Cross-promo is unique differentiator
The founder describes cross-promotion across his own product portfolio as a strategy that is quite unique to him.
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Aug 2, 2026
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SEO as primary growth channel
Before other tactics, the founder defaults to SEO as the first and most-used growth channel for new products.
4 marketing channels used
The founder uses four main marketing channels: SEO, social media, directory listings, and cross-promotion.
Cross-promo: users try multiple products
Every user who tries one of the founder's products ends up trying at least one more, and many try all of them.
Social media on 4+ platforms
The founder runs social media marketing on X, LinkedIn, Substack, and Facebook simultaneously.
Directory listings as growth lever
Directory listings are described as a very effective growth channel, especially for AI products that are clickable and interesting.
Clickbait-friendly products win directories
Products that are inherently interesting or clickbaity are much easier to drive traffic from through directory listings.
Hundreds of thousands of users reached
Using these four strategies, the founder has grown multiple products to hundreds of thousands of users.
500K impressions from one tweet
A single post tapping into the AI coding debate drove close to 500,000 impressions, making it the founder's best-performing piece of content.
