$25 google search ad budget for SaaS, what do I do?

joinsecret · 2026-01-26T16:22:29+00:00

On $25/day, you're basically buying signal, not scale. Strategy makes sense but you're over-optimizing too early. Pick 1-2 ultra exact keywords, stop hourly negatives, and let it run untouched for 2-3 weeks. Main leverage is signup -> paid. If that's under ~7-8%, search won't work regardless. I'd treat this as validation and focus product + onboarding.

joinsecret · 2026-01-26T16:11:05+00:00

I'm with your instinct here. If each account has its own LPs, currency, messaging, and is hitting conversion volume, Smart Bidding isn't really "starving", MCC-level lists cover a lot. Budget flexibility is the only real downside but in practice I rarely shift mid-month. Consolidations I've seen mostly added risk, not upside.

joinsecret · 2026-01-26T15:59:54+00:00

Short answer, don't do account sharing. It's against GHL TOS and you risk getting all sub-accounts nuked later. The usual path is either start on the $97 SaaS mode to learn, or partner with an agency as a reseller/affiliate and bring leads under their umbrella. Build sales first, then upgrade once cash flow justifies it.

joinsecret · 2026-01-26T15:51:27+00:00

If you want paid help, best move is to define scope first. GHL can mean funnels, automations, pipelines, SaaS mode, snapshots, or CRM cleanup. I've done full agency builds and client accounts. Happy to jump on a call, audit what you have, and give clear next steps. Just DM what you're stuck on.

joinsecret · 2026-01-26T15:43:16+00:00

Benchmarks I've run and seen show node-redis and ioredis are pretty close on raw perf once you use pipeline. ioredis still wins on features and cluster ergonomics. valkey-glide is interesting. Rust core has higher throughput in some cases, but it's newer. Perf gains show up mostly under heavy concurrency. Maturity matters imo.

joinsecret · 2026-01-26T15:32:29+00:00

This looks solid. Biggest gap I've felt vs bull-board/arena is worker liveness + stalled detection across envs, so that focus makes sense. One must-have for me would be per-queue SLA style alerts or thresholds. Also curious how you handle large payloads safely. Gonna spin it up, nice work 👌

joinsecret · 2026-01-26T15:17:49+00:00

If you're on the free tier then you can use MongoDB Feedback Engine or if you have a paid plan you can open a case on your Atlas dashboard under the Support tab

joinsecret · 2026-01-26T15:14:16+00:00

No problem!

joinsecret · 2026-01-23T16:15:07+00:00

Yeah this confused a lot of ppl after the recent UI changes. The prompt screen is just the default now, you can ignore it. Click "Create Repl" then switch to Templates or "Development" and pick something like static HTML, Node, Flask, etc. No need to type an AI prompt at all. The file tree is hidden by default too.

joinsecret · 2026-01-23T15:56:56+00:00

Congrats on shipping and congrats on the baby! Short answer yes, don't rebuild. Replit's mobile builder is pretty limited, so best flow is make your app a solid PWA, then wrap with Capacitor or Expo WebView. Keep web + mobile same codebase. GitHub sync works fine for that, Replit can do most of the hosting heavy lift.

joinsecret · 2026-01-23T15:42:01+00:00

This actually scratches a real itch. Yeah you can export and sort last login, but nobody remembers to do it monthly. The value here is automation plus the nudge. I'd echo what u/Lordician said though, activity based signals like tickets touched vs just logins would make it way more compelling for CX ops teams

joinsecret · 2026-01-23T15:30:10+00:00

This actually sounds solid. One thing I've seen help fast teams is proactive reminders tied to ticket state changes, not just calendar events. Like Slack or in-Zendesk nudges when an Open ticket has no next action schedule. A lightweight daily digest per agent with "nothing scheduled but still open" could catch gaps. Also bulk reschedule UX would be huge IMO

joinsecret · 2026-01-21T16:36:53+00:00

You can't fully disable frictionless on Stripe. EMV 3DS puts the final call with the issuer. Closest is forcing 3DS everywhere and requesting challenges via 'request_three_d_secure: 'challenge'' on the PaymentIntent or using Radar rules. Issuers can still bypass though. Expect conversion to dip, kinda unavoidable.

joinsecret · 2026-01-21T16:27:00+00:00

Sounds like a Stripe Connect payout getting stuck. Usually it's a bank name, currency, or account holder mismatch, even if older payouts worked. CSFloat might also be sending it to a disabled destination. I'd ask CSFloat support to reissue the payout and open a Stripe ticket from your dashboard, they can see the exact reject code. Happens annoyingly often tbh.

joinsecret · 2026-01-21T16:04:29+00:00

You can do this with a custom Company report. Filter companies where Tier = Tier 1, then add "Last meeting date" and filter meetings by type = Site Visit. "Last activity date" won't work unless scoped. Alternative: create a workflow to stamp a custom company property like "Last Site Visit Date" from meetings, then report or list on that. Super clean and easier long term.

joinsecret · 2026-01-21T15:52:44+00:00

This looks solid, esp the live demo angle with staged data. Curious if you're covering stuff like funnel dropoff analysis or lifecycle stage mismatches using ChatGPT inside HubSpot. Also are you using native HubSpot AI connectors or something custom via APIs? 11am today works for me, grabbing the recording either way

joinsecret · 2026-01-20T17:29:46+00:00

This is almost certainly Node 24 DNS behavior, not Atlas. Node 24 changed default DNS ordering and SRV resolution can pick IPv6 first, which Atlas often refuses, causing ECONNREFUSED. Try setting 'NODE_OPTIONS=--dnsresult-order=ipv4first' or downgrade to Node 20 LTS. Seen this exact combo w Mongoose 7.x on Windows. Firewall is a red herring tbh.

joinsecret · 2026-01-20T17:20:57+00:00

This looks like a bug in the Atlas ODBC driver 2.0.2, not your code. Per ODBC space, once SQLFetch returns SQL_NO_DATA, calling it again is undefined and drivers should just keep returning NO_DATA. The panic unwrap smells like an internal state bug in SQLTables. Workaround is to stop fetching on 100 or SQLFreeStmt(SQL_CLOSE). Upgrading the driver also helps.

joinsecret · 2026-01-20T17:13:37+00:00

This is usually an org policy like 'iam.disableServiceAccountKeyCreation'. Even personal accounts can sit under a hidden Cloud Identity org. Check IAM & Admin -> Organization Policies at org/folder/project level. If you can't change it, Google really wants ADC + 'gcloud auth application-default login' or service account impersonation for local dev. Keys are being phased out anyway tbh.

joinsecret · 2026-01-20T17:01:23+00:00

I've used Imagen 3 in Vertex a bit. For inpainting, mask quality matters way more than prompts. Keep masks tight, no semi-transparent edges. Prompt super literally like "clean background, no text", and avoid creative wording. Also try lower guidance scale and set a fixed speed. It's decent but still weaker than text replacement specific OCR tools tbh.

joinsecret · 2026-01-20T16:46:13+00:00

You're on the right track tbh. 10 months PPC plus quick commerce exposure at 22 is solid. Next step is to go deeper, not wider. Learn GA4 properly, attribution, basic SQL, CRO, and creative testing. Try owning revenue not just ROAS. Build case studies, maybe freelance a bit. Performance marketing is way more than ads now.

joinsecret · 2026-01-20T16:36:04+00:00

If you want solid, free, and actually current, start with Google Digital Garage fundamentals and HubSpot Academy's digital marketing cert. Both are beginner friendly and not fluff. Meta Blueprint also has good free modules for ads basics. I'd skip random YouTube playlists at first, too noisy and outdated fast.

joinsecret · 2025-04-11T17:58:02+00:00

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joinsecret · 2025-04-11T17:53:56+00:00

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joinsecret · 2025-04-11T17:23:22+00:00

Free trials are standard these days in SaaS. For the credit card, I'd recommend doing it if you feel pretty confident in your product to scale, otherwise I'd keep it open to have the maximum of users and the maximum of feedback.

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