1 hours a day spent marketing my app (making + posting 6 videos)
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Updated: July 25th, 2025

The Post

  • Title/Hook: 1 hours a day spent marketing my app (making + posting 6 videos)
  • Format: My Productivity Routine
  • Impressions: 907000
  • How many followers they had at the time:

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Why it works

🔥 1. It promises an outcome people crave “30,000 downloads… 100% free. You too can grow any B2C app for absolutely free.”

That’s a powerful claim.

It offers a dream result (thousands of downloads) with a zero-cost method (free social media).

This hooks indie hackers, solo founders, and app devs who are desperate for traction.

🧠 2. It speaks directly to the reader “Yes YOU CAN. YOU READING THIS.”

That conversational, in-your-face tone breaks scrolling patterns.

It mimics viral TikTok energy: bold, motivational, personal.

🧵 3. It’s structured like a high-retention thread Starts with a strong claim and promise.

Then builds a step-by-step guide that feels easy and doable.

Sprinkles in urgency, like:

“if you bookmark this, you won’t take action…”

🧪 4. It teaches with personal proof “I got 30,000 downloads doing this.” “Took me 300+ videos to figure it out.”

It’s not abstract advice — it’s lived experience.

That makes people trust it and feel like “If they did it, maybe I can too.”

📈 5. It gives a mini system with specifics Warming up accounts? Never heard that before.

Scroll 15 minutes/day? Super specific.

1 reel with 500K views = benchmark.

It’s tactical AF, not fluffy advice.

🧲 6. It subtly plugs a product, without ruining the value “I use @postbridge_ to do this — $9/mo, 10x cheaper…”

The plug doesn’t interrupt the value — it adds to the credibility.

Most readers likely didn’t mind it — some probably signed up.

📢 7. It’s high-energy + motivational It ends with a rallying cry:

“OKAY NOW GO GO GO TRY IT!”

There’s real belief in the reader — and that feels good.

meet the author
Pat Walls

I'm Pat Walls and I created Starter Story - a website dedicated to helping people start businesses. We interview entrepreneurs from around the world about how they started and grew their businesses.