In his breakthrough masterpiece Expert Secrets by R. Brunson (JK, it's not a masterpiece, but it's pretty decent)...
Russell talks about growing ClickFunnels with a "self-liquidating" paid ads funnel. Essentially, he would run ads promoting CF, and built the campaign in such a way that he would see an immediate ROAS on his ad spend IN ADDITION to generating trials.
There are a few benefits to this:
- Even if none of the trials converted, he would see an 2x - 3x ROAS. So, for every $1,000 he'd put into ads he'd make $2k profit.
- In some cases, he would break even on his ad spend. So he'd spend $1,000, make $1,000 back and still generate new trial signups
- Any revenue AFTER the campaign was pure profit - meaning his CAC was almost zero. He'd make $2k profit on ads, then he'd convert 15% of trials into customers, generating another $1k - $2k in MRR.
If I put together a training, with ongoing weekly support, to show you how to setup a funnel like this for your SaaS, would you roll up your sleeves and do it with me?