After listening to an episode of My First Million, I created this site.

It's lead gen for businesspeople that wanna look good on Zoom.

After this tweetstorm where I built in public for 2 hours, I got this response from Shaan Puri (host of MFM).

I took his advice and built an info blog on Webflow (5 posts so far)



I installed analytics (Facebook, Google) and ran FB ads to info blog site.

Transparency time (Google Analytics):


Transparency time (Facebook Events, 3 Leads from Carrd Site):





Facebook Ads Results ($8 Spend, 2 Leads, 36 Clicks):


I setup "Leads" to fire when user clicks the "Get Started" button on Carrd site.
That button led to an Airtable form where I'd collect user info to schedule a call.

I have changed that to a Calend.ly link.

Now, a user can schedule a 15-min call, for free.



This was recommended to me by  Ray Deck  on this past week's Build Call hosted by  Amie Pollack . Great feedback from  Inga  too! Thanks everyone! 🤠

Anyways, that's it for now.

Next Steps:

• Add 5 more blog posts.
• Spend $10 FB ads and drive leads on the "schedule call" button.
• Create 3 packages that include laundry list of items to buy.
• Finalize business model (currently marking up labor and equipment).
• Create the "Shaan" kit and convince him to buy from me. I want to use this as "sawdust".

tl;dr

• Head of Paid Social 

• Looking to partner with builders.

• 5-year professional media buyer and copywriter.

• Built two eComm sites from 0-7 figures on back of FB ads.





• There's no way to search Substack by category or growth metrics.
• There's no way to quickly preview a sample article from each writer.
• In the past 5 years, Substack search volume has grown by 2700%

• scouring the web for data.
• using expensive subscription services to get industry growth and other hard to come by data.
• and finding niche communities with a problem I can solve for them.

Introducing Substats:
You see, each year nearly 627,000 businesses start each year and 595,000 businesses close. In order to increase our odds, we must ensure we're building products for an audience that exists - forget the adage "build it and they will come". But hey, this is my $.02

The longer I spend in the No Code Community, I find two kinds of makers -- the ones that want to revolutionize their industry and the ones that want a lifestyle business. No matter what... each starts with choosing your audience.

That's what Substats.com is -- stats for substacks.

The goal is to research Substack newsletters being created and analyze trends to find opportunity in existing communities. 

I plan to launch Substats and charge $299 per year as I expand the team and invest more into the product (and if you want more!). 

I had an ambitious idea during the last week of this challenge. I wasn't sure if I could pull it off since I've never used most of these tools but... it works!!! 

What I Built:
An automated system that onboards users on Airtable via chatbot, collects info (name, phone #, payment), and sends/receives SMS texts. Additionally, I built a feedback system that pre-fills based on request: feedback, features, and bugs.

Stack:
Carrd, Airtable, Twilio, Zapier, Landbot, Stripe Airtable, Automations, Google Analytics

Detailed Overview:

1. Created a Twilio Base to capture contacts, create questions, and store answers.

2.  Created a zap in Zapier to send SMS messages daily.

3.  Found a $50 promo code for Twilio!
Note: Note: Try the Twilio Quest mission first ;) 

5.  I cleaned my Airtable base because I was getting a random replies to my Twilio number (spam?) and am reaching to Twilio to get an answer. The problem is that those messages maxed out my Zapier Free Plan and it can cause problems in the future.

6.  I setup a simple SMS application using Airtable. This is a preview of the SMS message that will get sent out daily.

7. I created my landing page in Carrd.co and integrated a chatbot with Landbot.io to give people a test drive. This needs more work if I want to show off my product. 

I also want to offer a coupon and free trial to Makerpad members.

[PS Landbot is pretty f*ing sweet!]*

8.  I edited the landing page a bit and included a timer for #t30 launch day.

9.  I created sections to mimic multiple pages on my website. I changed the colors, fonts, and spacing was correct. I suspect the landing page is 95% complete — anything extra is just that... extra. I tried to write the story like a long-form sales page since this product is something that actually helped me.

10.  I integrated Zapier to pass user data from my chatbot into Airtable! I almost spend $100 for the Premium Landbot membership since I was prepared to learn how web hooks work... but thank goodness I didn't do that 😅 I did however pay for the $30/month version. I'm hoping I get a discount with my Secret membership 🤞

11.  WOW! I actually managed to create an Airtable Automation that runs a Twilio script (sends SMS) whenever a new Airtable Record is created. I'm trying to create a unique onboarding process where a user enters their number and they will get an SMS text right away.

12.  In order to make the API work, you need to get a code from this hacker-looking website.

13. BOOM! An entirely automated process using no code tools. Here's the flow:

• User hits landing page.
• User initiates chatbot (Landbot).
• Chatbot collects name & phone number.
• Zapier sends data to Airtable.
• Airtable Automations fires script to send Twilio SMS when a new Airtable record is created from Landbot.
• User responds to SMS by phone.
• Zapier uses Twilio to send user response to Airtable.
• SMS reply gets stored in Airtable.
• User query their data for a record.
• Users receive a weekly roundup of their past memories every Friday.
• User can make a payment via Stripe API inside chatbot to start the 14-day trial for $1.
  
  

  

  
  14.  I created a feedback page (thanks Tom Osman from Makerpad for the tutorial) where it connects to a pre-filled form on Airtable. Users can report Bugs, Features, and Feedback.
  
  

15.  Installed Google Analytics on my Carrd site.

16. I clarified the product's value proposition with my friends' feedback. I'm trying to figure out how I can make it SUPER OBVIOUS to click the chat bot to demo my product. Hm....

17.  I added the JOA Science page and included relevant articles people can read through. I'll update this over time. Hopefully, people find this useful!

18. My goal is to funnel people to try my chatbot. The two points of entry is the chat icon in the bottom right and the "try JOA" tab in my navigation bar. Both initiate my chatbot.

• Curated 100 exclusive experiences from around the world and imported them into the Adalo collection base displaying images based on URLs. This data entry took much patience....
  
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• Fixed the "tinder swipe" feature allowing you to quickly add items to their bucketlist.
  
• Got Google Maps API to work.
  

  

• Added a modal to pop when you click on a pinned waypoint.