This is how you learn to make apps: By making apps
05.06.2025 22:51
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This is how you learn to make apps: By making apps
Your customers can talk about themselves better than you will ever do
That's the whole point of interviewing them
You can then use their words to make much better marketing materials
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I added an affiliate program to GenerateAds last week, and one of my affiliates has already made $203 from it!
I guess I need to focus more on affiliates 😄
The best way to learn about your customers is to shut up and let them talk about themselves and their problems
Seeing users reporting bugs makes me happy
Because it means:
- I have customers
- They use the app
- They care enough to want it to be fixed
Much better than having perfect code with no users
No idea if it will get featured, but never try never know lol
Appreciate the support on PH anyway 😄
Ok, I might be shooting myself in the foot, but I wanted to try...
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Your landing page's goal is to make people start the onboarding process
The onboarding's goal is to make people understand the value of your app fast, and ideally hook them on a trial/purchase
The main goal of your ad creative isn't to convert, it's to make users stop scrolling and read your headline
Your headline's goal is to make users read the copy
Your copy's goal is to make users click on your landing page
Those ads alone grew my previous startup from $0 to $1,000 MRR
No videos, no fancy design, just a simple static ad
It worked because:
- I knew who the target audience was
- The ad was talking about them and their problems
- I had a good landing page/funnel
My roadmap for GenerateAds is just adding every feature my users ask for + making better ads
Someone asked to be able to fill in project data by uploading a file
It's now available for all users!
It took LOTS of work, and I had to A/B test multiple versions of the onboarding (I used TestIt.so), but it was worth it
MRR went from $100 to almost $1300 in 4 months, and then I sold the app for $25,000 cash
6️⃣ I noticed that users who did 4 exams were 90% more likely to convert to paid users. But the problem is that veterinarians are busy, and they just forgot about the app. So I added an option to send them an email reminder to use the app 10 minutes before their next exam starts.
5️⃣ Right after the demo was done, I showed them an offer: Get a 30-day free trial + Discount if you add a payment method now (Stole this from @Timb03's Pally). They could not get the offer anywhere else, so it created FOMO and got trials
4️⃣ Instead, I added a pre-recorded exam so they could click the "create note" button and get the result immediately. It was not *their* exam, but it clearly showed how the app works
4️⃣ The product was an app to help veterinarians do their exams faster using AI. My demo was initially just a recorder where they could record an exam to try the app. Problem: When they saw my ads and signed up, they were not in an exam, so the demo was not very useful. Many just left at this point
3️⃣ When they clicked next, it created an account and logged them in automatically behind the scenes, then sent them to a demo. The only goal of the demo is to show them the value of the product as fast as possible.
2️⃣ Next, personal info. Name, email etc. But don’t just add an email input, in this case, I asked “Where do you want to receive your notes?” -> It feels like they’re getting something useful
1️⃣ The onboarding screen had a title “Let’s personalise your experience”. Then it asked them questions about themselves (no email yet). It doesn’t matter if you don't personalise, it’s good to learn more about your users
The B2B SaaS I sold a month ago was stuck at $100 MRR for almost 8 months
It all changed when I added a proper onboarding
The most important part:
Don’t send users to a basic “signup” page.
It’s boring, and it feels like they’re just giving you their email and will get spammed
👉 Instead, I did:
If you use a Mac, you can use the Dictation key on your keyboard to give your instructions to Cursor with your voice
I don't know why I haven't tried that before, 100x faster than typing long and specific instructions
The goal is to create the best AI studio to create ads even without marketing or design skills
Haven't took an hour off for the last 5 days, I barely ate and sleep, but the app is finally done, the results are good, and it's just the begining!! 😃
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Compared to demo from a few days ago:
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- 🏆 MUCH better results !!
- 🪄 NEW: Edit your ads using AI
- 🪄 NEW: Create an ad copy automatically
I used the feedback I got from the 3,000+ ads made during the demo to improve the process + pack everything into a nice UI
LET'S GOOOO
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1️⃣ Add your website
2️⃣ Add instructions (optional)
3️⃣ Select the concept you like
4️⃣ Edit them
I didn't cause it was the initial copy, the other version is literally a wall of text that takes the whole screen 😆
I think I started it, I wrote the copy for Maker Ads but then I realized it was too "boring" to read so I ended up using this format instead for the "Why you should buy it" part
Hahaha, yeah I see it everywhere now 😂
Am I the only one who gets random messages like this on my support chat? 🥲
Oh sheet! 10,000 YouTube subscribers in 3 videos!
Thanks, everyone 🤩
No idea what video will be next tho, I have nothing planned yet
