The latest articles on DEV Community by wrannaman (@wrannaman). https://dev.to/wrannaman https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F394488%2F27c21524-82cd-46e0-b1ed-cb4e42d52f08.jpg https://dev.to/wrannaman en wrannaman Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:00:55 +0000 https://dev.to/wrannaman/any-devs-who-also-write-we-re-looking-for-a-few-developers-to-write-fun-articles-on-projects-to-build-with-our-tools-paid-3hda https://dev.to/wrannaman/any-devs-who-also-write-we-re-looking-for-a-few-developers-to-write-fun-articles-on-projects-to-build-with-our-tools-paid-3hda <p>Hey I'm Andrew. </p> <p>I'm buying small SaaS companies at xo.capital. We've bought two developer tools and our growth is mostly driven by developers writing cool tutorials about our products.</p> <p>I'd love to see if anyone here wants to write for us.</p> <p>We'll pay $150 per post (+$50 extra for a short video) if it is approved.</p> <p><a href="https://airtable.com/shrN6S3NMZ7oxRXTt">https://airtable.com/shrN6S3NMZ7oxRXTt</a></p> <p>Here's an example of the type of content we're looking for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM6S27tCvio">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM6S27tCvio</a>. The tutorial itself is very simple but practical.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> tutorial writing database showdev wrannaman Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:00:29 +0000 https://dev.to/wrannaman/first-5-star-review-chapter-0-1-8-released-8bf https://dev.to/wrannaman/first-5-star-review-chapter-0-1-8-released-8bf <p>This morning I woke up to my first review and it was 5 stars! By a random, anonymous internet person! That's insane! </p> <p>I'm sure you've all had a similar but opposite experience. I certainly have. </p> <p>So far, the two best channels are: </p> <ol> <li>Github. I think the repo got shared somewhere, but I can't find where </li> <li>Royal Road. Dozens of readers for each new chapter so far. </li> </ol> <p>Stats for yesterday: </p> <p>fb spend - $ 4.55<br> fb clicks - 7<br> reddit spend - $4.72<br> reddit clicks - 18<br> website views - 20<br> Github Views - 150<br> email signups - 1<br> sales - 1</p> <p><a href="https://github.com/wrannaman/wrannaman">Follow along on Github</a></p> ai machinelearning scifi books wrannaman Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:05:02 +0000 https://dev.to/wrannaman/first-sale-chapter-0-1-7-released-3ag2 https://dev.to/wrannaman/first-sale-chapter-0-1-7-released-3ag2 <p>Thanks mostly to you peeps on dev.to, I got my first sale! </p> <p>I got some really great feedback and updated the landing page and started posting on royal road. </p> <p>I also think the repo got shared somewhere because the traffic spiked yesterday and I got 10 more stars. Now the repo is sitting at 20 stars. Not great, but it's only day 8! </p> <p>Follow along on <a href="https://github.com/wrannaman/wrannaman">GitHub</a> or the <a href="https://wrannaman.com">website</a>!</p> <p>you can see the full stats <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-Ee1wZf_v5zjgh-OImc75d7WeULatOZ-pLirdqeBQEQ/edit?usp=sharing">here</a></p> ai machinelearning scifi books wrannaman Sun, 27 Sep 2020 14:07:41 +0000 https://dev.to/wrannaman/day-7-launching-a-sci-fi-book-1k40 https://dev.to/wrannaman/day-7-launching-a-sci-fi-book-1k40 <p>Day 7 Stats: </p> <ul> <li>fb spend - $ 11.56</li> <li>fb clicks - 9</li> <li>reddit spend - $5.31</li> <li>reddit clicks - 21</li> <li>website views - 30</li> <li>email signups - 0</li> <li>sales - 0</li> </ul> <p>Lessons: </p> <ul> <li><p>I originally wanted to target devs for the scifi book, but I'm not sure that's the right audience. I'm expanding it beyond devs. </p></li> <li><p>I moved the landing page to the website instead of to Github. The book is on github but I think that it was confusing for most people to land on a github repo from an ad.</p></li> </ul> <p>Feel free to <a href="https://wrannaman.com">follow along and read it for free</a>!</p> scifi ai machinelearning wrannaman Sat, 26 Sep 2020 14:53:37 +0000 https://dev.to/wrannaman/chapter-0-1-5-released-2fpl https://dev.to/wrannaman/chapter-0-1-5-released-2fpl <p>I'm Andrew, I'm writing an open source sci-fi novel. I'm posting my launch metrics in public :)</p> <p>Changed the landing page from the ads to point towards <a href="https://wrannaman.com">https://wrannaman.com</a>, I'll leave it there for 7 days and see if that works better.</p> <h2> Metrics for yesterday: </h2> <ul> <li>fb spend - $8.28</li> <li>fb clicks - 14</li> <li>reddit spend - $5.32</li> <li>reddit clicks - 22</li> <li>website views - 28</li> <li>email signups - 0</li> <li>sales - 0</li> </ul> <p>you can now read the book for free on wattpad, medium, and github! </p> ai scifi machinelearning books wrannaman Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:04:07 +0000 https://dev.to/wrannaman/day-4-marketing-a-sci-fi-book-1jl9 https://dev.to/wrannaman/day-4-marketing-a-sci-fi-book-1jl9 <p>Day 4. </p> <p>Most importantly, there are still 0 pre-sales, which is fine. It's new and things are just starting to ramp up. </p> <p>One problem (or assumption I had) is that people are not starring the github repo. </p> <p>I have the book on github. I thought that would be a cool hook to get people interested but I might be wrong. </p> <p>I'll let it run for at least a week and then just try linking to the landing page (website) and see if conversions are better. </p> <p>Stats so far</p> <div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"><table> <thead> <tr> <th>Date</th> <th>fb ad spend</th> <th>fb ad clicks</th> <th>reddit ad spend</th> <th>reddit ad clicks</th> <th>github views</th> <th>github uniques</th> <th>github stars</th> <th>website visits</th> <th>substack signups</th> <th>gumroad purchases</th> <th>amazon purchases</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>9/21/20</td> <td>$ 5.52</td> <td>7</td> <td>$ 4.24</td> <td>18</td> <td>88</td> <td>34</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9/22/20</td> <td>$ 9.86</td> <td>22</td> <td>$ 20.07</td> <td>88</td> <td>101</td> <td>42</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9/23/20</td> <td>$ 10.03</td> <td>19</td> <td>$ 20.00</td> <td>92</td> <td>119</td> <td>46</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <p>If you're into sci fi, check it out on <a href="https://github.com/wrannaman/wrannaman">github</a>! </p> ai machinelearning scifi wrannaman Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:56:49 +0000 https://dev.to/wrannaman/i-m-writing-an-open-source-sci-fi-book-4h6g https://dev.to/wrannaman/i-m-writing-an-open-source-sci-fi-book-4h6g <p>I'm releasing an open source sci fi novel. You can read it for free on <a href="https://github.com/wrannaman/wrannaman">github</a>. </p> <p>It's my second book, but my last one was ~8 years ago. Things have changed! </p> <p>Marketing a book is weird. It feels qualitatively different than launching a new saas project. But I'm trying a similar approach. This would be the 'open-core' approach. The book itself is (perhaps) worthless on its own without an audience. And I don't have an audience yet. So the book is "open source" as a way to get attention, and perhaps after several books it will turn into an audience. </p> <p>I'm only on day 3. Nothing has blown up on reddit or hacker news, etc.</p> <p>Current stats on day 3: </p> <ul> <li>252 views on github</li> <li>8 stars on github </li> <li>3 reads on medium </li> <li>5 reads on wattpad </li> <li>0 email signups</li> <li>0 presales on gumroad </li> <li>0 presales on amazon</li> </ul> <p>Running ads on fb + reddit to github</p> machinelearning ai scifi