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Weāre excited to share news about the community, the industry, but first of all, some meta-news about the newsletter: starting today, the Indie Worldwide Newsletter will be published weekly, showcasing the latest from our community and our industry. Weāre eager to make this an interesting experience, so donāt be shy in sharing your feedback with us!
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This autumnās biggest event is our upcoming September Meetup. Join indie creators from all over the world in a networking and collaboration session.
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Recent Launches š
- Farez recentlyĀ launched a collaborative newsletterĀ exploring their adventures in side hustling.
- Justyna Ilczuk launchedĀ WatchLimits, a Chrome extension to help you browse mindfully by setting limits for time you spend watching media online.
- Riccardo Russo launchedĀ MateAI, a platform that helps you write email campaigns ten times faster, and find some inspiration along the way.
- Emily Fenech launchedĀ Spinach, a tool that aims to cut your standup time in half. Plus, itād definitely have Popeyeās approval!
- Solomon Oyemade launchedĀ Product Scout, a searchable database of the top Product Hunt launches. Learn from what others have done and replicate their success!
- Lisa Gaudette launchedĀ Plankido Video Scheduler, helping YouTube creators to create multi-day sequences of YouTube videos to embed on their websites.
- Reece Atkinson launchedĀ UpMeet, a fresh take on a concept weāve all been using for the past few years. UpMeet aims to replace Zoom by being available quickly, easily, anywhere.
- Pedrum Golriz launchedĀ Artisio, a social media network for AI generated art. No, this is not for the algorithms themselves to use, but rather for the meat machines using them.
- Dominik Sobe launchedĀ HelpKit, a no-code tool to turn your Notion page into a documentation site or help center.
- Simran Khaitan launchedĀ Journey, a tool that jumped to #1 on Product Hunt! Journey helps you achieve your personal goals through a 3-minute morning routine.
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TheĀ Business Brainstorms newsletterĀ helps fellow entrepreneurs level up their entrepreneurial game. Each email includes pain points, trends, and frameworks specifically for founders looking for better business ideas.
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Highlighted Post of the Week āļø
This weekās highlighted post comes from the founder ofĀ Pixel Bazaar, Zlatko Najdenovski (find him at @Zlat in the Indie Worldwide community). He shares a tip for making a real human connection by using automated emails:
I love email marketing. But dear Lord, the spam algorithms are so overprotective these days that even the most honest emails can easily end up in spam.
The challenge? How to make sure your new customer, and their inbox, perceive you as a real and valuable human being?
My take. I set up email automation where whenever a new customer purchases a goodie fromĀ my shop, a message arrives in their inbox (hopefully) with an honest āthank youā and a small discount voucher.
No links, no attachments. Just the value in two sentences.
But to get the voucher, theyāll need to reply. This is powerful because once they reply, you are sure they are humans, and it also trains the spam algorithm to create a friendly link between you and the receiver, so you donāt end up in spam next time. Moreover, once they reply, you reply to them back with the voucher attached, but also with a question to further extend the conversation, thus to further train the spam algorithm to make sure you donāt even end up in the Promotions tab, but directly to their inbox.
Powerful, right? Well, Iāll see, in a month or two.
How about you? Whatās your approach?
