Pete Codes
@petecodes
Ghostwriter and SEO writer for hire 💰 I write the High Signal newsletter Follow me for bootstrapper news, interviews with founders and build in public updates highsignal.io/newsletter/ petecodes.io I can't read my DMs here
It's kinda funny when you make a client go viral because as a ghostwriter, I get zero credit 😀 Good thing I really don't have a big ego! I'm happy for someone else to get all the attention. As a ghostwriter, that's what the money is for! (My client did say thank you btw )
How far would you travel for a founder meetup? For me to get from Edinburgh to Nantes I took • one bus • one tram • one flight • another bus • two metros • a train I guess a direct flight would be better next time 😅
If you want more sponsors, please put a button somewhere on your website! I just got another sponsor for High Signal over the weekend with no manual effort 😀 www.highsignal.io/sponsor/
"So do you just have a Stripe button on your website so people can buy newsletter ads?" Yep and I should have done this years ago. I have my email next to the buy button so people can get in touch beforehand but it's good to remove friction Another $150 for No CS Degree 😀
New stats for the latest No CS Degree newsletter 💰 • 103 clicks for NativePHP • $0.73 CPC @simonhamp bought 4 ads for $300 a few months ago You can now sponsor the newsletter for 4 weeks for $500
Just got my first email from an AI agent 🤖 The company want to buy an advert in my High Signal newsletter for $150 💰 Humans are also free to buy these adverts 😀 4 adverts = $500 1 advert = $150 Reply below if you want to get in front of 2,000 founders www.highsignal.io/sponsor/
I used Claude to vibe code a far better table of contents widget for my ghostwriting pages Before: numbers, no active state, tiny text and the text over-ran into the footer After: no numbers, better colors, active state, bigger text and the table of contents stops before it reaches the footer
Back in 2023 Ric was running a software company for hybrid working. I helped create a social media and SEO strategy for his startup. I currently have space for one or two clients so if you need help with growing on social media or SEO, give me a shout 😀
How your team reacts when you don't hire me to write content for your startup
I've just joined the RBS accelerator in Edinburgh and to be honest, I've had worse views from a coworking space 😀
I regret not using my laptop stand so much I really got out of the habit but this thing is going to save my sore neck I feel
Nice to wake up to $150 more in my bank account 😀 Perhaps should have added newsletter ad links to my websites a long time ago 😅
New client is happy with results! Always nice to see their first post do well and now they don't have to log in to LinkedIn 😀
Deployed an Astro site to Cloudflare Pages last night! It's not quite ready to show people but it's alive on the internet. Claude to Github to Cloudflare 😀 I can see LOTS of possibilities of directories and static sites now and making everything super fast and clean
I signed a new SEO client today 😀 It helps that I'm the first result for "SEO Edinburgh" so that's proof already that I know my stuff. Funnily enough, it's not local SEO - they just live here too and needed someone.
How on earth do people send emails like this? My eyes are wrecked just trying to read this text
I noticed something weird On my ghostwriting sales page, people always book a video call to get more information. Whereas on my freelance SEO page, everyone emails me. I've not had anyone book a call on that page. I guess small businesses still prefer email?
Nice spot of coworking with my new friend Diego If anyone in Edinburgh is up for regular cafe coworking (no calls) then let me know 😎
“Best marketing I’ve spent so far” 😎 This a message from someone who bought ads in my High Signal newsletter and immediately got a great lead My High Signal newsletter has got founders making 6-8 figures who actually buy things Want to buy some ads? Reply below
You can skip scrolling and get all your indie startup news in one place - my High Signal newsletter I've just scheduled today's edition which covers • AI updates • MRR updates • Should newsletters be written by AI? www.highsignal.io/newsletter/
I'm the top result for "SEO Edinburgh" I'm someone who just learned SEO through trial and error from building my own websites but I already outperform SEO agencies that have been around for ages. If you need help with SEO, let me know 😀
Day 5 of using Claude 🤖 I added social media icons to my personal website I just said which ones I wanted and it knew what links to add without my writing them
I moved my High Signal newsletter content from Kit to Ghost My domain rating on Ahrefs has gone up from 22 to 28 with just this change alone It definitely makes sense to have all your content on one website. I can now do things like internal links from articles and it just feels a lot neater
I'm re-writing the lead magnet for my High Signal newsletter 🧲 I wrote a list of startups and how much they sold for but I could do with adding new companies to it. Anyone know any bootstrapped company acquisitions I should definitely cover? e.g. We Work Remotely sold recently
Sending the best newsletter for bootstrappers tonight If you're not already reading High Signal, I'd love you to check it out! I break down the week's indiehacker news evey Wed and Fri so you don't have to scroll endlessly 😀 www.highsignal.io/newsletter/