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UX funnels for SaaS | The Funnel Days

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

How tf is nobody on SaaS Youtube/Twitter tearing down actual product funnels??

i just spent 33 minutes dissecting https://t.co/aBhbq0v11c's entire onboarding flow. A $19k MRR deep linking tool (who's a client of mine)

broke down:
→ landing page (how copy beats design)
→ signup friction points
→ empty state disasters
→ activation triggers
→ habit loops that drive retention
→ how it all connects to MRR

basically showing founders exactly where users leak and how to plug it

[paolo trivellato @paolo_scales]

STOP making your lead magnets valuable

make them actionable

people are lazier than ever

nobody wants:

- a 50-page ebook
- a 3-hour course
- a 125-step framework

they want something they can use in 60 seconds

that's why claude skills, prompts, workflows, and templates are outperforming traditional lead magnets right now

the TTV (time-to-value) has to be as little as possible

that's how your lead magnets will build real trust

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

if the same copy showing up twice on a screen then you gotta delete one

eg:

header says "create account" and the body says "create account"?

pick one ffs

duplicate copy = visual clutter with zero added value

more text doesn't make better UX

it just makes users work harder to find what matters

[Mike Strives @mikestrives]

how to build a $1m company:
solve your own damn problem

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

bootstrapped mfs are the real dons

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

your sidebar order is WAYY more important than you think and it tells users what matters.

most founders arrange features alphabetically or by dev timeline which makes no fucking sense btw

here's the hierarchy that actually works:

1. dashboard/homepage at top
2. core feature #1 (the thing they came for)
3. core feature #2 (the second reason they stay)
4. secondary features
5. settings at bottom

match navigation to importance and user intent.

if your most valuable feature is buried 6 items down, you're training users to ignore it.

do NOT neglect the importance of how your sidebar looks like bc its the compass for where your users go

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

went to Canva and decided to export these 15 minutes later

W thumbnail?

[DarylTanky @DRTnky]

There’s always a conversation on “how much income is considered rich?” in Singapore

I asked Perplexity for the latest numbers that it could dig up and here’s what it said:

Top 10% → $17,000 a month
Top 5% → $25,000 a month
Top 1% → $63,000 a month

Median → $5,775 a month

We ARE a high income country

However, you’d constantly see people complaining that they’re not making enough

And yes, I know Singapore is not necessarily the “cheapest” but it’s decent

The pursuit of wealth in Singapore has blindsided most people - it’s made them compare amongst the top 10% of the world

But if we were to just take a step back, we can all acknowledge that living and being born in Singapore is akin to striking the lottery

Singapore-maxxing

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

You could ignore what I say about SaaS and all but do not neglect these fix 3 things in your onboarding process:

1. sidebar order

users are used to the menu going from top to bottom. if your sequence is wrong, they do shit in the wrong order and bounce. reorder it to match the natural workflow. (eg; your setting should always be at the bottom)

2. loading screens on core features

every loading spinner kills momentum. your main value props should be instant or cached. if users wait 8 seconds on a butthole looking loading screen to see the thing they signed up for, you lost them.

3. add overview before builders

don't dump users straight into creation mode. give them a management dashboard first so they see the full picture, then let them build. context before action.

these are structural problems that bleed activation every single day.

Im not here to write about some "growth hacks" whatnot.

this are some fundamentals what you have to know

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

So apparently bc of @marclou people are wearing pirate hats in their pfp now

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

A mistake that developers still do is to throw users straight into the builder rather than taking them on a dashboard menu first

users need momentum before they start creating shit

here's what works better:

land them on a dashboard first
show active items, drafts, paused, deleted
let them see what exists before they build new

building from zero is intimidating
but if the build when they see the landscape, its way easier for them to continue still

this works for campaigns, content, projects, anything

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

sg is the new sf?

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

@Maxkgs8 @Tristanrhee3 fucking lazy ass slop twitter content

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

@mrberkanxk1 This has to be ages ago tho

The avengers of money twitter in 1 venue 😂

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

social proof hits different when it's fresh

when you posted 1 hour ago: "just helped my B2B client made $15k in 3 months just by email funnels"

with a YouTube video breakdown of it then they know it just happened. they know you're actively doing the thing.

real-time social proof works because it removes doubt about whether you're still winning right now.

that's why social posts convert better for nurture than long "value" posts.

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

@WisprFlow has only 1 core feature and its worth billions of dollars. Just shows that you just need to execute on 1 thing really fucking well

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

businesses who run funnels would ghost unqualified leads

that's stupid af actually

if someone's too small today doesn't mean they'll be too small next year

give them free resources, strategies or whatever helps them grow.

bc even though they're unqualified, they still going to implement your formulas and they up end scaling.

they remember who helped them when no one else would.

now they're qualified AND they already trust you

today's no becomes tomorrow's yes if you actually give a shit

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

@ianncushing They are all SaaS products so I assume that his profit margins are high

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

@TalbertHerndon "well actually you still use your fingers to click the voice tool"🤓🤓

[Fikri @fbrsaas]

@theaymanarab nah they rushed the launch of 4.8 bc market shares were dropping thats why