BlogToPin · Pinterest pin maker for blogs
Launch to 1,000 X followers with a lifetime deal
Nothing happened; first paying customer took 10 days
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What they did
Launched the first version with a lifetime deal (he didn't expect anyone to buy) to his ~1,000 Twitter/X followers, hoping to go viral like friends' launches.
What happened
'Really nothing happened'; waited 10 days for the first paying customers, then dropped the lifetime deal
- Stage
- Launch (Launch, early 2024)
- Effort
- One launch to ~1,000 X followers
“I launched with a lifetime deal because I didn't really expect anyone to buy it. However, I still had 1,000 followers on Twitter back then. I saw my friends going viral with different launches, so I kind of hoped it would happen. But really nothing happened.”
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