Kuhn: 75% of Beamer's paying customers come from organic channels
Spencer Kuhn · 1761 Changelog Software Hits $650k Revenue, Bootstrapped From Spain · May 20, 2020 · at 9:47
Spencer Kuhn discusses Beamer's customer acquisition strategy and organic inbound engine on the Top Founders podcast.
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“So in terms of like how we generate our paying customers, about 75% comes from organic.”
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