Healthy-Board6273

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Promotion mistake (alien.top)
 

I thought about a promotion idea for my small web app. : launch a contest on freelancer.com where whoever makes the best <1minute social media video post about my site wins 100$.

I was hoping to get some website traffic from this and then start working on native mobile versions of the apps.

I started the contest yesterday and it will last for a month, but after a day and 5 submissions I'm getting discouraged. The submissions are pretty bad: several are getting the website name wrong in the video and the work seems like something one would put together in a couple of minutes without caring about it at all. Most of then did not even post the video on social media. Possibly too small of a budget to attract good talent, but for me it's not a small amount.

I was hoping to find an outside of the box way of promoting the website using my 100$ budget but it seems I was way off... What a waste.

Is my app useless? in c/sideproject@indiehackers.space
[–] Healthy-Board6273@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Thank you for the valuable feedback!

Cookie banner - gdpr regulations. Read it's advisable to have one even if you don't have cookies. Considering that info, I decided to run Google analytics on it if I need a cookie banner anyway.

Thanks for the tips regarding capacitor.js. I'm not a dev and am making this with the help of chatgpt, any technical tips are more than welcomed.

I will generate more content. Currently working on the other feedback from the thread and will also put this on my list.

Is my app useless? in c/sideproject@indiehackers.space
[–] Healthy-Board6273@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

No github yet. Will have one soon. Let's stay in touch.

Is my app useless? in c/sideproject@indiehackers.space
[–] Healthy-Board6273@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks for taking the time to write this feedback. I will work on a new version based on the feedback from this thread and hopefully make some improvements.

Is my app useless? in c/sideproject@indiehackers.space
[–] Healthy-Board6273@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Pretty much... At least for now. Hoping to add more features in the future, all of them in the area of helping people break free from devices when they want to.

Is my app useless? in c/sideproject@indiehackers.space
[–] Healthy-Board6273@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the idea. How would the timer work?

Is my app useless? in c/sideproject@indiehackers.space
[–] Healthy-Board6273@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Great suggestions, thank you!

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Is my app useless? (alien.top)
 

I've created a small website to help people disconnect from screens. No visitors so far, wondering if anyone would actually need the features it offers. Any feedback is welcomed. You can find it here: Byescreen.com