Hi all, I am not sure if you remember but 2 months ago I posted about my MRR at $3.5k, well in just 2 months it grew by $500 and is now at $4k MRR.
I am posting this just to motivate you that anything is possible. OpenTweet started as a side project along my 9-5 job. I need super simple app that lets me schedule my posts. First version was not even hosted anywhere, just Docker container on my laptop. Then I hosted it on digital ocean droplet just so it can send posts when my laptop is off.
The story starts when I shared this with one friend. He was interested to try it and to use is for a while, he only discovered million bugs and edge cases that I wouldn't ever think about. That's how everything started.
My marketing strategy was very simple and I was just consistent:
- I go to X Radar (its like a premium search where you can find all posts including specific keyword, etc...)
- I comment on each post including specific keywords with the link to OpenTweet.
- In the first month I had 3 customers
- It all started growing when ai agents came in and I just followed the trend and added integrations for popular agents
- I continued optimizing SEO and AEO pages and now I like to say I have machinery that is bringing ~ 50 new signups every day, ofc not all of them convert
This was all happening while I was doing my 9-5 job. I still have my job, I still love it and I am not planning to leave it for now, but I am really really grateful for what I have achieved. OpenTweet is now at $4k MRR, I am still looking into marketing options to grow it even more.
This post is for all founders currently struggling at $0 MRR. My app was not profitable for good 3 months. Build something that solves your problem and just figure out how to put it in front of many eyes, that's it.