Andrew Askins
@andrewaskins.com
Founder @metamonster.ai - the fast, lightweight SEO crawler that fixes issues for you
Work -> SEO, marketing, product
Free time -> Hiking, robotics, travel, food
📝 http://andrewaskins.com
🎙️ https://smalleffortspod.com
🦐 https://discoshrimp.lol
Work -> SEO, marketing, product
Free time -> Hiking, robotics, travel, food
📝 http://andrewaskins.com
🎙️ https://smalleffortspod.com
🦐 https://discoshrimp.lol
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Andrew Askins
@andrewaskins.com
· Dec 2
Just hit 2k followers, so thought I'd re-introduce myself! 🥳
If we don't know each other yet, please hit reply and do the same! Bonus points for a picture of your pet.
I'm Andrew! I'm currently working on getting @metamonster.ai off the ground. I also do product and design consulting for clients.
If we don't know each other yet, please hit reply and do the same! Bonus points for a picture of your pet.
I'm Andrew! I'm currently working on getting @metamonster.ai off the ground. I also do product and design consulting for clients.
Something we've found helpful when testing prompts for MetaMonster: have the LLM output it's "rationale."
June 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Something we've found helpful when testing prompts for MetaMonster: have the LLM output it's "rationale."
Pretty cool:
- I crawled our site
- Told the AI to analyze my page titles and generate an engagement score from 1-10
- Filter to < 5
- Generated optimized titles
- Had the AI score the optimized version and provide a justification
- I crawled our site
- Told the AI to analyze my page titles and generate an engagement score from 1-10
- Filter to < 5
- Generated optimized titles
- Had the AI score the optimized version and provide a justification
June 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Pretty cool:
- I crawled our site
- Told the AI to analyze my page titles and generate an engagement score from 1-10
- Filter to < 5
- Generated optimized titles
- Had the AI score the optimized version and provide a justification
- I crawled our site
- Told the AI to analyze my page titles and generate an engagement score from 1-10
- Filter to < 5
- Generated optimized titles
- Had the AI score the optimized version and provide a justification
The MetaMonster WordPress plugin is live! You can now:
- Crawl your site to find missing metadata
- Generate optimized titles and descriptions w/ 1 click
- Publish directly to WordPress
That's 3-5 clicks to update titles and descriptions for every page on your site.
wordpress.org/plugins/meta...
- Crawl your site to find missing metadata
- Generate optimized titles and descriptions w/ 1 click
- Publish directly to WordPress
That's 3-5 clicks to update titles and descriptions for every page on your site.
wordpress.org/plugins/meta...
MetaMonster SEO – AI-Powered Metadata Optimization
Fix missing metadata in minutes instead of months. MetaMonster's WordPress plugin helps you generate and manage SEO-optimized page titles and met …
wordpress.org
April 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The MetaMonster WordPress plugin is live! You can now:
- Crawl your site to find missing metadata
- Generate optimized titles and descriptions w/ 1 click
- Publish directly to WordPress
That's 3-5 clicks to update titles and descriptions for every page on your site.
wordpress.org/plugins/meta...
- Crawl your site to find missing metadata
- Generate optimized titles and descriptions w/ 1 click
- Publish directly to WordPress
That's 3-5 clicks to update titles and descriptions for every page on your site.
wordpress.org/plugins/meta...
Rolled out handy little feature in MetaMonster this week to let you export all of your page content as markdown.
April 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Rolled out handy little feature in MetaMonster this week to let you export all of your page content as markdown.
I think I may have taken the "bootstrappers need to charge more" advice a little too seriously and overpriced the MetaMonster beta... 😬
Don't want to overreact to small sample sizes just yet, but seriously considering cutting the price by 50% (add increasing what's included in each plan)
Don't want to overreact to small sample sizes just yet, but seriously considering cutting the price by 50% (add increasing what's included in each plan)
April 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I think I may have taken the "bootstrappers need to charge more" advice a little too seriously and overpriced the MetaMonster beta... 😬
Don't want to overreact to small sample sizes just yet, but seriously considering cutting the price by 50% (add increasing what's included in each plan)
Don't want to overreact to small sample sizes just yet, but seriously considering cutting the price by 50% (add increasing what's included in each plan)
This season of Tiny Seed Tales with @leenyburger.bsky.social is so good because THIS is the hard stuff!!
It's easy to keep doing what's working. It's easy to shut down something that obviously isn't working. But so many businesses spend time somewhere in the middle.
It's easy to keep doing what's working. It's easy to shut down something that obviously isn't working. But so many businesses spend time somewhere in the middle.
March 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This season of Tiny Seed Tales with @leenyburger.bsky.social is so good because THIS is the hard stuff!!
It's easy to keep doing what's working. It's easy to shut down something that obviously isn't working. But so many businesses spend time somewhere in the middle.
It's easy to keep doing what's working. It's easy to shut down something that obviously isn't working. But so many businesses spend time somewhere in the middle.
Reposted by Andrew Askins
Some stuff is going well. Some stuff isn't.
This is true of everyone, all the time.
Which stuff is which, changes. The magnitude changes. The nature of the puzzles change.
But there’s always stuff.
So don’t get discouraged; get used to it.
This is true of everyone, all the time.
Which stuff is which, changes. The magnitude changes. The nature of the puzzles change.
But there’s always stuff.
So don’t get discouraged; get used to it.
March 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Some stuff is going well. Some stuff isn't.
This is true of everyone, all the time.
Which stuff is which, changes. The magnitude changes. The nature of the puzzles change.
But there’s always stuff.
So don’t get discouraged; get used to it.
This is true of everyone, all the time.
Which stuff is which, changes. The magnitude changes. The nature of the puzzles change.
But there’s always stuff.
So don’t get discouraged; get used to it.
Loved talking to Benjamin and Marie on Grief & Pizza. We got into a lot of great stuff around mental health and the ups and downs of being a founder.
Really enjoyed this conversation with founder @andrewaskins.com. Talked about the experience of growing an agency, getting acqui-hired, and then getting fired from your own company! Plus: company culture, the challenges of being a founder, and what it's like to bootstrap a software business.
Grief & Pizza | Navigating the Product Journey with Andrew Askins
In this episode, we're talking to founder Andrew Askins about his experience growing an agency, getting acqui-hired, and then getting fired. We talk about company culture, the unique challenges of ...
podcast.weareokidoki.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Loved talking to Benjamin and Marie on Grief & Pizza. We got into a lot of great stuff around mental health and the ups and downs of being a founder.
LOVE this newsletter CTA from balsamiq
February 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
LOVE this newsletter CTA from balsamiq
Really appreciate the real talk from @leenyburger.bsky.social in the latest episode of Tiny Seed Tales
www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/epi...
www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 759 | TinySeed Tales s4e6: Does AI + Pivot = Success?
In this episode of TinySeed Tales, Rob Walling speaks with Colleen Schnettler, co-founder of Hello Query, as she shares her latest startup journey pivot.
After reigniting her “shipping muscle” whil...
www.startupsfortherestofus.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Really appreciate the real talk from @leenyburger.bsky.social in the latest episode of Tiny Seed Tales
www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/epi...
www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/epi...
Reposted by Andrew Askins
Over the last 6 months, @amy.stackingthebricks.com & I have worked on a handful of high-profile (and high revenue) product launches that *aren’t our products.*
It’s been a lot of fun, & it’s inspired some new resources for us to share!
Here’s the first: stackingthebricks.com/email-ideas/
It’s been a lot of fun, & it’s inspired some new resources for us to share!
Here’s the first: stackingthebricks.com/email-ideas/
123 free infinitely reusable ideas to earn trust and make more sales with your newsletter
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stackingthebricks.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Over the last 6 months, @amy.stackingthebricks.com & I have worked on a handful of high-profile (and high revenue) product launches that *aren’t our products.*
It’s been a lot of fun, & it’s inspired some new resources for us to share!
Here’s the first: stackingthebricks.com/email-ideas/
It’s been a lot of fun, & it’s inspired some new resources for us to share!
Here’s the first: stackingthebricks.com/email-ideas/
I've been in a season of bad ADHD lately and this week I've been using Cursor Composer in Agent mode to help me just get started. Big unlock.
Helps that:
- Our code is a monolith (API context)
- My cofounder already had components and styles built out
- I'm working on super simple stuff
Helps that:
- Our code is a monolith (API context)
- My cofounder already had components and styles built out
- I'm working on super simple stuff
February 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I've been in a season of bad ADHD lately and this week I've been using Cursor Composer in Agent mode to help me just get started. Big unlock.
Helps that:
- Our code is a monolith (API context)
- My cofounder already had components and styles built out
- I'm working on super simple stuff
Helps that:
- Our code is a monolith (API context)
- My cofounder already had components and styles built out
- I'm working on super simple stuff
Just closed customer number 1 for MetaMonster 👀
It's a friend, but they fit our ICP AND they're using the heck out of the product and getting a lot of value from it.
Lot more to do from here!!
It's a friend, but they fit our ICP AND they're using the heck out of the product and getting a lot of value from it.
Lot more to do from here!!
February 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just closed customer number 1 for MetaMonster 👀
It's a friend, but they fit our ICP AND they're using the heck out of the product and getting a lot of value from it.
Lot more to do from here!!
It's a friend, but they fit our ICP AND they're using the heck out of the product and getting a lot of value from it.
Lot more to do from here!!
We just released directed crawls to alpha users! 📋
Now you can choose to crawl your entire site or crawl a list of pages you specify
This is a great way to narrow suggestions only to the pages you care about, or break a large site into batches
Now you can choose to crawl your entire site or crawl a list of pages you specify
This is a great way to narrow suggestions only to the pages you care about, or break a large site into batches
February 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We just released directed crawls to alpha users! 📋
Now you can choose to crawl your entire site or crawl a list of pages you specify
This is a great way to narrow suggestions only to the pages you care about, or break a large site into batches
Now you can choose to crawl your entire site or crawl a list of pages you specify
This is a great way to narrow suggestions only to the pages you care about, or break a large site into batches
Why did no one tell me building a web crawler would be such a pain in the ass? 😂
January 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Why did no one tell me building a web crawler would be such a pain in the ass? 😂
We got path planning working on our robot today! Now the students can design an autonomous routine in the pathplanner UI by drawing lines on a field map. Super cool open source tool.
January 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We got path planning working on our robot today! Now the students can design an autonomous routine in the pathplanner UI by drawing lines on a field map. Super cool open source tool.
Looking through analytics this morning and this looks like it was actually coming from our google ads campaign
Not sure why our ads were showing up on youtube... they aren't video ads and I thought they were restricted just to google search
But that makes more sense
Not sure why our ads were showing up on youtube... they aren't video ads and I thought they were restricted just to google search
But that makes more sense
We currently have 4 SUPER low production value videos on our @metamonster.ai YouTube channel that up until today didn't even have direct links to our site and we're still seeing a small trickle of traffic from YouTube
That's hella encouraging
That's hella encouraging
January 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Looking through analytics this morning and this looks like it was actually coming from our google ads campaign
Not sure why our ads were showing up on youtube... they aren't video ads and I thought they were restricted just to google search
But that makes more sense
Not sure why our ads were showing up on youtube... they aren't video ads and I thought they were restricted just to google search
But that makes more sense
Hot take: I don't hate Jira
They've put a lot of work into updating it, and it's a powerful tool that can be really effective in certain circumstances
They've put a lot of work into updating it, and it's a powerful tool that can be really effective in certain circumstances
January 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Hot take: I don't hate Jira
They've put a lot of work into updating it, and it's a powerful tool that can be really effective in certain circumstances
They've put a lot of work into updating it, and it's a powerful tool that can be really effective in certain circumstances
If you can't build a good remote culture that's on you, not your employees.
Honestly the push back on remote work makes me want to build a team again.
It's going to be so easy to compete for great people and give them a better environment than 90% of what's out there.
Honestly the push back on remote work makes me want to build a team again.
It's going to be so easy to compete for great people and give them a better environment than 90% of what's out there.
January 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
If you can't build a good remote culture that's on you, not your employees.
Honestly the push back on remote work makes me want to build a team again.
It's going to be so easy to compete for great people and give them a better environment than 90% of what's out there.
Honestly the push back on remote work makes me want to build a team again.
It's going to be so easy to compete for great people and give them a better environment than 90% of what's out there.
We currently have 4 SUPER low production value videos on our @metamonster.ai YouTube channel that up until today didn't even have direct links to our site and we're still seeing a small trickle of traffic from YouTube
That's hella encouraging
That's hella encouraging
January 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We currently have 4 SUPER low production value videos on our @metamonster.ai YouTube channel that up until today didn't even have direct links to our site and we're still seeing a small trickle of traffic from YouTube
That's hella encouraging
That's hella encouraging
I dig this essay from Edmar Ferreira about the differences between building in AI versus traditional software startups.
every.to/source-code...
every.to/source-code...
Why Building in AI Is Nothing Like Making Conventional Software
Introducing Source Code, your backstage pass to Every Studio
every.to
January 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I dig this essay from Edmar Ferreira about the differences between building in AI versus traditional software startups.
every.to/source-code...
every.to/source-code...
New episode of Small Efforts is out!
🤖 My robotics team is upgrading our tech
🌶️ Sean's time at Shmoocon got spicy
👹 And I'm riding the high of a great prospect call for MetaMonster.
share.transistor.fm/s/b13b6954
🤖 My robotics team is upgrading our tech
🌶️ Sean's time at Shmoocon got spicy
👹 And I'm riding the high of a great prospect call for MetaMonster.
share.transistor.fm/s/b13b6954
When should you charge your first customers? | Small Efforts - with Sean Sun and Andrew Askins | Episode 46
share.transistor.fm
January 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
New episode of Small Efforts is out!
🤖 My robotics team is upgrading our tech
🌶️ Sean's time at Shmoocon got spicy
👹 And I'm riding the high of a great prospect call for MetaMonster.
share.transistor.fm/s/b13b6954
🤖 My robotics team is upgrading our tech
🌶️ Sean's time at Shmoocon got spicy
👹 And I'm riding the high of a great prospect call for MetaMonster.
share.transistor.fm/s/b13b6954
Reposted by Andrew Askins
Currently hiring at Miscreants!
Searching for our next product marketer, project manager, or Webflow developer 🎉
More details here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Searching for our next product marketer, project manager, or Webflow developer 🎉
More details here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
January 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Currently hiring at Miscreants!
Searching for our next product marketer, project manager, or Webflow developer 🎉
More details here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Searching for our next product marketer, project manager, or Webflow developer 🎉
More details here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Getting some really positive early feedback from our first MetaMonster users! Excited to start slowly opening up the alpha.
Only problem is I have SO MANY IDEAS. I want to build all the things, but now have to focus and prioritize. Ugh.
Only problem is I have SO MANY IDEAS. I want to build all the things, but now have to focus and prioritize. Ugh.
January 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Getting some really positive early feedback from our first MetaMonster users! Excited to start slowly opening up the alpha.
Only problem is I have SO MANY IDEAS. I want to build all the things, but now have to focus and prioritize. Ugh.
Only problem is I have SO MANY IDEAS. I want to build all the things, but now have to focus and prioritize. Ugh.
Stoked for this season! Just listened to episode one this morning and can’t wait for more
Welcome to Season 4 of TinySeed Tales! In the first episode,
@robwalling.com introduces us to @leenyburger.bsky.social, the co-founder of Hammerstone (now Hello Query).
Check out the rest of the episode 👇
www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/epi...
@robwalling.com introduces us to @leenyburger.bsky.social, the co-founder of Hammerstone (now Hello Query).
Check out the rest of the episode 👇
www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/epi...
January 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Stoked for this season! Just listened to episode one this morning and can’t wait for more