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Bet with a friend: 20 sold copies by Sunday, or...

After testing with the first three customers and getting rid of (hopefully) most bugs and idiocies, I've been procrastinating getting the word out... 😬

So I made a bet!

I texted my friend and said: "If I don't have 20 more customers by Sunday I owe you 50 USD"

The race is on! First step is a video ad on Facebook, targeting:

  • Small business owners
  • Who are early adopters
  • Who are interested in accounting automation
  • Who use Gmail

The ad can be seen at facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/receiptrunner/videos/2616567771963457/

Excited to see what the ROI is, or even if it will convert at all...

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    In the end I made exactly 0 sales in that week, but a few more in the week following. I lost the bet.

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      How did the add fare?
      Did you get a bump in visits at least?

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        Yep! I got 4 sales over the next few weeks as well, but all of them from hustling. None came directly from the ads, as far as I could tell.

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