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What Tools Starter Story Uses
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7 tools · grouped by what Starter Story uses
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Klaviyo
· 3 mentions · 3 sourcesEmail“A few months after launching Starter Story, Walls was approached by an email marketing company called Klaviyo, and they soon struck a deal that positioned the company as the exclusive sponsor of Starter Story, a relationship that lasts until this day.”
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“In March of 2019, Pat said Klaviyo started paying $4k per month, or $48k per year to sponsor the whole website and newsletter.”
medium“Our case studies & content often mention what products founders use, such as Shopify, Klaviyo, etc.”
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WordPress
· 1 mentionBlog“His initial plan was to use Wordpress to publish his blog posts, but after some initial frustrations with the platform, he ended up coding his own CMS.”
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Shopify
· 1 mentionPlatform“Our case studies & content often mention what products founders use, such as Shopify, Klaviyo, etc.”
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Pigeon
· 1 mentionCrm“He even custom-coded his own CRM that lives inside of Gmail called Pigeon (which he’s since sold to focus on Starter Story).”
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GPT-3
· 1 mention“More recently in 2023, Pat added GPT3 capabilities to help his team write intros and conclusion paragraphs more effectively.”
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Mailbrew
· 1 mention“Pat set up a tool called Mailbrew to alert him of new mentions on Twitter and other social platforms.”
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Buffer
· 1 mentionSocial media“Pat used the Buffer API to queue up his new posts based on a schedule he’s set up for posting on both Instagram and Twitter.”
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