The unexpected end of the slow, ramp of death

6 months ago, I had just finished creating my first SaaS: the French Together app. My goal was simple: launch it and reach $20k MRR. Writing this, I can’t help but laugh. $20k MRR for a first SaaS? Really? Only 2 types of people would set such an ambitious goal: Someone who never launched a SaaS Someone who launched hundreds of SaaS Let’s find out how it went, shall we?...

November 1, 2022 · 9 min · 1874 words · Benjamin Houy

My SEO traffic collapsed so I built a SaaS (Early 2022 retrospective)

Sometime last year, I decided to turn the French Together course (a self-study French course for English speakers) into a language learning app. This was done in 3 steps: Learning how to code Building the French Together app Launching Here is how I went about each step and what I learned a long the way! Step 1: The decline (or why I learned how to code) After years of growth, my blog French Together started dropping in March 2021....

May 9, 2022 · 9 min · 1768 words · Benjamin Houy

A Bittersweet First Blog Income Report

The internet is full of success stories and my 6-figures language-learning blog French Together could be considered one of them But things don’t always go as planned and every business experiences ups and downs. April was definitely in the down category for me and that’s great because it means the first blog income report I ever published will be full of valuable lessons about blogging. Grow With Less The story of Grow With Less (and why I switched niches 3 times) Grow With Less had an interesting start and changed a lot over the last few months....

May 7, 2019 · 9 min · 1730 words · Benjamin Houy