How we increased our revenue X2 by launching a free product
Sveta Bay
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Hey Product Hunters!
Here's the story about how we increased our revenue X2 by launching a free product.
We've been collecting emails through free content products for 6 months (https://www.makerbox.club/free-resources). The funnel worked well enough (Get an email with a freebie -> send upselling emails about paid products). We collected 5469 emails this way.
Then we launched User Persona Generator (https://founderpal.ai/user-persona-generator) - a free digital product. Users can generate a persona for their business (no email needed) and get 9 marketing ideas in exchange for the email.
The result: 4058 emails in just 2 weeks.
With our content freebies, it would take 135 days to get these emails. Our 1 digital product collects emails 10X faster than 8 content freebies.
Why it worked?
Content freebies have 0 potential to go viral. You give an email → you get a product. There's nothing to share.
But our digital product went viral. Users got the result instantly and shared it.
- At first, we launched it on Product Hunt & got featured in AI newsletters (free)
- Then people started sharing the results on socials (free)
- Now we see viral TikToks and Reels from creators, and SEO already gives some traffic (free)
IN JUST 2 WEEKS 🤯
TL;DR: Experiments >>> Doing the same thing over and over again. Even if it works well enough.
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Andrey Bozhjev@andrey_bozhjev
Thank you! I followed you and tried the User Persona Generator product in action on launch day. It's great!
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I love how you're sharing your strategies, Sveta!
Thanks for sharing Sveta, as always.
I think offering value in general helps build trust. The free product is not actually free since you get information and leads in exchange.
Amazing achievement!
Folio Wallet App
Awesome! How long did it take to build User Persona Generator?
Kudos on the outstanding User Persona Generator launch, garnering 4058 emails in just two weeks versus six months traditionally.
Your instant-value, share-friendly approach is truly commendable. Drawing from your success, we want to apply similar tactics to Logomakerr.ai. Crafting immediate, shareable value, community engagement, and SEO optimization could amplify our impact. Your achievement and insights are greatly appreciated in guiding our direction.
Always good to hear and learn from those experiences! One of the reasons I joined PH!
Impressive results indeed-keep up the good work!
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Sveta, congratulations on your success, and thank you for sharing your story with the community! A fan of the content you've shared!
Also, it's inspiring to see how experimenting and trying new approaches can yield such impressive results. Will definitely do such💪!
Once they try the free product, they may be more likely to purchase your paid products or services in the future.
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Sveta, that's a fantastic example of effective lead generation! Thanks for sharing! By the way, which tool for sending emails did you use?
Sveta, I use your User Persona tool back and forth! I am a huge fan) thanks 😊
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By asking for feedback, you can learn what your customers like and dislike about your product, and use that information to improve your product or services.
IXORD
Great experience, thanks for sharing. Interesting.
What a story! Really appreciate you sharing about it.
I am creating a community of professional mentors and maker. Sveta, I would love to have onboard as a founding mentor with your experience in marketing. Can we connect?
Xence by Gaspar AI
Thanks for sharing!
Really appreciate you sharing your experience.
Excellent! Seems to follow most social media platforms as well as google .. Microsoft Bing.
Outstanding!!
You can use my product for free and I can get all of your info then when you need me I can cater to all of your business needs.
Look who are in top 5 in website traffic in the world!!
Great work!! I hope you crush it!! Read my bio… I am looking for exactly the things you have created here
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