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Deep dive into design, growth, and career. Investing in design-driven companies

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[Sandra @sandra_letter]

What would the Head of Design at Vietnam's largest IT service company tell you about AI?

This episode will teach you:

- How to run Vietnam's largest design team?

- How to future-proof your career in the age of AI?

- The art of managing high-profile clients

- Why and how designers should do public speaking

- The secret sauce of FPT's hyper-growth (over 20% a year)

- How can Vietnamese designers work internationally
and many more.

Coming out this Sunday.

[Hridoy Reh @hridoyreh]

Reddit subreddits to market your startup:

1. r/SideProject (1.2M+/m visitors)
2. r/startups (468K+/m visitors)
3. r/micro_saas (172K+/m visitors)
4. r/IMadeThis (56K+/m visitors)
5. r/microsaas (96K+/m visitors)
6. r/vibecoding (1.9M+/m visitors)
7. r/apps (196K+/m visitors)
8. r/macapps (648K+/m visitors)
9. r/appledevelopers (132K+/m visitors)
10. r/iOSAppsMarketing (48K+/m visitors)
11. r/marketing (288K+/m visitors)
12. r/SaaSMarketing (11K+/m visitors)
13. r/passive_income (1.6M+/m visitors)
14. r/juststart (17K+/m visitors)
15. r/Entrepreneur (1M+/m visitors)
16. r/ClaudeAI (6.8M+/m visitors)
17. r/founder (228K+/m visitors)

[Sandra @sandra_letter]

@dayonefoundry din Tai fung in Taipei

One Dim Sum, Loaf On in HK
lots of hiking

[Sandra @sandra_letter]

@benln sign up for Vietnam today https://t.co/gttApM5y1t

[Sergiu 🤖 AI Directories @s_chiriac]

Failed on Product Hunt? 🛸

Your launch isn’t dead. You just need distribution.

🚀 Launch on 👇

@aboutdotme - DR 90, No Follow
@Crunchbase - DR 90, No Follow
@ycombinator (HN) - DR 90, Do Follow
@Devpost - DR 86, Do Follow
@f6s - DR 82, No Follow
@AlternativeTo - DR 80, No Follow
@IndieHackers - DR 80, Self Do Follow
@read_cv - DR 80, Do Follow
@crozdesk - DR 75, No Follow
SoftwareWorld - DR 74, No Follow
@BetaList - DR 73, Self Do Follow
@SaaSworthy - DR 73, Self Do Follow
https://t.co/trIENmuEBQ - DR 72, No Follow
@SaaSHubCom - DR 71, No Follow
@Tekponcom - DR 69, Sponsored
Dang - DR 67, Self Do Follow
@startupstash - DR 67, Do Follow
@UneedLists - DR 67, Do Follow
@ai_directories - DR 64, Do Follow
@futuretools - DR 62, Self Do Follow
@devhunt_ - DR 58, Do Follow
SaaS AI Tools - DR 56, No Follow
@FiveTaco_ - DR 54, Do Follow
@bensbitesdaily - DR 53, No Follow
@startupbaseio - DR 52, Self Do Follow
@MicroLaunchHQ - DR 52, Do Follow
Insidr AI Tools - DR 45, Self Do Follow
@Workspacesxyz - DR 45, Do Follow
Mars AI Directory - DR 44, No Follow
@ratheejaisal (Tiny Startups) - DR 44, Do Follow
@TheNoCodeList - DR 42, Do Follow
@OpenAlternative - DR 36, Do Follow
@ToolfolioAI - DR 35, Do Follow
10words - DR 27, Self Do Follow
IndieHackerStacks - DR 27, Do Follow
Startup Inspire - DR 27, Do Follow
https://t.co/lpSXJI5TuV - DR 27, No Follow

Submitting everywhere takes time.
If you don’t have it, we do it for you at @ai_directories.

You build.
We distribute ⚡

[Jesper Nissen @JespernissenSEO]

How to do parasite SEO without a budget

Create profiles on major social media for your brand. This is a must.

Post on these daily:
- Youtube preferrably videos, but also standard posts with links to your videos
- Facebook. Create a Facebook group with your company name, they rank better than pages
- LinkedIn posts, not articles
- X posts. Upgrade to Premium for articles if you have the budget, articles rank better
- Instagram
- Threads
- Pinterest
- Tiktok
- Reddit create your own subreddit to post to

Keep on posting multiple times pr day to all of the above. You dont need to make multiple videos, but at least post text/image posts..

Its a lot or work, but it will pay off.. When doing this consistently this will happen: You will start to see various posts pop up on page one for your brand. Then longtail keywords will start to appear on page one.

Besides this, create AI pages on Perplexity, Qwen and similar for your brand. Once the above social media posts start to index and rank, consider purchasing press releases, and point to your website, and the social media posts, that are allready ranking..

Do the above for two weeks, and I guarantee you will see increasing organic traffic in Google search console, and leads starting to come in...

#parasiteseo #jespernissenseo

[Nat Miletic @natmiletic]

Google confirmed quietly last week: HTML over 2 MB gets cut off.

Not cached differently. Not penalized.

**Cut off.**

Check your HTML page weight.

While this is quite generous for HTML files, bloated sites are already there and don't even know it.

[Sandra @sandra_letter]

@daniel_dhawan I just got banned from personal finance

[Daniel Dhawan @daniel_dhawan]

Post your app/startup on these subreddits:

r/SaaS (500K)
r/Entrepreneur (5M)
r/startups (2M)
r/ycombinator (160K)
r/business (2.5M)
r/smallbusiness (2.3M)
r/indiehackers (143K)
r/MicroSaaS (142K)
r/SideProject (580K)
r/RoastMyStartup (23K)
r/Business_Ideas (402K)
r/growmybusiness (78K)
r/AlphaandBetaUsers (26K)
r/EntrepreneurRideAlong (641K)

Use it to find your first users & get feedback for free.
Here's my first user post on Reddit from 2019. Share your Reddit story 👇

[Pierre-Eliott Lallemant @pierreeliottlal]

I took my SaaS to $500k ARR in just 8 months.
Then I sold it.

No magic tricks. Just 8 hours of deep focus, every single day.

Here is the exact blueprint to hit $10k MRR in 90 days (that 99% of founders are too lazy to execute):

1. LinkedIn Network (20 mins) Send 20-30 manual invites to your ideal profiles. Just connect, don't talk yet.

2. Direct Messages (1 hour) Send 20-30 DMs. Zero pitching. Just ask for insights: "Saw you're doing X, are you struggling with Y? We're building Z to fix it."

3. Cold Emailing (2 hours) Send 20 (manual) to 100+ (automated) emails daily. The gold is in the follow-ups. Most conversions happen after email #3.

4. Reddit Strategy (1 hour) Comment on 10 threads in your niche. Search for "Best alternative to [Competitor]" posts. Provide value first, drop your link second.

5. Content Machine (30 mins) Post 1x day on LinkedIn. Share stats, tutorials, or free resources.

Your brain will try to trick you. "It’s nice outside," "No one cares."

That’s just resistance avoiding the hard work.

Day 1: Silence.
Day 30: 10 Users.
Day 90: $10k MRR.

Stop looking for hacks. Do the boring work 🧠

Bonus : Use https://t.co/j1BeqqILvR to automate all the linkedIn part.

[Sandra @sandra_letter]

@Tobby_scraper tks Toby

[Allan Guo @_allanguo]

https://t.co/Npel0Bxx1z

[Sandra @sandra_letter]

@_allanguo wait that is impressive how did you do 20 post per days?

[Sandra @sandra_letter]

@dayonefoundry this is so great. How long does it take you to have your site indexed?

[David @dayonefoundry]

Results from my 1 first month learning SEO:

To recap, I've been using a combination of Gemini and Claude Code to teach myself SEO as a complete beginner. I ask Gemini to explain terms and concepts that I didn't understand and then use that knowledge to ask better questions and construct better prompts. I give daily screenshots of metrics to Gemini and get updated feedback and insights.

The only focus for this first month was programatic SEO (pSEO) where I organized the data in my app into thousands of pages that would rank on Google Search. These were pages that I needed to create anyway for app functionality but I workshopped how the data should be organized and what the H1 and body of the pages should be.

This process is almost completely automated now and I expect the numbers to keep going up on autopilot.

At the end of the month, I also launched on UNeed and ProductHunt for the backlinks but I think that takes some time to kick in? I'm also a brand new website so my home page is still sandboxed. All my traffic is coming from the leaf pages. Once I get out of the sandbox, I expect to automatically get a lot more high intention traffic.

I also created some HUB pages to help Google's Crawler find my pages faster. HUB pages like grouping the pages by channel category, rankings, newest etc. This seems to be working well because Google indexes my new pages almost immediately.

For Feb, my goal is to focus on higher converting tactics by targeting high intent. This will do a lot more to target my ideal customers and the work will be done through articles and blogs. AI is telling me to avoid static blogs and instead to focus on pages that have freshly updating data. For example, I can have a blog about the most active YouTube Sponsors and the data can update monthly. Google likes to rank dynamic pages higher because the information is more fresh.

If you have any tips on creating blogs and articles for SEO traffic, drop it in the comments. I'll keep you all updated on my progress as long as you keep enjoying it

[Jainam Parmar @aiwithjainam]

My team warned me not to share this publicly.

But I'm going to share this Claude prompt that killed my $800/mo Ahrefs subscription.

It creates SEO briefs better than any tool I've tested.

39 out of 47 pieces now rank in top 10.

Here's the exact prompt:

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"Create comprehensive SEO content brief:

TARGET KEYWORD: [Your keyword]
SEARCH INTENT: [Informational/Transactional/Navigational/Commercial]
TARGET AUDIENCE: [Who's searching this]

PHASE 1 - SERP ANALYSIS:

Analyze current top 10 ranking pages:
- What format dominates? (Listicle/Guide/Comparison/Tool/Video)
- Average word count of top rankers
- Common headings/sections across top results
- What type of sites rank? (Brands/Affiliates/Publishers/SaaS)
- Content freshness (how recent are top results?)
- What's missing in current results? (gaps to exploit)

PHASE 2 - SEARCH INTENT DEEP-DIVE:

What is the searcher actually trying to do?
- Learn something? (Then explain clearly)
- Buy something? (Then compare options)
- Solve a problem? (Then give step-by-step solution)
- Find a tool? (Then provide recommendations)

What questions are they asking?
- Check "People Also Ask" section
- Related searches at bottom of SERP
- What questions appear in top-ranking content?

PHASE 3 - CONTENT STRUCTURE:

Recommended H1: [SEO-optimized title that matches intent]

Outline with H2s and H3s:
For each section:
- Heading (include semantic keywords)
- Key points to cover (what must be included)
- Recommended word count for section
- Internal linking opportunities
- External sources to reference

Introduction requirements:
- Address search intent in first 100 words
- Include target keyword naturally
- Hook that makes them want to keep reading
- Promise of what they'll learn/achieve

Conclusion requirements:
- Summarize key takeaways
- Call-to-action (next steps)
- Related topics to explore

PHASE 4 - KEYWORD OPTIMIZATION:

Primary keyword: [Target keyword]
- Target density: [Recommended %]
- Placement: Title, first 100 words, at least 2 H2s, conclusion

LSI/Semantic keywords to include:
- [List 15-20 related terms that top rankers use]
- Natural integration points for each

Long-tail variations to target:
- [List 5-10 question-based variations]

PHASE 5 - CONTENT DIFFERENTIATION:

What will make THIS content better than current top 10?
- Unique angle or framework
- Original data or research
- Better examples or case studies
- More comprehensive coverage
- Better formatting or visuals
- Expert quotes or insights
- Interactive elements

PHASE 6 - ON-PAGE SEO CHECKLIST:

Meta title (55-60 characters):
- Include target keyword
- Compelling click-driver
- [Provide 3 options]

Meta description (150-160 characters):
- Include target keyword and benefit
- Call-to-action
- [Provide 3 options]

URL slug: [SEO-friendly URL]

Image requirements:
- Number of images needed
- Alt text strategy
- Featured image concept

Schema markup recommendations:
- Article schema
- FAQ schema (if applicable)
- HowTo schema (if applicable)

PHASE 7 - CONTENT REQUIREMENTS:

Target word count: [Based on SERP analysis]
Reading level: [8th-9th grade for accessibility]
Tone: [Match brand + user intent]
Expertise signals to include: [Stats, studies, expert quotes]

Internal links (5-10):
- Related articles to link to
- Anchor text suggestions

External links (3-5):
- Authority sources to reference
- Studies or data to cite

PHASE 8 - SUCCESS METRICS:

Define success for this piece:
- Target ranking position (realistic based on domain authority)
- Expected monthly traffic
- Conversion goals (if applicable)
- Engagement metrics (time on page, scroll depth)

Competitive analysis:
- Weakest competitor in top 10 (your first target to outrank)
- Content gaps they have that we'll fill

Timeline to ranking:
- Expected time to top 20
- Expected time to top 10
- Expected time to top 3

Update: Use only current data. Check SERP features (featured snippets, People Also Ask, videos). Prioritize E-E-A-T signals."

---

I used this to rank for "AI productivity tools" (90K monthly searches).

From position 47 → position 3 in 6 weeks.

The "Content Differentiation" section is why it works. Everyone can copy top 10. Not everyone can beat them.

SEO agencies charge $200-500 per content brief.

This does it in 3 minutes.

I've created 47 briefs with this. 83% of content ranks top 10 within 90 days.

Works best with: ChatGPT (for SERP analysis), Claude (for content structure), Perplexity (for gap analysis).

Copy this. Rank for your money keywords. Tag me when you hit page 1.

[Paul Mit @pmitu]

The only Reddit list you need.

❇️ Startups & Entrepreneurship:
r/startups (2.0M)
r/Entrepreneur (5.1M)
r/Entrepreneurship (122K)
r/EntrepreneurRideAlong (654K)
r/TechStartups (7.5K)
r/IndieDev (349K)
r/Startup_Ideas (242K)
r/LeanStartup (3.8K)
r/ProductManagement (248K)
r/BusinessNetworking (3.6K)

✳️ Dev:
r/Programming (6.8M)
r/webdev (3.2M)
r/vibecoding (152K)
r/VibeCodingSaaS (5.7K)

🈂️ Marketing:
r/growthhacking (123K)
r/digitalmarketing (356K)
r/DigitalMarketingHack (51K)
r/growmybusiness (84K)
r/Marketing (1.9M)

🈯️ Product & UX Design:
r/ProductDesign (18K)
r/userexperience (141K)
r/webdesign (58K)
r/UIUX (20K)

Bookmark to save it 🔖

[Om Patel @om_patel5]

reddit dms convert 10x better than any other platform

here's how I find leads in less than 30 seconds:

1. describe your ideal customer profile
2. the tool analyzes thousands of reddit posts instantly
3. get a list of people ready to buy your product right now

no more scrolling through endless threads for hours

my results:

> outreached 500 people
> 60 became paying customers
> 25% response rate on dms

why reddit works so well:

people are actively posting about their problems right now

they're not getting pitched by 50 salespeople like on linkedin

they actually want solutions

the tool finds people who already have the exact problem you solve

check it out: 👇

[Sarvesh Shrivastava @bloggersarvesh]

I GAVE MY GOOGLE BUSINESS PROFILE TO CLAUDE COWORK.

Result? 78 Extra Leads within 30 days. 

No ads. No fake reviews.

Just SEO + artificial intelligence.

Here are 7 prompts that turned my GBP into a booking machine:

[Ziwen @ziwenxu_]

The 2026 Startup Distribution Checklist

Major Launch Platforms

- BetaList
- DevHunt
- HackerNews
- PeerList
- Product Hunt
- Stacker News

Founders & Indie Directories

- BuiltByMe
- Garage dev
- DirectoryHunt
- Fazier
- Firsto
- Indie Deals
- IndieTools
- Orynth
- Proofy
- SaaSFame
- ShipYard HQ
- Shipsquad
- Slocco
- TinyLaunch
- tinystartups
- ToolFame
- Toolfolio
- TryLaunch
- TwelveTools

AI & Niche Discovery

- neeed directory
- ShowMeBestAI
- theresanaifortha
- turbo0

Global & Traffic

- Directoriesfreetoolnow
- launchdubai
- launchurapp
- LaunchBoard
- ProductClank
- RankInPublic
- SaaSCity
- TrustMRR
- webdirectorycenter

Reddit Communities

- r/AppIdeas
- r/buildinpublic
- r/business
- r/Business_Ideas
- r/Entrepreneur
- r/Entrepreneurs
- r/EntrepreneurRideAlong
- r/GrowthHacking
- r/indiebiz
- r/indiehackers
- r/InternetIsBeautiful
- r/juststart
- r/passive_income
- r/productivity
- r/SaaS
- r/scaleinpublic
- r/SideProject
- r/smallbusiness
- r/Solopreneur
- r/startup
- r/startups
- r/startup_resources
- r/vibecoding
- r/ycombinator

Revenue Generation Channel

- AppSumo (Best for immediate cash flow and lifetime deal revenue)