Ben

Solo founder. 2 products, building in public.
— get found by AI search
— grew to 500 users/day with Ralf

[Ben @benshipssolo]

I took Free Room Planner from 0 to 450 visitors a day in four months.

No agency, no content team. Three things did it:
- Link building aimed at AI citations and my competitors' backlinks
- On-page SEO
- Content written for the keywords buyers actually search

I built the system for my own site first. It worked well enough that I turned it into a product: Ralf.

The first beta was oversubscribed, so I'm opening 50 more places in cohort 2.

https://t.co/5OcJn18DiH

[Ben @benshipssolo]

@RickyDPR I'd be curious how often suppliers say yes to this

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@jonathan_wilke Definitely agree with talking to customers before changing positioning, otherwise you won't know what fixed it

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@james406 pitch deck: directions. use of funds: gambling. love the efficiency

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@Feedo66 The "without shortcuts" part is doing most of the work here.

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@karanC_12 The reply is basically free marketing, if you put the time in.

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@LinkedinGirlie How long did it take to find a posting routine that felt sustainable?

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@Manixh02 I'd steal the form layouts first, buttons are the easy part.

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@Bigmelissa_1 I'd give an agent a tiny wallet first to test it

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@DmytroKrasun I'd still review the decisions, even if AI writes every line.

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@AIHighlight The old webpage archive alone is worth the bookmark.

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@ThinksDylan The useful filter was asking for reasons, not just names.

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@omarvvvr Still figuring it out, but documenting beats studying viral posts for me

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@boringmarketer The second-home economy sounds a lot better than selling to AI founders.

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@rauchg @aisdk Self-maintaining software still needs someone to define "quality”

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@tibo_maker one honest tool shoutout from a user can beat a week of "growth" tactics

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@princeNFA @ActionModelAI The real test is how it recovers when a tool fails

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@china_saparbek app review always picks the worst possible moment to test your patience

[Ben @benshipssolo]

@zamdoteth That first vacation in two years probably felt like the actual liquidity event

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@AndrewBolis The churn prompt needs the most actual data, not just better wording.

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@SimonHoiberg Curious what happens to current paid users when the gates come off