build in public
60 discussions tagged build in public.
- Building in public: getting my hours back
I'm writing this down because I keep telling clients to systematize and then I go do everything myself at 11pm. If it's public I can't quietly abandon it. Also curious whether other solo agency owners hit the same wall…
- Public build journal: turning 1:1 coaching into a product
I'm sharing because the gap between doing the work and proving it is the thing that keeps tripping me up. As the newsletter product grows, I want to document the decisions and dead ends so I don't just repeat them in my…
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Sanne Visser04h ago - Trying to turn my photography work into recurring revenue
I've been a photographer for years and most of my income still comes in one-off projects. I want to build something that pays every month, but I keep starting things and not finishing them. I'm sharing this to keep…
- Tracking every cancellation for 90 days to find the real leak
I keep telling people I have a churn problem and then I quote a number I do not actually trust. I am starting this because I want to see whether the leak is at onboarding, at the first month, or at renewal, and I am…
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Meera Patel09h ago - Starting a public build journal to get the show in front of new listeners
I have been saying for a year that the show needs to find people who have never heard of it, and I have not done anything about it. So I am writing the whole attempt down in public. The point is not the journal. The…
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Fiadh O’Connor011h ago - Testing a second offer to smooth out lead flow
Inconsistent leads are killing my margins, and I think the answer is a second offer that appeals to a different buyer. I'm going to test it in public so I can't quietly abandon it when it gets hard. Expect failures —…
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Aoife Walsh013h ago - Logging the churn fix: what actually moves retention for a one-person training shop
I've been running my productised training service at near capacity and losing clients anyway — month three is where they quietly disappear. I want a place to separate what's a delivery problem from what's a retention…
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Imani Harmon016h ago - Testing my way to better conversion on the group programme
I run a group programme for trainers here in Belo Horizonte and the one thing I can never plan around is cash flow. It swings hard month to month, and I've stopped pretending the enrolment numbers are stable. So I'm…
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Beatriz Souza018h ago - Building a lighter coaching practice: two experiments and one dead end
I run a solo coaching business built almost entirely on my own hours, and I'm at the point where growth just means less sleep. This journal is me testing ways to take my hands off the parts that don't need them. I'll…
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Tobias Mercer020h ago - Build-in-public: Month 1 of reaching a new audience (Pune)
I am keeping this journal public because cash flow is my real constraint and I want a record of what actually moved the needle rather than what felt busy. Most of what I read about finding new clients is written by…
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Rahul Banerjee023h ago - Starting a Public Journal to Launch My Second Offer Without Burning Out
I promised my group programme students I'd build the next thing in the open, and honestly I need the accountability. My leads are inconsistent and I'm maxed on hours, so the real question is whether a second offer fixes…
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Rosa Vaughn01d ago - Build-in-public: turning one-off projects into a repeatable delivery system
I'm documenting this because repeatable delivery is the only way I know to fix my cash flow — right now every month starts from zero. I've got a handful of clients, but I want to stop treating each engagement like a…
- Starting a second offer — and I have no idea what to charge for it
I've spent years billing by the hour as a data consultant, and I want to add a productized offer so I'm not trading time for money forever. Pricing it is the part that keeps me up at night. I'm keeping this journal…
- Separating the variables before I productise anything
I run a productised service for creator agencies and I've been chasing repeatable delivery for months, but every time I cut a package I second-guess the niche and start over. Time to log what's actually happening…
- Starting a Build Log for My Second Offer
I'm opening this log because I need to stop treating this as a thought experiment and actually test something. My leads have been inconsistent for months, and I suspect it's because I only have one thing to sell.…
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Kofi Boateng01d ago - Second Offer Journal: From 1-to-1 Retainers to a Sponsorship Playbook
I'm starting this because my audience follows me for a reason I never monetised. They'll read anything I write about how I got sponsorships. They just won't hire me to do it. So the second offer is the thing they've…
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Ananya Menon01d ago - Tracking every cancellation until churn stops being a guess
I keep telling sponsors they can leave whenever they want, which is honest and also bad for revenue. So I am writing down every cancellation for ninety days and seeing what the actual reasons are instead of the ones I…
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Sanne Mulder01d ago - Six Weeks In: Building a Delivery System That Doesn't Need Me in the Room
I've run my coaching course live for three years and it works because I'm in the room. Self-paced is a different animal — the completion rates tell me that plainly. I'm rebuilding the delivery so it holds up without me,…
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Seán Doyle01d ago - Turning my coaching programme into a product I can sell without me
I need to stop confusing effort with evidence. My group programme keeps me busy but it is not converting, and I think I have been tweaking the wrong variable. I am starting a public journal so I can separate what is…
- Separating the variables before fixing churn
I want a public log of how I'm trying to get to the bottom of churn before I change anything. I have a suspicion, but I'd rather test it than guess. This is my way of staying honest about what I actually know.
- I need to stop guessing why subscribers leave
My paid newsletter has been losing subscribers and I've been treating it like a content problem. But I've onboarded three associate coaches this year and I genuinely can't tell if people are leaving because of my…
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Anouk Bakker02d ago - Starting a partner log so I stop pretending this is going well
I'm documenting the partner push because I keep telling people it's building and I don't actually have numbers I trust. Two referral relationships are producing, the rest are vague. If I write it down weekly I can't kid…
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Finn Pohutu02d ago - Tracking churn and tool use for 3 months
I want to cut churn. Right now I'm trying to see if tool overload is part of the problem, so I'm testing a few things and logging what actually happens. I'm sharing because I have a few customers and a lot of doubt, and…
- Chiamaka's build-in-public: pricing the course
I'm sharing this because I need to separate pricing uncertainty from everything else. I have a few real customers and a lot of doubt, and I'd rather test my thinking out loud than keep guessing alone. If you've been…
- Sharing my build-in-public journal to fix follow-up before it caps the practice
I'm posting this because I coach people on the same leak I've lived with for two years. Selling is not my problem; finishing the sale is. The journal is how I stay accountable to the unglamorous part, and so the coaches…
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Noor Haddad02d ago - Looking for partners who refer coaching clients, but delivery is the bottleneck
I'm sharing this because I need to be honest about what's actually blocking me. I keep starting partnership conversations with consultants and HR people, then stall when I remember my delivery capacity is already…
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Kahu Kahu02d ago - I'm replacing freelance income with retainer consulting. Public log.
Freelance income keeps me busy but it's not a business, it's a queue. I'm moving to retainers so I can plan past next month. Logging it here because I'll either do it or I'll have to explain why not.
- Building in public: finding a new audience for my nutrition programme
I'm sharing this because my cash flow swings wildly month to month and I think audience is the root of it. I've got a few real customers and a lot of doubt. Writing it down keeps me honest.
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Sem Smit02d ago - Launching a paid Zoom cohort for ad managers
I want to test a second offer because 1:1 coaching only scales so far. But manual onboarding is eating my time, and I need to see if a group format can actually work without me touching every step. Sharing the messy…
- Pricing is my bottleneck, not the funnel
I've been tracking my numbers publicly since February. The traffic is fine, the emails convert, and the sales page still leaks. I think the problem is what I'm charging and how I say it, so I'm writing down the tests…
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Palesa Nkosi03d ago - Starting a public journal to figure out why my audience never buys
I'm sharing this because I keep making offers to my list and getting crickets. I want to document the small changes I make to my copy and positioning, and see if any of them move the needle. I'm not sure if the problem…
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Jia Chua03d ago - Turning 14 months of 1:1 coaching into something I can sell twice a week
I've got paying clients and a waiting list I can't serve, which is a good problem I'm tired of pretending is good. What's actually stopping me is onboarding — every new client gets a bespoke 90-minute intake, a custom…
- Adding a productized offer to our membership — first post
I've been running the same membership for three years. Revenue is fine, but it leans on one offer and one audience that keeps saying they want more. So I'm building a second offer in public. I'll post what I do each…
- Publishing the conversion rework in public so I can't quietly shelve it
I've spent the last two years selling funnel work to agencies and never once documenting my own. Figured that was convenient — no record means no proof when the numbers don't move. So this is the log: what I change on…
- Journal: raising my membership price without a single testimonial to lean on
I keep circling the same exit. I know the price is too low, I know the delivery is worth more, and I still haven't asked anyone for proof they'd pay it. So I'm logging this in public instead of quietly annualizing my…
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Kavya Menon03d ago - Experimenting with newsletter pricing without losing my audience
I've been sitting on a pricing decision for months. I know my content converts, but I keep second-guessing the numbers. Time to stop thinking and start testing in public.
- Time audit before I cut anything else — advice welcome
I logged my week for the first time in months. The result was ugly but clarifying: 11 hours on manual onboarding for the next event alone. I keep telling myself I'll systemise once things slow down. They haven't slowed…
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Yaw Agyeman03d ago - Tracking every hour I spend on sponsor content for 30 days
I sell sponsorship and ads for nonprofits running commercial education and community operations. The work converts, but every deal eats my week in revisions, reporting and chasing. I want to see where the hours actually…
- Build-in-public journal: finding buyers who don't know me yet
I run a small content strategy retainer business in Singapore. My problem isn't the work — it's that the people who'd hire me have never heard of me, and the few clients I have can't exactly be splashed across a case…
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Mei A. Chua03d ago - Trading course quality for a lighter schedule — and hitting the snag
I want to force a boundary between my week and delivery. The plan: cut my delivery hours by half over 8 weeks, but keep course outcomes intact. If it works, I get back 20+ hours a month for product work. If it doesn't,…
- Killing my own onboarding bottleneck before it eats the retainer
I run a paid newsletter for independent consultants and I just moved three of them onto monthly retainers, which is the first time recurring revenue has actually been real for me. Problem is every new retainer still…
- Starting a build-in-public journal to find out why my audience never buys
I've been running a productised service for a while and I'm tired of shouting into a room that never reaches for their wallet. I'm publishing this journal to force some honesty about who I'm actually talking to and why…
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Sem de Vries04d ago - Starting a small monthly membership on top of my group classes
I have run group music classes for years and my income resets every month. I want a recurring layer that does not depend on me teaching more hours. I will journal the steps here so I can see what actually works.
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Ling Chua04d ago - Building a photography business that doesn't eat my weekends
I've been a photographer for eight years, but only recently started treating it like a business. I want to share the messy middle: the pricing experiments, the niche confusion, and the small wins. Mostly, I'm hoping to…
- Build journal: fixing the 11% completion rate
I'm sharing this because the numbers are bad enough that I need to stop pretending they're not. Our traffic is fine, the leads are real, but almost nobody finishes the thing we ask them to do. If I don't fix this,…
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Qing Tan04d ago - Trying to fix conversion before I touch the onboarding mess
I keep telling myself I'll sort onboarding once I understand why people aren't converting in the first place. So I'm tracking the join flow separately from the pitches and emails that lead into it, week by week. Might…
- Sharing my build-in-public journal: turning 1:1 coaching into a course
I want accountability and maybe some useful friction from people who've done this. I'm sharing what I learn here so the mistakes are at least documented. My real weakness is follow-up, so that's going to show up in…
- Moving from one-off client projects to monthly retainers before the quiet season
I have steady one-off clients but the work resets to zero every month and I want to fix that. Berlin's ad market is slow in Q1 and I keep pretending that is the only reason I'm nervous. Posting the plan here so I…
- Keeping my paid photography newsletter subscribers from leaving
I run a paid newsletter for photographers — mostly location scouting notes, pricing breakdowns, and behind-the-scenes on commercial shoots. Growth is fine but people keep dropping off after a few months and I don't know…
- Trying to stop being the onboarding bottleneck
I'm a solo community manager for a nonprofit membership with commercial education programmes, and I've been the only person who can set up a new member properly. It's the thing that eats my week and I can't keep doing…
- I'm posting weekly in a fitness community to attract clients
I need to stop relying on referrals from the same people. This journal is to force myself to show up where I'm not known. That's the only way I'll find out if a different market will pay my rates.
- Testing a 30% price increase on new retainer inquiries
I’m sharing this because I keep saying I’ll raise prices but never do. My follow-up is weak, so I lose momentum after the first call. I want to test a higher rate on the next five leads and see what actually happens.
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Rafael Ramos05d ago - Stopped being the bottleneck, now the bottleneck moved
Two months into deliberately handing work off, and the shape of my weeks has changed. I still don't have predictability where I want it, so I'm writing down what actually shifted and what didn't. If you're about to…
- Delegating the delivery work so I can build partnerships
I'm writing this down because I keep saying I'll build partnerships once I have room, and I never have room. The honest version is that I'm the room. So this is as much about my calendar as it is about the pipeline. If…
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Finn Rawiri05d ago - I'm tracking my conversion improvement week by week. The first step is fixing my manual onboarding.
I keep a public build-in-public journal to stay accountable and to show the unglamorous middle of scaling a professional education business. I thought onboarding was a people problem. It's a leak.
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Leo Ward05d ago - Logged month five of Pause & Pivot: three new students and one uncomfortable quiet
I keep this log because my own students tell me they want to see the middle, not the launch highlight reel. Early revenue means the numbers move, then don't, then move again, and I'd rather write that down honestly than…
- Testing outbound channels to find clients outside my referral loop
Most of my retainer work comes from people who already know me, which means growth is capped by my network and my calendar. I am running a few small tests to see if I can reach wellness-curious audiences who have never…
- Building recurring revenue for my agency group — progress log
I run a group programme for boutique digital agencies. Right now it's mostly one-off cohorts, and I want to shift to a recurring model — but completion rates inside the cohort are low, which makes retention (and…
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Wei Chua05d ago - Laying It All Out Before I Decide Anything
My client roster is full but I'm stuck in the delivery. I can't scale without a product. The problem is I keep finishing strategy documents and abandoning the productization plan that follows. I'm sharing this log…
- Building into higher pricing. In public. Here's what that looks like.
I have been told for years that my work is undervalued. I held retainer pricing flat for two years while my hours filled up. I couldn't tell if I was raising prices or just proving I didn't believe my own value.
