Here we go again, building another startup in 1 week

1. Logo Picked an SVG from heroicons.com and added gradients ✅ Free ✅ 5-min delivery

2. Boring Privacy policy & terms of services are needed when setting up oauth with Google, ads account, Stripe ✅ Generated with ChatGPT ✅ 5-min delivery

3. Google This project targets SEO keywords, so Google is my friend. ✅ Verified domain with the Search Console

4. Database: @MongoDB

5. Emails: @Mail_Gun ➡️ Send via SMTP for transactional emails ⬅️ Get webhook and forward to personal email for inbounds

6. Login: @nextauthjs Simple login screen with Oauth + Magic Link (sent via mailgun)

@nextauthjs 7. Analytics: @PlausibleHQ I'm building an MVP. No need for advanced stats, crash reports etc... Plausible is way enough to find out

@nextauthjs @PlausibleHQ 8. Payments: @stripe Successful payment > Server gets a webhook > Create account > Deliver product 💡 Make sure the CVC rule is activated, almost got me banned for life

9. Website: @nextjs + @tailwindcss I use DaisyUI by @Saadeghi for all the UI components because: - it looks dope - it's super easy - it's free

10. Hosting: @vercel - dead-simple - 200k pageviews/mo - $25/mo for all these apps - Image Optimization for better SEO

11. Images: @awscloud - Images are made with Figma - Hosted on a S3 bucket - Served by a CloudFront CDN Or I use NextJS <Image/> for small images or when I just need 1 image

12. pSEO: a) Keyword research with @ahrefs free tool: I target main keyword (i.e. landing page) + long-tail (i.e. SaaS landing page) with KD < 15 and more than 200 volume b) ChatGPT builds 20+ pages: I create an empty page with prefilled components (i.e. testimonials, pricing, buttons) ChatGPT creates the content for each page (1 page = 1 long-tail keyword) I.e. for webpage /saas: I ask ChatGPT to create a supporting headline

UPDATE: The startup is live at WorkbookPDF.com 🤩 🧑‍🏫 Your personal teacher to master a foreign language The following is about marketing & how to (hopefully) become profitable👇

13. Lead Magnet: - Show up after 30sec session - Lead inputs email to get a free workbook - Gets a branded link by email - Gets another email if no account is created within 2hr

14. Hacker News: It's where tech nerds hang out. If you get featured, you secure 10k+ visitors in 24 hours - Post in the /show subfolder using "Show HN:" in title - Use the "I made [product] so you [benefit]" formula - Use tech words If it works, you'll be roasted like never before. Enjoy, it's valuable. Here's the post: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=371072…

15. Reddit Redditors hate being sold. If your product has a pricing page, forget most subreddits. /SideProject is your best shot: It's a small Twitter version of our community. - Use the "I made [product] so you [benefit]" formula - Make a short video of you demoing your startup - Comment with why you built it, and link your site Here's my post: reddit.com/r/SideProject/…

16. @ProductHunt You're pretty guaranteed to get a high quality backlink, press coverage, and decent traffic. - Launch on Mon/Sat/Sun. Other days are busy with big corp with big $$$ - Make a product demo video. Walk users through your app, explain why they should listen to you - The game is set from 12am to 4am PST Videos are underrated. This is your opportunity. 1. Recent Twitter algo updates show videos are pushed higher 2. All launches are the same, the video makes you stand out 3. It's easier than you think. Copy a viral ad, record yourself using the product, etc.. I love to brainstorm ideas, shot me a DM if you want

Marc Lou@marclou · Aug 13, 2023I'm launching my new startup now on ProductHunt 🚀 WorkbookPDF: AI-generated workbooks to learn any language with your favorite topics 🤩 - French with Cheese - Korean with Kpop - Spanish with.. ? 👉 Would love your support: producthunt.com/posts/workbook…

17. Extras Here's a recap of all the sites you can launch your startup

That's a wrap! It took about 2 weeks to launch workbookpdf.com (with heavy procrastination 🥲) You can follow me for more experiments like this, not quitting anytime soon!