Is there a course to help with launching a SAAS and getting initial users?
I've spent the last year developing my MVP, which is an online writing tool to help people with anxiety, stress, depression, chronic pain, etc (https://writing-therapy.com).
I have now finished the MVP V1and tested it thoroughly. I now want to start getting some users (please!!!!!!!).
I know there are all sorts of Youtube videos, articles, about marketing a SAAS, but my attention span is all over the place when I use those kind of resources. I just jump from idea to idea.
So, I was wondering, does anyone knows of a really thorough course to help get users to a new SAAS? Ideally something really step-by-step that I can work my way through diligently, and that will get me from 0 to 100+ users (free initial, but eventually I need to move a freemium model).
I am most interested in a really good in-depth course, but any ideas for worthwhile books, audiobooks, podcasts, etc is appreciated too.
Anything that can get me from 0 to 100!!!
Hi Pip,
Congratulations on launching Writing Therapy. As a writer myself, I know how calming it can be to write, and I applaud you for helping other people to do it.
I don't know of a course to help you get new users. But my website could help you. SplashPad (https://getsplashpad.com) helps entrepreneurs write promotional emails to attract new users to their product by providing pre-written messages that can be easily customized. In the same way that website builders make it easy to create websites, SplashPad uses templates and point-and-click components to make it easy to create promotional emails that get responses and signups.
I would be happy to personally help you write a promotional message to attract people to Writing Therapy. We could do a 15-minute video chat and use SplashPad to get something that attracts attention (free of charge, of course). Are you open-minded to that?
You can find any time that works for you: https://tinyurl.com/yyn3mrqa.
Pip, looking forward to meeting you and seeing if we can give Writing Therapy a boost.
-Ryan
You need to post about it where your target audience is.
I'm in a similar stage with https://tascflow.com and doing my best to get it in front of people who need / use products like it already.
Sharing on IH / Twitter is a starting point, but as they aren't the target audience it's unlikely to get the first users, they're too broad.
Make some Reddit / FB group posts and see how people respond.
I struggle to post on FB as I'm always worried about offending anyone by 'promoting'. People can be so touchy, and I absolutely hate confrontation. I don't know how to get around that fear.
I struggle with that too. The best advice I can offer is "what's the worst that could happen?" - someone might say your site isn't good?
In my promotion efforts so far, basically no one has commented and I've still gotten visitors out of it.
All SAAS product and traction steps required for it can be different. So, for your product, you will have to do your own journey. I would be surprised if you find a step-by-step tutorial for success for your specific SAAS.
One thing though, which you can find very useful for taking this journey is accelerators. FI.co and YC Startup schools are good ones if you are getting started. YC Startup school is completely virtual now. I have personally gone through both, and I have found them to be very helpful.
I may be able to help. I recently launched a course for software developers, https://careermove.io/careermovefordev
It is not technical per se, it is valuable for anyone. I am a software developer myself who has struggled with building unsuccessful products. The course is about what I am doing differently at careermove.io and what other founders are doing to scale their businesses.
If you are available next week, let's find time to chat
I think you are onto something Emeka. So many developers need that kind of thing. Yes, let's keep in touch.
I've been reading Traction but the book stresses and I want to make clear also that there is not and cannot be a step by step process that you can work through diligently. There are various channels and you can try to find one that's not too crowded.
I mean imagine for instance one asked for a step by step process for dating that you can work through diligently - as unlikely as that would be the launch a SaaS process is even more unlikely.
Uclusion is still struggling and you will be also - let's just keep in touch in case we find out something.
Good points and excellent recommendation. Big thanks for that. I've downloaded the ebook and the audiobook was on Scribd so I've been listening and reading and liking the information. Having 19 approaches to consider and the Bullseye concept all sounds good. I'll let you know what I think when I've finished it.
I'm still keen on a course that shows me what to do in details (as many of those 19 as possible would be good), as that might help me to work my way through the 19 to see which works for Writing Therapy.
Thanks for the help!
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Good advice Kan. I think my struggle with forums and FB is not being seen to be self promoting. I'm no good at self promotion at the best of time, but combine that with the worry of offending someone for promoting and it is tough.