Adbida Guy

365 days is enough to change your life and build smth big.
Building AdBida to $1M MRR in 12 months, in public, on my bike 🚴
25+ yrs in ads & growth.

[Adbida Guy @adbidaguy]

Hi, I'm Matt. 25+ years in online ads, media buying and growth.

Now I'm building AdBida in public: a growth network and sponsor marketplace for SaaS founders.

To bootstrap it, I'm turning myself into a human billboard for 365 days, with a daily vlog and real numbers.

My goal is crazy: $1M MRR in 12 months.
I don't know 99% of the how yet, but I have some solid 1% growth ideas.
And I'm sharing them publicly.

Connect with me and I'll help you win too.

Reply with:
what you're building
your URL or @handle

Every reply goes on my Supporters Wall.

P.S. Your project might also end up on top of my orange helmet billboard.
P.S.2 Yes, I'll handwrite it and record a video.

What are you building?

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@a_shimanski How you write for reddit to get views? Just mentioning plugin name?

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@Anushkaa1407 @Calendly @loom @typeform @figma Best kind of growth: every time someone uses it, somebody new sees it.
I'd ask every founder which part of their product could do that.

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@shivamA2k Your first dollar teaches more than the next thousand.
Where do you expect LicenceMate's first paying user to come from, search or word of mouth?

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@_itsajay__ Same as ad keywords: name it after what people type, not what you like to call it.
How much did downloads move after the rename?

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@MrSaaSBuilder Agree. One line of real feedback is worth more than a like.
I'd add: say what you'd change, not just that it looks nice.

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@hlotiim Agree. Consistency gets you seen, but people only buy when every post points at one clear problem.
What ended up working for you?

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@ipanditshashi The mistake I see most often is building first and finding the channel later.
Pick where the first 100 users come from before writing anything.

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@marsc_hb Congrats. Over a year without posting and still growing tells you the product was doing the work.
What was the biggest channel getting you from 2.5k to 10k?

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@SerhanYavcin A flat price is easy to say yes to when you're at $5k MRR.
Are more signups coming from that comparison, or from founders who just saw a failed payment?

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@MarkoCirix Same in paid ads: reach looks great in a report, cost per customer is what pays the bills.
How do you track ROI from AI search citations, if at all?

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@kaynesheenan @FilipPanoski Good thread. The years at $0 are the part nobody screenshots.
Was there one thing most of them did in common before it turned?

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@rohangotwal Adding a premium tier on day 4 because people were already paying is a great move.
Did the $199 buyer ask questions first or just buy?

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@guilleflorvs Good example. The niche that people complain about every month is usually the best wedge.
FX fees were a pain everyone already felt.

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@pasztordavid Hard lesson and a rare one to share publicly.
Looking back, what would you have said in that first meeting?

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@Alpicode Good call not counting a trial that hasn't opened the app in 12 days.
Are your paying ones coming from one box or gym, or from all over?

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@toasiif Congrats on the first sale. Building from your own frustration usually means you know where the buyers hang out.
Do you know how that first buyer found it?

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@SMAbdullahAhsan Agree. Mine would say: here's what you used last week, and here's what's new since you joined.
A discount just teaches people to tap cancel.

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@mariluukkainen Love that the users picked the niches for you.
Would you lean into the university forums? Class groups refill with new students every year.

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@madsmadsdk Same thing I see with ads. Traffic only converts when there's already some proof people want it.
What was the first signal you'd now wait for before launching?