A niche SaaS product that solves a personally experienced problem for a specific technical user group
Build a focused software product around a problem the founders have personally experienced. The example product, Post For Me, helps developers and other technical users integrate social-media posting into their applications.
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From Chris Koerner on The Koerner Office Podcast — How to Get People to Pay You (Free, No Audience) at 01:53
Problem: Developers need a scalable way to add social-media posting and related automation to their own software products.
For: Technical users, developers, SaaS companies, and product teams that need social-media posting integrations, marketing automation, or agent capabilities.
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Examples
- Post For Me: a social-media integration SaaS aimed at technical users. It reached $500 in monthly recurring revenue after five months, exceeded $5,000 in monthly recurring revenue within eight months, and later crossed $10,000 in monthly recurring revenue.
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