Jonathan Lis

Founder of ZenMode - Safer LinkedIn Outreach Automation SaaS | Road to $30K MRR 🚀 | AI Engineer 🧑‍💻| Ex-Google 💻 | Arsenal fan ⚽️

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

ZenMode automates LinkedIn outreach without you babysitting a browser.

Today: targeted scraping, connection requests with personalised notes, multi-step follow-up sequences, inbox sync, and safety limits that respect LinkedIn’s pacing rather than fighting it.

Coming soon: automated InMails, auto-replies, multi-seat login for teams running 10+ accounts, and an MCP server so you can drive the whole thing from Claude or any agent.

Built by one person who uses it daily (me).

Try it free for 14 days - https://t.co/PRP2ZPrbb6

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

@FilipPanoski Great post - slow, consistent grind with one project you believe in is key.

I know people who’ve created 8 mobile apps and not even launched one.

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

@matthias_mrc And bugs for things you thought you fixed 3 months ago, and lots of random edge cases you never considered

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

@pmitu Thanks Paul! Really satisfied with the early progress, but still a long way to go.

Currently trying to learn more from experienced and successful founders like yourself

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

ZenMode is in the 0.1% 💪

[Paul Mit @pmitu]

Hot take:

Only 0,1% of vibe coded apps can generate $1,000

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

I now have an IQ of 69 💪 deleted it 6 months ago

[Abhijit_ @Abhijit_091]

deleting instagram increases your IQ by at least 69 points

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

People say “SaaS is dead” constantly online, while 90% of people don’t even know what SaaS is

[Lino @LinoLeighton]

You only think everyone is building apps right now because you’re on X.

Go outside and you’ll realize nobody even knows what Claude Code is 😭

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

Day 1 of vibe coding 👨‍💻

[Nikhil Pathak @web3devop]

Me: Fix the issue with authentication where duplicate users are being created.

Claude: Thinking... Analyzing... fixing the issue.. Here are the changes !!!

Me: Where is my user database !!!

Claude: Ohh I see the problem, I understand let's create the database !!!

Me: 😡, where is my database ?

Claude: you are absolutely right, let's build the new user database.

Me: 💀

Claude: Oh Sorry, your token are exhausted, you have reached the session limit !!!!

Me:

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

@jack_startup Very cool workspace 👌

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

Here is ZenMode automating LinkedIn.

The ZenMode software controls a dedicated browser on your computer to send LinkedIn connection requests and messages, which is separate from your normal browser session.

You can minimize this window and use LinkedIn as normal in your other browser, and your automation won’t be affected.

I use ZenMode to send 40 connection requests a day, with just one click of a button daily, and book 5-10 meetings a week doing this.

Pretty cool no?

Try it free for 14 days at https://t.co/PRP2ZPrbb6

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

Full disclosure I used Ai to remove my eye bags.

Need more MRR to pay for Botox 😅

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

GM ☕️

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

I use my own automation tool called ZenMode to automate sending connection requests and follow up messages on LinkedIn, to promote ZenMode itself.

I’m both the founder and the end user.

It’s great for testing the product and understanding how it’s working from a customer perspective.

And it works - I typically book at least 5 meetings a week for myself using ZenMode for LinkedIn outreach.

Try it for free for 14 days - https://t.co/PRP2ZPrbb6

[pc @pcshipp]

Be honest:

do you use a competitor's app instead of your own?

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

@David_Ornstein @TheAthleticFC This is sad as he’s a fantastic impact player late in games that can stretch defenses. Scored key goals last season against man city and Real Madrid. Even if he’s not first choice I’d still give him another year. Hope they have a suitable backup to Tzolis if he leaves.

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

@jack_startup Maybe one egg at least 😅

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

Not retiring just yet 😅 but how satisfying is this MRR graph? #SaaS #Startup

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

Yes, I used to work for Google and used to be google ads certified a few years ago. But I wouldn’t say I’m still that knowledgeable in it, as they’ve made a lot of updates to their ads platform since then.

Keyword strategy really varies depending on your industry and competitiveness.

Recently I experimented with some long tail keywords, but the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze - generally the high intent keywords are $4-5 per click for my niche.

One piece of advice is that what Google suggests for your campaign might not always be good for you - their goal is more clicks, not conversions.

[Jonathan Lis @ZenModeJon]

Google ads is generally a waste of time for most SaaS businesses, unless you can spend at least $1000 a month on it, and don’t need to worry about ROAS for a few months

[pc @pcshipp]

I’m stopping Google Ads. It’s not working for me. I spent $40 on ads yes, it’s a small investment, but I got zero ROI.

The same app made $53 in revenue without ads. Why aren’t ads working? Is it just my app?

Anyone getting positive ROI from ads?