Weekly update #7 - I'm now Mr. Mail Blaster
Growth phase is totally different from build one. painful.
https://twitter.com/taishik_/status/1725545082789716407
This week, my focus was on Penelope AI and the AI Voiceover app.
What are the strengths of Penelope AI?
Some metrics on Penelope AI
14,556 total signups, 37 subscribers, 289 new signups this month so far (Oct was 474), and traffic this month so far is 1k.
So the conversion rate to a signup is 28.9%. Not bad.
Why did I decide to work on Penelope AI again?
When I saw these metrics, it was stupid to ignore Penelope anymore.
I made Penelope for n&w s2 by buildspace, made $400 MRR and then left it. Silly me.
After working on several new projects, I realized how hard it is to get over 10k signups. It barely happens.
Let’s revamp Penelope!
The strength of Penelope is the emails it has imo.
To start off, I was keen on understanding my users better and wanted a more direct way to chat with them. So, I set up a Discord server, similar to what Dillion did with llm.report.
Then I e-blasted to let users know about the Discord server.
The result?
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The unsubscribe rate is about 0.6% (87 / 13,733 * 100). This is ok according to Mailchimp.
The open rate (23%) is also ok according to this.
Now the Discord server has 32 ppl. So the Join-discord rate is 0.23% (32/13,733*100) 😇
I sent the second email 2 days ago to let you know I updated some of the features.
The unsubscribe rate is about 0.47% (good!), but the open rate went down.
Let’s see how far I can get when I keep updating Penelope :)
AI Voiceover app
I made an AI voiceover app for fun.
https://gptv-app.vercel.app/
I got lucky! The tweet below went kinda viral and I got 154 signups. huuuge.
I’ve added a real-time webcam narrator feature!
This app will describe you in Jim Carrey’s tone lol
So much fun lol
Life is good…
So far Chiang Mai is soooo good. Since it’s high season rn, and the co-working space I use gets busier and busier, but it’s a small thing.
This song hypes me every time I listen.
I’m sure Dina Ayanda will become one of the biggest artists.