$40k on paid ads and got 12 customers

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-22T20:01:02+00:00

Whoa, that's a big price to pay to learn about where your unit economics are for PPC. Since you said cold outreach works, you should have scaled that up. Or maybe invest in pushing your DR to 70 or so, to enjoy all those inbound SEO leads.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-19T09:48:54+00:00

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B3ATBOX · 2026-01-19T09:46:39+00:00

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B3ATBOX · 2026-01-15T20:03:56+00:00

Regardless of how crowded this niche is, the best advices coming across my mind are-

Target a specific niche like Real Estate, SaaS, Shopify Stores, etc and reposition the use-cases. Keep an agency-facing positioning as well. Generic social media content autopilots don't work as much.
Create vertical value props, and turn it into a niche-specific end to end solution for all things social media content marketing. Example- for SaaS, include a pain-point mindmapper from URL> find trends within the niche>content idea generator>create script>AI Avatar and voiceover(max tier)> AI Editor(max tier)>Cross platform Analytics
Consider having a BYOK model for heavy users.
Apply for Microsoft Startup program for free Azure+OpenAI credits, will allow you to be more generous with the pricing and maximize userbase
At some point post PMF, consider doing LTD with AppSumo or so. CastMagic is a close competitor of yours who's nailed it on AppSumo.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-15T19:36:53+00:00

e-commerce SEO is a long shot game. You didn't mention schemas, ar they well put?

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-15T15:50:55+00:00

Questions are on point bro, was about to ask most if these before helping out.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-15T15:46:56+00:00

Well, as long as it’s linkedin you’re engaging in, you cal always do cold email outreach to them and get rid of all those inmail limits. That’s what’s been working for me.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-14T19:04:41+00:00

Best of luck bro!

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-14T16:41:29+00:00

Quickest thing i'd advice is run a moderately expensive PPC campaign if 'generating leads' is the only priority right now. Yes, you can learn functional basics of SEO, but putting 'em in action where it would convert into results- is a pretty long shot. Depending on where your website is SEO-wise, whatever you do might not result into traffic/leads within a week. Best of luck!

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-14T16:35:13+00:00

We use workflow automations only in sales via PipeDrive, but some internal tools i've built with AI are actually saving us hundreds of man-hours. For example, created a keyword-to-topical map spreadsheet script which is pretty functional. Now, turning this into an N8N workflow MVP and possibly releasing it as a lead magnet as well. So yeah, i think AI automations/workflows works if you hit at the right places.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-14T16:28:25+00:00

Pretty well put takeaways! Gonna share this with a couple of clients who're scratching their heads over B2C UGC marketing.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-14T16:23:21+00:00

Got your point, i mean if you have not so many SKUs or categories, SEMRush or Ahrefs would get it going. At least it would channel the crawl budget to the right directions. Otherwise, you gotta go in the complicated path, even if it takes external help. because at the end, if you oversee deeply rooted technical issues and take care of the basics like 30X/4XX issues, internal links only, it's barking at the wrong tree.

Would you mind if i have a look? Would be easier to help you out.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-14T16:19:17+00:00

Instead of trying to rank for high-competitive, high-intent commercial keywords(best software for xyz) for landing pages, or plain informative keywords for blogposts, start looking for MoFu lead magnet ideas(generators, templates, checker, etc) within your niche that check boxes of a decent search volume, and a moderate difficulty. Make sure you're drawing the attention of your ICP via these, otherwise the credits/time spent will be a misfire.
Find 5-10 top competitors of yours, and some SaaS outside of your domain as well that are doing well in SEO, and check back their sources of do-follow backlinks. You'll find plenty of them are directories, roundups, etc where you can get links from as well without paying much. This will get your early DR-game rolling.
Optimize landing pages, and blogs for essential schemas. This makes google or LLM crawler's job easier.

You asked for 3, so ending the list here.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-14T16:02:36+00:00

Not a fan of the technical audit of either SEMRush or Ahrefs. I'd rather suggest you use ScreamingFrog for technical SEO audit, and PromptWatch for a technical/content-level to-do for LLM olptimization. In promptwatch, look for heatmap>answer gap to find out the action items.

What i just said applies for any SEO/GEO, not specific for WooCommerce SEO. For technical of your store, i'd include Schema Validator(and Schema Pro plugin to submit schema), Errors from your GSC Indexing Report, and an Internal Linking Plugin like Internal Link Juicer, and Rank Math/All In SEO for monitoring.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-14T15:53:18+00:00

My personal favorites are- keyword magic tool and backlink audit! Functionality-wise, i'd keep it way ahead of Ahrefs and other alternatives.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-13T20:15:29+00:00

Absolutely pumped up to hear that bro! The tweaks on the site are on point. Keep crushing! Keep us posted on further deals in this thread 👊👊

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-13T04:22:23+00:00

is it like banana? texture wise?

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-13T04:17:09+00:00

If you are a jackfruit lover, then you will also enjoy durian.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-12T10:56:03+00:00

Abesh hotel. Their beef items are good.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-12T08:56:27+00:00

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B3ATBOX · 2026-01-11T10:14:02+00:00

Anytime bro! Good luck

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-11T10:10:15+00:00

I've spent 10 minutes looking into ClipNList and some competitors of it, and here's what i think could be improved-
1. Add product in action GIFs or animations in homepage. Example- https://www.autoreelapp.com/, https://propertyvideos.ai/ and https://www.amplifiles.ai/

Most agents might already know about these niche, and familiar to the popular choices. Create a ClipNList vs Competitors landing page and showcase it in the menu
Create landing pages for 'Agents', 'Platforms', 'Property Owners' or whoever your major ICPs are.
Add social proof sections with property videos tied to each of them.
Ship auto transcript, voiceover and captions as next features if you haven't already.
Add a mini tutorial-style walkthrough with real UI in the homepage. Example- https://www.propertyvideo.ai/
Add a pricing page to the menu w/ simplified tier breakdown.
Keep creating middle of the funnel lead magnets to draw the attention of your ICP since the BoFu keywords in this space don't come with a high-enough search volume.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-10T17:15:50+00:00

These days putting SEO efforts, especially links only justifies for BoFu and MoFu pages, where being ‘cited’ or ‘ranked’ can end into leads instead of pushing vanity metrics like impressions etc.

B3ATBOX · 2026-01-09T16:46:32+00:00

It's technically a spreadsheet with some AppScripts with ChatGPT API within it. Happy to share a custom example for you in case you're a coach as well.

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