Free-first then monetize

Dan tells about how he figured out the 𝕏 growth, making his followers count from 500 to 22k in just 1 year. He also shares the side-project marketing strategy which helps him to build revenue on his main SaaS.Dan's show:https://morningmakershow.com/https://x.com/morningmakershohttps://www.youtube.com/@MorningMakerShow/videosDan's projects:https://shipixen.com/https://pageai.pro/https://tool.crontap.com/cronjob-debugger?cron=*%2F30+*+*+*+*https://rarebigdeal.com/#category=MacOS+Appshttps://apihustle.com/https://clobbr.app/https://crontap.com/https://blog.sentry.io/how-sentrys-ai-autofix-changed-my-mind-about-ai-agents/https://shipixen.com/demo/landing-page-component-examples?ref=x#primary-cta-image-with-product-hunt-awardhttps://mrrartpro.com/https://shipixen.com/shadcn-pricing-page?ref=xhttps://one-indie-secret.vercel.app/https://x.com/d4m1n/biohttps://blog.mindrudan.com/abouthttps://d4m1n.notion.site/My-current-projects-28e9f93353c24aafb13f263d15952ee6https://bio.site/d4m1nhttps://www.figma.com/design/bRMEzPVecNCzjU7TWHqiNA/13-Open-Graph-Images--Free-%E2%9C%A8---Community-?node-id=0-1&p=f&t=Av2R1Bd8JabvjkWO-0https://mindrudan.com/https://x.com/d4m1n/status/1913999712127984075https://hunted.space/?ref=xPosts/launches:https://x.com/d4m1n/status/1900853096139640979https://x.com/d4m1n/status/1901589300732481887https://www.reddit.com/r/reactjs/comments/1cj4bzk/page_ui_open_source_components_templates_to_make/https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/10hnl5z/finally_understood_cron/https://x.com/d4m1n/status/1913999712127984075People:https://x.com/marc_louvionhttps://x.com/gregisenberg/ - the youtube starhttps://x.com/johnrushx/ - the business sharkhttps://x.com/dagorenouf/ - the PH clone makerTools:https://posthog.com/https://squoosh.app/editorhttps://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/squooshhttps://jakearchibald.github.io/svgomg/Timestamps:00:00 Teaser00:24 Dan!01:25 Content Creation02:27 Freelancing and Personal Projects04:12 Revenue Streams05:27 *** is the worst city for makers07:48 Sponsorships14:03 Growing an Audience16:49 Balancing Personal and Professional Content20:23 Hacking 𝕏29:49 Negativity of Building in Public 31:41 Side Projects32:16 Master Plan38:08 Marketing Strategies52:58 The Importance of Community55:53 Essential Tools for Makers01:01:27 Final Thoughts