We won @RankInPublic 🏆 This was my first time seriously launching LandingBoost in public. I thought the hard part was building the product. Turns out the harder part is getting strangers to care enough to click, read, vote, reply, and share. Huge thank you to everyone who voted🫶 One thing this competition made very clear to me: For organic traffic, your landing page is often the whole decision. People do not know you yet. They do not have context. They just land, scan, and decide whether you are worth trusting. That is why every small thing matters: the headline the proof the screenshots the testimonials the tiny details that make the page feel real I spent months obsessing over those details for LandingBoost. Today, for the first time, it felt like that work actually showed up in public. Thank you again.

gm builders☀️ which founder mode are you in today? shipping, debugging, resting, or staring at Stripe?

The fastest way to improve a landing page: Do not add more sections. Move the strongest proof closer to the first decision. Most pages already have something useful. It is just buried below the point where the visitor decides to leave.

A weird thing about building in public: People do not only buy the product. They buy the evidence that you keep showing up. The product still has to work. But trust compounds when strangers can see the work happening.

Most sales/outreach pages show the workflow. Few prove it creates demand. From 146 revenue-backed sales/CRM pages: 77.4% show an output preview 36.3% show product/dashboard output 29.5% show replies or meetings 27.4% show data enrichment proof 2.1% show lead volume A CRM screenshot proves workflow. Replies and meetings prove demand.

Most developer/API pages show what the product looks like. Few prove a developer can actually use it. From 338 revenue-backed developer/API pages: 79.6% show an output preview 45.9% mention deploy/build speed 34.3% show GitHub or community proof 18.9% show API or endpoint scale 8.3% show uptime or monitoring A preview shows what it does. A runnable path proves they can use it.

Another Lifetime Deal got grabbed today🔥 LandingBoost is now at $937 total revenue. 23 LTDs claimed. 2 remaining. If the last 2 spots go and we cross $1K, I’m going to write the full Build in Public playbook behind this thing. If the last 2 spots go and we cross $1K, I’ll write the full Build in Public playbook behind it! From working at a bakery, to building my own product, getting the first users, first customers, and the messy path to the first $1K. "2" left.

GM builders☀️ What's the last thing you shipped that actually moved a number?

Nobody talks about the dead week. The one where traffic flatlines. Signups stop. You're not sure if you're invisible or just broken. That week is not a signal to quit. It's a signal to look closer. Something is off. Find it.

Hot take: The free plan is killing your conversion. Not because free is wrong. Because most free plans remove the urgency to ever upgrade. If free solves the problem, why pay? Free should show the value. Not deliver it completely.

Most SEO / AI visibility pages prove the tool exists. Fewer prove it worked. From 158 revenue-backed pages: 96.2% show a dashboard/report 39.2% show ranking movement 36.1% show traffic/click/lead outcomes 26.6% show AI mentions A dashboard is not proof. Movement is proof.