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I tried cheating my way to growth with ads. And it didn’t end well. And I know it wouldn't go well because I've seen dozens of my clients do the same. But something is just so alluring about the idea of $1 in = +$1 out with ads. I ran $650 worth of ads when I first started my latest project and...

Sure, newsletters are great for keeping your audience engaged and informed about your latest developments. But it can be much more than that. It can also be a source of funneling users to your product. By providing valuable insights and updates in a regular and consistent manner, you can build...

I tried cheating my way to growth with ads. And it didn’t end well. And I know it wouldn't go well because I've seen dozens of my clients do the same. But something is just so alluring about the idea of $1 in = +$1 out with ads. I ran $650 worth of ads when I first started my latest project and...

I did a post about “How I got on the top of Reddit” quite a while ago in which I shared all the strategies and tools I’m using to grow on Reddit. Missed it! Check it out here But today, I want to talk about my all-time favorite platform - LinkedIn. LinkedIn opened doors for some of the...

AI is the number #1 startup funding area in 2023. Looking at Y Combinator’s first 2023 batch as it’s released so far (and expected to grow), 51 of the growing 183 are AI startups, 32 of which classify themselves as generative AI. (source: Caleb Naysmith) image Every major tech company is...

I tried cheating my way to growth with ads. And it didn’t end well. And I know it wouldn't go well because I've seen dozens of my clients do the same. But something is just so alluring about the idea of $1 in = +$1 out with ads. I ran $650 worth of ads when I first started my latest project and...

I launched my first-ever digital product in February of this year. And in the last 2 months, I’ve made over $2K+ selling it. The good part > it doesn’t take any time for me to deliver, so it’s completely passive income. The product that I’m currently selling is my “No Bullsh*t Startup Guide”...

@beauty86 Right on. Agreed. That’s one thing I didn’t realize

I tried cheating my way to growth with ads. And it didn’t end well. And I know it wouldn't go well because I've seen dozens of my clients do the same. But something is just so alluring about the idea of $1 in = +$1 out with ads. I ran $650 worth of ads when I first started my latest project and...

@claudiav Thank you for the kind words :)

@inlimbo22 That's a great question. If you're looking into the theory of why we don't want to create the web app first, there is a lot of great reading and listening on this. The Lean Startup, Lean Launchpad Course, Hypothesis Driven Product Development, and much more. The basic idea goes...

I tried cheating my way to growth with ads. And it didn’t end well. And I know it wouldn't go well because I've seen dozens of my clients do the same. But something is just so alluring about the idea of $1 in = +$1 out with ads. I ran $650 worth of ads when I first started my latest project and...

You should always start with a simple premise: “What is the least amount of work I can do to deliver value?” This means you are not going to do things like: Incorporating your business until you know it’s viable Spending thousands of dollars developing an app Hiring a team without knowing if...

@hotblack Agreed, thanks for the feedback!

I launched my first-ever digital product in February of this year. And in the last 2 months, I’ve made over $2K+ selling it. The good part > it doesn’t take any time for me to deliver, so it’s completely passive income. The product that I’m currently selling is my “No Bullsh*t Startup Guide”...

Outbound outreach is hard to perfect but easy to set up. This is typically a method used only by B2B companies. But I believe there is potential in B2C as well. For example, a lot of the voices we feature on Cicero have Linkedin. I’d find the people commenting and liking their Linkedin posts...

@jbb Great. In that case once you have it validated I don’t see any reasons why you should waste your time trying to learn. Hire developers! The worst thing you can do is burn yourself on things that you’re not good at

@jbb The key honestly is to figure out the lowest effort thing you can build. For starting Cicero.ly, we basically had to prove that our curated content approach worked. So we first build a newsletter. That required no coding. What is your version of that? Can it just be a landing page?

Outbound outreach is hard to perfect but easy to set up. This is typically a method used only by B2B companies. But I believe there is potential in B2C as well. For example, a lot of the voices we feature on Cicero have Linkedin. I’d find the people commenting and liking their Linkedin posts...

@jembang I hope it helps and please let me know how I can improve the full guide :)