Building in public @keeponboard. Ex, Ongage CMO, Press on It Co-founder & CMO, eToro, Wix. I write about marketing, growth, onboarding, retention, churn & GTM.

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Every single founder I talked with is terrified of these 3 questions: 1. When was the last time you emailed your customers? 2. When was the last time you called them? 3. When did you last see them f2f? If the answer is more than a few months. sorry friend. They are already on their way out. You just don't know it yet. Oh, you want to do it now? Wait a sec, that might be risky. They might cancel whatever agreement you had. Subscriptions, contracts, all of them share the same fate. So get out of your comfort zone and talk to the people who pay you. Don't get to the point where your customer is so under-communicated with that you're afraid they'll cancel if you reach out.
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Don't repost yourself to the top of your profile. Just don't. Public service.

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Melissa Pekel ﹏𓊝﹏ retweeted
Replying to @melissapekel
@melissapekel told me last night to never stop replying, even past 10k, because that's the engine 🔥 my numbers agree so far. yesterday 12 replies got 319 views. 4 posts got 14 replies it is
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Can't argue with Ken's logic. If we weren't building SaaS, we would be building games. And this game looks great!
For a lot of people, work is something they're involuntarily forced to do so they can buy food, own clothes, and live in a home. People like that don't get excited about a new SaaS. They just want to use whatever it is that makes their work day require less effort. Note -- I did NOT say more productive ... I said less effort. We ran into a lot of that attitude when, at Adobe, we did interviews of potential customers for our project management solution. While our questions were useful and customer answers were helpful, you could always feel the "I just do my work the way I'm told to do my work and I'm not interested in anything other than finishing my 8 hours and going home". What do people when they go home? They entertain themselves. And they DO care about their entertainment. And that is one reason that I am now building games. Wyrmlair is the game I wanted to build when I first started experimenting with fully-AI-built apps in early 2025. AI wasn't there yet. Now it is. Iterating quickly right now. The build is still SUPER early. Getting great feedback. This game is going to be incredible as it keeps iterating forward. Come help me keep building and improving: wyrmlair.com
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As a startup, serve the right ICP and reach PMF. But, What if you have a few?
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Build-in-slience? Or. Build-in-public?
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What are your product's "Aha" and "Wow" moments? And what's your product? Industry?
What's the target time to an "Aha" moment? How about a "Wow" one? They look completely different depending on your B2B SaaS model. If people sign up and then drop off, it's usually not a PMF problem. They signed up, so the pitch worked. What failed is the product delivering on the promise fast enough. Fix it by mapping your onboarding backwards from that first moment of value, and connecting it to the "Wow" milestone. That's what we're working on atm at @keeponboard. How fast do your users get there? And what's your model?
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There are 3 things that AI can't help you with: - Building a community. - Getting to know your customers. - Successfully communicating with your customers. When building an AI/SaaS product. That's always on you and the humans in your team. You do that by: ~~Asking for a direct line of comms~~ - Email. - Slack. - Socials. - Heck, even phone. ~~Being available to everyone, everywhere ~~ - Email. - Slack. - Socials. - Heck, even phone. ~~Answering fast, you guess it! On~~ - Email. - Slack. - Socials. - Heck, even phone. Simple. Difficult. You already know it. So don't try to avoid it.
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Why am I reading this everywhere? "AI made it harder for founders to succeed, because why would someone pay for a product if they can use Claude or Codex?" Perspective is a wonderful thing. It was always tough. Build the thing. Try again.
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The price of greatness. Think what you will about the people on the list below, but you know their names. How many hours do you work each day?
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Oh boy, Legend, our mascot, is working so hard during the @keeponboard customer onboarding stage 😓 He has to make sure our agents are connected and that everything is synced. Can't wait to share our onboarding journey with you once it's done! WDYT? Happy Wednesday, gang 🌞
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B2B SaaS people. WDYT? We're working atm on our onboarding, and we'd love some insights.
Guys, what are you doing to make onboarding on your product really memorable? In our onboarding, we are literally showing our ICPs how they're building a ship with each step they take, like a progress bar, just on-brand. We also use videos to entertain them while data uploads and areas populate, that's also a part of why we're producing all these brand imagery and our comic strip. Never seen anyone doing that before, although I might be wrong, and someone did, which can mean only 2 things: 1. We're doing something right, and this is going to be fun. 2. This is a horrible idea, and we should probably avoid gamifying B2B onboarding. The only way to find out is to see whether people finish our onboarding. But would love your opinions.
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As a Founder who builds, you have to stay afloat before revenue starts streaming in. 1. Some stay with 9-to-5, working inbetween raindrops. 2. Some provide services on the side: consulting, development, design, marketing, product- you name it. 3. Some have their previous business supporting them. For us, it's No. 3. Our marketing agency and consultations. How do you keep the ship running?
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According to an OpenAI report, only 0.14% of the world's population uses AI Agents. You're early. Rest this week and pick this up next week. Or be like the 0.0001% of people and build amazing things because you love it. ❤️
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Paige, one of the 2 @keeponboard Captains is right, and the numbers back her up! ***Speed*** 90% of customers call an immediate reply important, and 60% say "immediate" means 10 minutes or less. The average company takes 12 hours to answer an email. ***Quality*** Even more customers care about getting it fixed (73%) than getting a fast reply (59%). And every 1% more issues solved on the first contact lifts satisfaction by 1%. Fast gets you noticed. Right gets you kept.
Dear crew, Customers care only about these 2 things: 1. How fast you respond. 2. The quality of your answer. Speed opens the door. Quality decides if they walk through it. And the best response time of all? Answering before they had to ask.
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Solo founders, A one-person company sounds great, but in reality: 1. You're alone. With everything it implies. That's it. "Company" (noun): - A commercial business. - The state of being with others. Companionship. Finding the right partner is probably the hardest thing I've ever done. I was so lucky, and I wish that luck onto you all. Have a great day, and build your company ❤️
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Have you seen any "original content reward"ed recently? Focus on making it with a product, and have a great day! 🫵🫵🫵

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What's the one thing I noticed across all growth on X? I'm sure you noticed that too. If you're under 10K, you need to ask for the follow. No one will come to you. It's good that I'm only 9,286 short of that target. …And that I don’t give a rat's hairy mustache.
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