How a Startup Grew Its Blog from 9K to 500K Monthly Unique Visitors
Joshua Parkinson is the Founder & CEO of PostPlanner, a Facebook tool that makes it easy for people to find and post amazing content to increase their social media engagement. Joshua founded the company in 2011 and to date Post Planner has over 25,000 monthly active users.
Getting to $10K MRR
Weekly coaching, proven frameworks, and a community of early-stage founders.
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Scaling to $1M ARR
Strategic guidance, direct mentorship, and a peer group of 6-figure founders.
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Success Quote
- “It’s the things you do to avoid depending on luck that ultimately makes you lucky.” — Joshua Parkinson
Book Recommendation
- “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products” by Nir Eyal & Ryan Hoover
- “The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution” by Walter Isaacson
- “The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters” by Gregory Zuckerman
- “The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder” by Peter Zeihan
Links, Resources & People Mentioned
- Post Planner – @postplanner
- Nir and Far
- Jira
- Fate Hacker
- Scott Ayres – @scottayres
Contact Information
Recommended Podcast Episodes
- What to Do When No One Will Pay for Your SaaS Product - with Ryan Born [228]
- 7 Key User Flows to Unlock Your SaaS Growth - with Peter Loving [410]
- How to Grow Your SaaS Startup with Facebook Ads - with Aaron Zakowski [214]
- How to Bootstrap a SaaS Company to $350K MRR - with Laura Roeder [142]
- Airbase: From Solo Founder to 8-Figure ARR SaaS - with Thejo Kote [381]
- Boast.ai: The Tough Road to SaaS Success and Beyond - with Lloyed Lobo [377]
- Lessons on Bootstrapping Three SaaS Startups to $1M+ ARR - with Adam Robinson [411]
- Subly: Bootstrapping a SaaS from Zero to 60,000 Users - with Holly Stephens [289]
- How a SaaS Startup Used Engineering As Marketing to Drive Growth - with Randy Rayess [155]
- From Bootstrapping Struggles to a $60M Exit and Beyond - with Bob Moore [396]