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AppSumo went from 0- 500,000 customers in 18 months Guide

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I usually don't buy guides as I try to focus on execution but this guide is about Customer Acquisition and it's written by appsumo the only "deal site" I actually like.

Here's the synopsis:

  • SECTION 1: “The Hustle Stage”-- Going from 0 to 1,000 Sumo-lings. Hustling up free advertising. Bribing people with free breakfast. Getting people to sign up for AppSumo (the ghetto way). Getting a guy in Pakistan to build AppSumo for $60.
  • SECTION 2: “The Puberty Stage”-- Going from 1,000 to 50,000 Sumo-lings. Getting people to sign up by giving ‘em free stuff. Doing guest posts on blogs (some worked, some totally failed). How we advertised differently than everyone else.
  • SECTION 3: “NOM NOM NOM TIME STAGE!”-- Going from 50,000 to 500,000 Sumo-lings that pay money. Learning cohort analysis (betcha never heard of that). How Chief Sumo sleeps with 10 models on a pile of cash every night. A/B Testing the RIGHT things... and not wasting time testing dumb crap. Taking your own biz to Sumo-level
Here is my tell a friend link: All your software in one nice little burrito | AppSumo.com. I think this will help any fastlaner who is about to launch or still in the stage before making enough money to pay their rent. Also if you don't want me to get a credit just go to appsumo.com and search for "The step-by-step guide to how AppSumo.com went from zero to 500,000 customers"
 
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