How I Used Reddit To Build a $25K/Month Business
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Aug 9, 2025
Meet Avneesh, he grew his app to $25K/month using Reddit & Facebook, without spending any money on ads.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Who is Avneesh
1:28 - Idea for Savewise
2:26 - Trying to find customers
3:32 - The 2 platforms that worked
4:07 - 5-Step Marketing Playbook
7:55 - Build YOUR app with AI in 12 days
8:35 - Getting 1500 visitors from one post
9:51 - The post that changed everything
11:10 - Numbers behind Savewise
11:57 - Tech stack
12:53 - Understand your customer
13:50 - The final word
This video is an educational case study of one founder’s experience. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee any income or results. Every business is different and your results may vary.
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No tools listed for this business.
Started
off
really
slow
but
we're
doing
about
25
000
a
month
in
revenue
now
This
is
Avnish
He's
a
solopreneur
who
built
a
25
000
per
month
business
in
just
15
months
with
one
strategy
This
was
the
post
that
took
me
from
single
thousands
of
users
to
tens
of
thousands
of
users
And
what's
even
crazier
is
that
he
used
this
strategy
to
get
thousands
of
users
users
without
spending
a
dime
on
marketing
I
brought
Avnish
onto
the
channel
to
break
down
his
playbook
that
helped
him
grow
to
25
000
a
month
In
this
episode
we'll
dive
into
what
everyone
gets
wrong
about
marketing
and
getting
users
his
five
step
playbook
to
dominate
Reddit
and
Facebook
groups
and
a
deep
dive
into
the
exact
posts
that
changed
his
business
So
that's
my
five
step
process
for
figuring
out
how
to
get
your
early
users
from
Facebook
groups
and
Reddit
If
you're
stuck
and
trying
to
figure
out
exactly
how
to
get
users
to
your
project
this
one's
for
you
All
right
let's
get
into
it
I'm
Pat
Walls
and
this
is
Starter
Story
All
right
Avnish
welcome
to
the
channel
Tell
me
about
who
you
are
what
you
built
and
what's
your
story
My
name
is
Avnish
I'm
the
founder
of
a
product
called
SaveWise
which
is
a
platform
that
helps
people
earn
credit
card
points
and
airline
miles
for
things
they're
already
buying
online
Started
off
really
slow
but
as
I
kind
of
found
my
footing
with
figuring
out
how
find
my
users
it's
really
taken
off
and
we're
doing
about
25
000
a
month
in
revenue
now
Cool
All
right
well
let's
go
back
to
the
idea
Tell
me
about
what
you
were
doing
before
How
did
you
come
up
with
the
idea
for
SaveWise
How
did
we
get
here
Yeah
so
I've
always
worked
in
the
tech
industry
I've
worked
at
companies
like
Microsoft
and
Instagram
Foursquare
and
Dropbox
but
I
eventually
left
because
I
always
had
this
voice
in
the
back
of
my
head
where
I
knew
I
wanted
to
build
something
from
scratch
that
nothing
existed
before
I
actually
worked
on
it
And
in
these
couple
of
months
where
I
was
brainstorming
I
kept
coming
back
to
the
fact
that
I
am
really
good
at
figuring
out
how
to
find
deals
and
stack
coupons
and
promo
codes
and
earn
credit
card
points
online
And
at
some
point
it
sort
of
hit
me
that
this
is
such
an
incredibly
manual
process
there
had
to
be
a
better
way
to
do
it
And
so
I
looked
online
to
see
if
there
was
a
product
that
fit
what
my
process
was
and
there
really
wasn't
And
so
I
figured
you
know
what
if
nothing
else
this
is
a
thing
that
I
would
want
So
let
me
just
try
building
it
and
see
where
it
goes
It
took
a
lot
of
hard
work
and
eventually
turned
into
what
is
now
SaveWise
today
That's
awesome
So
you
find
this
personal
problem
you
build
the
thing
but
then
you
realize
you
have
to
get
customers
What
happens
next
Yeah
it
was
a
pretty
tough
realization
that
I
built
a
product
that
was
kind
of
working
for
me
but
then
I
had
to
go
and
find
people
to
actually
use
it
I
posted
on
Product
Hunt
I
posted
on
Hacker
News
I
posted
on
IndieHackers
and
I
actually
got
tons
of
traffic
And
then
quickly
realized
that
none
of
those
people
stuck
I
think
the
bounce
rate
was
like
95
96
I
got
none
of
the
feedback
that
I
was
actually
looking
for
Then
I
thought
I
need
to
reach
out
to
influencers
and
creators
and
people
who
have
big
audiences
that
can
really
push
my
product
for
me
I
probably
sent
300
400
different
emails
and
messages
messages
I
got
a
single
email
back
out
of
all
of
those
Nobody
who
has
an
audience
or
influence
cares
about
a
product
that
is
not
ready
is
still
looking
for
feedback
So
at
that
point
I
knew
I
needed
to
take
a
very
different
approach
a
very
targeted
approach
and
to
find
the
people
that
this
product
was
specifically
designed
for
that
I
wasn't
currently
reaching
through
those
tactics
Thanks
for
sharing
that
One
of
the
big
reasons
why
I
wanted
to
bring
you
on
the
channel
is
when
we
talked
you
had
told
me
about
how
you
did
find
that
strategy
how
you
did
find
those
platforms
What
were
those
platforms
What
actually
worked
So
there
were
two
main
platforms
that
really
worked
for
me
The
first
was
Reddit
and
the
other
was
Facebook
groups
specifically
And
so
that
was
sort
of
the
initial
click
in
my
head
of
focus
on
subreddits
that
were
more
related
to
using
products
rather
than
building
products
unlike
the
IndieHackers
and
the
SaaS
subreddits
and
focus
on
the
Facebook
groups
where
people
organized
around
travel
and
credit
card
points
and
things
like
that
Yeah
Thanks
for
sharing
that
I
think
that's
a
huge
realization
that
a
lot
of
people
who
come
on
the
channel
talk
about
Can
you
break
down
how
to
get
customers
on
Reddit
and
how
to
get
customers
on
Facebook
So
I've
managed
to
break
down
my
process
into
basically
a
five
step
playbook
for
finding
your
initial
users
online
The
first
step
is
to
just
brainstorm
5
10
15
different
keywords
interests
demographics
that
are
the
kind
of
people
who
would
actually
use
your
product
online
So
when
you
search
Reddit
for
example
for
some
of
these
interest
words
or
communities
you're
going
to
find
a
few
communities
that
make
a
lot
of
sense
for
your
product
And
one
tool
that
I
found
really
really
valuable
was
something
called
the
map
of
Reddit
And
what
this
tool
does
is
you
basically
enter
a
single
subreddit
so
credit
cards
for
example
and
it
will
search
all
of
Reddit
and
visually
map
out
all
of
the
different
subreddit
communities
that
are
vaguely
or
very
directly
related
to
that
particular
subreddit
And
so
it
almost
allowed
me
to
traverse
from
one
community
to
several
different
related
communities
where
I
could
find
more
and
more
of
these
potential
target
users
and
customers
of
my
eventual
products
The
second
perhaps
most
important
step
is
when
you
join
these
Reddit
and
Facebook
groups
do
not
initially
host
in
those
groups
Some
of
the
things
that
I
would
try
to
pay
attention
to
were
what
were
the
kinds
of
things
people
were
talking
about
How
were
they
talking
about
them
That
gave
me
a
really
good
way
to
brainstorm
what
was
the
way
to
actually
enter
into
the
conversation
rather
than
just
heavily
promoting
and
advertising
my
product
because
that
was
simply
not
going
to
work
Step
three
is
for
each
community
you
want
to
identify
the
goal
for
posting
in
that
community
If
you
were
to
get
the
attention
of
these
users
what
is
it
that
you
actually
want
out
of
this
group
It
could
be
that
you're
trying
to
understand
what
other
products
people
use
or
what
other
problems
people
have
You
could
just
be
trying
to
actually
get
people
to
try
your
product
for
the
first
time
But
once
you
identify
what
your
goal
actually
is
that
will
heavily
influence
how
you
post
and
what
you
post
when
you
also
factor
in
some
of
the
mannerisms
and
etiquettes
of
these
different
communities
And
then
the
other
thing
that
I'd
say
is
starting
in
the
comments
before
you
actually
do
a
top
level
post
Starting
in
the
comments
is
a
very
low
risk
way
of
figuring
out
is
this
type
of
stuff
you're
saying
or
asking
actually
resonating
with
the
community
And
once
you
feel
like
you're
starting
to
gain
traction
in
a
Facebook
group
or
a
subreddit
then
you
can
gradually
work
your
way
to
a
top
level
post
which
obviously
is
going
going
to
have
a
lot
more
eyeballs
to
it
Step
four
is
you
want
to
set
up
keyword
alerts
on
a
product
like
F5bot
for
any
time
people
are
talking
about
your
product
or
topic
areas
And
I
entered
a
bunch
bunch
of
keywords
very
similar
to
the
interest
groups
and
communities
that
I
brainstormed
early
on
and
basically
said
email
me
every
time
someone
on
Reddit
mentions
these
few
keywords
And
I
would
get
a
real
time
alert
and
I
would
go
and
read
that
entire
post
on
Reddit
and
Facebook
and
see
is
there
an
opportunity
for
me
to
get
feedback
about
the
product
that
I'm
building
or
better
understand
the
needs
and
wants
of
my
target
user
base
And
step
five
is
to
just
be
as
helpful
as
possible
possible
when
you're
posting
online
There
are
so
many
people
out
there
looking
for
advice
looking
for
opinions
from
people
who
are
not
necessarily
experts
but
just
know
a
little
bit
more
than
them
And
so
once
I
figured
out
a
way
to
just
organically
and
naturally
be
helpful
by
giving
tips
to
people
on
how
to
earn
credit
card
points
online
or
whatever
which
is
again
very
related
to
my
product
that
then
earned
me
the
right
to
also
mention
my
product
in
some
of
these
comments
and
posts
And
so
that's
my
five
step
process
for
figuring
out
how
to
get
your
early
users
from
Facebook
groups
and
Reddit
All
right
Pat
from
the
future
here
We're
putting
the
finishing
touches
on
this
video
right
now
And
I
just
wanted
to
mention
how
much
I
love
the
specific
steps
Avneesh
shares
to
market
his
app
But
if
you
don't
have
a
project
to
actually
talk
about
and
market
then
I
have
something
that
might
be
for
you
We
just
launched
Starter
Story
Build
It's
a
program
where
you
will
learn
how
to
use
AI
to
build
and
launch
your
product
to
the
world
The
best
part
about
Starter
Story
Build
is
that
you
don't
need
to
have
any
coding
experience
We'll
give
you
the
right
prompts
to
use
so
that
AI
does
all
the
work
for
you
when
it
comes
to
building
your
product
If
you're
actually
ready
to
build
and
launch
your
product
just
head
to
the
link
in
the
description
to
check
out
Starter
Story
Build
All
right
let's
get
back
to
the
story
I
think
that's
an
amazing
process
for
people
to
follow
But
what
I
really
want
to
understand
from
you
Avneesh
is
how
did
you
actually
do
this
Would
it
be
possible
for
you
to
actually
pull
up
a
Facebook
group
and
show
us
what
you
did
what
you
posted
and
how
that
led
to
you
generating
revenue
So
when
I
was
searching
Facebook
groups
for
interest
keywords
that
were
related
to
my
product
one
of
the
words
that
was
Rakuten
And
I
stumbled
upon
this
group
called
Rakuten
Stacks
How
to
Double
Dip
with
Rakuten
And
what
I
realized
was
there
were
thousands
of
people
in
this
group
manually
looking
for
these
offers
that
my
product
could
do
with
a
single
query
And
so
I
wrote
a
SQL
query
that
literally
put
together
this
list
based
on
the
data
that
my
product
had
I
posted
a
link
to
this
sheet
in
this
post
And
when
a
member
of
the
group
opened
this
sheet
they
would
be
met
with
this
which
was
the
exact
list
that
I
posted
a
list
of
stores
the
Rakuten
offers
and
the
American
Express
offers
But
then
what
they
also
saw
was
the
link
to
my
website
which
is
where
all
of
the
data
was
actually
coming
from
I
had
over
1
500
people
visit
the
website
just
from
posting
this
spreadsheet
in
this
Facebook
group
Well
thanks
for
sharing
that
post
in
the
Facebook
group
I
think
that's
super
cool
Let's
now
move
to
Reddit
Can
you
show
me
a
specific
example
from
Reddit
that
really
drove
customers
for
you
Yeah
absolutely
So
what
I
did
was
instead
of
just
posting
immediately
I
joined
the
community
I
monitored
it
for
a
few
weeks
and
realized
that
I
could
post
about
it
in
their
weekly
Q
A
threads
in
the
comments
So
that's
exactly
what
I
did
Every
week
or
so
I
would
join
that
weekly
comment
thread
post
the
website
and
ask
for
feedback
And
after
about
three
and
a
half
months
I
built
out
all
of
the
core
functionality
that
members
of
the
the
community
were
just
straight
up
telling
me
about
And
at
that
point
I
messaged
the
moderator
back
and
said
Hey
are
you
still
okay
with
me
doing
a
top
level
post
They
said
yes
And
I
went
ahead
and
posted
and
this
is
the
post
that
you
see
here
And
it
blew
up
And
so
this
Reddit
post
alone
sort
of
gives
me
the
playbook
that
I
would
always
use
which
is
find
your
target
communities
on
Reddit
and
Facebook
Engage
in
the
comments
after
observing
the
behavior
of
other
members
of
the
group
And
then
when
you're
ready
to
start
posting
in
the
comments
and
at
the
top
level
post
work
with
the
admins
of
the
groups
the
moderators
of
the
group
to
figure
out
how
to
get
a
top
level
post
when
your
product
is
ready
All
right
well
thank
you
for
sharing
Now
I
want
to
move
to
some
of
the
numbers
behind
the
business
Once
you
find
this
growth
strategy
it
starts
growing
How's
this
business
doing
now
And
what
are
the
numbers
behind
SaveLives
We
are
now
at
a
point
point
where
we're
doing
approximately
25
000
of
revenue
a
month
And
we're
in
the
tens
of
thousands
of
users
now
We
have
about
1
500
paying
customers
right
now
What's
most
fascinating
is
that
I
learned
consumers
hate
subscriptions
I
initially
launched
a
subscription
product
And
the
day
that
I
launched
a
subscription
product
I
had
several
emails
from
members
who
wanted
to
buy
the
pro
product
asking
for
a
lifetime
membership
where
they
were
willing
to
pay
for
two
plus
years
worth
of
the
pro
membership
all
up
front
That
is
now
about
97
of
the
revenue
people
choosing
the
lifetime
plan
over
a
monthly
or
yearly
subscription
plan
All
right
well
let's
switch
topics
a
little
bit
I
know
that
you
built
a
lot
of
this
app
and
built
the
early
versions
of
it
and
still
work
on
it
What's
the
tech
stack
behind
SaveLives
Let's
start
with
the
front
end
So
the
front
end
is
built
in
Next
js
I
host
the
web
app
on
Vercel
All
of
the
data
processing
database
architecture
is
all
hosted
on
Azure
So
there's
a
lot
of
data
that
my
product
hosts
and
I
need
a
really
easy
way
to
interact
with
that
data
So
I
use
Retool
for
that
I
use
Clerk
which
allows
users
to
sign
sign
up
for
accounts
with
Google
Apple
etc
And
I
use
vZero
which
was
perhaps
like
the
biggest
unlock
for
me
in
the
last
six
months
Before
I
was
trying
to
design
everything
in
Figma
For
tracking
product
analytics
I
use
PostHog
And
a
big
part
of
my
core
workflow
now
is
using
AI
products
like
ChatGPT
and
Copilot
or
Cursor
And
then
the
last
tool
that
I
use
pretty
regularly
is
Google
Analytics
just
to
see
the
real
time
traffic
on
the
website
All
right
well
last
question
that
we
have
for
everyone
who
comes
on
Starter
Story
everyone
who's
built
cool
stuff
like
you
advice
would
you
have
for
young
Avneesh
before
you
started
before
you
kind
of
made
your
first
dollar
and
found
this
idea
What
advice
would
you
have
for
him
Something
that
I
always
thought
was
true
was
that
understanding
your
target
customer
was
really
really
important
for
the
specific
features
that
you
built
And
that's
still
true
But
I
think
my
realization
through
this
whole
process
is
that
understanding
your
target
customer
and
everything
about
them
is
even
more
useful
for
the
marketing
part
of
it
and
going
to
market
figuring
out
where
do
my
target
customers
hang
out
on
the
internet
It
has
been
way
more
impactful
for
that
And
so
never
forget
about
your
target
customer
who
they
are
because
it'll
guide
you
not
just
for
what
to
build
but
how
to
go
and
get
that
product
into
their
hands
Well
that's
great
advice
Thank
you
Avneesh
for
coming
on
the
channel
Thanks
for
sharing
everything
that
you've
learned
and
hope
to
see
you
soon
Thanks
for
having
me
Pat
Again
I
wanted
to
thank
Avneesh
for
coming
onto
the
channel
I
personally
love
how
he
broke
down
the
exact
steps
that
he
just
used
within
the
last
year
to
get
thousands
of
users
users
to
his
app
If
you're
watching
this
is
something
that
you
can
go
do
right
now
But
if
you're
still
in
the
place
where
you're
looking
for
your
next
project
then
I
think
you
should
check
out
Starter
Story
Build
It's
our
program
where
we
help
you
find
an
idea
build
it
with
AI
and
ship
it
to
the
real
world
In
just
a
few
days
you
can
have
a
real
project
that
you
can
talk
about
online
just
like
Avneesh
Just
head
to
the
link
in
the
description
to
learn
more
and
join
Starter
Story
Build
All
right
that's
it
for
this
episode
Thank
you
guys
for
watching
I'll
see
you
in
the
next
one
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