Marketing for indie makers

Javier Montes

Javier Montes

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Marketing for indie makers

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Launch platforms

Product Hunt – The best new products in tech.
Product Hunt is a curation of the best new products, every day. Discover the latest mobile apps, websites, and technology products that everyone’s talking about.
Product Hunt
World-class Tech Products on Microlaunch
Microlaunch provides a unique launch platform for makers & startups to distribute their products. Launch, get feedback and make first sales.
microlaunch.net
A launch platform for your products
Discover new products every day. Vote for your favorites and promote your own on Uneed.
Uneed
launching.today | a place to launch your next project
launching.today
a place to launch your next project
ctrlalt.cc🦩
CtrlAltCC helps you discover new startup tools every day. See what products other people use, launch your own startup and find new users 🦩
ctrlalt.cc🦩
Buy Once Software
Discover a directory of one-time purchase software. Find perpetual license alternatives to subscription-based models across productivity, design, business, and developer tools.
Buy Once Software

https://www.indiehackers.com/products

https://www.itslaunchday.com/ ($29, seems outdated?)

Maker communities

Indie Hackers: Work Together to Build Profitable Online Businesses
Connect with developers sharing the strategies and revenue numbers behind their companies and side projects.
Indie Hackers
WIP
We are a community of makers who help each other ship project.
WIP
Ramen Club - Home
Join the #1 founder community supporting you to ramen profitable, and beyond. An active Slack, in-person co-working, expert AMAs, in-house mentors, masterminds, discounts and much more.
Home
MicroFounder – Build a Startup as a Solo Developer
It’s possible for a developer to build a profitable microstartup to pay the bills and live life on their own terms
MicroFounder
IndieMaker
We’re an invite only community for Indie Makers, we’ve built a welcoming community where indie creators like you can come together, share experiences, and find inspiration.
IndieMaker
Build, learn and grow in public on Makerlog
Keep yourself motivated and on track by building and developing products in a public environment. Harness the power of accountability to ship better products.
getmakerlog.com

https://peerlist.io/

General Commnunities

Hacker News

Reddit

5 Tactics for Promoting Your Business on Reddit – UpGroves
UpGroves
Subreddit Traffic Tracker
See at what times subreddits are active the most. Currently tracking 339+ sub-reddits.

Reddit Communities

https://www.reddit.com/r/indiehackers/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject

https://www.reddit.com/r/BootstrappedSaaS

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieHacker

https://www.reddit.com/r/LeadGeneration

https://www.reddit.com/r/startups_promotion

https://www.reddit.com/r/RoastMyStartup

https://www.reddit.com/r/IMadeThis

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieBiz

https://www.reddit.com/r/AlphaandBetausers

https://www.reddit.com/r/Plugyourproduct

https://www.reddit.com/r/GrowthHacking

https://www.reddit.com/r/SoftwareAsAService

https://www.reddit.com/r/Digitalnomad

https://www.reddit.com/r/MicroSaas

https://www.reddit.com/r/SmallBusiness

https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips

https://www.reddit.com/r/lifehacks

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned

https://www.reddit.com/r/Promotereddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/Analytics

https://www.reddit.com/r/Content_marketing

https://www.reddit.com/r/Advertising

https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur

https://www.reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong

https://www.reddit.com/r/Startups

https://www.reddit.com/r/Startup

https://www.reddit.com/r/Growmybusiness

https://www.reddit.com/r/Linkbuilding

https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO

https://www.reddit.com/r/Freepromote

https://www.reddit.com/r/SocialMediaMarketing

https://www.reddit.com/r/PPC

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMarketing

SEO

https://x.com/search?q=%23journorequest

Press

Submit.co – Where to get press coverage for your startup

Traffic

https://www.pinterest.com/

Directories

Discover and get early access to tomorrow’s startups
BetaList provides an overview of upcoming internet startups. Discover and get early access to the future.
BetaList

https://www.launchingnext.com/

https://spectacle.is/

https://pitchwall.co/

First 100 Users
100 ideas for your startup’s first 100 users. With step by step instructions.
GummySearch Audience Research
Explore any niche. Discover pain points, content opportunities, and what solutions people are eager to pay for.

Tools

Screen Studio — Professional screen recorder for macOS
Screen recorder for macOS. Create engaging product demos, courses, tutorial and social media videos. Add automatic zoom on mouse actions, smooth mouse movement, and other powerful effects and animations. Designed for macOS.
Screen StudioAdam Pietrasiak
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