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Re:Why you should have a side project by tiborsaas on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @11:29AM (#21193345)
I've designed and shipped my side project after a year, presented it at meetups, social media, but now I'm struggling with marketing. I have very little motivation to work on it, but I have endless drive to polish the codebase and features :) But I also know that 2-3 visitors per day will case me to abandon the whole thing.

It's tough, shipping is only the second step.

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Re:Why you should have a side project by illegalsmile on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:08PM (#21193781)
I have a hard time with marketing too as it seems the most hustle oriented and requires constant vigilance. My motivation dwindles much past the website/product design but everyone likes the product. My project is stupid simple and has a niche customer base. I don't know but I'm thinking it might be best to hire a marketing person on fiverr or upwork and have them manage marketing. I don't know if the return would be worth it though. Have you looked into hiring someone to do the social/marketing work?
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