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Brian Shin
Brian Shin@brianshinsh·
we reached $7.5k/mo tiktok kinda imploded rn so I really need to fix my funnels so here’s the quick updates and lessons learned: - redesigning core ux flow improved payment conversion by 40.6% (so yes, good design works. stop slop) - current arpu is still quite low (sub dollar). lots of strategic work needed here but tl;dr build a product that users really love using - still need to find a more predictable marketing channel (literally can’t sleep at night without this). I see a lot of app founders succeeding with tiktok but it’s so fragile honestly. Unless you reach a big enough volume, it’ll be unpredictable. - who’s the best person on X to talk about mobile app ads? I really need some solid advice, willing to pay - customer support has increased significantly so I’m spending much more time taking to users - users are loving the product and the experience we give + our fast customer support ads to this experience At the end of the day if you ask me “what’s the secret?” honestly it’s just consistent testing+repetition. For the past few weeks many founders reached out to me for advice and there seemed to be a common underlying problem. These guys were more focused on copying other apps (ie cal ai, quittr, etc) than building what their users needed/wanted. “but cal ai did this, quittr did that” was the kind of responses I heard most. I’ve probably said this too many times but please talk to you customers Their users ≠ your users and plus if you play catch up, you’ll never win pave your own way
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Brian Shin@brianshinsh

reached $3k/mo just 2 days later At this point I think we’re getting very lucky but the important parts remain the same: 1. Take enough time to intentionally design the correct user flow: copying other apps won’t take you there because your users ≠ their users. you really gotta meet&talk to your customers and understand them 200% 2. Do things that don’t scale: we all want reach a certain level of mrr quickly so we start building systems/funnels/etc asap but ironically it doesn’t work that way. get literally just 1 user on board and become a master of how they use the product. without this understanding, scale is meaningless 3. Iterate, learn, iterate: vibecoding your app in 2 days is cool but you definitely have not built something that users truly love using. we literally rebuilt our core flow 3 times in the past 6 weeks based on user retention and some qualitative feedback. build a product that users love using, not something you can show off on x that you built in 2 hours If you feel stuck, feel free to ask questions! I’ll do my best to answer.

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Daniel K
Daniel K@danielkcode·
Following, cause im in the same boat. I’m under the assumption that running paid ads doesn’t make sense unless CAC < LTV. Im running on TikTok as well as Instagram organically but I agree with you about finding better channels or methods. Currently Im trying to spin up UGC and launch other apps.
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Brian Shin
Brian Shin@brianshinsh·
@danielkcode Man you’re killing it bro Do you have any cac rn? I think im going to test ads (about a week) just to get a better idea of our cac. Keep us updated on the ugc campaign!
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