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Solo Maker Ops 03: The Long Game
Google can't find FWTR. Visitors can't tell what it is in 5 seconds. And Thomas still hasn't built a weekly ops habit. Cowboy diagnoses the SEO hole, designs a 60-second first impression test, and tries to turn six episodes of frameworks into something Thomas actually does every Friday.
#1"Google Can't Find You. And When Someone Does, They Won't Know What This Is."
#2Knowing What to Do Isn't the Same as Doing It Every WeekNEW
forwardthomasmiller · Updated Apr 13
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Solo Maker Ops 02: From Zero to Your First Real User
The site is live but empty. Thomas and Cowboy tackle the cold start — how to fill an empty room, what "the champagne moment" means, and why 10 active people beat 10,000 passive ones. Then Cowboy asks a question Thomas can't answer: "What's your north star metric?"
#1How Do You Build a Community When Nobody's There?
#2"What's Your North Star Metric?" I Didn't Have an Answer.NEW
forwardthomasmiller · Updated Apr 13
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Solo Maker Ops 01: Why Nobody Finds Your Product
A solo maker ships two apps, gets 1,000+ views and zero downloads, then teams up with Cowboy — his Claude AI partner — to figure out why. Together they diagnose the real problem (hint: it's not the product) and start building a content system that compounds.
#1Why Nobody Finds Your Product (And Why That's Not a Product Problem)
#2What to Create, How to Title It, and Where to Put ItNEW
forwardthomasmiller · 1 related fixes · Updated Apr 12
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