Follow-up: Micro experiment: classic truck niche domain + social handle
Looking at more takeaways from a micro experiment on a niche domain name + social handle. Another retro and check-in on @cheapclassictrucks.
Published on November 1, 2021
In April 2021 I wrote part 1 of this - a micro experiment’s early analysis/retrospective - then reflecting on stats from 3 months of having cheapclassictrucks.com domain name and its matching @cheapclassictrucks social handle. For more background around how/why I started this classic truck niche experiment,
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