Almost every indie developer's dream is to get to $10K/MRR

I'm not different, but I found that with a bit of cheating, you can get there in no time.

$10K in a month is hard, but you can get there faster with a bit of cheating.

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My shortcut to $10K is a combo of:

Revenue from the AppStore

Getting to the first $1K from the AppStore is the hardest milestone, then 2,5K and even $5K is easier.

Because you already understand what are you doing and what works.

Getting over $5K is hard again, so two more revenue streams can help.

Old good Freelance

Yes, that is just trading time for money, but also it is a chance to work on interesting projects and pay the bills. That's a good way to have a stable money flow and not stress about getting successful in AppStore asap.

Digital products

If you solve any problems for yourself, you have skills and can help others.

Do not try to sell another programming tutorial, you can't charge a lot for them and will need to compete with full-time teachers who do this job better anyway.

Think about what kind of services you could provide. "Done for you" services are the easiest to sell, but take time to execute and deliver.

1:1 support and coaching or "Done with you" is the second best to offer. For example, as a fitness trainer or mentor, you are helping to achieve the outcome - get fit, pass a job interview, build an indie app business, etc,

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Combining all three revenue streams, you can quickly get to $10K, and when you have too much work or money you can drop one of them :)

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Sure, I have a video about that as well. Check it out if you need an idea for a digital product ​

That's it for today. Keep shipping 🚀

Aivars