Triumph in Simplicity: Our Journey to $10,000+ on AppSumo with SpeechToNote
This one was has kept us on our: toes, fire and a lots of tea and coffee.
We have finally sold more than $10,000 of licenses of speech to note on AppSumo. So yeah, when we were prepping for this launch, we took a lot of advice from my friend Shubham from HeyBase. He really helped out a lot with his suggestions and strategies for launching on AppSumo. He gave us some really valuable feedback with respect to:
How committed we should be towards -
responding to all the questions.
delivering value to our audience.
Even though our product is simple, we made sure that we were listening to the feedback and building a community around it.
As a result of this approach, we generated more than $5,000 of sales within the first two weeks of launch. And I'm talking about just our profit; in total, we made more than $10,000 of sales, taking into account platform commissions from AppSumo.
Things we did well
Kept the launch simple
Ensured we were ready to respond to all inquiries.
The first few nights were challenging, as I was answering questions well into the night, sometimes as late as 2am or 3am my time, due to a large volume of US users on AppSumo.
By being available to respond to user queries, we created a strong rapport for our product and team, which resulted in a significant number of sales in the initial days.
Key Steps That Worked in Our Favor:
Building a community around the initial adopters of AppSumo and giving them a platform to share direct feedback and suggestions for improvement.
Implementing early feedback, which led to requests like native language support in SpeechToNote, and better output for the Simple Clear format, which we promptly addressed. This has made the Simple Clear format a favorite among users.
Decision to form a community on Telegram instead of Facebook. This choice was personal as the Speech to Note team prefers Telegram for its communication effectiveness with a chat structure over a wall style.
Public roadmap sharing: We made our roadmap available to our early adopters, who in turn gave us a wealth of ideas, feature requests, and feedback which were crucial to our product development.
Taking a step back to review feedback objectively and making decisions that are best for the product and the user base, planning our releases methodically without compromising on quality.
Our biggest strength: the user experience. We've kept the product simple to use without unnecessary complications, staying true to the value proposition.
What’s ahead…
Moving forward, we intend to keep improving the product and explore new features for collaborative documentation using voice.
And Finally,
A big thanks to everyone who has supported us and to all the early adopters from AppSumo. Your trust in us and the feedback has been invaluable. Here at SpeechToNote, we're excited to keep delivering value and simplicity through our service.
Thank you so much.