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Sometimes I wonder how much of these "we started making $X/mo and heres how" are true and how much are really just more content marketing spam?

alexxtomsk 8y ago
Want me to do a screen sharing of our Baremetrics dashboard? Reach out to me at alex at standuply.com to book a call.
- VectorLock 8y ago
  Go ahead post a screenshot. And no I would never book a call with you.
  - alexxtomsk 8y ago
    You will find screenshots in the article which it seems you haven't read.
    - VectorLock 8y ago
      No when I got the whiff of blatant advertising, I stopped.
- asdsa5325 8y ago
  No one wants to call you, please stop this spam.
- LyndsySimon 8y ago
  I'm amazed at the hostility here these days :( It's very accommodating of you to offer to share additional metrics. To be honest, my interest isn't intense enough to warrant my time for a screen share, much less yours. I will keep an eye on your blog, though. ETA: I can't seem to find an RSS feed for your blog :( ETA2: It's at https://standuply.com/blog/feed/ https://standuply.com/blog/feed/, but don't see a link to it anywhere.
  - freehunter 8y ago
    It is truly hard to comprehend that one of the most common things successful startup founders recommend is that your startup should have a blog and talk about the company and the product and the engineering, but when that gets shared suddenly it's spam and everyone is crying for blood. Remember when this used to be a friendly startup forum full of people who liked hearing about interesting technology and how it was made?
    - alexxtomsk 8y ago
      Yeah, but let's just listen to those positive commenters and disregard haters. I think if you talk about your story educating others, it brings value to the ecosystem. I respect companies like GrooveHQ that share their experience and don't conder it as a marketing or spam.
  - alexxtomsk 8y ago
    Thanks for letting me know. We'll fix that.
everdev 8y ago
It's probably true and a marketing effort. Keep in mind that it's rarely averaging X/month, but they made X/month at their peak. I had a great month in my previous business that was 2x all other months. If I wrote an article about that month, I'd probably seem way more profitable than I was.
- ja27 8y ago
  Or "$25,000/month revenue and it only cost us $23,000/month in advertising."
  - totoglazer 8y ago
    Or "Only $32,000/mo in ads!"
- alexxtomsk 8y ago
  Here's our revenue trend: Feb: $7k Mar: $9k Apr: $19,5k May: $25k June: $13k (as of 20th June) Spent on advertising: $0.
HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
Highly unlikely to be content marketing spam. The audience for this kind of post is completely different from the audience for the product itself.
- babuskov 8y ago
  True. I have no idea what their product does nor why would I need it.
lwkl 8y ago
The following is in the blog post: We relied heavily on content marketing in 2017 and continue doing so in 2018; that’s why you’re here It's not like they try to hide it.

alexxtomsk 8y ago

Want me to do a screen sharing of our Baremetrics dashboard? Reach out to me at alex at standuply.com to book a call.

VectorLock 8y ago
Go ahead post a screenshot. And no I would never book a call with you.
- alexxtomsk 8y ago
  You will find screenshots in the article which it seems you haven't read.
  - VectorLock 8y ago
    No when I got the whiff of blatant advertising, I stopped.
asdsa5325 8y ago
No one wants to call you, please stop this spam.
LyndsySimon 8y ago
I'm amazed at the hostility here these days :( It's very accommodating of you to offer to share additional metrics. To be honest, my interest isn't intense enough to warrant my time for a screen share, much less yours. I will keep an eye on your blog, though. ETA: I can't seem to find an RSS feed for your blog :( ETA2: It's at https://standuply.com/blog/feed/ https://standuply.com/blog/feed/, but don't see a link to it anywhere.
- freehunter 8y ago
  It is truly hard to comprehend that one of the most common things successful startup founders recommend is that your startup should have a blog and talk about the company and the product and the engineering, but when that gets shared suddenly it's spam and everyone is crying for blood. Remember when this used to be a friendly startup forum full of people who liked hearing about interesting technology and how it was made?
  - alexxtomsk 8y ago
    Yeah, but let's just listen to those positive commenters and disregard haters. I think if you talk about your story educating others, it brings value to the ecosystem. I respect companies like GrooveHQ that share their experience and don't conder it as a marketing or spam.
- alexxtomsk 8y ago
  Thanks for letting me know. We'll fix that.

everdev 8y ago

It's probably true and a marketing effort. Keep in mind that it's rarely averaging X/month, but they made X/month at their peak. I had a great month in my previous business that was 2x all other months. If I wrote an article about that month, I'd probably seem way more profitable than I was.

ja27 8y ago
Or "$25,000/month revenue and it only cost us $23,000/month in advertising."
- totoglazer 8y ago
  Or "Only $32,000/mo in ads!"
alexxtomsk 8y ago
Here's our revenue trend: Feb: $7k Mar: $9k Apr: $19,5k May: $25k June: $13k (as of 20th June) Spent on advertising: $0.

HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago

Highly unlikely to be content marketing spam. The audience for this kind of post is completely different from the audience for the product itself.

babuskov 8y ago
True. I have no idea what their product does nor why would I need it.

lwkl 8y ago

The following is in the blog post: We relied heavily on content marketing in 2017 and continue doing so in 2018; that’s why you’re here It's not like they try to hide it.