I sat at $100 MRR for 6 months.
today: $15k MRR.
nothing viral happened. I just did 4 things, in this order:
1. ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
talk to the people who didn't convert.
talk to the people who churned.
ask them why.
whatever they tell you is what makes your offer worth paying for.
2. ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต
aim for at least 100 visitors/week you can repeat every week.
mine was Reddit. helpful replies where people ask for tools like mine. 5 minutes a day got me 100+ visitors/week.
3. ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ
track 4 numbers:
visitor โ signup, signup โ trial, trial โ paid, churn.
fix the worst one first.
then repeat for the next one.
if your funnel leaks, more traffic just means more disappointment.
I went from $1k to $15k MRR just by improving my funnel, not stacking more channels.
4. ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐
once your funnel converts and retains well, now's the time to add more marketing channels.
keep doing what already works. add new channels on top of it.
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do these 4 steps in order and I promise you'll no longer be stuck.