Jake Glacer built one of the simplest apps I've ever seen. You almost can't believe it makes any money. But Jake found a viral idea, started marketing from the very beginning, and grew to over $50K/month in just 4 months. In this video, we break down how something this simple actually works and why a niche app like this is so easy to market.
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Chapters:
0:00 – Simples app idea ever?
0:59 – What’s your story?
1:24 – What’s the app?
2:22 – Founder background
3:00 – More simple iOS app ideas
4:03 – Finding the idea
5:59 – Build the app
7:27 – How to find successful ideas
8:59 – Growth and marketing
9:59 – Marketing example
11:05 – Deal structure
11:52 – Tracking marketing results
13:01 – Tech stack
13:59 – App demo
14:50 – Final advice: focus on marketing
15:51 – Pat and Gus reflections: a crazy simple idea
This video is an educational case study of this 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.
That shows that nowdays there are a lot of people that need a simple push to start doing something.
cant fail if you never stop trying, just try and you’re already past 99% of people 🙂
Here before I make 50k a month
Hi lets work together i have a product done. But i donr have money for influencers. So im looking for a co-founder
@juniorMris it a saas?
Hi guys! I am looking for the guys who have the same mindset as mine to earn millions. Let’s make a great team of co founders but I want more emphasis on your idea. I also many ideas but I need a good plan and people to execute them
@blinksworld1182 you’re not gonna get there lurking around in youtube comments
@juniorMrhey i am marketer, what product youve
This was a great interview
A simple problem/solution and a big focus on marketing and distribution
I think it should be pretty obvious by now. Marketing. It’s literally the thing you need to focus on the most. Product will come later.
@ScootMcNichols not sure if you’re trolling or what.. there are plenty of examples in recent years of such thing.
@ScootMcNicholsthats exactly what people do with waiting lists and building in public
Main hidden story: spend money on marketing
i dont even know how much i should spend i have less than 300$ marketing budget only.
@ktubesoccer8532this is a good number for starting mate
@ktubesoccer8532 try organically first….do some tiktok’s, facebook videos….show the pain you’re solving
*the right marketing in the right way through consistent outreach to specific people who initially might not respond, but keep going
Same, I’m trying to get my impulse spending app eyes, it’s so hard😳😳😳
we really need more information on marketing.
that’s the secret sauce
at least the amount he spent, we deserve to know it.
This video is part of the marketing.
Stop listning to youtubers and start with actions, do stuff and look at the data, grill ideas with chatgpt etc.
Going through many videos from YT influencer BSers give you nothing.
If they have a video on it, its to sell you something or harvest ad money.
If it really would work, then they wouldn’t need to make the video.
Rule nr 1, start to think for yourself and sharpen the most important tool you have, your brain
And ops like at that scale is this still a one man team?
it’s not that cryptic or complicated. it’s called ads. google ads, facebook ads, etc.
t’s very admirable, but let’s not act like he came up with the idea. I think Alarmy was the first one, and then a bunch of others followed with better marketing, including him—and that’s how it blew up. Still, it’s cool that you can take an existing idea that’s already making tons of money but has shitty marketing, do your own version, and make a tons of money. It really makes me wonder why I didn’t think of that… Anyways very inspiring story thx for the motivation for the normal folk
Reminds me of the lovely game Threes and it’s shitty but free copycat 2048
when someone opens a successful restaurant do you tell them they didnt invent the restaurant industry?
@haselhofler except in this scenario the copycat is actually not free and can’t be called crappy due to its better marketing
Please ask about the profits, you used to that, that’s the main thing, it won’t matter if they spend 49.5k to earn 50k
I’d assume it wouldn’t be terrible compared to traditional businesses
Probably make less than $5k
@Bsbqkqlqjwb no such thing as “traditional businesses”
Exactly
I’d sill be happy if I can invest $40k and then make $50k steadily each month for sure. But for $50k investment, I can easily make at least $5k from stock trading and investments, each month. Why struggle so much… relax, take a trade with peace of mind, make like 0.5% per day and in around 20 trading days, your $5k is ready as a side income.
*iOS App Ideas:* go.starterstory.com/ios-app-ideas-lm-pinned
bruh @starterstory the link didnt work Im very sad . anyway thank you gor your content you are an angel keep doing this type of content your inspirkng a bunch of dudes
Hidden: he spent a lot on marketing. That’s what we need to know. Not the idea that he started to make 50k on a zero budget
I’ve been using alarmy for the past decade. It’s completely free and has similar tasks like scanning a barcode, taking a picture of something, shaking the phone, solving math problems etc.
I’m not subscribed to this channel and I often fall for his clickbaits, and I can’t fathom how people are actually paying for these apps. I guess as you said, marketing..
He spends what the app makes on marketing thats how a normal business functions
Marketing is the king of anything.
so truee
Nobody talks about that how much they spend on marketing
Marketing is the secret sauce here
$50k a month + $85k on marketing a month = VIBESSSSSSSSSS
Looking at this, I’m starting to think my apps are actually way too cheap. Thanks for the pricing inspiration. 😄
Shocking that the marketing cost wasn’t discussed seeing as it’s the premise of the entire video!!
He never said how he built his app, what platform he used, what was his spending budget? The most important details were left out!
so in other words, if you market well, you can sell anything including pet rocks
Mentioning Claude Code when presenting your tech stack is honestly quite embarrassing to say the least.
I’m an early stage ai builder, any potential co founder or technical developer