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A comment on Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?.

Re:Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – wha... by Osiris on Thursday May 07, 2015 @06:57PM (#9508959)
I wrote a battery laptop monitor : http://batterybarpro.com . I get about 1k uniques a day and net about $1500/mn in sales of the Pro version.
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Re:Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – wha... by CyberDildonics on Thursday May 07, 2015 @09:59PM (#9509618)
How do you get the word out on a utility like this?
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Re:Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – wha... by Osiris on Friday May 08, 2015 @05:07PM (#9514161)
I started with a free version that I posted on various freeware software sites and as many forums about laptops as I could find. I also watched referral URLs can tried to engage users. Eventually users started spreading the word themselves. I've tried AdWords a few times but the ROI hasn't been great.
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Re:Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – wha... by Jayd2014 on Friday May 08, 2015 @05:00PM (#9514117)
What stack did you use?
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Re:Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – wha... by Osiris on Friday May 08, 2015 @05:06PM (#9514160)
It's written in C# with PInvoke code to call the underlying Win32 APIs for the battery status.
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