Rohan Philip @ItsRohanPhilip Twitter profile

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Rohan Philip

2 years

I challenged myself to create my first SaaS product @MailrOfficial in just 30 days. Here is a day by day schedule of how I did it👇 Read this thread🧵:

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

The best feeling as an indie maker 🥹

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

10 months

Launching something BIG tomorrow🤩 This will help a lot of #buildinpublic founders... For completely free. Any guesses?

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Tip for SaaS founders: If the domain name for your SaaS is taken, just add “try” or “get” before it. We did that for and it works great!

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Calling the SaaS founders! Do you hard-code your landing page or host it on something like webflow? 🤔

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

9 months

Hey #buildinpublic founders 👋 Reply with your landing page. I'm going to redesign my favorite ones (with full functionality) in Framer for completely free. Drop yours below👇

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

What startup/side project are you working on? Share a link below 👇

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Calling all startup founders! What's your tech stack right now? #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

has passed 1,000 users 🥳 I honestly could never believe that a chrome extension that I made in just 30 days could do this. This proves anything is possible with hard work! #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

AI this. AI that. Who’s building a SaaS WITHOUT AI? 🙋 #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

10 months

My last tweet was 112 days ago. I felt I had nothing of value to share to the amazing #buildinpublic community. I didn't want to tweet the same ideas over and over again... So, I took a break. I worked on my startups/projects in private. Now, I'm back to share everything

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

It's called the #buildinpublic community... But building is the easy part. Distribution and marketing is much harder in the long run. Maybe we can create a #marketinpublic community too? 😅

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

How do you build SaaS products? 🤔 Wrong answers only.

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

In 2023, you should ALWAYS validate your product before you build your SaaS. For we simply set up a landing page with a waitlist and a stripe link. The results? - 37 users on waitlist - 4 teams onboarded (10 paying users in total) #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Why you need to join the #buildinpublic community... -Share your startup and get honest feedback -Market from day 1 -Get help from like-minded people What else?

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

How many SaaS products are you building? Personally, I'm building two: -TagU (), a collaboration tool for dev teams. -Mailr AI (), an AI email writer. What about you? 🤔 #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

I need some help here 🙋 How do you integrate authentication in your SaaS? Is there a certain tool that you would recommend to get this done fast and effectively? Or do you just hard code it all?🤔 #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

100,000+ tweet impressions... 227 new followers... Building in public all the way though... It's been a great month in the #buildinpublic community 😎

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

First dollars of revenue for TagU 🎉 Excited to start this new journey off on a good step! Going to be working very closely with these new early subscribers to make TagU the best it can be! #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

2 years

I’ve been stuck at around 65 followers for a week. But i’m not mad. Why? Because real relationships are more important than a number. When I see the same people engage with my posts EVERY time, I know I am building real connections. And that’s why I love Twitter ❤️

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

8 months

How did you make the logo for your SaaS product? I usually use Figma or Canva #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Hey #buildinpublic founders... Is it better to work on multiple projects at once OR Scale one of them up as fast as possible🤔

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

2 years

Unpopular Opinion: Having a personal brand will become on of the most valuable assets in the future. Do you agree? 🤔

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

10 months

I want to promote an amazing #buildinpublic founder today. Tell me about your SaaS and yourself as a founder ✍️ I will be picking one of you to highlight as "Founder of the Week" in the ASYNC Newsletter releasing tomorrow. (Combined total of 300+ subs across all newsletters)

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Evolution of indie hackers: Level 1: Launching with a full fledged product Level 10: Launching with just an MVP Level 100: Launching with just a landing page for validation Level 1000: Just tweeting out a stripe link 🤯

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Unpopular opinion: Having competitors is a good thing. It proves there is demand for your product and people are willing to pay for your solution. #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

There’s a gold-mine sitting in front of SaaS founders, and everyone seems to walk over it. What is it? Chrome extensions. Benefits of building a chrome extension? -Organic traffic -You keep 100% of your revenue -Untapped market -Insane room for scaling & growth

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Question for indie hackers... How important is a "free" plan for an MVP? 🤔

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Hey Indie Hackers 👋 How long have you been in the #buildinpublic community for? 🤔

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

9 months

First #buildinpublic landing page roast complete 🔥 Built in Framer using the power of AI, templates, and a little bit of design magic 🧙 Before => After

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Twitter is great for growing your personal brand. But it’s always better to diversify. LinkedIn, Youtube, Blogs, etc. I’m going to try and grow on some more platforms 👀

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Tip for new SaaS founders: Use the tools available to you. You don’t need to hard-code your entire auth system. Use @supabase . You don’t need to hard-code your entire landing page. Use @webflow . There are so many amazing tools available! Make use of them! #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

As an indie maker, what’s one skill you wish you had? 🤔 #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Calling the #buildinpublic community! This week, we are building every single part of our landing page with you! So today’s question... Does "Dark" or "Light" mode look more aesthetically pleasing?

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Terms to help new SaaS founders navigate Twitter: MRR: Monthly Recurring Revenue MVP: Minimum Viable Product B2B: Business to Business B2C: Business to Consumer BIP: Build in Public FRP: Follow @ItsRohanPhilip Okay, maybe that last one isn’t an official term😅

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Hey founders 👋 How did you pick the name for your startup? #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Would you rather? 500 users with a 5% conversion rate… Or 100 users with a 15% conversion rate. #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Hey Indie Hackers 👋 How do you balance your #buildinpublic startups with work/school going on at the same time? With school starting back up for me, it's hard to keep up at the same pace but I still try show up everyday 💪

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

My first viral tweet! 🥳 It wasn’t a complex thread, or lengthy article. It was literally JUST A QUESTION. You never know what the algorithm will love. Keep tweeting, and eventually you’ll hit gold!

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

9 months

I've seen hundreds, if not thousands of SaaS landing pages in the past few months. The one flaw I see in almost all of them? Lack of simplicity. Hundreds of images and animations is not what makes customers convert. Simple and effective messaging does. #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

As a #buildinpublic founder, what’s your speciality? 🤔 - Design - Development - Marketing How will you grow this skill one year from now?

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Woke up, and hit 100 followers! 🥳 Along this journey, I've made so many amazing connections, that push me to become better each day. I've reached this milestone from sharing everything. The ups, the downs, and everything in between. The best part? I did it in only 50 days!

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

10 months

My journey as a 16 year old entrepreneur: 1st company: sold customized shopify stores to e-commerce brands (made $1,000+ MRR before stopping due to high maintenance) 2nd company: started my first SaaS @MailrOfficial (1,500+ users but not enough revenue due to high saturation in

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

I know a lot of the #buildinpublic community stays away from investments and VC funding... But is there ever a point you would consider it? High potential valuation? High MRR with huge potential for growth? Or will you prefer to always stay bootstrapped? 🤔

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

After adding up the votes, people liked this logo the best. Now the next question. Light or dark UI? 🤔 #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Hey Indie Hackers... How much MRR would it take you to go all in on your startup? 🤔 #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Finally reached the big 500! 🥳 Joined Twitter around 3 months ago... Since then I've: -Made 2 SaaS products -Reached 1,000 users on one -Launching the other one soon (37 on waitlist) And I've been apart of #buildinpublic all the way though!🥳

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

The perfect startup idea is in the intersection of: -A problem worth solving And -An industry you have experience in If your idea has both of these items, you are 50% closer to success.

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

2 years

Hit my first semi-viral tweet yesterday! What did I learn? Perfection does not matter on Twitter. Sometimes I spend 10 minutes on a single sentence writing a tweet. But for this one.... I sent it out in less than 15 seconds. It even has a TYPO right in the middle of it 😅

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

SaaS founders... Would you rather have $10,000 MRR with 100 users OR $10,000 MRR with 1,000 users. What would you pick, and why? 🤔

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

9 months

My last tweet about redesigning other #buildinpublic landing pages went viral. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to redesign EVERYONE's site, but I will try to roast as many of them as possible. Reply with your landing page 👇 I'll DM you with a free landing page roast🔥

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Stop scrolling. Which logo do your prefer for TagU? I'm thinking the first one 🤔

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Calling all founders! Do you prefer to work alone or in a team? 🤔 #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Struggling to come up with a SaaS idea? Look for problems, not solutions. I know it sounds crazy, but hear me out. Anytime you run into problems digitally, write them down in a journal. Only once you find a problem worth solving, then you try and create the solution.

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

New demo video for 😎 Trying to keep it short and sweet while still giving a clear picture about the product. What do you think about it? 🤔 #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

9 months

SaaS founders👋 Do you put your project on directories and do you find it helpful? How much traffic does it bring and how long does it take to set everything up? #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

2 weeks ago, I got an offer to sell @MailrOfficial for $5,000. I declined it... I still see more potential for Mailr at this point. $5,000 was too little. Did I make the right decision?

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Calling all indie founders 👋 What’s the reason you are an indie hacker? #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

A marketing channel I overlooked in every startup I created... SEO. It’s a long waiting game so I never took the time to try it out. But it truly is one of the best ways to get consistent traffic to your landing page. Now I make sure to prioritize it. #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

7 ways to get traction for your SaaS launch: -Tweets -Write blogs -Reddit posts -Email your waitlist -Product Hunt launch -Talk with your network -Post on SaaS directories What else? 🤔

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

My Twitter follower progression: 0 - 100: 50 days 100 - 200: 30 days 200 - 300: 15 days 300 - 400: 3 days The #1 lesson I've learned is to stop TRYING to go viral. Sounds a bit crazy, but hear me out. Don't make tweets just to "please" the algorithm. Be yourself, be organic.

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Daily reminder. #buildinpublic is the best community on Twitter. If you’re not already in... Share your startup below and join today👇

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

2 years

2 days ago, I made a post about hitting 30 followers. Now, I have over 50 friends following my journey! 🥹 I'm thankful for each and everyone of you, and I can't wait to grow together. If you’re new here, I post about: -SaaS -AI -Building a Personal Brand -Building in Public

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Founders 👋 I challenge you to spend this weekend ONLY marketing... NOT developing. I know it is easy to get caught up adding new features, and fixing bugs, but marketing is so much more worth it in the long run. Will you accept? #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

2 years

@pwang_szn That's true, but think about the experienced IOS Devs with years of experience. With GPT, they will be able to supercharge their development, and will still be levels above everyone else.

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

What's the best feeling when building a personal brand on Twitter? I'll go first:

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Actually CRAZY! 😮 Yesterday I started at 230 followers... Grew to 300 by the evening... Woke up to 350+ today😳 The result of your actions may take a while to reveal themselves, but that's why habits >>> goals. Consistency is the key to reach ANY goal in life...

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

If you had 24 hours to create a SaaS product... What tools would you use? 🤔 #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

A #buildinpublic startup doesn't have to be financially risky. For my SaaS (TagU), pre-sales have funded our entire development process. • Domain • Webflow • Supabase • Vercel Every paid tool we use, has been covered by pre-sales. Not a single dollar paid out of pocket.

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

@supabase @webflow Supabase you are amazing! Auth system is perfect!

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Underrated SaaS tip: Make a discord community for your SaaS product. This way, you can get a group of enthusiastic users in one place. You can easily ask for feedback, advice, and it helps a lot with promotions/launches. #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

I took a break from Twitter the last few days as I was caught up in school and projects. Sometimes breaks are needed to operate to your max when you work. How often do you take a break as a #buildinpublic founder? 🤔 Is it worth it for you?

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

The landing page has undergone a redesign 👀 Our top priorities for the redesign were: -Clearly explain the goal -Include more visuals -Be less "text-heavy" -Increase conversion rate Take a look, and tell me your thoughts! #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

10 months

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Unfair advantage for all SaaS founders: Have a personal brand. #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

2 years

My SaaS has 423 users. And it was created just ONE MONTH AGO with $0 in marketing! So... I created an EBOOK with the MOST VALUABLE hacks/lessons I learned along the way. Want it FREE? All you need to do: 1. Like 2. Reply "SaaS" (Must follow so I can DM)

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

TagU Development Update: Authentication (done)✅ Now, it's time to build the actual product! In a MVP do you prioritize speed or features? #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Creating multiple SaaS products? Try creating them all in the same niche. This way, you will have an ecosystem of products. Even if one fails, you have other products your previous customers can transfer to.

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

My goals for July... Reach 700 followers! Launch my SaaS TagU and reach 25 paying users by the end of the month! What are your goals?

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

The #1 mistake I see in landing pages, are that they are too text-heavy. People usually skim through landing pages. Big, bold headlines and concise words will boost conversion rates by far.

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

9 months

Most important metric for a SaaS: Active users. If people actively use your product, you know you are making a tangible difference in their lives/workflow. It's also one of the best feelings as founder... You are creating a solution that people need.

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Just started writing blogs for ! Not the best writer, but let me know what you think of the first one... Do you write blogs for your SaaS? #buildinpublic

Here’s how to develop your SaaS 4x Faster ⚡

The one way that your SaaS will beat 99% of others, is SPEED! 9/10 times if you can beat your competitors to the launch, you will become…

taguofficial.medium.com

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Underrated marketing channels to try out: • Reddit • Blog posts • Affiliate Marketing • Influencer Marketing Sometimes stepping aside from the common marketing strategies could be amazing.🤷 Do you have any other suggestions? #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

9 months

Working hard with the @TagUOfficial team to launch our FINAL update before launch. -Email notifications on tags -Collaboration through MULTIPLE teams -Real-time viewing of tags on a webpage -Expanding free plan -And more! #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Always keep momentum in your SaaS. Never stay static. Let’s say you just launched… Try to have a new feature the week after. Then another feature a week after that. Even if it’s just a small change, evolve and create. The momentum will keep on building. #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

We are redesigning the TagU hero section to optimize for conversion. Which hero image do you like better? Image #1 , or Image #2 ? #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

@_justlilian Very, very rare though....

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

As a founder, finding the perfect pricing strategy can be hard. At TagU, we are going to launch a LIFETIME EARLY ACCESS deal for all early adopters. What is your pricing strategy? #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

9 months

January 2024 Recap📅 -Came back to Twitter after a 4 month break -Roasted countless #buildinpublic founders' landing pages -Worked with the @TagUOfficial team to prepare for BIG public launch (coming soon 👀) -Went from 520 to 720 followers (+200 🔥) This is just the start!

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

June is officially over! Did you accomplish your goals this month? My goals: -Reach 350 followers ✅(ended with 436!) 💪 -Officially launch my SaaS (TagU) and reach 10 paying users ❌ We didn't officially launch yet, but we did onboard 4 teams with 10 paying users in total.

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Hey #buildinpublic founders 👋 Daily reminder to make decisions based on data not your feelings. Want to change your pricing? Run an A/B test and get real data! DATA DRIVES DECISIONS!

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

Calling the designers in the #buildinpublic community for some help 🙋 I'm finishing the pricing section for the brand-new TagU landing page, but ran into a problem. How can I allow the users to pick the # of members in their team? Pop-up? A drop-down? Something else?

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

What's holding you back from going all in to your SaaS? -Time? -Money? -Skills? Once you can realize your weak-point, you can build a plan around it to achieve success... #buildinpublic

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

🤯Had an absolutely outstanding talk with @jkimlaunch He broke down how I could improve my SaaS, what I had to focus on, and his experience in the industry. He guided me in a completely new direction and showed me how SaaS companies really work. Follow him if you aren’t

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Rohan Philip

@ItsRohanPhilip

1 year

May is over! What were your goals during May? Did you accomplish them? My goals were: Reach 200 Twitter Followers (ended up at 197, so close!)❌ Launch TagU + get at least 1 paying user (ended up onboarding 3 teams with a total of 8 people!)✅

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Rohan Philip

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1 year

The #1 pricing strategy for new SaaS companies. Lifetime subscription deal when starting out for validation. Monthly subscription model after launch. It's the exact pricing strategy we are running for

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