@levelsio even tech + marketing is not enough. people need to start doing sales/outreach. so many huge businesses worldwide are fully driven by sales (phone, emails, in person) and keep making big bucks. indiehackers need to stop expecting cozy, passive income from SEO and some X posts.
@SimonHoiberg If you would start from scratch again, would you try to start multiple income streams in the first year or focus on one thing and get that running?
@zbiggistardust@vanschneider This is the way to do it. Go one level higher. Apply design not only to a brand or product. Design your own company. Put your own creativity into the stuff you enjoy. Use AI for the stuff you donโt enjoy. Best of both worlds.
@cedric_design What do you prefer:
A) productized design service for a specific niche service (e.g. branding), high quantity of clients
B) productized design service for a broader service offering (e.g. branding + website design + website dev), medium quantity of clients
@daltonuiux Design and develop directly in Claude Code with Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui and Agentation for finetuning
Jump into Figma only for creating visuals like images or logos
Pick one icon library (hugeicons, lucide, phosphor)
Use Jitter and Screen Studio for animations/motion video