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Now, onto today’s story - Email Engine

Email Engine is a Simple Email Integration app doing $11000 MRR

  • Solo founder

  • Self hosted solution

  • Selling to other devs and businesses

Love the tagline - "Email client but for apps, not people"

This is it’s revenue -

TLDR;

Key Lessons:

Monetization Strategy

  • Always charge for your core offering; people won't pay if you don't ask

  • Use free tools and knowledge to drive traffic to your paid offerings

Customer Focus

  • Obsess over your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP)

  • Understanding your ideal user is crucial for feature development, copywriting, and content creation

Marketing Approach

  • Don't underestimate the power of SEO

  • Andris' free tools attract over 100,000 visitors annually through organic SEO, serving as his primary marketing channel

Read the full case study -

(👆I keep this page updated with their latest revenue numbers and new insights from their journey)

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That’s it for today, see you next week.

best,

Ayush 🙏

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