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Bootstrapping Saas

Overwhelmed with work, taking small steps, and delighting customers

This week starts with me explaining how I am overwhelmed with everything I am working on in and around Claritask (code, marketing, sales, growth) and what steps I am taking to not burn out

The rest of the show includes:

  • Sales/Marketing/Growth struggles since it's not my main strength (having more faith and trusting the steps, while playing the long game)
  • Trying to get the marketing/sales/growth in autopilot with affiliate marketing — Claritask Affiliate Program
  • New Claritask Asset Page for affiliate marketers and media appearances (down the line)
  • Delighting customers by recording personalized demos with Loom
  • Starting Claritask LIVE Webinars — Claritask Webinars
  • Contacting Affiliate Marketers (following up)
  • NEW: Soft upgrade on Claritask without a credit-card (pay later)
  • Sending out a 'salesy' Newsletter that didn't work: Direct link to that Newsletter
  • The benefits of using apps like Claritask, built by small teams (getting responses/fixes much faster than on bigger apps/companies)
  • Listening to Khalid, Nilüfer Yanya, and Better Oblivion Community Center
  • Claritask expenses: StartupCosts.co/claritask
  • Claritask income: on IndieHackers (hooked to Stripe)

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