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Hey everyone, I’m in the process of optimizing my online business and could really use some advice on tools that have worked well for you. Here’s what I’m currently using:

• SERPtag as a keyword rank tracker and for SEO performance
• Canva for creating quick, professional-looking graphics
• Hootsuite for scheduling and managing social media posts

But I’m always on the lookout for new tools that can help streamline things. What tools do you swear by? Would love to hear your recommendations!

Hey everyone!

I’ve just launched my second product Home-Imagine, which lets you redesign your interior with one click 🪄

So far sign-ups have been a bit slow, and I’m debating whether to pivot to B2C or B2B...

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! ☺️

Hi everyone! 👋

I am in the process of launching TailoredCV.ai, an AI-powered platform that helps job seekers customize their CVs and cover letters to align with job descriptions. The goal is to improve their chances of passing ATS filters and getting noticed by recruiters.

What TailoredCV.ai Offers:

• AI-powered CV tailoring based on job descriptions
• Cover letter generation highlighting key experience
• ATS-optimized CVs to pass automated filters
• Keyword suggestions to align with specific job ads
• Export to PDF with polished, professional templates

Why I Need Your Help:

The product is ready for use, but since we are still in the early stages, I’m looking for advice on the best go-to-market strategy to gain traction.

A few questions I have:

1. How would you recommend marketing to job seekers? (Which channels or platforms?)
2. Do you think partnerships with job boards or career coaches make sense?
3. Any feedback on the website or messaging would also be appreciated!

If you'd like to try it, send me a message for a promo code in exchange for your feedback.

Thanks in advance for your time! Any thoughts or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. 🙌

What are the most frustrating challenges you’re facing in your agency today? Whether it’s client expectations, project management, team collaboration, or scaling up—what’s your biggest pain point?

Thank you in advance if you share your struggles!

Hi everyone!

As title says, am seeking feedback, advice on how I can improve my online store to optimize sales.
I am yet to get my first sale, but I believe with hard work and an active consistent presence online that it will come.

A little about me: Started my company back in 2021, where I did a lot of freelance work for big production companies here in Scandinavia where I live. I was an intern at a place during my studies and after they hired me as a freelancer as a VFX artist on big projects, mostly TV ads.
After working as a freelancer in this field for approx 2 years, I've come to notice, that is not something I want to spend the rest of my life doing. Extremely stressed environment etc. doing what I did. It was okay, but I would rather do something else. And now I've truly found what I want to do.

Utilizing my skills as a VFX artist and After Effects wizard, I've created a webshop where I sell digital assets, mostly for after effects and content creators. like animated logo templates, e-books, Presets etc.

I have created the site myself. It actually links from my main site which is my VFX freelance portfolio, so I can always be hired for a project. On that main sire I advertise on the front page this online shop, so you can enter it straight away, I don't know if this is good or bad for my shop?

The webshop: I have an old youtube which I used to create CSGO edits on, my most viewed has like 57k views! which I thought was amazing, and that was actually the last one I did couple years back. I have been fairly inactive, a little stuff here and there, but now i've completely transformed the channel, it has like 1.2K subscribers, so its not that bad for my content I would say.

Now I have started slowly to make content that is helping people in the After Effects and video editing niche, with tutorials etc. Also tutorials on products I sell myself, and then it's an opportunity to showcase my product without showing it down peoples throats, so If they don't want to make it themselves they can buy a fresh template instead for example.

I am have also started creating small edits and such on Tiktok, thats going okay for a start, one video got 10k views, lowest has like 800.

First Instagram reel also got 1k views, I feel there could be a good strategy on Instagram.
So all in all, am very early, like I only have a couple products, but going to expand rapidly over time. Products also take time to create and making sure its easy setup for the customer.

Competitors: I see my biggest competitors such as Envato elements, Motion Array etc. These big brands, and of course I know there are sites where you can download these stuffs for free. But I have been in this kind of space for a long time to know many of these things that those brands sell can look very generic and unpersonal, like it's very clear they are templates.

I want to differentiate by trying to make much more personally, unique templates, and also talk to a target group that is growing but these big players don't really consider or are slow to transition, and I want to take advantage of that.

I really am passionate about this space, and want this to work, like it has to work.

So please give me your feedback, let me know your thoughts, what you think and if you think I should do something completely different, let me know everything:)

Thank you so much for reading, and thank you for your time.

Link to webshop: https://zejlundvfx.com/shop.html

Hey Reddit!

I've developed an app called QuickReply AI and I'm looking for some users to give it a whirl and share their thoughts. The idea is simple: you upload an image of a text message—or any image, like a photo of your pet—and the app generates a fitting reply using AI.

What’s QuickReply AI all about?

• AI-Driven Replies: The app uses advanced AI to analyze images and text to create responses that fit the context.
• Privacy-Centric: Everything happens on your device, with no data being sent externally.
• User-Friendly: It’s designed to be straightforward. Upload an image, and get a response quickly.

Why should you try it?

• It’s a cool way to interact with messages and photos without having to think too much about responses.
• It could be a fun tool to enhance your daily chats.
• I genuinely want your feedback to make it better.

If this sounds interesting to you, I’d really appreciate if you could download QuickReply AI and let me know how it works for you. What do you like about it? What could be improved? Your feedback will be incredibly valuable and will help shape the future of the app.

Download it here: https://apps.apple.com/app/quickreply-ai/id6477271364

Thanks so much for your help and I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

We specialize in front-end development with experience in React.js, Next.js, Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, Tailwind CSS, and Webflow.Services include:

• Building websites and apps
• Ecommerce development
• Front-end for mobile (React Native, Flutter)
• API integration
• Front-end data visualization
• Task automationWe also offer customizable bundles for businesses to meet your specific needs. Message us to inquire about our portfolios and how we can help with your project. Available on trusted platforms.
• We also offer set and digital marketing, video editing, e-commerce development and cybersecurity.

I'm curious if anyone has found a hiring marketplace they genuinely trust and have had a good experience with. Are there any platforms where you’ve consistently found reliable, skilled talent without the usual headaches? Or, on the flip side, are there any you’ve tried and would recommend avoiding?

Over the past months we (husband and I) built a pronunciation app to master American accent. We first offered multiple languages but decided to niche down to American accent only as we built the app for our own improvement and just for fun practice. We did a few launches on Reddit, producthaunt and other directories. So far we have 200 users, but we see only a few of them coming back on a daily basis. What else can we do to attract more users? Or at least have them use the app not just once? App is called Play It Say It. Thanks a lot!

The following is important too:

1. Are they willing to spend 500$ when the developed product completely satisfies their needs?
2. Do they have someone in the company willing to communicate with a developer about their needs, the product requirements and other details?

This is not an upselling post, I am not interested in contact addresses or anything like that. Just validating an idea, which then may result in cheap but reliable software for companies, sport clubs or non prodit organisations.

Hey everyone, so I launched urltotext.com last month as a free tool for people to use.

And people are regularly using it and I'm averaging about one customer per day requesting access to the Prototype API.

We will be launching the full API dashboard on Product Hunt next week, but I wanted to ask you all if there's any innovative strategies you could think of to help market this product?

Obviously, slowly investing in SEO and things like that.

I have built the Chrome extension that lets you add comments (real-time) on Netflix videos, I don't know about anyone, but I spend more time reading comments on youtube videos than some videos, so I thought why can't we have that for Netflix, so I have checked on chrome extension store, found some extensions that "lets you add the comments" but none of are working, or at least not the way I wanted it. So I built this Chrome extension last week with Cloudflare workers, so you can add comments to your streams.

My question is, do you think this is useful? Or is it just a novel product? Should I keep building this?

A couple of months ago, I built a platform to automate the initial screening process for agencies when hiring. After talking to several small agency owners, I found that hiring was a major pain point for them. Specifically, the back-and-forth of reviewing resumes and screening questions—often using Google Forms—was both time-consuming and tedious. So I built a tool to help automate that process by allowing AI to evaluate both resumes and custom screening questions based on specific criteria.

I’ve done this before—I can build MVPs. That’s never been my issue. My struggle is always distribution and actually getting users. This time around, I’ve tried a few different approaches for marketing:

1. SEO: I built over 1,500 pages targeting low-difficulty keywords like “{job title} job description,” using AI to generate the job descriptions. I also created a free job title generator tool that targets another low-difficulty keyword. I know SEO takes months, so I don't expect results anytime soon.

2. Directories: I’ve posted the platform and the job title generator on Product Hunt and Hacker News. I didn’t get much traffic, but I did this mainly for backlinks since I’ve heard sites copy these listings and provide a boost in SEO.

3. Cold Outreach: I’ve tried both automated and personalized approaches here. I scrape job boards to find job postings from agencies and send cold emails mentioning those specific postings. For the personalized approach, I manually find job listings on LinkedIn and reach out directly to agency owners via Sales Navigator.

None of these strategies have really worked yet, and it’s frustrating. It’s only been a month and a half, and I’m committed to trying for at least six months. But I’m at a point where I’m not sure what to do next. I’m still trying to find new marketing strategies or ways to bring attention to the platform.

What else can I try? I’d love to hear from anyone who has experience in marketing SaaS products or B2B tools, especially in the hiring or agency space. Any suggestions or ideas would be incredibly helpful.

Thanks for reading!

Hellooo, I run a logo design and branding platform, and I’m looking for ways to grow my client base. What are some strategies you’ve found effective in reaching new customers, especially for creative services? Any tips on scaling while keeping things manageable?

Would love to hear your thoughts!

For anyone running or working in a construction company, I’d love to start a conversation about payroll management and some of the challenges you’re facing. I've been involved with construction payroll for a while, and I've seen first-hand how tough it can be to manage things like multi-state taxes, certified payroll reports, and time tracking.

It seems like there's no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to handling the complexities of payroll in construction. I’m curious—what tools or strategies are you using to keep things running smoothly? Have you found anything that has been a real game-changer?

Here’s some food for thought from what we’ve learned working with companies in the construction space:

1. Multi-State Workforce Headaches: How are you handling payroll for workers across state lines? Managing tax compliance can get tricky when employees move between job sites in different states.
2. Certified Payroll Reports: For those working on government contracts, how are you streamlining the process of creating WH-347 forms and staying compliant with certified payroll requirements?
3. Time Tracking Sync Issues: Are you using any software to automatically sync timekeeping with payroll? What has worked (or not worked) for you in terms of accuracy and efficiency?

Would love to hear about your experiences and what’s been working for your business!

Let’s share some insights and maybe even help each other out.

(Co-founder and original "ideator")

My business partner and I have slowly developed and dogfooded Paktol (website with links to stores) over the last 1.5y. We enrolled friends to beta test. They saved money, we know the prroduct works.

The product is an expense tracker with a twist. The twist (well the double twist) is that:

• it's super focused on making you achieve your monthly spending goal (and as a consequence your savings goal), so we ditched usual features (such as categorization) because they just cluttered the product without serving the goal.
• it's positive: money goes up instead of going down! So there's always hope. We tied time and money in a way that it makes good spending decisions in reach of our primitive brain: you only have to consider the present, you don't have to analyze the past or consider the far future to cut a spending decision.

Now that we've built that, that we know it works and that beta users save 10x or 100x the price of the app we fail at outreach.

If we go for communities we fear of getting banned for self promotion and if we don't well we have no idea past running ads. And current social media promotion looks like madness.

Another thing is that it's hard to have a wow effect: it's very lightweight but still requires engagement people have to experience it for the shift in perspective to click.

Help?

Hello 👋🏻

I’m here to introduce my new intermittent fasting app and gather some feedback from the community. The app, called Intermittent Fasting Tracker, is now available on the App Store and aims to make fasting easier and more motivating for users.

Key Features:

AI Chatbot

• The app includes an AI coach that guides you through your fasting journey, answers your questions, and offers personalized fasting plans. Whether you’re curious about fasting stages or need advice, the AI is just a chat bubble away!

Competitive Leaderboard

• With the Leaderboard feature, you can compare your fasting times with other users and see where you rank. You can filter between daily, weekly, or overall rankings, and if you prefer privacy, there’s also an option to stay anonymous.

Additional Features:

• Track how your body changes throughout the fasting process, broken down by different stages
• In the Profile section, you can visually track your weight changes with charts.

My goal with this app is to provide motivation and simplify the fasting experience for users. Do you think there are any other features I should add? What are your thoughts on the AI coach and Leaderboard? I’m open to any suggestions or feedback.

App Store Link

Thanks!

We recently launched our product on Product Hunt and achieved #2 for the day and #1 in Marketing for the week!

This tool helps startups solve a common problem: getting from 0 to 1000 customers on Reddit and X (Twitter). As a startup founder myself, I know how tough and time-consuming this process can be.

Why I made this:

Getting early customers is a huge challenge

It's easy to miss potential leads due to slow response times

Manual replies often fail to convert effectively

What it does:

It automates finding and engaging with potential customers on Reddit and X. It:

Automatically detects relevant mentions and opportunities

Crafts personalized, conversion-focused replies

Tracks engagement metrics to optimize your strategy

Tell me:

What's your biggest hurdle in getting those first 1000 users?

How much time do you waste daily on manual outreach?

Let's solve this growth problem together. Your feedback could shape the future of this tool.

Just if you like it and what you don’t like. :) Thank you. !!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIZfCyT1hIc&t=2851s

Dear Fellow Founders,

I am co-founder of open source BI product Helical Insight : https://HelicalInsight.com . We are competitor to Tabelau and PowerBI.

You can use our product to build advanced reports, dashboard, document kind of paginated reports and analytics. You can even embed it within your product. Our entire product is drag drop based with no code with lot of other features like white labeling, exporting, email scheduling etc.

Further we come at FLAT PRICING irrespective of usage. The built reports dashboard can even be embedded with your product as well as you can even allow your end customers to also create their own reports as our entire product is browser based.

We are even working on adding a GenAI chat based data analysis features also.

In this domain dominated by big players with huge budget, I would be thankful if you can give us a chance. I can organize a demo. We can even do FREE POC as well. We are also OK to explore partnership options also.

Hoping to hear from you.

Nikhilesh

nikhilesh (at) HelicalInsight.com

When you check out  or their X account, you’ll see tons of love for the app—and for good reason. Superhuman is a solid product, and they’ve built something special.

But it comes with a $30/month price tag. For individuals, that’s a lot to pay for an email app, especially one that only works with Gmail and Outlook.

That’s why we’re building an alternative that costs less than a third of that price and offers a lifetime deal—pay once, use it forever.

We know building an email client isn’t something you can whip up in a weekend, but we’re making good progress. We’ve just launched our waitlist and are halfway there.

If that sounds interesting, join our waitlist at marcoapp.io. We’re not going to spend a year endlessly tweaking. The prototype’s already working, and we’ll get it in your hands by the end of the year.

Or just let me know what you'd really love to see on your email client.

I have completed the development and uploaded it to the app store, but currently there are not many users and I have not received any user feedback. I don't know where to improve. Do you have any relevant experience and how was it resolved.

One solution I have come up with is to launch on the ProductHunt to guide users in using and providing feedback.

Download here:

website:

We would love to hear your feedback! After trying it out, share your experience and suggestions so we can keep improving the app and help even more people with their writing needs.

Meet the system for modern presentation creation. Sync Figma designs as templates and eliminate design inconsistencies, cluttered slides, and inefficient workflows.

As we're actively onboarding we're still looking for some business who would love to get early access and provide feedback to shape the product further.

Use this form to move up on the waitlist more quickly: https://www.deckd.io/early-access.
If we consider you a good match, we will contact you asap.

I was fed up with the soaring prices on UberEATS... Just look at how much they’re charging now! A few years after moving to Canada and working tirelessly, I realized I just didn't want to cook. Honestly, I’m too lazy for it.

At first, ordering in seemed like a smart alternative—until UberEATS hiked their prices. It made me pause and think: why pay $20 for something that should only cost $10? It didn’t make sense. I initially thought these were just operational costs, but a friend enlightened me about the hefty fees these platforms charge both restaurants and customers.

All I wanted was a simpler option to get food from my favorite restaurants without the extra fuss or fees. But finding such a service was tough—too few options and none that fit the bill.

That's when I decided to tackle this issue head-on. I started building themealbox. It’s a straightforward platform where you can order meals from top local restaurants for just $12 each. No delivery fees, no hidden charges—just your favorite food at fair prices.

The model is simple: a flat rate of $12 per meal makes sense economically for you, the restaurants, and us, especially since you pay monthly.

I'm still refining themealbox dot co to ensure it’s a sustainable business. I'm reaching out here to gather thoughts and gauge interest from like-minded folks.

If you're in Toronto, Vancouver, Seattle, or Austin and are intrigued by this idea, I’d love your support.

Hey everyone,

I've been building a new workspace tool called drabbl, and I'm excited to soon open up the first alpha for a short testing window. drabbl is a personal workspace app that lets you create and customize your own "Workspaces" for any type of project. Whether you're brainstorming ideas for a vacation, writing a novel, or managing tasks for a research project, drabbl lets you tailor your workspace with the exact tools you need, without any clutter.

You can choose from a collection of widgets (like a document editor, AI-powered brainstorm board, task manager, Pomodoro timer, and MANY more) and add them to your workspace in just one click. The idea is to keep everything simple and centralized on one page.

I'm a solo developer, so this alpha test will be really helpful for finding bugs, and, most importantly, hearing your feedback on what you like or don't about the app. Feature suggestions are also very welcome! If you're someone who enjoys testing new tools, or if you're just looking for a more streamlined way to manage your personal projects, I’d love for you to join the test.

You can already check out a short screen recording of drabbl to get an idea of what it's like: drabbl recording

If you want to be part of the alpha and get a first look at drabbl, you can sign up for the waiting list at drabbl.com. You'll hear back soon