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Laid off. Broke. Depressed. & idk how to market my SaaS

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Re: Laid off. Broke. Depressed. & idk how to market my SaaS

#11

Post by touseefbuilds »

reconnecting wrote: post #10

There's an uncomfortable truth about SaaS, especially about B2B. It takes enormous resources and time to lift a SaaS. Unfortunately, the internet is full of all sorts of growth strategies and gurus saying it's feasible, but in reality it's nearly impossible. And when I talk about time, I mean 2-3 years for B2C and easily 5+ for B2B on organic growth. Moreover, the current spread of LLMs is only making things worse, c…

I respect you since you've been in this field for decades but I've seen people make it to hundreds of thousands of dollars starting from zero on X. I've done the same, being consistent on X for 3 months but nothing was clicking, then moved on to different platform to test if another would make it but nothing's working. I am doing something wrong but i don't know what.

Re: Laid off. Broke. Depressed. & idk how to market my SaaS

#12

Post by rmason »

rmason wrote: post #6
touseefbuilds wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am not sure if I can link my product as I don't want to get banned just like I was perma-banned from Reddit. But hopefully comment will be save, here it is: useproofly(dot)app

Pretty certain Dang won't ban you on here for listing the URL of your company. Not that you can't go over the line in self promotion but I specifically asked you to post it.

Here are three quick things I see:

1. Always have price on the top menu bar. don't make me scroll to the bottom of the page to see what it costs

2. Need on Chrome at least some padding between the headline and the green box

3. Why are all the videos cockeyed? Its possible it is a styling thing but you are better off having them level

I love the idea, just not certain that people giving testimonials will submit video ones. If they do a video testimonial could be a much stronger one because you could see emotion in a video which would make it far more powerful.

Re: Laid off. Broke. Depressed. & idk how to market my SaaS

#13

Post by reconnecting »

touseefbuilds wrote: post #11
reconnecting wrote: post #10

There's an uncomfortable truth about SaaS, especially about B2B. It takes enormous resources and time to lift a SaaS. Unfortunately, the internet is full of all sorts of growth strategies and gurus saying it's feasible, but in reality it's nearly impossible. And when I talk about time, I mean 2-3 years for B2C and easily 5+ for B2B on organic growth. Moreover, the current spread of LLMs is only making things worse, c…

I respect you since you've been in this field for decades but I've seen people make it to hundreds of thousands of dollars starting from zero on X. I've done the same, being consistent on X for 3 months but nothing was clicking, then moved on to different platform to test if another would make it but nothing's working. I am doing something wrong but i don't know what.

Because most probably their business is not SaaS, they're 'selling' their success.

It's also possible that people just cover illegal activity with some sort of SaaS.

Re: Laid off. Broke. Depressed. & idk how to market my SaaS

#14

Post by rmason »

touseefbuilds wrote: post #9
rmason wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty certain Dang won't ban you on here for listing the URL of your company. Not that you can't go over the line in self promotion but I specifically asked you to post it.

pff, I think I am save. Posting links on these platforms scare me now honestly

I run an Adobe user group for over 25 years and I have been banned twice on Reddit for merely posting notices of livestreams and YouTube links of finished videos. Never failed to get less than 10-15 upvotes yet I still got banned.

That is Reddit's problem, not yours. However it does help to spend some time in the forum, answer a few questions and get known before posting about a product. It is also not a problem when answering a question to have a link to your product in the signature.

Re: Laid off. Broke. Depressed. & idk how to market my SaaS

#15

Post by touseefbuilds »

rmason wrote: post #12
rmason wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty certain Dang won't ban you on here for listing the URL of your company. Not that you can't go over the line in self promotion but I specifically asked you to post it.

Here are three quick things I see: 1. Always have price on the top menu bar. don't make me scroll to the bottom of the page to see what it costs 2. Need on Chrome at least some padding between the headline and the green box 3. Why are all the videos cockeyed? Its possible it is a styling thing but you are better off having them level I love the idea, just not certain that people giving testimonials will submit video…

Thank you so much for going through my product and actually reviewing it, it means a world to me. I'd definitely make the changes you've mentioned.

Re: Laid off. Broke. Depressed. & idk how to market my SaaS

#16

Post by touseefbuilds »

rmason wrote: post #14
touseefbuilds wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

pff, I think I am save. Posting links on these platforms scare me now honestly

I run an Adobe user group for over 25 years and I have been banned twice on Reddit for merely posting notices of livestreams and YouTube links of finished videos. Never failed to get less than 10-15 upvotes yet I still got banned. That is Reddit's problem, not yours. However it does help to spend some time in the forum, answer a few questions and get known before posting about a product. It is also not a problem when…

Oh! I'd have been more cautious on Reddit about self-promotion if they gave me a second chance. I've been appealing but no response is being given.

Re: Laid off. Broke. Depressed. & idk how to market my SaaS

#18

Post by eddy-sekorti »

Feeling sorry for you and hope things will get easier on the financial side. My advice would be first find any job which pays you, so that you can cover your family expenses. 1 month for a SaaS is toooo little time.

My first SaaS took actually 28 months before i get a first subscription of 18 USD/month. You need to keep working on the SaaS on the side. Do not stop it if you believe it is geniuenly good and there is market for it. Build SEO, GEO profile, do outreach like send 10 emails everyday post content on relevent communities and in around 6-8 months once you have planted enough seeds you will start to see a steady flow of traffic and eventual conversion, but this is too much you need to know, seo, geo, growth hacking, outreach, content etc, see what sticks and then narrow on that.

I was listening to this https://www.pmf.show/blog/solidroad-product-market-fit-cold-... maybe worth a listen. But bro I really wish you good luck, do not loose hope, find some work, keep working on your side projects. I am also an immigrant from a third world country to Denmark and I know, life is hell if you are not able to afford finances for your family. Best of Luck!

Re: Laid off. Broke. Depressed. & idk how to market my SaaS

#19

Post by stevenxing »

i feel you brother.

I'm on a worse situation, wife has disabilities, father has cancer, I have glaucoma and dual labrum tear. My job is at risk and I've been building apps and SaaS tools for a year and couldn't make any money.

i CAN'T even post my new tool here. my x account got suspended; my comments got permanently banned on Reddit. my posts got removed from Reddit.

I feel you, brother.

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