I've been doing the solopreneur / indie hacking thing on the side for the last 4 years, including meticulously tracking my time spent on each project.<p>I find that seeing the data to be a useful reminder that product businesses can take a long time to get off the ground, but can really pay off eventually. I hope maybe this inspires others to take the plunge and not give up!
This is really cool! I've been following your open stats page for a few years, so it's exciting to see the overhaul with new visualizations.<p>I've started adding revenue graphs like this to my monthly retrospectives,[0] and your page was a big inspiration for me.<p>[0] <a href="https://mtlynch.io/retrospectives/2020/12/#stats" rel="nofollow">https://mtlynch.io/retrospectives/2020/12/#stats</a>
That GroupMe stats project is something I've toyed with on and off over the last 5 years or so. Seeing it as a finished project and even generating revenue is definitely a bit of a wake up call for me. Thanks for sharing!
I'm curious about the place card one - you come up first on a Google search for "make place cards", which is great (congrats!). How much of that was because you saw an opportunity there from an SEO perspective (i.e. relatively highly searched, low competition) vs. you put the app together and then actively did SEO?
I was wondering how much Covid impacted the "place card me" project, but then stupid me realized the numbers are right there :D.<p>And indeed you can really notice the impact.
Hi Cory, this is really inspiring for the starting indie-hackers like me.Could you please share how do you continue building audience around your projects?