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How i scaled to $8K+ MRR and about to hit $9K:
- 1 good product in proven niche
- 1 branded TikTok account with carousels every day (no ads)
- Commitment and patience to find what works
Don't overcomplicate it. Is my system perfect? no. Will it need to change to grow to $100k MRR? probably.
But you do not need a million things to GET STARTED. You do not need 10 warmed up UGC accounts, 5 channels, referral programs, influencers, etc.
Can't concern yourself with $100K problems before you've even made $100. Just start.
btw: i know the screenshot says $9K already but not celebrating until it stays there for a couple more days.
Opus 5.5 made our launch video for Muso
Had a lot of fun building this app with @averycode for shipaton and can't wait for what's next
go check it out! heymuso.com
RT @averycode: Last two weeks of #shipaton 🙌🏼
Added a gift unwrapping interaction to muso
So your gift can feel even more special :) http…
the urge to stop mobile apps and just build video games 🥲
Fable 5.1 one-shot this Dark Souls meets Diablo game.
All code, 222 KB total, zero asset files. Every texture, model and sound effect is generated procedurally. The whole sfx system is 7 KB of Web Audio synthesis.
It nailed mechanics I only named in text: stamina, dodge rolls, barbarian skills, and a punishing Souls-style boss. The soul pickups and death animations came out way smoother than I expected.
What gets me is how much it infers from a few genre references, with no screenshots or video to go on. Reaching this level used to take dozens of prompts in Sol or Opus 5.
Anyone with taste can now make really fun games in the browser.
🤔 my updates get approved in less than 48 hours and i never use Review Notes.
maybe my updates aren't big or complex enough to need it?
All my app updates are approved within 48hrs.
Part of this, I think, is due to my "Review Notes".
- Explicitly lists all of my changes.
- Very clear, but still detailed: never use ai.
- Polite and kind: good approach for life in general.
Any attempt to mislead the user will usually result in a rejection. Learn the common rejection reasons. Stay compliant & never sneak things past review.
Over time, this builds trust with Apple.
Update 4 on AI Viral Slideshow Maker 🔥
the AI *assisted* post has now crossed 127K views!
my revenue and MRR back up to $9K.
I had bad posts for about 2 weeks and that let my stats slump to around $8.5K
Posted another AI assisted slideshow last night, could potentially be a banger. If it does well, the next step is to give AI more responsibility and have me be less involved
The previous flops also began to pick up approaching 20K with one or two passing that. But not sure if that was a result of this viral post
Update 3 on Viral Carousel Maker 🔥
We hit 42K on a post!
1. First AI assisted post broke out of 10K jail in 1 day and reached about 42,000 views
2. Previous CTA posts curated by AI passed 10K but not looking like they'll grow much more
3. Inspiration posts (for engagement not CTA) where AI has the most freedom tapped out just under 10K
Overall, first time AI curation surpasses my own post this week (my non-assisted top post was just over 20K views)
Still just a side project but will experiment giving AI more design freedom. Posting everyday gets so boring i'd love for AI to do most of the work
For context: AI is basing its decisions on my large collection of successful posts.
Update 3 on Viral Carousel Maker 🔥
We hit 42K on a post!
1. First AI assisted post broke out of 10K jail in 1 day and reached about 42,000 views
2. Previous CTA posts curated by AI passed 10K but not looking like they'll grow much more
3. Inspiration posts (for engagement not CTA) where AI has the most freedom tapped out just under 10K
Overall, first time AI curation surpasses my own post this week (my non-assisted top post was just over 20K views)
Still just a side project but will experiment giving AI more design freedom. Posting everyday gets so boring i'd love for AI to do most of the work
For context: AI is basing its decisions on my large collection of successful posts.
Update 2 on Viral Carousel Maker 🔥
Not looking so good. Failed first experiments.
Post 1 - AI Assisted Inspo Post
7.1K views and not moving
Post 2 - AI-Assisted CTA Post
6.5K views
In between, I made my own:
No AI -> 12.5K views so far
Just posted two more today, both AI Assisted carousels. Not looking good so far just a couple thousand each
Context on the method:
For inspiration posts involving Pinterest I give it 20-30 images I’ve carefully chosen and let it choose the theme, hook, and 6 to 9 images to post, and in what order
For CTA Interior Transformations I generate the content and it decides which images to use and in what order.
Can’t conclude anything yet. Kind of just winging it now and don’t have a clear control of variables. But will improve as we go along
The goal is to automate as much as I can
Our #shipaton project Muso is now available for anyone to try! 😎
We had a million ideas for what this app was going to be. In the end, we're happy with the focus we landed on: gift giving.
My advice to anyone building an app is to focus on one thing — it's easier to grow into something big than to build it big from day one.
Next up: marketing, plus continued improvements to make Muso even better.
Try it out at the link below!
Just saw a copycat of my app 😅
-Same TikToks
-App icon is basically mine but different name
-AppStore screenshots knockoff versions of mine
Do I leave it?
can a viral post mess with tiktok? 🤔
it's possible and likely my recent posts just aren't as great, but does reaching a broad audience affect the highly curated audience you had before?
Update 2 on Viral Carousel Maker 🔥
Not looking so good. Failed first experiments.
Post 1 - AI Assisted Inspo Post
7.1K views and not moving
Post 2 - AI-Assisted CTA Post
6.5K views
In between, I made my own:
No AI -> 12.5K views so far
Just posted two more today, both AI Assisted carousels. Not looking good so far just a couple thousand each
Context on the method:
For inspiration posts involving Pinterest I give it 20-30 images I’ve carefully chosen and let it choose the theme, hook, and 6 to 9 images to post, and in what order
For CTA Interior Transformations I generate the content and it decides which images to use and in what order.
Can’t conclude anything yet. Kind of just winging it now and don’t have a clear control of variables. But will improve as we go along
The goal is to automate as much as I can
working on my carousel maker! 🔥
the results of my first one aren't bad! 6.9k views in one day. still below my current average but will keep improving
now that i have a LARGE collection of bangers and 5.1 million views this past 28 days, i'm making the first layer of automation based on all my successful posts
i'm testing my two main formats. Transformations for my CTA and inspo for views and follows. Today i test my first CTA post based on the AI's recommendation.
more updates tomorrow
Happy i didn't celebrate early, haven't consistently stayed above $9K 🥲
the truth is i got quite lucky the past months. the only way to get here with tiktok carousels alone is if almost every post is a banger.
i had the CRAZY experience of posting a viral/semi-viral carousel just about every day
for the first time in a while, the last 2 to 3 days my posts weren't as good, and conversions even worse. Today being one of my lowest revenue days (a whopping $118)
but not stopping, reaching for $10K with organic. planning the new strategy for reaching $100K
