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Building ContentBoost to help Shopify stores turn product catalogs into content visible on AI. Based in Africa, building for the world.

New York
Joined August 2010
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You can post everywhere, but nothing beats a conversation with a potential client. 💯
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It’s time to start experimenting with on device AI.
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The only time I use git worktrees is for UI work. Any workflows you're using that make parallel agentic work easy to track & review?
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So many complete products failed in the past. If you think just building with Ai is the secret sauce, you're in for a rude awakening after launch. Ship & market from day 0!
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If the world is fair, Mbappe should get sold to Tottenham tomorrow morning. Surplus at Madrid, clearly.
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Chiko retweeted
“LLM traffic is only 2% of referral traffic” cool now look at the parts people ignore: - growing ~80% year over year - traffic roughly tripled in a year - 18% conversion rate because when someone clicks through from an AI answer the model has already: - compared options - filtered competitors - answered objections the user isn’t researching they’re deciding which is why LLM traffic converts way higher than traditional search 2% volume today but the growth curve + conversion rate should make it obvious where this is going
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😂😂 Ok, I need to tone down my Shopify Store Roast tool a notch. This is just brutal! Free tools FTW!
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Studying ContentBoost's acquisition data today has shed light on some key Shopify merchant metrics: TLDR for Shopify merchants 👇 - Free tools are outperforming every other channel - Store Roast and SEO Checker are my top traffic sources right now (Merchants use them, see what's broken in their store, and want it fixed) - Most store owners have no idea how weak their content looks to search engines The thing that jumped out to me: The tool IS the marketing. 🎯 When you give someone a real diagnosis of their store before asking for anything, trust is already built. No pitch needed. 👌👌 This is why ContentBoost leads with free tools. Merchants discover what's missing, then the solution is obvious. Value first always wins. #shopify #ai
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Week 12 of building ContentBoost: ✅ First 3 paying customers ✅ Hit $600+ MRR ✅ 2 features shipped based on user feedback Still figuring out user acquisition. Still stressed about runway. But we're moving. 🏃‍♂️
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Oh how i had missed CodeRabbit! 😊 Goodbye Greptile, we bonded well over 2 weeks *but* you're too quiet 😭 and don't push back enough!
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Starter Story began inside this Starbucks in NYC. I was 27. 5 years into a career I didn't care about. $60K in debt. I knew I wanted to build something. I just didn't know what. So I started interviewing founders to understand what was working.
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new one minute blog: the big lie about competition
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Your entire life will change when you realize that the gap between where you are and where you want to be is filled with work no one will clap for. Do it anyway. The one who learns to work without validation is the one who will eventually win.
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My life began when I realized nobody knows what they’re doing. There’s no “council of elders” running the world. You don’t need permission to do anything. You don’t need approval or qualifications. You can just do things. Embrace that and the world starts bending to your will.
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🚀 In the last 20+ years I shipped 20 projects 🐻 1 of those makes decent money (Bannerbear) 🐣 2 are in early stage but not making much 🐢 1 made ok money then slowed 📉 The other 16 failed 🚀 So... ship more
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Excited to share with the community our newest feature: Store Roasts! 🫘 Just plug in your store URL and get an honest review about your homepage to boost conversions! contentboo.st/tools/store-ro…
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Greptile is such a quieter review compared to CodeRabbit. Is that a good thing? 😂
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ANTHONY KIM IS A LIV GOLF CHAMPION 🏆 #LIVGolfAdelaide @4AcesGC_
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Sunday at WeWork. Empty office. Full focus. While everyone's recovering from Saturday, I'm building the thing that'll change my Mondays forever. 💯
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