$13K MRR with $0 marketing spend
Bhanu grew SiteGPT to $13,000 monthly recurring revenue entirely through organic channels, spending nothing on paid marketing.
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Oct 26, 2026
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Hook: $13K MRR, $0 Marketing
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Pat Walls opens the main content with a sharp hook — almost 1 million website visitors, $0 in paid marketing. He introduces Bhanu as a builder, not a marketer, and frames the episode explicitly for the segment of his audience that always asks: 'building is cool, but how do I market my app?' Pat promises to deliver Bhanu's 7-step process that drives thousands of monthly clicks for free, and flags it as essential viewing for builders who hate marketing. The framing is deliberate: this is not a story about a marketer who can code, but a coder who found a way to market without becoming a marketer.
Zero Dollars, 1 Million Visitors
SiteGPT attracted over 1 million visitors and $500K in total revenue without spending a cent on paid marketing. The secret: engineering as marketing — building free tools that rank on Google.
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