No, that was one of the products I slowly did let die, and kinda modified the product to be open-sourced, cli first tool.

Thanks for the words of support. I will definitely try to be more active on youtube and leverage that.

"The idea is the easy part" is something I knew deep down but was too afraid to admit to myself. It's easier to keep building than to confront that everything after it is the actual work. Took me years and a few dead products to really accept that.

I feel like Im in the process of swallowing that pill.

Most of them are down honestly, which kind of proves the point of my post.

Ourbit (ourbitapp.com) is still a work in progress (wrapping up the demo/assetes/characters).

BuzzBench is down but the repo is open and there's a demo video if you want to see what it did: github.com/LazarKap/buzzbench / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAnbZMoQvmQ.

Building something new right now that's directly about this problem, will share when it's live.

Next to this, I have like 3 more failed projects.

This is exactly the problem I've been sitting with for some time now. Every platform I tried to find a marketing partner on was either dead, full of bots, or just a generic co-founder matching app with no real skin in the game.

I'm actually building something about this, would love to stay in touch and share it with you when it's live. Might be exactly what you've been looking for.

In case you are interested to stay in touch, shoot me a message. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lazarbogosavljevic/)

None taken, I agree with you, and it is a fair point. I need to rethink my approach.

Fair point.

The 90% is relatable, I physically cannot stop building even when I know I should be doing something else. The mode switching is the hardest part, not the marketing itself.

Good reminder that ads can show results fast while SEO compounds slowly, running both makes sense.

The SEO + free tools as a funnel is something I hadn't thought about before.

Not universal for every product but for the right one it's a really clean distribution channel that compounds over time. The "make calls with users" part is universal though, that's the one I keep avoiding and probably shouldn't.

How long before the SEO started moving for you?

I'd love to take you up on that. Sending you a message, do you have an email/linkedin or preferred way to connect?

Platform where technical founders post their live products and marketers pitch to join as co-founders or paid partners. Built it because I kept running into the exact problem in my post. Not live yet but close.

I think I am definitely gonna try the direct sales approach, to try and fill out the platform once its ready.