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Day 260???/100
Hey—It's Tim.
Been a little quiet from me. It’s how things go. Big launch.
Needed some days to sort everything out. I’m back.
Let’s get into the fun stuff.
Launch Retro
Holy sh*t the feedback was nuts.
You guys literally 5x’d our daily usage in a day.
The thing that cost me 5x as much? Launching a product…

Always fun to see people jumping in and using the app.
Two things always come from this.
Lots of people using it
Lots of things breaking
It’s essentially where I’ve been the last few days. Fixing things.
If you have any issues with the new drop, please let me know.
What We Launched Last Week…
VIBE Score - Shows you how human your content sounds (0-100)
Float Score - Optimizes for Google AND ChatGPT visibility
In-Article Feedback - Tells you what to fix, right next to the sentence
Next? Already?
Yup, we’re onto Wave 3 of the launch.
3 weeks. We have 3 weeks to get it all done and polished and nice and shiny.
No pressure.
More details coming this week.
I’ll get back to the regular emails tomorrow.
If there is one nugget I have to leave you with.
Also, follow me on twitter for daily (hourly) updates on what we’re building

✌️ Tim "Riding the waves" Hanson
CMO @Penfriend.ai
Same brain, different platforms: X, Threads, LinkedIn.
P.S. I’m taking requests for a Black Friday offer. What do you want?
Reply to this email. The best offer and the one I go with (or closest too) wins it for free.
So, don’t hold back.

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