10: Time off and building for fun
04/11/22 • 26 min
Today Dan is back with a bang, rekindling his Cove side project with a splattering of new features, but that’s left him with some doubts about doing a Ghost agency. Meanwhile I take a very lazy day off and secure my biggest ever sponsor for Indie Bites.
What we covered in this episode
- Dan’s knee update
- Arvid’s episode
- Sponsor - ZipMessage
- Dan updates
- Enoying working on Cove again
- Adding new features
- Dan reads Rich Dad Poor Dad
- ilo’s trial conversion conundrum
- Using Rrticle as a Ghost blog
- Should Dan still do his agency?
- James updates
- James takes a day off
- New Indie Bites schedule
- Biggest sponsor ever with Weekend Club
- James did a photoshoot
- Dan’s tweet
- James’ tweet
Links:
Follow the show on Twitter and get involved
→ @nomoremondaysfm→ Sponsor the show
Today's sponsor - ZipMessage
ZipMessage is a video messaging tool designed for asynchronous conversations.You send a link to a customer, a coworker, a new hire, or anyone else you want to exchange screen and/or camera messages with. You can reserve your personal url where others can message you, or integrate it into your website.
Use it for free forever or upgrade for the full async experience on ZipMessage. “No More Mondays” 10% off your first 3 months.
About Dan
Dan is the founder of a micro-SaaS studio called Monday, where he runs a portfolio of SaaS products currently doing $7k a month. This included ilo (Analytics for Twitter), a collection of products and themes for Ghost and Dan’s new referral product, Refermo, which he’ll be launching during this show. Last year, Dan left his job to pursue indie hacking full-time.
→ Dan's Twitter→ ilo.so - Twitter analytics
→ Gloat - Ghost host
→ Cove - Commenting for Ghost
→ Super Themes Co. - Ghost themes
→ Refermo - Referrals/affiliates for Paddle-powered SaaS
About James
I’m at a slightly earlier stage than Dan, but also left my full-time job in 2021. I get most of my income producing podcasts for clients but it’s my aim to turn my own podcast into a profitable, sustainable business. I run the Indie Bites show, which is 15 minute conversations with indie founders, currently doing about $700 a month in revenue. I also have a podcast course called 2HourPodcast and a handmade leather wallet business, both of which I’d like to grow over the year.
→ James' Twitter→ Indie Bites - Indie founder chats
→ 2 Hour Podcast - Podcasting course
→ Whitstable Craft Co - Handmade leather wallets
→ PodPanda - Podcast editing
Today Dan is back with a bang, rekindling his Cove side project with a splattering of new features, but that’s left him with some doubts about doing a Ghost agency. Meanwhile I take a very lazy day off and secure my biggest ever sponsor for Indie Bites.
What we covered in this episode
- Dan’s knee update
- Arvid’s episode
- Sponsor - ZipMessage
- Dan updates
- Enoying working on Cove again
- Adding new features
- Dan reads Rich Dad Poor Dad
- ilo’s trial conversion conundrum
- Using Rrticle as a Ghost blog
- Should Dan still do his agency?
- James updates
- James takes a day off
- New Indie Bites schedule
- Biggest sponsor ever with Weekend Club
- James did a photoshoot
- Dan’s tweet
- James’ tweet
Links:
Follow the show on Twitter and get involved
→ @nomoremondaysfm→ Sponsor the show
Today's sponsor - ZipMessage
ZipMessage is a video messaging tool designed for asynchronous conversations.You send a link to a customer, a coworker, a new hire, or anyone else you want to exchange screen and/or camera messages with. You can reserve your personal url where others can message you, or integrate it into your website.
Use it for free forever or upgrade for the full async experience on ZipMessage. “No More Mondays” 10% off your first 3 months.
About Dan
Dan is the founder of a micro-SaaS studio called Monday, where he runs a portfolio of SaaS products currently doing $7k a month. This included ilo (Analytics for Twitter), a collection of products and themes for Ghost and Dan’s new referral product, Refermo, which he’ll be launching during this show. Last year, Dan left his job to pursue indie hacking full-time.
→ Dan's Twitter→ ilo.so - Twitter analytics
→ Gloat - Ghost host
→ Cove - Commenting for Ghost
→ Super Themes Co. - Ghost themes
→ Refermo - Referrals/affiliates for Paddle-powered SaaS
About James
I’m at a slightly earlier stage than Dan, but also left my full-time job in 2021. I get most of my income producing podcasts for clients but it’s my aim to turn my own podcast into a profitable, sustainable business. I run the Indie Bites show, which is 15 minute conversations with indie founders, currently doing about $700 a month in revenue. I also have a podcast course called 2HourPodcast and a handmade leather wallet business, both of which I’d like to grow over the year.
→ James' Twitter→ Indie Bites - Indie founder chats
→ 2 Hour Podcast - Podcasting course
→ Whitstable Craft Co - Handmade leather wallets
→ PodPanda - Podcast editing
Previous Episode
9: How to stay consistent w/ Arvid Kahl (The Bootstrapped Founder)
Dan is off this week, so the Bootstrapped Founder, Arvid Kahl is filling in for him. Arvid and I talk how I can be more consistent, why Arvid spends all week watching Twitch to help him write his newsletter, and I try to pronounce a German word forgetting Arvid was German.
Arvid Kahl built bootstrapped business called FeedbackPanda to $55k MRR which he then exited for a life changing amount of money. From then he went onto write the book Zero to Sold, which is a must read for any indie hacker. Arvid wasn’t satisfied with just one book, so he wrote another! His latest book The Embedded Entrepreneur delves into how to build an audience-driven business. Relentless Arvid hasn’t stopped there, as he recently launched the Find Your Following Course, which will give you the playbook for growing your Twitter audience. Oh, and I haven’t even mentioned his blog, podcast and now YouTube channel, The Bootstrapped Founder.
What we covered in this episode:
- Who is Arvid Kahl?
- James’ consistency struggles
- The benefits of accountability
- Missing deadlines and getting fired
- Should James hire a VA?
- Being disciplined as an indie hacker
- Sponsor - Founder Flywheel
- Arvid’s updates
- Publishing his newsletter for Bootstrapped Founder
- Fostering an environment for creativity
- What Arvid watches on Twitch
- Listening to Writing Excuses Podcast
- James’ updates
- How the podcast has changed James’ life
- Recording 4 new episodes
- Completed my bulk wallet order
- Staying in the present and reflecting
- Recording with Sir John Hegarty
- James’ tweet
- Arvid tweet
Links
- Follow Arvid on Twitter
- Nir Eyal Indistractible
- Weekend Club
- John Cleese Short Guide to Creativity
- Writing Excuses podcast
Follow the show on Twitter and get involved
→ @nomoremondaysfm→ Sponsor the show
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About Dan
Dan is the founder of a micro-SaaS studio called Monday, where he runs a portfolio of SaaS products currently doing $7k a month. This included ilo (Analytics for Twitter), a collection of products and themes for Ghost and Dan’s new referral product, Refermo, which he’ll be launching during this show. Last year, Dan left his job to pursue indie hacking full-time.
→ Dan's Twitter→ ilo.so - Twitter analytics
→ Gloat - Ghost host
→ Cove - Commenting for Ghost
→ Super Themes Co. - Ghost themes
→ Refermo - Referrals/affiliates for Paddle-powered SaaS
About James
I’m at a slightly earlier stage than Dan, but also left my full-time job in 2021. I get most of my income producing podcasts for clients but it’s my aim to turn my own podcast into a profitable, sustainable business. I run the Indie Bites show, which is 15 minute conversations with indie founders, currently doing about $700 a month in revenue. I also have a podcast course called 2HourPodcast and a handmade leather wallet business, both of which I’d like to grow over the year.
→ James' Twitter→ Indie Bites - Indie founder chats
→ 2 Hour Podcast - Podc...
Next Episode
11: Growth, lifetime deals and saying no to clients
This week Dan finally comes to his senses on client work, we talk about how many eggs he gets through in a week and why we’ve both decided to make it big on TikTok. James hits some nice milestones, sticks to his deadlines and has a quandary about burning the midnight oil.
💬 Want to join in the conversation? Discuss this episode on Twitter
👉 Dan's egg boxes
What we covered in this episode
- How many eggs does Dan get through
- How do we grow the pod
- Tom Elliot's quote tweets
- Sponsor - Paper Website
- Dan's updates:
- Lifetime deals for SaaS (funding secured tweet)
- Cove launch
- No more client work
- TikTok?
- James & Dan’s TikTok challenge
- James
- Working late / hitting deadlines
- Combining PodPanda & 2 Hour Podcast
- Doing something with the course
- 2 episodes of Indie Bites out
- Hit 50k downloads
- Content before tools
- James' tweet
- Dan's tweet
Links:
Follow the show on Twitter and get involved
→ @nomoremondaysfm→ Sponsor the show
Today's sponsor - Paper Website
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About Dan
Dan is the founder of a micro-SaaS studio called Monday, where he runs a portfolio of SaaS products currently doing $7k a month. This included ilo (Analytics for Twitter), a collection of products and themes for Ghost and Dan’s new referral product, Refermo, which he’ll be launching during this show. Last year, Dan left his job to pursue indie hacking full-time.
→ Dan's Twitter→ ilo.so - Twitter analytics
→ Gloat - Ghost host
→ Cove - Commenting for Ghost
→ Super Themes Co. - Ghost themes
→ Refermo - Referrals/affiliates for Paddle-powered SaaS
About James
I’m at a slightly earlier stage than Dan, but also left my full-time job in 2021. I get most of my income producing podcasts for clients but it’s my aim to turn my own podcast into a profitable, sustainable business. I run the Indie Bites show, which is 15 minute conversations with indie founders, currently doing about $700 a month in revenue. I also have a podcast course called 2HourPodcast and a handmade leather wallet business, both of which I’d like to grow over the year.
→ James' Twitter→ Indie Bites - Indie founder chats
→ 2 Hour Podcast - Podcasting course
→ Whitstable Craft Co - Handmade leather wallets
→ PodPanda - Podcast editing
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