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#OpenStartup report for May

MRR: $8797 (+$1610)
Organic Traffic: 2553 (+886)
New Trials: 173 (+15)

Milestone: $100k ARR! 🎉

More info 👇

unindie.com/open

https://twitter.com/unindie/status/1123599293053591552

Another solid month of growth for the Closet Assistant. When you have a product that's growing like this it's hard to comprehend how it's all happening.

My goal (back in January) was to hit $10k by the summer. Another month like this one, and that will be reached!

This month I wrote 0 lines of code, and 0 articles for content marketing. It was somewhat of a test to see if it would keep growing without too much effort.

It was the best month yet.

Now, I don't think it will always grow without some improvements, but I think it's a sign.

It's a sign that this product can be depended on. I actually went on vacation last month, and didn't do any work for an entire week. It still increased by ~$500/mo.

I think this is more of a testament to SEO, FB ads, and a good-enough product.

Next month I do plan on doing more. I plan on making more features, overhauling the on-boarding (really love the new @intercom on-boarding e-book), and I plan on writing some content.

It'll be another iteration. Another month of consistent growth.

I wrote a couple of things on my personal blog:

1. Quick SEO Rankings unindie.com/quick-seo/
2. Looking Back unindie.com/looking-back/

Quick SEO rankings explains how I get in the top 10 for keywords. Looking back is a reflection on how things have changed for me personally.

I'm really glad I am documenting my journey. Being able to look back a year ago and see exactly how things have changed is powerful. Sometimes you forget how bad/good it was.

I'll be porting over ~2 years of medium posts as well to my blog to complete the history of my journey.

As always, this is inspiration to go out and create something for yourself. All if the information you need to build something is out there. You can do it! And if I can get to the point I am at now, anyone can.

Here's the intercom on-boarding e-book: intercom.com/books/onboardi…