Now I'm in a the middle of a messed up situation right now.

I went back to net 0.

Yes, it's been 15 days now and since I went to net 0. Unexpected medical bills got me.

So now I'm torn apart on what to do.

A little back story, I run a platform, marketed it the last 2 months, now it's at 800 users without paid media so no expenses to keep marketing it.

The issue is, it's not the kind of platforms that returns in the short term. But the long one.

So, of course, I can't live off it.

Before it, I used to write, design and optimize website's conversions (that's how I got those 800 users fast. I had low traffic so I HAD to make the most out of each visitor. So optimized it to 12-15% CVR)

Now i started developing the websites with dynamic animation as well with the help of AI.

So right now, I can literally make them a website from scratch without having to hire a dev from my money. (Used to dropservice when it came to that)

And so I started freelancing again

Built my website (waiting for the hosting to be plugged atm. I used an old domain that I bought this year haha)

And a friend of mine (who is the technicam co-founder of that platform) offered me 40% split if I bring him dev clients. He even offered 50% split on the retainer of the maintenance. He showed me his work and I liked it. And he's also my cofounder so I already know his work is good so no harm in promoting it since I believe it works.

And I also have the option to apply for a stable marketing job (which i tried. And did not end well. I was giving the experience of mid marketer as an entry level and they literally kept rejecting. Like HOW? what you all expect beyond that?)

I also had many cofounding proposals or commission based work from my previous clients since they liked what I gave them but I don't think this is good since I need cash not equity or promises.

And so now I'm in between.

Should I pick one? Should I work on all 3? My freelancing, kicking back clients and the platform?

Sorry for the long post 🥲

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So yeh, I'm in CRO and I own a platform where i optimized my landing page to 12% CVR. And many other pieces of copy as well. We got 760 users in 49 days bcs everything was neatly optimized.

BUT, you can't make money from free platforms, not until they grow BIG. So, i had to find a job.

But...I discovered something interesting, businesses care about quantity rather than quality previous work.

But I showed the proof from my own projects but they did not care at most.

But, they wanted to see more project for different people. Not my own projects.

BUT, I never focused on quantity and always worked on quality and selctivity. One project, double down.

But, despite that I have more than that project and despite applying as a junior for entry level roles to maximize chances.

Yep, rejected.

But this is really ridiculous. I honestly think most of them never even reviewed CVs.

One of the businesses replied and asked me for a "self-paced" video to judge if I'm a "fit" before rhey even spend a minute talking to me and when I said no thanks, I would pass, They kept spamming me with reminders about it. They didn't even see my reply.

After 213 review being given in the queue we have noticed some issues in the feed algorithm that were affecting the new tools visibility.

We found a fix and will be implemented soon enough for everyone to get their feedback.

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Tomorrow will be the announcement of the winners of this week's challenge.

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Top 1 will get a reddit post made by our marketing team and our X profile and will be featured on our weekly product discovery series that will be sent to our 560 users.

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Untill tomorrow.

1. Forums: we added more questions formats like yes/no questions for it to be easier for your reviewers

2. improved AI assistant: if you just want to throw all your thoughts. do it, brainstorm your thoughts about the tool and the AI will know what fields they should go in to

3. Hidden reviews: in case you received a review when you didn't have credit the review stay hidden until you earn it.

4. Feature sposts: Our paid users will now get featured on our landing page, recommendation emails, feed recommendations, etc. the paid users rotate around those featured spots

5. improved dark mode: softer than the previous harsh black

6. Daily challenges: every day you'll get a streak challenge, give 3 reviews and you'll earn extra free credit. give 5 and you'll win more.

7. Submitting rules: new project submissions will not be accepted until the owner gives a review

These and with other system changes are what changed last month.