Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Been sick this week. It sucks. But when you can only focus on one or two things, you figure out really fast what actually matters. We fill our days with infinite tasks. And we never ask: “If I could only do two things, what would they be?” Maybe we should. 010
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 21/01/2026How to fix your life in only one day. Dan Koe’s article got 500K saves. And over 150m views. I've been wondering... Why? My best answer: The anti-vision. Most content says “Visualize success” But Dissonance moves people 010
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 09/04/2025How to Write Content That LLMs Can Index and Actually Understand open.substack.com/pub/lofimark...open.substack.comHow to Write Content That LLMs Can Index and Actually Understand6 Practical Techniques That Make Your Writing More Effective for Both LLMs and Human Readers 020
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Apparently holding an umbrella in my hands makes me look significantly more British. But the irony is that British people hardly ever carry an umbrella. 030
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 20/03/2025The Developer's Curse: How Your Technical Brilliance Is Killing Your Sales Pitch open.substack.com/pub/lofimark...open.substack.comThe Developer's Curse: How Your Technical Brilliance Is Killing Your Sales PitchHave you ever cringed watching a brilliant developer try to sell their product? 030
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 13/03/2025POV filming content on a rooftop and it’s 32 degrees C (90F) 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Such a beautiful machine I have no use case for it But it’s probably one of the best machines Apple has designed. 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Roses are red Jira is crap Stop building features Market that app 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Good thing about my current office location is that I can blend in with the tourists after leaving for the day. Still pink shirt day btw. 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Why I think AI won't replace creatives. It will make them more valuable than ever. open.substack.com/pub/growthha... 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Pink shirt day Is the world ready for pink shirt day? 010
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025I thought this pic I took was great Nobody agrees. It's okay. Continuing in my own lane. 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I didn’t make any new tools for betrtesters recently but here’s a neat product positioning tool for indie hackers that I think you should all use: betrtesters.com/articles/pro...betrtesters.comProduct Positioning Generator for Early-Stage Indie Hackers | BetrTestersCreate a clear, compelling positioning statement for your MVP or early-stage product. Free tool designed for indie hackers who want to start marketing before launching. 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Super nice gym day My face tells a different story but it's a lovely day 010
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Ladies and Gentlemen please take a moment to admire the straightest parking I’ve ever done in my entire life. (I suck at all forms of parking) 010
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 01/02/2025For those new to me, I also run a trademark application tracking site. Tracking trademark applications from companies can be fun and enlightening sometimes. (Wikitrademarks.org) 110
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Asked ChatGPT what advice my future self would give to current day me. It’s right on point 210
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Still stuck whether to charge a subscription model or do one-time payments? 🎯 Your product's natural usage pattern holds the key to your pricing strategy. I wrote a deep dive on choosing between subscriptions vs. one-time payments. Get my framework → lofimarketing.substack.com/p/the-freque...lofimarketing.substack.comThe Frequency Trap: How to Choose Between Subscription vs. One-Time PricingWhy Your Product's Natural Usage Pattern Should Define Your Pricing Strategy 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 28/01/2025My kid's Chinese has gone from 0 to 100 after realizing he can say happy new year and be rewarded with these envelopes filled with cash. Little mercenary. I approve. Follow me for more pro level tips on raising bilingual children 😜 010
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Some say that to make a B2B sale you need to help the person you're selling to look good in front of their boss. But it also applies very much to making their boss look good in front of their boss. Go where the checks are signed. 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 27/01/2025If you're going to prioritize one thing this week then obsess over value your offer delivers. ❌ "Scalable to 10,000 concurrent users" ❌ "Cool tech stack" ❌ "Interesting features" Instead: ✅ "Solve real problems for a handful of users" ✅ "Customers happy to pay" ✅ "Business value first"betrtesters.com 100
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Best time to start was yesterday. Second best time to start is now. 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 24/01/2025From Zero to 10,000: How Pipedrive Cracked the SaaS Growth Code open.substack.com/pub/lofimark...open.substack.comFrom Zero to 10,000: How Pipedrive Cracked the SaaS Growth CodeInside the playbook of a European CRM startup that built a $1.5B company with unconventional growth strategies 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Why AI Avatars Can't Quite Hack Human Connection (Yet) A forgotten primate study from the 1970s reveals why we're still years away from truly convincing AI video messaging www.innovatebuildgrow.com/p/why-ai-ava...innovatebuildgrow.comWhy AI Avatars Can't Quite Hack Human Connection (Yet)A forgotten primate study from the 1970s reveals why we're still years away from truly convincing AI video messaging 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Whatever it is. I'm always the kid who isn't that good at something to begin with. Then I plug away at it. Then all the naturally gifted people quit at some point or another. Then I continue plugging away. Then I win. 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Pomodoro timer? Or "I've gotta get this shit done before my kid wakes up" 020
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Refuse to be average. Do whatever it takes. Take as long as you need. Fail as many times as you have to. Just Refuse. 010
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 20/01/20253 'Proven' Growth Tactics That Will Kill Your Indie Startup open.substack.com/pub/lofimark...open.substack.com3 'Proven' Growth Tactics That Will Kill Your Indie StartupHow a $4,500 viral video actually cost $2.4M (and other startup myths you're falling for) 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 19/01/2025AI can’t replace human creativity because it doesn’t make serendipitous mistakes. Microwaves? Discovered by a melted chocolate bar. Penicillin? Found in a contaminated petri dish. Post-It Notes? A failed glue experiment. Innovation lives in human curiosity and happy accidents. 130
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Ok sorry Americans you're not having this one. I've seen Irish breakfast tea and Welsh breakfast tea but those get a free pass because I appreciate the anti-English sentiment of it. But "American breakfast tea" is stepping over the line. I've seen what you do with microwaves. 000
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Roasting my Obectives and Key Results for PCOS Meal Planner Q4 2024 1. Obective 1: Increase organic web traffic to 200 daily 🟢 Key Result 1: Increase organic traffic from 40 to 200 organic search hits per day by expanding blog posts to 50 pillar posts and 5 posts pointing to each pillar post. 100
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 13/01/2025I just pitched a company business model in a sauna. That was an interesting experience. Where's the strangest/most-physically challenging place you've pitched a business or done a sale? 010
Mark @markashworthsg.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Nobody Cares About Your Solution: They Care About Their Problems lofimarketing.substack.com/p/nobody-car... 010