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AutoViral was built quietly over nine months with no audience, no launch strategy, and no marketing — just a validated idea and a clear gap in the market. The founders used scrappy growth tactics to get to $1,000 MRR and 50 paying users, and now they’re leaning into partnerships to scale.
Actionable Takeaways:
- Early validation > public hype. They didn’t build in public or post progress. What gave them confidence was seeing real results from a scrappy MVP — enough proof that people would pay.
- Leverage the communities you’re already in. Most of their growth came from Telegram, Reddit, and Discord. They didn’t chase new channels. They showed up where their ICP was already active.
- Play both sides of the conversation. One tactic: they posed as users looking for a tool, then replied from another account recommending their own. It worked.
- Automate what you can — but stay close to it. They used their own tool to run automations on X, but kept a close eye and jumped in manually when needed. Automate to scale, not to forget.
- Partnerships compound over time. Now that they have traction, they’re partnering with creators in adjacent spaces. It’s a low-effort way to tap into someone else’s audience — and they’re doing it with affiliate links to keep it win-win.
