BlogToPin · Pinterest pin maker for blogs
Test traffic channels on your own blog, then automate the one that works
Became a $16K MRR tool; the idea came from paying someone to make pins
Workedvalidationpositioning-niche
What they did
After several AI apps made $0, Nic started an AI blog about cocktails and tried every traffic source (Google, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest). Pinterest worked best. He hired a person to design Pinterest pins, realized the work could be automated, and built the first BlogToPin version in about 2 months. He had researched and found no existing solution that did it.
What happened
Idea grew into a product at just over $16K MRR two years later
- Stage
- Pre-launch (Idea, late 2023)
“I decided to create an AI blog about my passion: cocktails. I tried bringing traffic to that website via all the different possible methods. I tried Google, I tried Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, everything. And Pinterest worked the best for me.”
“I tried hiring the person to do the job there, to create Pinterest pins, and I understood that I can probably automate it”
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