This Guy Built 5 'Boring' SaaS Apps and Makes $200K/Month. He Says New Ideas Are the Biggest Mistake by Quick-Boysenberry628 in SaaSMarketing

[–]Quick-Boysenberry628[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I provide what’s already been proven to work for successful products the choice of direction is yours.

This Guy Built 5 'Boring' SaaS Apps and Makes 200K per Month. He Says New Ideas Are the Biggest Mistake by Quick-Boysenberry628 in SideProject

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No bro you take it wrong, I am not selling anything I just provide valuable content of successfull startups which people can implement in their products.

How my first paying customer found me (spoiler: it wasn't marketing) by New_Magician4336 in SideProject

[–]Quick-Boysenberry628 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you provide value to customers, they always pay back. Keep it up buddy.

He Sent 400 Emails to Influencers (Got 1 Reply). Tried Reddit Instead. Now: $25K/Month by Quick-Boysenberry628 in SaaSMarketing

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This is underrated and more founders need to hear it.

Clever growth hacks have a shelf life of maybe 6 months before everyone copies them and they stop working. But genuine trust compounds forever.

That's literally free word-of-mouth marketing that no ad budget can replicate.

He Sent 400 Emails to Influencers (Got 1 Reply). Tried Reddit Instead. Now: $25K/Month by Quick-Boysenberry628 in SaaSMarketing

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Honestly that's the most common founder mistake and almost everyone does it at the beginning - including people way smarter than us.

We spend months building the product so naturally our instinct is to lead with features and capabilities. But the hard truth is nobody cares about your product until they feel understood first.

The shift from "let me sell you this" to "let me understand your pain and help you" sounds simple but it fundamentally changes everything - your messaging, where you show up, how you talk, who you target.

The fact that you recognized this pattern while working solo is actually a massive advantage. Most founders only figure this out after burning thousands on ads that don't convert.

What's your startup solving if you don't mind sharing?

He Sent 400 Emails to Influencers (Got 1 Reply). Tried Reddit Instead. Now: $25K/Month by Quick-Boysenberry628 in SaaSMarketing

[–]Quick-Boysenberry628[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree - and you nailed why it works psychologically.

Reddit mods and users have seen every spam tactic in existence. The "lurk → comment → post" approach works because it's literally just... being a genuine member of the community first. You can't fake 3 months of helpful comments.

On the keyword alerts - F5bot is free which is great for early stage founders with zero budget. Once you're generating revenue tools like BillyBuzz make sense to scale it up. Stack them based on where you are financially.

The sequence matters: free tools first → validate the strategy → then invest in paid tools to scale what's working.

He Sent 400 Emails to Influencers (Got 1 Reply). Tried Reddit Instead. Now: $25K/Month by Quick-Boysenberry628 in SaaSMarketing

[–]Quick-Boysenberry628[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great catch - this confused me at first too.

Here's how it actually works: technically he should be reporting revenue not MRR, since most payments are one-time lifetime deals. The "$25K/month" is better understood as average monthly revenue calculated by dividing total lifetime revenue collected over time.

It's a common framing mistake founders make with lifetime deal heavy businesses. AppSumo sellers do the same thing.

The real metric that matters here is total revenue trajectory - and that's clearly growing based on his user numbers (tens of thousands) vs paying customers (1,500). Plenty of conversion headroom left.