My solopreneur story: zero to $45K/mo in 2 years

Re:My solopreneur story: zero to $45K/mo in 2 years by skwee357 on Sunday September 24, 2023 @09:37AM (#37633003)

One of the moves in the game that I refuse to play, is shoving your product down the throat of everyone.

I’ve seen it live on LinkedIn when one of my followers started to post generic comments, under my posts, such as: “totally agree with you! Subscribe to my newsletter”.

I find it disgusting.

This might be a surprise for you, but sometimes I just want to engage in authentic discussion.

I promote my stuff via Show HN or when it has relevance to the content of the poster.

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Re:My solopreneur story: zero to $45K/mo in 2 years by unreal37 on Sunday September 24, 2023 @05:39PM (#37637461)

You could have been the "I spent three months building an app that helps people unsubscribe from spam without needing to have permissions to their email account. I got zero users. Then I wrote a blog and ... "

You could have mentioned what you did without it being "subscribe here!"

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Re:My solopreneur story: zero to $45K/mo in 2 years by skwee357 on Sunday September 24, 2023 @08:34PM (#37638480)

I could. But sometimes I just want to engage in authentic discussions without being an extension of my products.

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Re:My solopreneur story: zero to $45K/mo in 2 years by nicbou on Monday September 25, 2023 @01:48AM (#37640032)

There is a happy middle ground where you are allowed to bring a little context without annoying everyone.

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