Steffen

Went bankrupt. Kept going. Now I build apps I wish had existed. · Peeranimo · Orivela

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

Reach doesn’t predict followers. Not even close.
My best reel for views got 1,574 views, 0 new followers.
My best reel for followers got way fewer views, 3 new followers.
Should’ve checked this a month ago.

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

Spent today rewriting my own site instead of getting users.
Classic.
https://t.co/IF3qSOSFbs

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

@lightsilver323 https://t.co/IF3qSOSFbs

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

I understand Spanish better than I speak it.
By the time I find the words, the conversation moved on twice.

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

Building a Spanish app that teaches 1,000 words.
Not 5,000. Not “fluency.”
1,000 enough to order dinner and not get switched to English.
Day 1. 0 signups.

My wife is Argentinian. I’ve been learning Spanish for years.

That’s the entire problem I’m building for.

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

@lightsilver323 https://t.co/IF3qSOSFbs

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

@lightsilver323 https://t.co/IF3qSOSFbs

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

Day 4 of getting 100 users in 30 days.

Checked my dashboard this morning: 0 new users.
My only two users are my wife and my mom.

Still don't know if you can reach people just by posting. But I'm not stopping.

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

830 words. that’s the whole plan.

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

@lightsilver323 https://t.co/IF3qSOSFbs

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

31,000 Instagram views in the last 30 days.

45 followers.
1 user.

I don’t think I have a reach problem.

I think I have a conversion problem. Those are very different things, and I’ve been working on the wrong one.

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

One year ago I was in private insolvency.

Today I have:

• clients from around the world
• an app in the App Store
• another product in development
• a business I’m proud of

Nothing changed overnight.

I just kept shipping.

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

Nobody talks enough about how much easier life becomes, when someone genuinely believes in you.

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

my first app just got approved 🙏
rejected the first time, fixed it, resubmitted. this is me finding out

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

ok it got approved 😅
rejected the first time, fixed some stuff, resubmitted. and now it's live

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

Just resubmitted Orivela to the App Store. Apple declined it because of a Google sign-in button. Fixed it in one day.
Anyone know how long the second review takes?

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

It took me 14 years. My wife made me start over. Forever grateful she did.

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

Some days nothing works. But I know the good days are coming. That's what keeps me going. Is it really that simple?

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

Had one reel hit 600k views. Got me 40 followers. Still 0 users for my apps. I genuinely don't know what I'm doing wrong.

[Steffen @Steffenletsdoit]

Built 2 apps. 0 users. Doing client work to pay the bills. This is what building in public actually looks like.