AdWords

9 statements across 9 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Jul 4, 2017 by Allan Wille · across every show →

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Jul 4, 2017 neutral

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Wille: Klipfolio spends roughly $120k monthly on digital advertising

“So we've upped it to about a 120,000 per month.”

Allan Wille Jul 4, 2017 ▶ 14:34 710: How This SaaS Company is Using $20 Million to Scale

Jun 9, 2018

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Stefan Fountain: PR.co spent $12K–$15K testing paid channels before stopping

“So I think we spent about maybe 12 K up to 15 K on different sources. Most of that was AdWords, some of it various different channels.”

Stefan Fountain Jun 9, 2018 ▶ 13:00 1050 3+ Years to Hit $20k in MRR, Sell and Get Out!

Oct 8, 2018

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Lemlist targets competitor keywords on AdWords to acquire monthly subscribers

“So affiliates customer cold email and AdWords. We're going to try to steal like some competitors you know, like yeah.”

Guillaume Moubeche Oct 8, 2018 ▶ 11:33 1171 New Founder Talks First 30 Days, $160k in Revenue, Next Steps

Oct 28, 2018 negative

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Hubstaff failed to scale paid ads despite hiring five consultants

“We've tried everything. It seems like we've tried everything. I've tried about five different consultants. We've tried Facebook. We've tried AdWords and you know, it's not like things are terrible. It's just their channel. We have not been able to scale anythi…”

Dave Nevogt Oct 28, 2018 ▶ 3:23 1191 How Bootstrapped Time Tracking CEO Drives 100% yoy Growth, $3.8m in ARR

Apr 4, 2019 negative

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Mommens: Paid AdWords and ad platforms failed for LinkCheetah

“And I tried to spend some money on AdWords and other advertisement platform, but it didn't work, and so what works the best for us is is organic traffic and work on our own SEO.”

Francois Mommens Apr 4, 2019 ▶ 8:22 1349 Blogger Mentions Tool, Now $100k in ARR and CEO Doubling Down

Jan 12, 2020 neutral

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Wimi sees a roughly 12-month CAC payback on paid marketing

“Yeah, it's about 12 month payback, yeah.”

Lionel Roux Jan 12, 2020 ▶ 13:44 1632 How He Got 1000 Customers from 42,000 Free Users, $150k in MRR

Jun 9, 2020 positive

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Phil Strazzulla claims his platform offers lower CPA than G2 and LinkedIn

“Your CPC, your CPA is much lower relative to AdWords, LinkedIn, Capterra, G two, sort of all the best alternatives.”

Phil Strazzulla Jun 9, 2020 ▶ 9:15 "Ex VC Bootstrapping New G2 Competitor, 24 Customers, $12k MRR "

Oct 20, 2020 positive

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Deken: Facebook Ads Have Outperformed Google AdWords for Unstack

“We haven't done a lot of paid at surprisingly Facebook has worked better than AdWords.”

Grant Deken Oct 20, 2020 ▶ 16:27 Unstack CMS All In One Hits $10k MRR, Adding $2500/mo, 16k Uniques from ProductHunt Launch

Feb 13, 2021 positive

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BrandOverflow converted three test users into custom $1,500 per month contracts

“Three of those customers went up To the 1500 dollars per month plan, which we offered them in a custom basis.”

Ahmed Qureshi Feb 13, 2021 ▶ 18:12 Wild! He Presold $250k Of His SaaS Idea. Now wants to beat SEMRush

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