18: Is ilo a bad name?

This week Dan finally launches his marketing site and gets the itch to start another new product, while I have a bit of a battle to find clients and someone said my website was rubbish. What we covered in this episode: James loses his Twitter streak Sponsor - Paddle Paddle Documentary Dan launches his new marketing site New Product Hunt pages Should Dan rebrand ilo? Should Dan build ANOTHER product? Dan’s progress on Twitter for Developers Course A new Ghost theme for courses? James has a bad week Someone tells me the PodPanda website is 💩 Matt Evans offers to build a new one Permissionless apprentice - Jack Butcher My sister’s Notion avatar How can my sister make money? Indie Bites episode recording with Marie Ng Links: Follow the show on Twitter and get involved → @nomoremondaysfm → Sponsor the show Today's sponsor - Paddle In this market it’s harder to grow. And when you do, there are more operational distractions slowing your momentum. Like building and maintaining a global payments and billing system. Or reconciling revenue data. Paddle and ProfitWell are coming together to take the load off your finance and engineering teams. We make subscription billing, payments, tax, and growth products that “do it for you.” In turn, you focus on what really matters - your team, customers, and products. Find out more at Paddle.com About Dan Dan is the founder of a micro-SaaS studio called Monday, where he runs a portfolio of SaaS products currently doing $7k a month. This included ilo (Analytics for Twitter), a collection of products and themes for Ghost and Dan’s new referral product, Refermo, which he’ll be launching during this show. Last year, Dan left his job to pursue indie hacking full-time. → Dan's Twitter → ilo.so - Twitter analytics → Gloat - Ghost host → Cove - Commenting for Ghost → Super Themes Co. - Ghost themes → Refermo - Referrals/affiliates for Paddle-powered SaaS About James I’m at a slightly earlier stage than Dan, but also left my full-time job in 2021. I get most of my income producing podcasts for clients but it’s my aim to turn my own podcast into a profitable, sustainable business. I run the Indie Bites show, which is 15 minute conversations with indie founders, currently doing about $700 a month in revenue. I also have a podcast course called 2HourPodcast and a handmade leather wallet business, both of which I’d like to grow over the year. → James' Twitter → Indie Bites - Indie founder chats → 2 Hour Podcast - Podcasting course → Whitstable Craft Co - Handmade leather wallets → PodPanda - Podcast editing