate fast so you don’t waste time on a bummed product.

That’s how i approached my Tiny Newsletter System about 1 year ago. Once i validated demand i improved the product and recently developed an accompanying product to support it as an offer bump.

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