The Indie Worldwide Podcast

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With Chevy Cassar from Web3 Daily: https://twitter.com/chevycassarWeb3Daily: https://www.web3daily.co/Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioJoin Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide00:00-00:16 Intro00:00:16-00:02:36 Our secret mastermind00:02:36-00:10:21 Growth and Monetization00:10:21-00:11:49 TikTok advertising and tracking00:12:38-00:14:23 Content creation on TikTok00:18:34-00:21:00 Personal newsletters and experimental projects00:21:02 How will I die00:21:30 YouTube Channel00:25:22 Starting Web3 Daily00:31:19 Monetization Path for Newsletters00:32:51 The Potential of Newsletter Businesses00:34:24 Comparing Platforms00:41:57 Taylor Swift00:43:49 Content Growth Engine00:50:09 Monetizing parasocial audiences00:52:37 Billion dollar exits00:53:25 3 million readers00:54:32 Competition01:03:16 Sponsorships01:05:46 Creating Products for Newsletter Audiences01:09:19 Word of Mouth and Social Proof01:14:43 Sales business targeting newsletter owners01:14:50 Selling ads01:15:08 Outro

https://sharemint.xyz/https://twitter.com/elie2222https://indieworldwide.com/https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioIn this conversation, Anthony Castrio, founder of the Indie Worldwide Community, interviews Elie Steinbock, founder of Sharemint.xyz, CryptoFighters, and FrontWork. Elie shares his journey from running a front-end development agency to working on Sharemint, a Web3 referral platform for startup partnerships. He discusses how he met his cofounder, Aamir, and built a strong working relationship with him.Elie explains that launching a Web3 business is similar to launching other businesses but emphasizes the importance of finding users on platforms like Twitter, Telegram, and Discord. He believes that building a valuable business during a bear market is more sustainable than focusing on quick gains during a bull market.Sharemint currently has a handful of clients and is making between $5,000 and $10,000 a month. Elie shares the challenges of managing finances in cryptocurrency and advises those looking to build a Web3 business to focus on providing value to users rather than launching unnecessary tokens.Elie is optimistic about the potential of Web3 and NFTs as alternative authentication systems and voting rights within organizations. He plans to focus on growing Sharemint over the next few years and hopes to become more established in the crypto space.In terms of the Indie Worldwide community, Elie appreciates the monthly calls and small group chats, but suggests hosting these calls more frequently to deepen connections within the community. His parting wisdom for aspiring indie hackers is that there is no right way to do things and that it's important to be open-minded and adaptable.

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This is the second episode of our Featured Founder Friday series where we put the spotlight on Bootstrapped founders from the Indie Worldwide community and beyond.Our second feature is  Suzy Choi, an Indie Worldwide member and founder of  GoodPeople, a pre-launch startup that aims to drive cultural change by creating job descriptions that attract diverse talent quickly and easily.Earlier this week I interviewed Suzy to find out how she does it.What we talked about: Finding a co-founder. Why she's building a team pre-launch. Where HR goes wrong when it comes to hiring. How to write better job descriptions.

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I met up with the founder of the Wannabe Entrepreneur Community in Lisbon for an in-person brainstorm on community businesses.What makes a community centered business work? How can you start your own? Just how tasty is pastel de nata?Find out here on the Indie Worldwide Podcast x Wannabe Entrepreneur Podcast crossover episode.Follow Tiago on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wbepodcastCheck out his community: https://wannabe-entrepreneur.com/comm...Wannabe Entrepreneur YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma7wt...Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioJoin Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwideWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvpJgmx_zDQ

Dan has made a name for himself for quitting his job at Amazon where he made $500k+ per year to become an Indie Hacker and build a portfolio of small bets. Now he works part-time for Gumroad, builds a SaaS called Userbase, has 100k+ Twitter followers, and runs the Tiny Bets Community.Anthony CastrioDaniel Vassallo TwitterIndie Worldwide

Watch part 2 here: https://youtu.be/wTNB-BkQSa4https://100in100.co/https://microacquire.com/This is Part 1 of the 100 users 100 days demo day where we had a live Q&A session with Andrew Gazdecki the founder of MicroAcquire.Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioJoin Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide

• Husband and wife indie hacker team.• 2k MRR + another 2k non-recurring on average per month• Ramen profitable but still freelancing• Going nomadic soon for a year• Other ventures like a notebook company and a fun online candy shopping experiencehttps://stagetimer.io/https://ohcandyworld.com/Follow Liz Herman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizmhermannFollow Lukas Herman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_lhermannFollow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioJoin Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide00:00 Introduction00:28 What came first marriage or product00:40 What is Stagetimer.io02:53 How many paying customers do they have03:41 How is stage timer monetised(An amazing payment plan idea)05:30 How large is the team05:30 What is the differentiating factor07:28 What is the limit of the free plan08:55 When did it go from project to startup10:08 Where did the first customers come from12:06 Opinion on paid ads14:50 How does being married help the business17:20 Is stage timer running itself?18:38 What's the new side project19:20 What is OhCandyworld.com22:22 How to do MVP of a idea23:52 Fulfilling orders24:26 Working in different industries26:30 The Indiehacker Spirit29:06 The Ultimatum Story30:22 Profitability33:32 Ads for Bootstrappers34:26 Paid Ads Workshop35:00 Outro

Read Wizen Guides: https://wizenguides.com/Follow Ana on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotechAnaFollow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioJoin Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide00:00 Introduction01:20 How Anthony met Ana for Wizen Guides02:23 How Introversion effects a founder05:08 The problems of writing a book08:14 What advantages do introverts have as startup founders12:20 The history of Ana15:40 How the Web influenced Ana's career17:05 How Ana entered retail21:11 Ana's burnout25:30 Ana's temporary retirement26:20 Ana's teaching experience31:50 Why wizen guides was born33:10 Why is Ana NotechAna35:30 Advice for someone just getting started41:10 Outro

Bhanu is a 24 year old Indie Hacker quickly approaching $1,000 MRR just a couple months after launching his blog-on-top-of-Notion platform Feather.I first met Bhanu through the Indie Worldwide community and quickly fell in love with the product he was building. Now I use Feather for just about everything!Anywhere I want to lower the barrier between thought and blog post I reach for Feather.In this interview we discuss how Bhanu quit his job, became a startup founder, tried, failed, and pivoted his way to his current product which is now growing like crazy.Try Feather: https://feather.so/Join Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/Bhanu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pbteja1998Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioFollow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide00:00 Introduction01:40 Life before Indie Hacking03:33 Building in public on Twitter03:52 The failure of MDX.one06:57 What is UseNotionCMS08:29 How did Bhanu market feather10:22 Why Bhanu pivoted to Twitter11:11 How did feather grow so fast11:44 Future distribution Plans12:22 Learning SEO13:39 How did Anthony find Bhanu14:14 Motivating other Indie Hackers14:56 The feedback process15:43 The 100 in 100 Challenge17:51 Plans for the next month18:07 Advice for someone new to Indie Hacking18:47 Outro

Zach Burau runs a dev shop, he develops software to run airport time bulletin boards, he bought a website off the founder of Kayak, and now he's building a niche-gaming empire.Get 50% off Bigin by Zoho CRM: https://zoho.to/INDIEWORLDWIDEhttps://axe.studio/Play Gomoku! https://gomoku.com/Follow Zach on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegameboyyFollow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioJoin Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide00:00 Introduction01:39 Hidden niches03:19 Selling to airports 04:52 Airport tech05:43 When to pivot06:20 How Flyline solved the airline data problem07:21 Selecting the right business09:19 Does cold calling work every time?10:49 Contract size for Flyline12:08 When to raise prices14:45 How gomoku.com started18:04 How much traffic is Gomoku getting20:10 What is Pente and how it matters to Gomoku23:43 How monetization works for game sites25:26 How to figure out development for multiple businesses27:09 Subsidize your business ideas with contracting29:12 How to find problems to solve31:24 How Zach allocates his time32:00 Expanding the gaming empire34:14 How to build in public36:13 Advice for new Indie Hackers37:35 Recap38:33 Outro

Dana is the founder and CEO of Balodana, a curated marketplace of bespoke tailors. When you sign up for Balodana they take your measurements so that you can shop for clothes that fit you perfectly, every time. Their collection is curated from around the world and they work directly with the makers of your clothing to get each piece tailored to fit your exact dimensions.In this interview we talked about the clothing industry, artificial intelligence, pivoting during the pandemic, sustainable fashion and a whole lot more.https://www.balodana.com/Dana on Twitter: https://twitter.com/danatoddI met Dana through the Indie Worldwide community. If you're interested in meeting founders from around the world working on game-changing startups, you should consider joining too.Join Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioFollow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwideTimestamps00:00 Introduction00:33 Where does the name balodana come from01:58 what is balodana4:04 Fast Fashion vs Slow Fashion6:24 What is the the order process08:43 how does balodana make money11:20 how does sizing work12:39 balodana's technology approach16:03 Web3 Integration in Beladana18:11 How many vendors are on balodana20:53 What is balodana sales volume22:16 How to tackle the pandemic23:16 Is it a solo founded business24:08 Is it profitable yet?24:15 Have there been any formal investment rounds26:35 The 1000 bars story28:45 How are people finding out about balodana29:50 How to find vendors31:40 Marketing ideas for balodana and other clothing businesses35:18 The future for balodana36:38 Fashion as a engineering discipline37:11 The futuristic smart mirror tech37:43 Advice for fashion entrepreneurs39:50 Outro

Follow Charlie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlierwardCheck out Ramen Club: https://www.ramenclub.so/Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioJoin Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwideTimestamps:00:00 Introduction00:28 Why did Weekend Club change to Ramen Club02:53 Why should one join Ramen Club05:06 Behind the scenes of Content Creation07:00 Secrets of the Youtube Game08:08 how do people find out about Ramen Club09:02 Is Ramen Club ramen profitable09:28 What does the growth graph look like10:38 Is it full-time right now?11:25 What's the growth plan now13:00 The grind of content creation16:01 The unfair advantage leading to ranking on google16:43 What are Ramen Club goals for rest of 202217:45 Studio Ramen : The community builders hub20:00 How to find out if a community is valuable21:43 How can a community create stuff in the best way possible26:53 Advise for Indie community builders29:04 Timeline of Weekend Club and Ramen Club30:52 Outro

This is the Q&A follow up from https://youtu.be/VnUa20D0BAATrevor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrevorLonginoCrowdTamers: https://crowdtamers.com/Big thanks to Mash and Sparrow's startup advisors for connecting us to Trevor to make this event possible.Sparrow Startup Advisors: https://sparrowstartup.com/Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioJoin Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide00:00 Introduction00:28 How to pitch honestly02:00 What stops a business from growing faster04:22 How to cold start a business08:06 Two most common misdates of founders09:50 Opinion about social media presence11:04 Owning a community vs being a part of one12:46 How to market a new product properly16:02 Is the first client the ideal client19:04 How to validate a idea20:30 Conclusion

Trevor Longino is the founder of CrowdTamers, a former thespian, and a master marketer. He's helped over a dozen startup scale their marketing efforts to multiple millions in ARR.Trevor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrevorLonginoCrowdTamers: https://crowdtamers.com/Big thanks to Mash and Sparrow's startup advisors for connecting us to Trevor to make this event possible.Sparrow Startup Advisors: https://sparrowstartup.com/Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioJoin Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide00:00 Introduction01:47 Basic of getting to 2M ARR in Revenue02:23 Why a marketing funnel is not the best option 03:41 How to attract people towards your business07:04 How to construct a brand image08:26 How to read statistics09:18 How to convert your audience11:10 Basics to retain customers11:40 Overview of the flywheel13:02 The growth flywheel introduction14:07 Why is data important15:19 The three key numbers16:38 Products for data gathering17:44 The Growth Mindset20:08 Conclusion

Follow Amar on Twitter: https://twitter.com/itsjustamarFind your startup advisor https://sparrowstartup.com/Indie Worldwide website: https://indieworldwide.co/Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwideJoin the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/indie.worldwide/Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio00:00 Introduction01:04 Amar's Story03:44 Initial years of zenmaid05:35 How the digital nomad journey started08:28 How the community started11:05 The worst time for a entrepreneur14:58 How to cold start a community and a summit19:20 How to allocate money20:50 How to do cold email correctly24:12 Why only maid services are being solved by zenmaid27:02 How to make a cold email list27:40 Cold calling formula31:17 How to find a non technical cofounder32:29 Is zenmaid still full-time for Amar?34:56 What are two of biggest marketing challenges for indie hackers38:49 Is hiring a CEO better?40:09 Conclusion

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Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l_Xv...Want to avoid getting banned from your email marketing tools?We invited Michael Greenberg (@gentoftech) to run an introductory workshop for any founders who send emails.Michael has built three different 6-figure ARR productized services, and sold one of those. Currently he's writing & podcasting about digital operations, entrepreneurial strategy, & content creation.The session was recorded and everyone in attendance had the opportunity to ask questions.This was a members only event. If you're not yet a member of Indie Worldwide you can apply here:https://indieworldwide.co/founders-club/ What's Indie Worldwide?We're a social group and virtual incubator for bootstrapped startups.What you'll find at Indie Worldwide:- Passionate founders and indie hackers to bounce ideas off of.- Business partners, clients, and beta testers.- Motivation and support from people going through the same journey.- A global network impossible to create if you only meet people in your own city.Michael's Twitter: https://twitter.com/gentoftechAnthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioIndie Worldwide website: https://indieworldwide.co/Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide00:00 Introduction01:10 Different email tools and their use cases03:50 Steps before sending a Cold Email09:26 Cold Email Troubleshooting Checklist11:55 What's the CTA if there's no link?12:55 Does twitter also need warming up?14:00 Monthly limit for emails14:20 How does email outreach work for a large sales team15:30 What causes domain to be spam blocked?16:00 How to find out if you are in a spamlist and how to get off it?16:00 What type of domain to use17:50 Perfect tool for Transactional Emails21:40 What timing to use for sending Emails22:45 Can subject lines be customized24:50 Which is the best email tool26:00 Why cold email is the best place to start27:45 Marketing Emails vs Cold Email28:10 Words to avoid so that the email is not marked as Spam30:50 Content Suggestions32:05 Best Email I ever sent

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Get Budget Sheet: https://www.budgetsheet.net/Vance Twitter: https://twitter.com/vlucasIndie Worldwide website: https://indieworldwide.co/Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwideAnthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioWhy'd you decide to build on top of Google Sheets?“I'm a developer, a long time developer. I'm not that great at marketing. I was looking for a marketplace that had some existing leverage that I could use.”Vance, you joined Indie Worldwide as part of the 100 in 100 challenge last year. Why?“That leaderboard gaming kind of mentality, it made me want to focus more on new sign-ups “You already have a highly paid full-time job. What inspired you to start this in the first place?“It's just something I wanted to exist. I tried three or four budgeting apps before I built this, but I got to a point where it was like five clicks to edit a transaction category. And I was just like, oh my gosh, if this was in a spreadsheet, I could just do this in seconds.”Have you made any friends at Indie Worldwide?“There's a couple people who reached out with other Google Sheets add-ons. One in particular helped me with an issue and gave me their sample code. I did not expect that! I've had some offers to buy BudgetSheet too, but I'm not interested in selling.”Everybody has a number. What would you sell for today?“If someone offered me an insane number that wouldn't even be worth paying for what it is right now, then maybe, but the market is big enough. I think there's an opportunity for this to be a multimillion dollar business. I have the money that I need right now from my full-time job. So for now I'm growing it on the side until I can kind of step over. And that's my plan. I want to work for myself.”

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Jamie Tam is a Shopify merchant turned app maker. He previously ran a profitable drop-shipping business but realized there was no great ways to track his profitability within Shopify, so he built Profit Calc. His app is now making more than $10,000 per month with no employees and 80% margins.Links:https://apps.shopify.com/profit-calc Understand Your Profit With: Dashboards, Analytics, & Insightshttps://www.ecommerceeducated.com/ Jamie's new blogIndie Worldwide website: https://indieworldwide.co/Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwideJoin the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/indie.worldwide/Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio

Shar is the Founder & CEO of Billflow. Focusing on SaaS pricing, billing, and no-code. http://billflow.ioIndie Worldwide website: https://indieworldwide.co/Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwideJoin the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/indie.worldwide/Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio

Ganesh participated in the 100 in 100 challenge and finished at the top of the leaderboard. Now they're well past 100 customers and have already hit $15,000 in MRR with the audacious goal of growing to $10 Million in ARR in the next two years and hitting a $150 Million evaluation (based on a 15x multiple). Not outrageous at all if you consider their recent growth of 40% MoM.AiHello AutoPilot automates Amazon PPC to reduce ad costs, increase revenues and decrease your time spent on managing Amazon Ads.https://www.aihello.com/Indie Worldwide website: https://indieworldwide.co/Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwideJoin the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/indie...Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio

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Charlie Ward is the founder of Weekend Club, a remote co-working club for bootstrapped founders. Over the last few years he's grown the club to ramen-profitability and scaled to host multiple events every single week (weekdays too!). In this interview we discuss how to start your community, how to scale it, and how to empower your members to become leaders.Topics we cover:- Member led events- Indie Hacking w/ a job- Indie London- Weekend Club- processes of scaling community systems, growth as we'll- Navigating going in and out of a lockdown- Plans for coming out of the lockdownCharlie Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlierwardJoin the club: weekendclub.coIndie Worldwide website: https://indieworldwide.co/Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwideJoin the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/indie.worldwide/Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio

Indie hacker since 2011, full-stack web developer since 1997, Marc LG aka The Judo Hacker is the founder of PowerImporter — the easiest nocode tool for updating your Webflow CMS.

Build in public to market your brand, keep yourself on task, and grow your audience as a maker. Learn from two makers building in public on Twitch and on Twitter and apply their learnings to your own startup journey.Noah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/noahwbraggAbout Noah Bragg:Building @potion_so in public. Co-host of @pjourneypod. Transparently tweeting about what he's building and the journey to get Potion to 5k MRR.Indie Worldwide is an online meetup group for indie hackers, makers, and bootstrapped founders.What you'll find at Indie Worldwide: Passionate founders and indie hackers to bounce ideas off of. Business partners, clients, and beta testers. Motivation and support from people going through the same journey. A global network impossible to create if you only meet people in your own city.

Dan aka “Roxkstar74” building in public on TwitchDan is the founder of TwitchToTIkTok and is currently building a new startup live from Thailand on Twitch.https://twitter.com/roxkstar74https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1031807181Build in public to market your brand, keep yourself on task, and grow your audience as a maker. Learn from two makers building in public on Twitch and on Twitter and apply their learnings to your own startup journey.Q&A w/ DanQuestions:Which came first stream or startup?What is the startup?What were you working on before?logistics of a Twitch stream.Who do you follow on Twitch?On the go streaming?What should a brand new startup streamer do to get viewers?

Software developer by background, Paulina Masson is now focused on marketing and growing her startups through SEO. In this episode we talk about her previous success selling Shopkeeper and how she's planning to grow CreatorBooks.Follow Paulina on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonlightpaulina/CreatorBooks: Most creators hate logging into multiple affiliate networks to check how much money they made. We aggregate your earnings from YouTube ads, Patreon donations, affiliate programs and product sales, so you can ditch your manual spreadsheets and focus on what you do best - creating new content. Shopkeeper: Most Amazon sellers hate combining 72 types of fees from Seller Central spreadsheets, to check if their products are profitable. We do the boring part of aggregating it for you, so you can focus on the fun part - making important decisions based on this data, to grow your Amazon business.

Andrew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/agazdeckiIndie Worldwide website: https://indieworldwide.co/Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwideJoin the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/indie...Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioAltera Staffing mentioned at 22:00  https://www.alterastaffing.com/Timestamps:00:00 - 1:00 Intro1:00 - 4:45 Why was MicroAcquire started4:45 - 6:50 Who gets a 10x multiple?6:50 - 13:15 Why to hire a CFO as soon as possible13:15 - 15:50 How to hire a CFO?15:50 - 20:10 Who should sell on MicroAcquire?20:10 - 23:10 Outsource recruiting23:10 - 26:43 The best time to sell a startup.26:43 - 27:50 Why choose MicroAcquire?27:50 - 30:00 Types of businesses that are doing well?30:00 - 31:06 OutroIndie Worldwide:The online meetup group for indie makers. Video chats and 1-on-1 matching with makers around the world.Micro Acquire:Startup acquisition marketplace. Free. Private. No middlemen.Start the right acquisition conversations at your own pace. Get free and instant access to 30,000+ trusted buyers with total anonymity. Say goodbye to brokers and meet your ideal buyer today.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gwHUgMMOJYGet Your Community Dashboard: https://orbit.love/?ref=indieworldwid...Rosie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosiesherryAnthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioIndie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwideIndie Worldwide website: https://indieworldwide.co/Rosie Sherry has previously worked at Indie Hackers as a community manager, is the founder of the Ministry of Test, and currently runs community for Orbit.Orbit:Build relationships, not spreadsheetsGrow and measure your community across any platform with Orbit, mission control for your community.Ministry of Testing:MoT is community of 25,000+ software testing and quality professionals.A place to learn, connect, attend, and contribute as we co-create better testing.

Most of the budget spent on conferences isn't returned. The content isn't why people go to conferences. They're a moral booster and a networking opportunity. Speakers are the hook, community is what keeps people coming back.In-person conferences are still more profitable (for DesignX), mostly because they're charging less for tickets. Even though there are less costs.Sponsors also are able to justify a higher-budget for the in-person conferences. The idea that they get a physical booth makes it easier to sell that higher price point.When building a community, improve constantly. Focus on values. Axe people or aspects of the community that don't fit those values or goals.Day 1 of starting a new community: identify what unites the community. To build a room you need the walls and a door. Some kind of constraint. Go as niche as possible, you can always go broad later. Find out how people are already connecting. It's not that different than building a Saas company, but it's a longer-term value play.Start with an event. Not every group needs a Slack group. Start with a one time thing and grow from there. Don't be afraid of collaborations and existing communities. See if there's some way you can work together with them to build your own unique vision. You can go farther together.Start with great content when creating a conference. Make sure the speakers are great. Have a good delivery mechanism. Allow time for natural interactions. Optimize for authenticity. People are more forgiving of live-events, the flaws make it interesting and authentic.Community building is an art not a science. Lean in to your own personal style.Takeaways for virtual conference organizers:- Get big name and interesting speakers to draw people in- Create a sense of community to keep people coming back- Address sponsorship concerns to get a higher price-point, why do they want a physical booth? How can you deliver that same value? + Point out the money they save on hotel and flight + Guarantee a similar number of one on one interactions with conference-goersConnect with Preet and the DesignX community:https://twitter.com/DesignSinghhttps://designx.community/Connect with Indie Worldwide:https://twitter.com/indie_worldwidehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/indie.worldwide/Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioQ&A w/ Preet Singh from the Design X Community00:00 Intro03:30 Going Virtual06:50 Why do people pay for conferences09:40 User psychology of conference-goers12:02 Which is more profitable: virtual or in-person?15:30 What makes a community worth joining?18:11 How to bootstrap a community from scratch21:30 Grow faster with collaborations29:35 There's no rules, do what makes sense for your group34:22 How to host a great conference40:25 Closing remarks

Nak on Indie Hackers: https://www.indiehackers.com/Nakkeeran/historyAnthony https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrioFounders' Club https://indieworldwide.co/founders-clubIndie Worldwidehttps://indieworldwide.co/https://twitter.com/indie_worldwidehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/indie.worldwide/

Founders' Club: https://indieworldwide.co/founders-clubMubs: https://twitter.com/mubashariqbal https://mubs.me/ https://iworkedon.com/@mubashariqbalFounderPath: https://founderpath.com/Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/ https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide https://www.facebook.com/groups/indie.worldwide/Anthony: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio

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