AI SEO (GEO) is a different front for the same fundamentals. Just make sure you're noticed, remembered and you'll show up when people are ready to buy. Build great product. Talk about your product. Be consistent.

Me and Adriaan passed 500K/year in recurring revenue 🥳 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 2 people 🚀 1 startup ✊ 0 funding Only halfway...

Netlify x Simple Analytics is live! 🚀 You can now "one-click" add Simple Analytics to vibe coding project for free Extensions > analytics > Simple Analytics Really happy with this integration!

ChatGPT search is going up up! Expect this to be way bigger in the future

🚨 V18 - Internet Friends Wowowow Internet Friends is back for V18. This time sponsored by A-Insights 📆 5th of June 📌 Anthony Fokkerweg 61, Amsterdam 🕐 18:00 You know the format: No format + 🍕+ 🍺. Ultra nerds only. Comment/ping me if you wanna hang or tag someone that should. Lock it in 🔒

Cool to see my company becoming a "logo"

ChatGPT now accounts for 1% of our traffic. Nothing meaningful yet, but its growing

Reddit is underrated

Nick is working our Youtube for Video tutorials (and doing a great job!) but we don't get any traction and views are limited. That said videos are focused on "how to help people that are stuck" Think there could be more potential here. www.youtube.com/@simple.ana...

Big month after a few slower ones. Growing a business aint linear

VC money = debt + a commitment to keep sprinting until you succeed big time (10%) or break down (90%).

We're building a team at Simple Analytics 🚀 Now its just me and senor Adriaan 〰️ . That's about to change. Read why below (not fucking with the algo anymore)

Track how your brand is ranking for certain keywords in LLMs Currently number 3 for "best google analytics alternative"

Me and bro at the office. Building a 1 Million/year company Almost half way: $465K/year 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ 1M

👀 ChatGPT entered our top 10 referrals (Data from past 30 days) -> see for yourself: dashboard.simpleanalytics.com/simpleanaly...

Our build in public January edition: 💰 $36,183 MRR (+2%) - 💡 Plans for 2025 - 🔥 Growth strategy - 🚢 What did we ship - 👀 We're hiring Get it while its hot 👇

🚨 New year, new internet friends edition - V16! 📆 This Thursday, 13th of Feb 📌 Jacob van Lennepstraat 78H (Simple Analytics HQ) ⌚ 18:00 sharp No format. Just vibes + 🍺 + 🍕 Comment/ping me if you wanna hang with Amsterdam-based ultra nerds or tag someone that should.

I'm scared about hiring knowing quite a few founders that dread being a manager. but I'd also love to outsource stuff to people with skills that I lack. Actually I don't want to hire at all. I just want to acquire that specific skill through hiring a person.

Full remote is not the holy grail. My gf switched from hybrid to fully remote team within her company 💼 Work is fine, but cohesiveness and social interaction between team members is stiff I also like my hybrid setup: Go focus at home. Shoot the shit with my G's at the office.

I like writing and I should definitely do it more. My problem is that I only make time for it when everything else in the business is done and going well. I don't see it as part of my work, but rather as "business-related hobby" Need to treat it differently.

Lots of people can't grasp that I spent two months in Cape Town 🇿🇦 Yes your work must allow for it but other than that: - Buy a plane ticket - Rent an AirBnB - Sub-rent your own place Overall it's even cheaper than living in Amsterdam and im in summer in January

Idea 💡 Let's say you are an engineer building AI apps Your product is insane, but you cant figure out distribution Instead of finding a co-founder. Partner with a newsletter I'd happily give 30% of my zero mrr app to @bentossell or @danshipper if they go run with it.

🇿🇦 I've been coming to Cape Town every year since 2020 and I feel it's getting safer every year Also no loadshedding anymore ⚡ Still lots of issues (corruption, inequality and still safety), but if they were to figure this out it would be literally the best place on earth.

2024: 📊 Got Simple Analytics to 35.5K MRR 📶 Got UniHosted to 6.5K MRR 📰 Launched Newsletter 🏄 Shipped from Bali 🇿🇦 Lived in Cape Town 📚 Read 10 books 🏋️ Got fitter 🤝 Met tons of Internet Friends Also had enough 🍺 with the lads and 🍷 with the misses Life is good ✌️

I'm becoming a fan of @danshipper Exceptional writer. + Smart entrepreneur building a product studio on top on a "newsletter bundle" 10/10 for figuring out distribution Loved this piece btw. every.to/chain-of-th...

In 2024: 📊 Simple Analytics hit 427K ARR (+30%) 📶 UniHosted hit 78K ARR (+1200%) Meaning we crossed 500K per year in 2024 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 3 people ✊ 0 dollars in funding Proud of this and my G's in crime Adriaan & Dries LFG 2025 🚀

In 2024: 📊 Simple Analytics hit 427K ARR (+30%) 📶 UniHosted hit 78K ARR (+1200%) Meaning we crossed 500K per year in 2024 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 3 people ✊ 0 dollars in funding Proud of this and my G's in crime Adriaan & Dries LFG 2025 🚀

Going home Christmas means helping out the family business🫡 📍Cafe Vogelstruys, Maastricht

Happy Holidays from Internet Friends HQ See ya in T-minus 2 hours @ Mollie HQ 🍻

Last nerd-meeting alert 🚨 📅 This Friday 📌 Keizersgracht 126 - Mollie HQ 🕐 17:00 sharp Might be even added to the amsterdam elite nerd brotherhood chat

🚨 Internet Friends V15 - Collab Edition x Mollie Payments 📅 Friday, 20th of December 📌 Keizersgracht 126, Amsterdam - Mollie HQ 🕐 17:00 sharp No format. No Recruiters. Just vibes and payment systems. And 🍕 + 🍺 Comment if you are an ultra nerd and wanna chill with other ultra nerds

🚨 Internet Friends V15 - Collab Edition x Mollie Payments 📅 Friday, 20th of December 📌 Keizersgracht 126, Amsterdam - Mollie HQ 🕐 17:00 sharp No format. No Recruiters. Just vibes and payment systems. And 🍕 + 🍺 Comment if you are an ultra nerd and wanna chill with other ultra nerds

Okay, my real thoughts on this. Shipping > Not shipping. But 12 startups in 12 months is imo not really optimal to find something that sticks. Yes, try out a few things. but also keep pushing that thing a bit further to give it a chance of succeeding. Do like 4 startups in 12 months or something.

"I'm building 12 startups in 12 months"

"Writing with ai" is the "writing with typewriter" version of this century

If you create a new account, we'll have a welcome message now that explains how the free trial works. Thoughts?

If you create a new account, we'll have a welcome message now that explains how the free trial works. Thoughts?

Yo @marc_louvion we doing mattresses now?

NPS is looking healthy 🫡

Vibes > Growth Hacking

Bali co-working hits different

✍️ Wrote a little update on our month shipping from Bali 🇮🇩 Hope you like it! 🚢 🚢 🚢 https://1millionarr.substack.com/p/the-road-to-1-million-arr-november?r=1reger

For business inspiration I always check to see what's Outseta doing They seem be hitting all the right spots on how to build and run a software business. Look at this section: "Why you should not buy our product" It makes me infinitely more likely to buy their product 🧠 🧠 🧠

Muji 🇯🇵 is the goat

✍️ Wrote a little update on our month shipping from Bali 🇮🇩 Hope you like it! 🚢 🚢 🚢 https://1millionarr.substack.com/p/the-road-to-1-million-arr-november?r=1reger

✍️ This is probably the best i've written so far. Wanted to share here as well: Everything that worked to grow Simple Analytics from 0 to 34K MRR 📈 Broke it down into three parts: Part 1: Get your first 100 customers Part 2: Grow from 1 to 10 Part 3: Scale to infinity This is part 1. (link👇)

🚢 Shipping from the commit pit

Looking for recs on personal blogs and “build in public” newsletters that post regularly. Which ones should I subscribe to?

I like this CTA to "Get in touch with Sales" Feel more personal. Well done @knowledge_owl

F45 hits the spot for me. ❌ Not really a gym person ❌ Get intimated the second I walk in + no clue what to do F45: ✅ Circuit of excercises based on time ✅ Daily alternation between cardio and strength ✅ Complete workout in 45 minutes ✅ Trainers that focus on posture and push you LFG 🏋️