3 myths that keep small SaaS off server-side tracking:
1. "It's for big companies" -> small budgets miss it most
2. "It needs a data team" -> one setup, done once
3. "It needs big servers" -> one small server works
Myth #1 hurts tiny ad budgets most. Prove me wrong.
Client vs server tracking, 4 differences:
1. Sender: visitor's browser vs your server
2. Blockers: easy to cut vs much harder
3. Control: tags take data vs you choose
4. Page load: many scripts vs one
I'd move purchases first. Which event would you move first?
4 places I'd look for a boring micro-SaaS idea:
1. Spreadsheets emailed around every week
2. Work reminders set on personal phones
3. PDFs that get retyped into another system
4. Jobs people call "admin" and hate doing
I'd start with #3. Retyping is waste people pay to kill.
3 things ad blockers quietly cut from your data:
1. Meta Pixel and Google Ads tags
2. GA pageviews and conversions
3. Retargeting audiences (blocked users never join them)
I'd bet your real cost per customer is lower than your dashboard says. Disagree?
3 ways to earn from a Laravel deploy checklist:
1. Sell it as a fixed-price launch audit
2. Turn it into a monthly "keep it running" plan
3. Give it away free to win dev or hosting clients
I'd pick #2. One-off audits don't pay twice.
3 numbers decide if your ROAS is real: ad spend, signups, and paid customers.
Most SaaS dashboards only count the first two. A ROAS built on signups is a guess.
Name one metric you trust more than ROAS.
"Docker is too complex for a non-engineer founder."
For n8n it's one container: your automations in a box you can start, stop and move.
I'd say it's easier than most no-code tool setups. Change my mind.
Which one is right, GA4 or Meta?
Wrong question.
They answer different questions. GA4 asks which channel gets credit. Meta asks what did my ads cause.
Card below shows how to compare them without going crazy.
Disagree? Tell me how you reconcile them.
You just launched. Someone signs up. Then you realize you can't tell where they came from.
I put the 3 free tools I'd set up on day one on a card.
If your list has a different third tool, I want to hear it.
1 post a day, every day, from here on.
I'm building FlyNode in public: hosting for SaaS apps and their ad tracking. Cloud Workspace got 100 users in a single day, and I'll share what works and what breaks.
A daily post beats a big launch day.
4 things server-side GTM does for your ads:
1. Your site sends data to your own server first
2. Your server cleans it up
3. Your server forwards it to Meta, Google and others
4. Browser blockers have less to block
Disagree? Tell me what I got wrong.