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Phil
@philostar
Building internet projects. Growing them with SEO. Main: โœจ 4dayweek.io (200k users / month) New: ๐Ÿ“ˆ addtocrm.com (1k users / month)
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4dayweek.io
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    @philostar
    Jun 22, 2022
    My site now gets 2k+ visitors per day via Google ๐Ÿคฏ When I started doing SEO (last year) I had no idea what I was doing But turns out, it's not that complicated Here's everything I did๐Ÿ‘‡
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    @philostar
    Feb 23, 2022
    Today is my last day as a Data Scientist... At 5pm I'll become a full time solo startup founder ๐Ÿคฏ So excited! But also... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! ๐Ÿ˜…
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    Phil
    @philostar
    Apr 3, 2024
    Replying to @hardestgeezer
    Has got to be the greatest physical achievement in history Unreal
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    Phil
    @philostar
    Nov 29, 2021
    ๐Ÿ“ข Personal announcement ๐Ÿ“ข I've quit my job as a data scientist to go full time as an @IndieHackers ๐Ÿ˜ฌ The goal: $5k per month by the end of 2022 Nervous & excited at the same time, wish me luck! ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ™
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    Phil
    @philostar
    Aug 18, 2021
    I paid someone $100 to write a blog post 3 months later it now gets ~50 clicks on Google per day Every day. Probably for many more months, maybe years This is the power of content marketing ๐Ÿฅณ
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    Phil
    @philostar
    Oct 16, 2021
    As a solo developer building a scrappy startup... Should I use Git?
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    Phil
    @philostar
    Oct 26, 2021
    I started publishing SEO blog posts at the start of the year Now ~200 people visit my site organically each day ๐Ÿคฏ A thread on my approach ๐Ÿ˜Š ๐Ÿงต
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    @philostar
    Apr 8, 2022
    Normally I get ~25 sign ups per day Yesterday I got 2.5k ๐Ÿ˜… This is what happens when your website randomly goes viral on TikTok Here's the clip ๐Ÿ‘‡
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    Phil
    @philostar
    Jan 26, 2022
    The 80/20 rule for SEO ๐Ÿ‘‡ - Use Wordpress - Research before you write (using a keyword tool) - Write one 1,500 article per week Ignore everything else.
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    Phil
    @philostar
    Aug 1, 2022
    I've built apps in: - ReactJS - Go - PHP - Python - ActionScript (lol) - Etc This week I've been building a new project using Ruby on Rails... And WOW, it's actually perfect.
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    Phil
    @philostar
    Jun 2, 2021
    Replying to @shl
    I run 4dayweek.io where I'm trying to help normalise the 4 day week, so this is so refreshing to see! ๐Ÿ˜
    4dayweek.io
    4-Day Week Jobs (32hrs @ 100% Salary)
    Browse 20450+ jobs at 1400+ companies offering 4-day work weeks, flexible hours, and reduced schedules. Find your next role with better work-life balance.
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    Phil
    @philostar
    Dec 11, 2023
    FIRST SALE!! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿพ #buildinpublic
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    Phil
    @philostar
    Jul 11, 2022
    After 1.5 years of avoiding shiny objects... I've given in ๐Ÿ˜… I've been working on new project / startup over the last few days ๐Ÿ™Š Here's the plan to go live: #buildinpublic
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    Phil
    @philostar
    Dec 19, 2023
    After using Supabase for a few hours... I now see why people say "don't build products for developers" The bar is so damn high ๐Ÿ˜จ
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