I created an app called ChatNotr. The idea came from a problem I had. Taking notes and then never finding them again, whether digital or physical. I thought maybe if only I had something I could just talk to, something that would write things down and remember everything for me, like a personal secretary, without me doing it myself. Life would be so much easier.
Fast forward, the app was born. I used Flutter with SQFlite and Dart for the frontend, and OpenAI API, PHP, and PostgreSQL for the backend. It took about six months to build because a real app doesn’t take shape the way you plan it. It evolves based on what you discover is actually best as you use it so it took a lot of modifications along the way.
Releasing it wasn’t too hard. I got approved by Google after the 14-day testing period. And when I launched it, I got my first paid user on day one. I was so happy. I thought, this is it. I’m onto something good.
After that… nothing. I realized I needed to do marketing, but I didn’t know how—and I hated it. I don't have the budget too but even if I have, I don't trust the marketing people. Too many promises but I feel like they don't care. They just wanted your money. Programming makes sense to me; you can test, break, and fix things. Marketing doesn’t. With ADHD, it felt almost impossible because I just don’t enjoy it.
Now my idea is to work around the marketing part without my brain realizing it’s marketing, because otherwise I won’t do it. So I’m building a YouTube channel "You Are Wired Different", growing an audience, and just placing a link at the end of each video to bring people to my app. Easier said than done—but that’s the plan.
Am I the only one hating marketing?