Start A SaaS in 5 Simple Steps (I did it)

starting your own SAS company has never been easier new tools make it simple for anyone to build software with no code gone are the days of raising Millions hiring developers and racking your own servers if you have a SAS idea and a few hundred bucks well you're in luck because today I'm going to show you the new way to build SAS in 2024 I built my own AI SAS a few months ago so today I'm going to break down how you can build your first SAS in five simple steps with zero code then at the end I'm going to share our launch strategy that got us hundreds of paid users on our first day our goal is to be as cost efficient and as time efficient as possible so the first thing that you're going to want to do is create a wireframe of your app this is a good way to visualize what your app will look like without spending the time it takes to actually build functionality this is important because we have no clue if our idea is even good yet to build a wireframe figma is going to be your best friend now now if you have an eye for design and you're on a tight budget figma is very userfriendly and has all the components you need to lay out your app but if you have $200 to spare you're much better off just hiring a professional on upwork to do this you'll want to write down a description of what your app will do then list out all of the features that you want and then gather a few reference images some screenshots of other apps that you want yours to look like the more reference images you have the better the designer will actually understand your vision and the faster they will get it done and here is an example of an upwork listing that we have used to hire figma designers on upwork a figma design should be done relatively quick and can be done in a week but it depends on the complexity of your idea once you have your figma design now it's time to figure out if people think your idea is good so step two test your idea this is what people typically call validating your software it's best to see if people are even interested in your idea before you spend all this time building the functionality and since you have a figma you can easily show people what the app looks like and from the outside it looks like a fully built app some Advanced figma apps are clickable so people can navigate each Tab and click through the app the first thing you want to do is find a few people that could potentially be interested in your app then send them a message just say hey I'm working on a new software idea and I'm curious if this existed would you use it then send them the figma and see what they say we are looking for brutally honest feedback and suggestions that we can use to improve the app to better fit their needs a lot of the times your friends are going to be supportive so it's best to find strangers who don't care about hurting your feelings you can find these people in Discord communities Twitter Reddit or even LinkedIn by just searching typical keywords that your target audience would naturally be searching on social media you can offer to pay them for their time but you would be surprised how how many people are actually just happy to help you so don't be shy getting their feedback on features they like or don't like will help you prioritize on what to include in your MVP but I'll talk more about that in step three next you'll want to create a quick landing page on webflow and start a waiting list just a very simple website with a quick headline a short description and some screenshots of your figma app then create an email submission form for people to sign up and join your wait list then put that link to your landing page in your bio on social media then just create three pieces of content to drive traffic to your website this could be organic Tik toks showing off your app Twitter threads Reddit posts or probably the most effective a $50 Facebook ad if people are signing up for the wait list you might be sitting on a gold mine when people sign up for your email list email them ask what they're looking for what they need it for why they are looking for it right now how they found it and what else they're considering when it goes well ask them to hop on the phone this strategy validates your idea it helps you discover your ideal customer profile and helps you find customer acquisition channels that are going to help you in step four now I know this sounds really uncomfortable but this pain in the short term will save you months of misery now side note if you have a small following some cheeky Founders will do a pre-sale they will offer lifetime access for a steep discount if the person pays before the app is released this is a way to fund the actual development of the app and getting someone to actually pull out their credit card and pay you is the best form of validation it's basically a clear sign that your idea is a winner now that your idea is validated it's time for step three building your MVP so an MVP is a common term in the SAS world and it stands for minimal viable product your goal is to build only that one core feature that people want and to launch as fast as possible perfectionism is the number one reason most firsttime Founders fail you will add the rest of the bells and whistles as you go but building your MVP is the exciting part the old way of doing things was to hire a developer and wait but now anyone can build software thanks to no code tools we use bubble make. com and Rapid apis depending on what you want your app to do odds are there's already an API that can do it so instead of having to hardcode everything from scratch you just use the existing pre-built features also known as apis sassin 2024 is more about combining existing features in a unique way that solves a very specific Niche problem it's like building a computer you just buy a pre-built hard drive processor graphics card and motherboard then piece them all together if you want to make a sports betting app just use the rapid API sports betting API and then you have all of the odds all of the recommended bets and payouts in your app just connect the stripe API and and you're open for business make. com is the easiest no code API Builder to use because it's 100% visual you just drag drop and connect each step and that's what we use to power the back end of revamped rapid API has just about every feature you could imagine but you will need to be able to copy and paste a small line of code it sounds intimidating but bubble makes it super easy I promise once you find the pre-built features that you want to use it's now time to bring your figma WI frame to life in bubble bubble is a drag and drop software Builder where you can start adding all of your components tying all your apis together and connect all the buttons since it's all visual you can get the hang of it pretty quick but I want to make one thing clear I started this video saying software has never been easier but that doesn't mean you snap your fingers and it's done there is still a learning curve you need to understand SAS lingo like servers databases admin panels apis and even though bubble is 90% faster than traditional codee you still have to learn where everything is how to configure apps and the overall flow I can't cover all the technicals here on YouTube but that's why we created our new no code SAS course future Dev where we teach you how to use bubble make.

com and Rapid apis the course is designed to take you from complete beginner to being able to build virtually any SAS idea that you have the course walks you through the entire process on how to combine all of these tools to build SAS with no code future Dev will give you the full picture and all the technical details this is a brand new way to build SAS and it's not being talked about anywhere else so if you're serious about bringing your SAS idea to life go to wgmi academy. to join right now a yearly subscription is only $147 this is the lowest price that the wgm academy will ever be offered for and if you sign up today you will be locked in at this annual rate for life we will continually be building new course material including my personal brand content creator course creator eyes in the coming months so click the link in the description join the wgm academy and start building your MVP now step four the pre-launch what I like to do is start building up media assets as I'm building my MVP and the earlier you start doing this the more money you're going to make when you launch and by media assets I mean Instagram accounts Discord communities newsletters Twitter accounts this YouTube channel this is where you have to know your own personal strengths some people are good at writing others are good at talking maybe you're good at video editing or make Banger memes it doesn't matter what style of content you're good at but you need a Content strategy in 2024 content is king So to set your SAS up for Success you just need one content Style on One content platform this could be memes on Reddit threads on Twitter AI generated ads on Instagram or my personal favorite paying ugc creators for Tik Tok the goal of this is to build an audience of people people in your target audience and I want to make one thing clear you're not making an account under your software company's name we are making what I call disguise accounts you're just an innocent account giving people free content for example if you're making a sass for people who flip cars you can start an Instagram account called everyday car guy and start educating people on the car market whether that's cars for sale in a certain area news on the car market or trending models you are trying to attract people who will naturally be interested in your SAS when you launch and you attract them by giving them content upfront and for free another example is if you're making that sports betting app create a Twitter account and start tweeting your picks for popular games write threads on your strategy and your thesises or even just make memes that are culturally relevant in the sports betting Community then when your sports betting app is ready you can start advertising your tool organically through your content this is called called content marketing and it is by far the most effective way to launch SAS in 2024 and you don't even have to use your own face or voice you can use AI generated voices make graphics on canva hire ugc creators just get creative the future is pretty cool now step five launch it's time to prepare for the launch the first thing you're going to need for your launch is a sales page this is going to be similar to the weight list page you created in step two but you're going to need a demo video and a signup page the demo video can be a simple loom video of you walking them through how the app works with voiceover and screen recording your sign up page should just clearly display your pricing and encourage them to sign up for a 7-Day free trial just make sure your stripe is connected properly we do cover this in the wgmi academy but it's pretty straightforward next you'll want to make the copy on your sales page as concise as possible do not get bogged down in all of the details of your app only focus on the outcome that they will get and the problem that your app solves people should be able to understand what it does and who it is for in only two sentences lastly visual step-by-step images with short descriptions breaking down how the app works will be very helpful because not everyone will be able to watch the demo video with volume on and now that our sales page is ready you're ready to launch on product hunt product Hunt is a curation of the best new products every day where people go to discover the latest mobile apps websites and techn technology products that everyone's talking about you see two sentences launching on product hunt can make or break your sass if you become the number one product of the day you will get thousands of users but you only have one shot at it so listen closely here's how it works first you submit your product create your product page and then schedule your launch day you can schedule your launch up to 1 month before your launch day that way you can tease it you can drive traffic and you can collect followers before your big day for the best results you'll want to schedule your launch for 12:01 a. m.

PST on a Sunday this gives people the full 24 hours to view your product on the least competitive day when you launch dozens of early adopters tech people entrepreneurs and people who just like new products will view your page and if they like it they're going to give you an up vote each vote moves you up the leaderboard but remember you're competing against hundreds of other apps that are launching on the same day so you have 24 hours to try and climb the leaderboard to the number one spot this is where those media assets that we have been building for the last few months will give you an unfair Advantage promote the launch on your social media accounts on your email list and text all of your friends to vote for your product if your app does get the most votes you will be featured on their homepage in their newsletter and you will get thousands of new users overnight also you will receive the coveted number one on product launch badge that you can proudly display on your website which is great social proof this can literally change your life overnight but even if you don't get the number one spot you'll still get a lot of page views and it's a lot of fun now here's how we launched our AI software revamped and got hundreds of paid users in our first week early in 2023 we had an idea for an AI writing tool to help us write our newsletter so we started working on the design for an app we called Auto newsletter at the time over the next month or so we finished the design and I sent it out to my content Creator friends they liked it but none of them were like excited about it however they gave me interesting feedback they liked the concept but their newsletter was only one part of their content creation problem so we decided to Pivot away from just newsletters and added tweets LinkedIn posts short form scripts even email marketing generators and we solved their entire problem we rebranded the app to revamp and started building the MVP on bubble and make . c since we were building an AI tool we created an AI Instagram account and started covering AI topics news and we frequently reviewed AI tools then we urge people to sign up to our free AI newsletter for more content over the next 3 months our Instagram strategy started to pay off we had gained over 150,000 followers 70,000 newsletter subscribers from various channels and our MVP was ready to launch so I made an Instagram video promoting our AI tool revamped we posted on our story about it a few times we featured it in the newsletter and just like that we had our very first 100 users paying us $45 per month in the first week a month later on the back of our newsletter success I made a big video on how to start a newsletter and in the video I showcased how we use revamp to write our newsletter and that got us another few hundred users and if you're one of them thank you I would love feedback on how we can make it better for you so if you're someone who uses re vamped frequently please leave a comment and I'll personally reach out to you now our next step is to implement a viral Loop this is something where your logo or your brand name is shown publicly when a customer uses your product beehive is a great example when someone signs up for the free version of beehive they let you build a landing page for free but the catch is the domain to subscribe to your newsletter is beehive.