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Itβs all about smart entrepreneurs sharing how they got the first 100 customers or users.
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A viral product treats the OG image as a YouTube thumbnail
βIf they donβt click, they donβt watchβ. Your OG image is often seen more than your actual website.
Design it like a YouTube thumbnail.
- Marc Lou
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A playful 404 page can rescue a bad user experience.
Explore this one at kaydev (dot) co/404
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A viral product ends with a footer people want to share
97% of visitors won't buy, but they might share. People remember what they see last.
Finish strong.
- Marc Lou
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Jun 13
Indie hackers sharing how they turned zero users into paying customers. New story weekly.
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Jun 13
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Jun 13
The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees.
The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance.
Access to all other Claude models is not affected.
We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible.
Read our full statement: anthropic.com/news/fable-mytβ¦
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Jun 12
A viral product uses numbers instead of adjectives
βFastβ is forgettable. βSave 4 hours every weekβ isnβt.
- Marc Lou
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Jun 12
Guess the Creator
One of my favorite entrepreneurs / indie hackers
Correct guess = bragging rights
Who is it?
#BuildInPublic #IndieHackers
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Jun 11
A viral product has three colors
Every color fights for attention. The more colors you add, the less people notice what matters.
Black text. White background. One color for the Buy button.
- Marc Lou
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Jun 11
404 pages can be funny, beautiful, or clever - pick your flavor.
Explore this one at nikbentel (dot) com/404
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Jun 11
Whatβs ONE goal youβre committing to this weekend?
Big or small - health, hustle, family, growth...
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Jun 10
A viral product does not have a free plan
Free users are leeches. They increase support, server costs, and make you build features your paying customers donβt want.
Less than 3% of free users ever convert. Remove your free plan.
- Marc Lou
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Jun 10
A viral product shows the product before it explains it
A demo communicates more than paragraphs of text.
Show. Don't tell.
- Marc Lou
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Jun 10
A viral product is more expensive than its competitors
Nobody talks about the second cheapest option.
Charge more.
- Marc Lou
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