Hi my name is Val Sopi and I am the founder and solo maker of Claritask.com. In this weekly show I will cover details on my way to $10K in MRR. I will go into detail about strategies, tactics, lessons, and successes in marketing, sales, and outreach. Follow me along on this journey towards my goal.
A quick update on how the day is going and where blogstatic is now.Thank you to all the friends who have made this day an incredible success. The goal was to end the day inside the Top 5, which it looks like it will. However, being at #4 shooting to close the day at #3.Curious to see how it all pans out.
Newsletter: https://blogstatic.io/blog/old-pricing
Weighing the pros and cons of either keeping blogstatic as is and making it the best possible product at blogging OR going down the monetization route where there's more financial opportunity, but a new can of worms and a departure from the initial idea (rebrand/reposition). The big question: Are these limiting beliefs that are not allowing me to grow?
After an 11-month hiatus recording these, I'm trying to make a comeback.
A quick look at what it will take to get to 5,000 paid blogs in total and make blogstatic a self-sustaining operation.
It was a rough week. With the registrations and payments crashing down to zero.
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Sat down with Michele to talk about Geocodio, Saas lessons, luck, switching gears, and more.
Stefan Manku is a founder whisperer. He has the ability to help founders guide themselves. We sat down to talk about various challenges founders face based on Stefan's continuous work with other founders.
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Indiehacking vs working at big Startups, marketing vs product, rebranding, and what it's like to make products while raising a family.
I sit down with Brian to talk about his new product ZipMessage, picking fights with the Goliath, Saas lessons from his journey, marketing, selling, business operations...
Sat down with Alex to talk about presenting in public, happiness, social anxiety, productivity, some deep aspects of self and everything in between.
Martin Stellar (https://twitter.com/martinstellar) talks about what it means being a Monk and how all that relates to ethical selling. We talk about products, Martin's coaching, his new services and apps, and even tailoring. It's along one full of gems.
I got a chance to talk to my long time online friend, Cam Sloan, who's currently working on Hopscotch. We talk about the challenges of being a solo founder, b2b/b2c Saas opportunities, personal brand, photography, and more.
Noah just quit his job to fully focus on Potion.so. We go deep and talk about the benefits of running a growing product, exiting, VC money, growth, lessons, building vs marketing, and more.
Ben Mann (@digitaltrouble) comes up to share what he's been up to.
blogstatic's momentum is growing and I'm trying to maintain my pace without being overwhelmed.
I share my tools that help me stay healthy emotionally and physically.
Back after a 3-month break. Talking about what I've been up to. Claritask update. Client work. And what I'm up to now/next.
Just a quick one announcing that I'm taking a break at least until the end of Summer, maybe end of Year. Want to focus a bit on work, my well emotional well being, catch up a bit on reading, and just re-center myself.
In this episode I had a chance to talk to my friend Ben Mann, who is currently building Playgroup, and learn more about his whys.
Touching a lot upon what it means to give value to our customers instead of focusing on a pain/solution.
What it means to have an idea that everyone wants? A MUST HAVE solution!
Talking about how I want to treat Claritask as a side project and how it feels more successful as such.
Corey and I come together for the second time in 9 months and talk about what we're up to, mass media and how it affects our reality, our purpose as bootstrappers, and a whole lot more.
In this episode I explore the importance of having the right co-founder, including audio clips from Arvid Kahl, Justin Jackson, and Simon Bennett.
The importance of having online friends who share the same struggles and journey, and more.
Details on my sales & marketing efforts and their results so far
Dealing with a conundrum about if offline selling is needed when selling a solution like Claritask
Celebrating Claritask, looking back at things that worked, and what's ahead.
Speaking to Noah and Ben got me into thinking how I would go about finding an idea to work on
Helen has a lot to share with insights about her product making and how she goes about marketing and selling them to the world.
A quick update of what's working with Claritask and what's ahead
Having mixed feelings with doing client work and chasing a dream.
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