shame on you

[artimath]

for not marketing the absolute loving $#%! out of Ameliorate!!!

I say that in jest, but oh my god would I probably have saved months of my life if I had known your tool had been around for 3 friggin years.

You take a slightly different, but profoundly effective approach. And you shipped. I've been trying to map the ontology of my own tool and still haven't quite got there despite dozens of prototypes, and a phd in react-flow.

But. You. Built. The. Thing. (basically)

i'd like to buy you a beer or a tea or something.

DUDE. Time for me to market the shit outta this because... dude.

You're read Goldratt, yea? The Choice.

I trust that it's all meant to be that I find your tool now, I guess my stubborn self might realized the wisdom of properly perusing the React Flow opensource projects and showcase.

Looks like you're doing this as your main thing... I've been in marketing for about 10yrs (like zero to deploying entire multi-channel campaigns + 60m long form documentary style sales videos, then profitably acquiring customers, turning $1 into $2... not "let's rent a billboard" type marketing) and coding for almost twenty...

If I can be of any assistance or service, please allow me to give back a little. This tool is about to unlock, you have no idea.

Thank you for building this and sharing it freely.

[Still can't believe i found someone else who gets it... and they shipped... epic]

[keyserj]

This is great to hear 😁 I'm glad you managed to stumble upon it!

My marketing skills are definitely a bit lacking 😅. I've done this thing where 1. I'm ready to market, so I make a post or reach out to someone 2. I get some feedback 3. I feel that functionality/phrasing/presentation needs to be improved before marketing more... and I just so happen to be at step 1 again! Your marketing expertise would be well-timed and greatly appreciated! I think Ameliorate could really take off if it had more users/feedback/contributors, and better marketing seems key to getting there.

I've been trying to map the ontology of my own tool

I'd love to hear about the ideas you've had!

i'd like to buy you a beer or a tea or something.

I haven't set up a way to receive donations, mainly because I think it'd cost too much for individuals to significantly impact Ameliorate financially (i.e. increase funds to work full-time on it longer or to hire people to help out), but now that you mention it, a beer-equivalent donation could be a nice way to make my day (most likely spent on hot chocolate or a pastry 😁) (though posts like this make my day too). Maybe I'll set up with GitHub Sponsors. (EDIT: did set up with GitHub Sponsors https://github.com/sponsors/keyserj)

You're read Goldratt, yea? The Choice.

I actually haven't read many books in this realm, mainly because I haven't known about them. This does seem like a good one that's now on my to-read list (also It's Not Luck and The Logical Thinking Process, found in a review of The Choice).

If I can be of any assistance or service, please allow me to give back a little.

There are a ton of things I could use help with! Not sure if you found the Roles To Fill doc but the marketing role sounds very fitting for you. For starters, just finding more forums/communities/organizations who seem like they could benefit from the tool, and posting or emailing about it. Do you have ideas for marketing strategy?

Also as an alternative mode of assisting, just trying to use the tool (pilot testing?) and giving feedback would also be really helpful.

There's a lot we could discuss! Happy to continue in this thread, or we could hop on a call (Discord/Zoom?).

[CatGuardian]

Amazing Wednesday Evening Ryan!! 😀

This is absolutely incredible! I am so glad you took the time to reach out. That really means the absolute world to us and especially @keyserj!

You hit the nail on the head for sure! We could do better at marketing and would love to understand methodologies and strategies to doing so!

And by all means, start telling everyone you know about this tool! Tell your colleagues! Tell your friends! Tell your Grandma! Heck, go and tell your cat! 😊 Spread the word.

Thank you so much Ryan for reaching out! I love the passion you bring when talking about this problem solving realm. You absolutely are welcome here and welcome to stay engaged with Ameliorate and help out where you can.

From the Heart,
Cat Guardian

@artimath