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Upvoty
SaaS B2B

Upvoty is a user feedback tool that helps product teams collect, manage, prioritize, and act on customer feedback in one platform.

upvoty.com · Founded 2019 · 26 public sources · Updated 3 months ago

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How Upvoty Grew

User feedback tool for product teams

How did Upvoty grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Upvoty grew through multiple channels including guest posting, which boosted their brand and SEO rankings. They gained many signups from online communities such as Indie Hackers, Product Hunt, Makerlog, and BetaList, and by engaging with SaaS founders and product managers on forums and Facebook groups. Organic social media efforts involved sharing within a personal network on Instagram and YouTube, and participating in Facebook groups to attract beta users. Their product itself contributed to growth by including a 'Powered by Upvoty' mention and link in their feedback portal, generating referrals from customers of their customers.

Channels

8 channels · grouped by how Upvoty grows

  • Organic social media

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “I also shared it within my network (back then I had a pretty big following base on both Instagram and YouTube), and I participated in FB groups a lot, just to attract some first beta users.”
    high
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    “Website (https://www.upvoty.com/) Our blog (https://www.upvoty.com/blog/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/upvoty/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/upvoty/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/upvoty)”
    medium

  • Email marketing

    · 2 mentions
    “One of the things that is working very well for me is to make a personal connection with every customer that signs up. I will send them a personal email to start a quick chat about them and their businesses.”
    high
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    “One of the things that is working very well for me is to make a personal connection with every customer that signs up. I will send them a personal email to start a quick chat about them and their businesses.”
    high

  • Online Community

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “And we started to engage more with SaaS founders and product managers on forums, Facebook Groups, etc. We quickly saw our sign-ups and traffic increase.”
    high
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    “Most of those signups came from communities such as Indie Hackers, Product Hunt, Makerlog, and platforms such as BetaList.”
    high

  • Product Hunt

    · 1 mention
    “After working on a new version, we were ready to launch publicly in February and launched worldwide on Product Hunt (https://www.producthunt.com/posts/upvoty-2) in March. Within 2 months we had over 10 paying customers. This was the real validation for our product.”
    high

  • Content marketing

    · 1 mention
    “Once we figured out our perfect customer, we started focusing more on writing content (https://www.upvoty.com/saas-customer-feedback-dont-under-promise-over-deliver/) for this audience.”
    high

  • SEO

    · 1 mention
    “Once we figured out our perfect customer, we started focusing more on writing content for this audience.”
    medium

  • Guest posting

    · 1 mention
    “did a lot of interviews (which not only boosted our brand, but also our SEO rankings).”
    high

  • Word of mouth

    · 1 mention
    “One of the things that is working very well for me is to make a personal connection with every customer that signs up. I will send them a personal email to start a quick chat about them and their businesses.”
    high

How 3,222 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Upvoty’s highlighted.
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    64% ◀
  • Social media
    63% ◀
  • Search/SEO
    58% ◀
  • Email
    47% ◀
  • Community
    37% ◀
  • Content/Inbound
    35% ◀
  • Partnerships
    32%
  • Events
    24%
  • Paid ads
    23%
  • Outbound/Sales
    19%
  • Press/PR
    17%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    12%
  • Podcasting
    4%
  • Influencer partnerships
    3%
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