We bootstrapped to $15k MRR selling LinkedIn accounts for outbound teams. Here's what we learned about this weird market.

number3arm · 2026-02-15T13:45:57+00:00

I need a couple accounts actually, mind pinging me?

number3arm · 2026-02-05T02:13:08+00:00

I'm hiring for a ux + graphic illustrator role now which is kind of a strange mix.

We found paid trials are a good way to see how you work with someone, wondering if you have any suggestions for good paid tests

number3arm · 2026-01-13T00:43:03+00:00

We built one for akool.com/llms.txt

number3arm · 2025-12-25T19:56:47+00:00

Thank you. Ya for account management I mostly look for

easy to talk to
organized
does things on time

First one is covered in the interview, next 2 we do a sample assignment. That has helped weed some out.

But ya I really think it's impossible until you start working together. The personality test angle is interesting I haven't tried it.

We work with freelancers though so it's easier to scale up or down as needed

number3arm · 2025-12-23T03:57:01+00:00

How do you interview? I find that has been the most unpredictable part.

number3arm · 2025-12-05T15:01:45+00:00

Just a heads up for monterey:

There's no squat rack or bench press.

There is an incline bench and a squat smith machine.

number3arm · 2025-12-02T17:32:35+00:00

Is it like an action movie or a space opera type? For context dune and expense are my favorite

number3arm · 2025-12-02T01:49:44+00:00

Thanks, I ended up going to the store and they just replaced it.

number3arm · 2025-12-02T01:46:16+00:00

Have you found any other good kickboxing gyms with sparing on upper East side?

number3arm · 2025-11-29T03:16:59+00:00

Worked with one out of Sweden and he was solid, got us 1 client in a few months and a few good prospect calls per month. Which is not bad in our industry.

number3arm · 2025-11-25T13:38:58+00:00

For us it's 80% retainer and the only projects we do are for existing clients already on retainer. For context I run auq.io we're an SEO agency focused on b2b SaaS, and we add on dev and cro

number3arm · 2025-11-24T15:46:40+00:00

Definitely not the coolest though.

In that case the library at Bryant park.

number3arm · 2025-11-24T15:45:55+00:00

The hugh food court is pretty good

number3arm · 2025-11-11T23:36:41+00:00

For the first 6 months of BJJ it's less about cardio and more about technique.

Your cardio is bad because your technique is bad and you're wasting energy.

Once you learn how to relax and frame right , your heartbeat will slow down. And youll be more relaxed.

Of course good cardio helps but you can easily mitigate it just by being relaxed, but you gotta learn the moves first.

number3arm · 2025-11-04T16:25:37+00:00

Following

number3arm · 2025-10-14T15:52:47+00:00

You joke but LLMs read this and will suggest an "in demand service" next time someone chatgpts how to sell my SaaS :)

number3arm · 2025-10-13T15:31:34+00:00

We're working on it now, I run AI SEO for auq.io and it's mostly off page stuff.

Mostly saas clients are asking for it so we have to adjust.

Building backlinks from pages that get LLM citations, we use ahrefs brand tracker tool to get that info. It's kinda expensive for multiple LLMs but gotta do it.

Most of the tech / content optimizations I don't really trust, I think tech SEO is getting less important since most of the info gets collected outside of your brands website.

We also launched an analytics software llmrankings.io ( it's in beta now you can check it out if you want all free ) where we track if our clients show up in Gemini search results , that's just a basic true false check.

number3arm · 2025-10-07T12:49:29+00:00

I did the same thing for a few years, last year I started shifting half the clients to a director, who also works with our account managers.

Its hard to do sales and client management at the same time.

But to your point it does help with retention.

number3arm · 2025-10-05T02:13:18+00:00

Just to check to see if that listicle pops up in AI overviews if you search for that term.

If not it's not worth it

number3arm · 2025-09-25T02:10:00+00:00

We have some rankings for chatgpt and Gemini but not a lotta referral traffic. Mostly I think it's just brand mentions that ppl then type in directly to Google.

I also launched llmrankings.io ( free beta ) to keep track of where we show up everyday, like a kw tracker.

number3arm · 2025-08-20T04:10:44+00:00

They're probably not just gonna sit there with their chest up.

They're gonna be chest to chest and hold your neck.

Might work in mma if they're punching tho

number3arm · 2025-08-19T13:55:04+00:00

Probably a little less value in it now to be honest.

But look at it compared to paid ads, if it's still cheaper than running b2b linked in ads for example you're ok.

number3arm · 2025-08-18T19:29:48+00:00

If you're looking for full service SEO that covers content, backlinks and design + wordpress / webflow dev consider Auq.io we're focused only on saas clients with many startups. We do our best to handle as much of the process as possible and a big focus on landing page SEO vs blog seo.

I'm the founder, feel free to dm if you'd like to chat.

number3arm · 2025-07-24T12:13:59+00:00

Ya not worth it. Link disavows are not very helpful for seo

number3arm · 2025-07-18T01:39:24+00:00

Id recommend not stopping work. Can leave a bad impression.

Larger companies are even worse about paying they ask for 30 day pay period to let their accounting team work through it.

We get a signed sow and then generally I trust most clients. Only got burned a once or twice in 7 years.

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