Victor Rius
@victorrius.bsky.social
Product guy monetizing his own apps. Currently focused on http://apneatrainingapp.com
Last week was amazing for product consulting and bootstrapping, but the past few months have been full of doubts.
Reminding myself to trust the process and embrace the rollercoaster. Whether you’re at the top or bottom, this too shall pass. Be patient—or enjoy it while it lasts.
Reminding myself to trust the process and embrace the rollercoaster. Whether you’re at the top or bottom, this too shall pass. Be patient—or enjoy it while it lasts.
January 13, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Last week was amazing for product consulting and bootstrapping, but the past few months have been full of doubts.
Reminding myself to trust the process and embrace the rollercoaster. Whether you’re at the top or bottom, this too shall pass. Be patient—or enjoy it while it lasts.
Reminding myself to trust the process and embrace the rollercoaster. Whether you’re at the top or bottom, this too shall pass. Be patient—or enjoy it while it lasts.
It's release day 🕺
(Waiting for final stores approval)
(Waiting for final stores approval)
January 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
It's release day 🕺
(Waiting for final stores approval)
(Waiting for final stores approval)
Just got this automated email after unsubscribing from Cursor.
Loved the realistic tone and the fact it’s about learning and improving, not recovering me. They even offer refunds to avoid frustration.
Thinking of adding something like this to improve my feedback loop.
Loved the realistic tone and the fact it’s about learning and improving, not recovering me. They even offer refunds to avoid frustration.
Thinking of adding something like this to improve my feedback loop.
January 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Just got this automated email after unsubscribing from Cursor.
Loved the realistic tone and the fact it’s about learning and improving, not recovering me. They even offer refunds to avoid frustration.
Thinking of adding something like this to improve my feedback loop.
Loved the realistic tone and the fact it’s about learning and improving, not recovering me. They even offer refunds to avoid frustration.
Thinking of adding something like this to improve my feedback loop.
Last week, I saw an unexpected spike in downloads and, even more surprisingly, in conversion rate—despite not running any Black Friday actions. Did anyone else experience this?
December 2, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Last week, I saw an unexpected spike in downloads and, even more surprisingly, in conversion rate—despite not running any Black Friday actions. Did anyone else experience this?
6 years without writing a single line of code, never wrote a script… and here I am, building my own product strategy tools with ChatGPT to track competitors activity and explore new app markets.
What a time to be alive 🤩
What a time to be alive 🤩
November 30, 2024 at 11:51 AM
6 years without writing a single line of code, never wrote a script… and here I am, building my own product strategy tools with ChatGPT to track competitors activity and explore new app markets.
What a time to be alive 🤩
What a time to be alive 🤩
Retention will hit a ceiling until you grow Activation. Continuously work on increasing the % of new users who experience your product's core value.
In the last release, I boosted this metric a 45%, likely having a good impact on Retention.
In the last release, I boosted this metric a 45%, likely having a good impact on Retention.
November 25, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Retention will hit a ceiling until you grow Activation. Continuously work on increasing the % of new users who experience your product's core value.
In the last release, I boosted this metric a 45%, likely having a good impact on Retention.
In the last release, I boosted this metric a 45%, likely having a good impact on Retention.
Very unpopular opinion 🚨
No matter how good you or your products are if others are better, that's why they're called competitors. Understand this and act accordingly.
Otherwise, you'll be like most athletes in an Olympic final: not good enough to get your piece of the cake.
No matter how good you or your products are if others are better, that's why they're called competitors. Understand this and act accordingly.
Otherwise, you'll be like most athletes in an Olympic final: not good enough to get your piece of the cake.
a group of men are running on a track and one of them has the number 85 on his shirt
ALT: a group of men are running on a track and one of them has the number 85 on his shirt
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Very unpopular opinion 🚨
No matter how good you or your products are if others are better, that's why they're called competitors. Understand this and act accordingly.
Otherwise, you'll be like most athletes in an Olympic final: not good enough to get your piece of the cake.
No matter how good you or your products are if others are better, that's why they're called competitors. Understand this and act accordingly.
Otherwise, you'll be like most athletes in an Olympic final: not good enough to get your piece of the cake.
Your product is not just defined by what it does but also about what it doesn’t.
Don’t be a feature factory
Don’t be a feature factory
November 25, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Your product is not just defined by what it does but also about what it doesn’t.
Don’t be a feature factory
Don’t be a feature factory
Mistake #927 I've made as a Mobile App Founder ⁉️
I hesitated for so long to ask users to pay, thinking I wasn’t ready. Then someone told me, "No one will pay if you don't give them the chance" When I finally did, I saw how much revenue I’d been missing out on
Add that paywall!
I hesitated for so long to ask users to pay, thinking I wasn’t ready. Then someone told me, "No one will pay if you don't give them the chance" When I finally did, I saw how much revenue I’d been missing out on
Add that paywall!
November 25, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Mistake #927 I've made as a Mobile App Founder ⁉️
I hesitated for so long to ask users to pay, thinking I wasn’t ready. Then someone told me, "No one will pay if you don't give them the chance" When I finally did, I saw how much revenue I’d been missing out on
Add that paywall!
I hesitated for so long to ask users to pay, thinking I wasn’t ready. Then someone told me, "No one will pay if you don't give them the chance" When I finally did, I saw how much revenue I’d been missing out on
Add that paywall!
Most users don’t really know what they want or need, so don’t build your roadmap solely based on their requests
November 25, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Most users don’t really know what they want or need, so don’t build your roadmap solely based on their requests
Really interesting approach from Elena Verna on how to tackle feature monetization. Full article here: elenaverna.com/p/should-your-…
https://elenaverna.com/p/should-your-…
November 25, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Really interesting approach from Elena Verna on how to tackle feature monetization. Full article here: elenaverna.com/p/should-your-…
Any benchmark on how many ratings per new user an app should have? Maybe a 5-7%?
November 25, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Any benchmark on how many ratings per new user an app should have? Maybe a 5-7%?
Monthly competitor analysis day keeps churn away 😉
November 25, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Monthly competitor analysis day keeps churn away 😉
Perk #234 of being a solopreneur
You get to do fun and cool things you’d never experience in a full-time job with a more specific role 🎨
New features coming soon 😬
You get to do fun and cool things you’d never experience in a full-time job with a more specific role 🎨
New features coming soon 😬
November 25, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Perk #234 of being a solopreneur
You get to do fun and cool things you’d never experience in a full-time job with a more specific role 🎨
New features coming soon 😬
You get to do fun and cool things you’d never experience in a full-time job with a more specific role 🎨
New features coming soon 😬
Loss aversion bias: Users be always more willing to do an action if it is framed as a loss, rather than a gain.
November 25, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Loss aversion bias: Users be always more willing to do an action if it is framed as a loss, rather than a gain.
Engagement drives stickiness, and stickiness builds retention.
The more a user engages with your product per session, the more often they’ll return—and the more they return, the greater the chances they’ll stick around long-term.
Engagement is the foundation of retention.
The more a user engages with your product per session, the more often they’ll return—and the more they return, the greater the chances they’ll stick around long-term.
Engagement is the foundation of retention.
November 25, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Engagement drives stickiness, and stickiness builds retention.
The more a user engages with your product per session, the more often they’ll return—and the more they return, the greater the chances they’ll stick around long-term.
Engagement is the foundation of retention.
The more a user engages with your product per session, the more often they’ll return—and the more they return, the greater the chances they’ll stick around long-term.
Engagement is the foundation of retention.
Tracking Engagement to Anticipate Churn
Identifying engagement behaviors—like users no longer performing certain actions or doing them less often—can help you anticipate churn. 👇
Identifying engagement behaviors—like users no longer performing certain actions or doing them less often—can help you anticipate churn. 👇
November 25, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Tracking Engagement to Anticipate Churn
Identifying engagement behaviors—like users no longer performing certain actions or doing them less often—can help you anticipate churn. 👇
Identifying engagement behaviors—like users no longer performing certain actions or doing them less often—can help you anticipate churn. 👇
Hard pill to swallow 💊
Digital products ≠ Passive income.
Digital products = Recurring revenue.
Digital products ≠ Passive income.
Digital products = Recurring revenue.
November 25, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Hard pill to swallow 💊
Digital products ≠ Passive income.
Digital products = Recurring revenue.
Digital products ≠ Passive income.
Digital products = Recurring revenue.