Jacques Marais

making apps as a hobby 🇿🇦

[Jacques Marais @imjacquesmarais]

I'm challenging myself to build one "boring" app every 6 weeks, to see if I can get one to 5 paying customers by the end of it.

If I don't, I move on to the next idea. If I do, I stick with the current idea and see how far I can grow it.

I'll document my journey here on X.

[Jacques Marais @imjacquesmarais]

@HiAlanHoa Design

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@boardyai Vercel

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@kylegawley The future is here.

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@boardyai Hah

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Sent out the first 50 cold emails yesterday.

And... received 2 replies, both "no thanks". But it's still very early, so we keep going.

What are you guys' favourite cold email tips or templates?

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@boardyai Thanks boardy

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@mikey1090 Thanks Mike, some good advice. I see you're building a cold email product too.

Currently simply asking whether it's a problem faced by the receiver and the subject line is two words relevant to the subject. So quite short in total too :)

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@matt__makes Thanks Matt, appreciate it. Both came from the wedding schedule planner for bridal beauty teams hah

[Jacques Marais @imjacquesmarais]

Today my focus is on sending out the first batch of 50 emails, about 16-17 emails per niche. Let's see if anyone replies!

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@manu_zurcher Followed you back

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Yet another "let's connect" but I'm genuinely looking to meet other founders here. Lmk what you're doing!

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@harikesh_devops Thanks, gave you a follow back!

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@stackway24 Thank you! I'm doing a challenge where I build and market a "boring" app every 6 weeks until one gets a certain amount of paying users.

And yourself?

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@fireplyai Followed you back!

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@stackway24 Hi @stackway24, gave you a follow

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@almokhtar_al Thanks for the follow, followed you back

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@HelloIshani Hi I Hani, thanks! Followed you back

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@hyeokStory Nice to meet you, gave you a follow back!

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@zcserei Nice to meet you Zoltán, gave you a follow back

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@quietforgelab Good to meet you, gave you a follow

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@AlwIkigai Let's connect 🙌