As my blog's popularity increases, spammers are starting to pay attention. By reframing them into prospects I try to validate a business model, instead of complaining about it. With spammers, I'm …
Robots rock 🤖
As an indie maker, I don't want to hire staff. Instead, I'm working with contractors, and have a lot of robots doing the work for me. All repetitive tasks can be automated, and customer service is an …
Long tail competitors 🔎
Local visibility in search engine results pages is a huge challenge for webshops. I struggled with it for years for my online passport photo solution, but now I seem to have found a solution. Turns …
Old and wise 👵🏻
Your grandparents didn't need dietary guidelines to be healthy and your parents didn't need books to raise you. Instead, they did things that humans always have been doing because these things …
The centipede startup 🦟
It's every startup's dream to become a unicorn nowadays. As an indie maker it might be better to aim to become a centipede, I think. To be able to run more than one business model with a single …
Feeling like a fraud 👺
The more successful my business gets, the more often I feel like a fraud and have the idea that I don't deserve it. These feelings are known as the imposter syndrome and aren't just for …