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A bootstrapped two-person team (India) that got its first customers by building in public on LinkedIn in 2023 — monthly revenue reports from a Notion doc onward → step-change via a RocketHub lifetime deal ($65K in 3 days) and a #1 Product of the Week Product Hunt launch (Feb 2024) → scaled with mid-tier LinkedIn influencer deals (up to 10x reported ROI) and warm-audience-only retargeting → matured into evergreen engines: a 30% lifetime affiliate program, an 87-post SEO blog, and 9 free LinkedIn tools.
The founder posted monthly public revenue reports on LinkedIn from the earliest days — the Nov 2023 report shows "$36,449 revenue (+1381%), $1,716 MRR" — and third-party coverage credits that transparency with landing the first customers ("felt like they knew the founder").
A public affiliate program pays 30% lifetime recurring commission (advertising 12–14% trial-to-paid conversion), layered on bespoke deals with mid-tier LinkedIn creators (20–50k followers): free access + up to 50% revenue share or $300–$500 flat fees, with up to 10x reported ROI.
130 sitemap URLs: 87 blog posts targeting listicle/comparison keywords (linkedin-scheduling-tools, shield-alternative, supergrow-vs-chatgpt), 9 free LinkedIn tools (carousel/hook/headline generators), and 5 customer case studies.
A 3-day lifetime-deal launch on RocketHub at $79/$199/$299 tiers generated $65K, with daily progress posted publicly (Day 1 $15K → Day 3 $65K) to build FOMO — and LTD buyers became word-of-mouth advocates.
#1 Product of the Day AND #1 Product of the Week (Feb 19, 2024) with 976 upvotes — the visibility spike that compounded the LTD and influencer motions.
One email a week on how SaaS actually gets users — the new teardowns, what changed, and the founder claims our crawl just caught out. No fluff, unsubscribe anytime.