Jaco

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curiosity is the best way to become successful, and incidentally the best way to live

@athcanft whats the end game for making apps? are they selling as well as saas, or just milk mrr profits as long as possible?

when i first started apps i tried organic + paid influencers i spent ~$3,000 and made ~$2,000 back overall lost about $1,500 after apples tax then i tried tiktok ads, started with a $50/day budget as i didnt have much money and it was instantly profitable so i raised $20k from friends and family, and jumped to $200-300/day spend that’s how im at >$10k mrr now you have to try different distribution methods to find the right one for your app don’t be afraid of paid ads!

power dynamic has completely shifted from developer to distributor. before it was "I don't want to build your app for equity because that is the hard part" now it is "I don't want to distribute your app for equity because that is the hard part"

@Cedric_Roberge props man you're going places

@jacomakes Influencer marketing is the best by far

A lot of people have been asking me how I marketed my peptide tracking app Pep AI to make over $125,000 in revenue in 80 days. Here's what I did. - Influencer marketing: signed over 100 content creators in my app's niche. They all post once or twice a week about the app on TikTok and Instagram. We pay them based on engagement. So if they average 1k-2k views per video we give them around $100 for 8 posts. - Affiliate deals: Content creators make 15% of subscription sales under there personal code. This way they care and put more effort into the posts. On top of that they'll post more than we asked them too because they want to make more money. We still get 85% so it works out pretty well. - Meta ads and TikTok spark ads: We run meta ads on the best performing videos from our creators. For TikTok spark ads we get the code from the creators and run ads on there posts that performed well. - Another tip is YOU have to spend money to make money. Don't be afraid to pay people at the beginning and try different marketing channels. Find out which ones work and go all in. You don't need to be profitable right away. - Outreach: You need to be sending over 100 messages a day to content creators. We hired people to do this for us. Our team sends out over 1,000 messages to content creators every single week. You need an army of content creators. - Free channels: Take advantage of free channels like reddit. Find groups similar to your niche and post in there. You can't promote or it's considered spam and they'll take it down. However, if you post it like this it'll work: "I have been taking a GLP for 2 months now and I have been looking for an app that can track it. Thinking about making one, would anyone be interested in this? If yes what would you all like to see on the app?" Then respond to comments with the app name saying you found one. You'll also get good feedback for your app from this. - Lastly: Build in public. Post about your startup journey on all platforms: X, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit. You'll get great feedback and people will download your app to see what you've built. I hope this all helps! This is what has worked for me and I truly believe it translates over to any app. If you have any questions feel free to comment, message me, or book a call from the link in my bio. Also feel free to download my app and see what it looks like from this link: apps.apple.com/us/app/pep-ai-…

@karpathy Sam rn

Personal update: I've joined Anthropic. I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative. I am very excited to join the team here and get back to R&D. I remain deeply passionate about education and plan to resume my work on it in time.

Today I finished every screen of the app (not just design, but actually implemented), ran security checks, I also implemented RevenueCat. Now only need to link supabase, and go through more rounds of testing. I would say I am 70% all the way there until it is live on the app store

its 3:54am, lets continue building my iOS app

I got the initial designs done, and the empty-shell. I want to iterate over it, and see if i can test it on my phone. This is a habit app, so I want to use it myself to make sure its actually good and useful. Its going to be a banger

today I want to make the most basic version of my app

If you noticed, the selfie is at 5am. > That is because I took the selfie at literally 5am. > I wake up very often between 3 and 5am naturally. I have a friend who said he is not a morning person. > I really want to make an app that can turn you into a morning person. > I believe people ruin their lives at night doing things they shouldnt be doing. > So I want really want to see this app exist in the world. More morning people -> better world Ok this is it, this is the app I am going to make. Let the building beginning.

I'm going to make some iphone apps. Never did before

@TriCast_ x.com/jacomakes/stat…

Its the weekend 🚀 Share what you’re working on! 👇🏻

Now the question is what should i build next

@mattshumer_ while its down, just chill with clawd x.com/jacomakes/stat…

Is Claude down for anyone else?

@paulg x.com/jacomakes/stat…

If Steve Jobs were still alive, he would have the moral authority to face and maybe even to solve this problem. But I doubt anyone in the phone business now does.

Let me introduce myself: I am Jaco, and I love pursuing my curiosity making websites on the internet! Follow me @jacomakes and lets have fun together building things!

Why did I make this? Claude code is often building in the background, and I didn't want to break my focus by hoping between tabs or starting something loud So I made clawd: a cozy, low stimulation pet game, that is claude-themed to keep me in the coding mood while relaxing. Now I just play while waiting for claude to finish.

I solo-built a Clawd Tamagotchi game in a few weekends with Claude Code @ClaudeDevs You can play without signing up : playclawd.com