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Startups For the Rest of Us

Episode 802 | Marketing Not Scaling, Where to Publish Content, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Startups For the Rest of Us

Rob Walling

Entrepreneurship, Management, Business, Marketing

4.9819 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Where’s the best place to publish if you’re starting content from scratch? In this episode, Rob Walling flies solo, answering your questions on marketing and audience building. He covers what to do when your channels stop scaling, where to publish early on, and the "media company first" approach. Episode Sponsor: Are you a non-technical founder with solid revenue and real traction, but your technology is holding you back? You should check out today's sponsor, Designli. They specialize in helping founders like you who are stuck with messy code, unclear roadmaps, or a dev team that just doesn’t get it. And for listeners of the pod, Designli is offering their Impact Week completely free. That’s a one-week, no-obligation audit where their team dives into your code, your design system, and your product roadmap to show you exactly what’s working, what’s broken, and what needs to happen next. If it’s a fit, you can move on to SolutionLab, a three-week sprint where Designli takes over your codebase and architects a real roadmap for growth, led by a full-time, cross-functional team. If your tech is the bottleneck to your next stage of growth, check them out at https://designli.co/fortherestofus. Topics we cover:  (1:50) – Can a SaaS founder exit through a management buyout? (6:46) – What to do when your marketing isn't scaling anymore (16:28) – How to market a product while searching for product-market fit (23:27) –  Where to publish content when building an audience from scratch (27:38) – Should you build a media company before launching your SaaS? Links from the Show:  Get your Ticket for MicroConf Remote - November 5, 2025 Exit Strategy The SaaS Playbook Rob Walling (@robwalling) | X Episode 576 | Don’t Become a Media Company (A Rob Solo Adventure) If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you! Subscribe & Review: iTunes | Spotify

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0:00.0

They say life's like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.

0:04.0

Except every Tuesday morning, you're going to get another episode of Startups for the

0:07.2

rest of us, which is what you're listening to right now.

0:10.4

I'm going to be diving into listener questions today, covering topics ranging from marketing

0:16.3

that's not scaling, having a product, and then trying to figure out how to best find product market fit,

0:23.9

best places to publish content, and if I should start a media business to get eyeballs

0:30.4

before building my SaaS. Before we dive into those delicious listener questions, I want to let you

0:37.0

know about microcomf remote.

0:38.5

It's on November 5th, and as the name indicates, it is a fully remote event that you can

0:43.9

join from anywhere in the world. We're actually switching up the theme this time around,

0:48.2

and the talks are going to be around shipping and validating fast and landing your first customers.

0:53.2

Speakers include Sunny Hunt and several others

0:56.3

we have yet to announce. I, of course, will be there emceeing, doing magic tricks, telling bad jokes.

1:02.7

The recordings from the event will be available for ticket holders, and when you show up live,

1:06.2

you can ask questions from the speakers. And after the talks, we'll have our founder by founder session,

1:11.7

which is like the digital version of our hallway track. To get all the details and snag your ticket,

1:16.9

they're really inexpensive. You really should grab one in case you want to watch the videos.

1:20.5

Microcomf.com slash remote promo code startups 15 for $15 off.

1:26.1

Thank you. up's $15 for $15 off.

1:38.4

Let's dive into our first listener question from longtime listener,

1:45.1

MicroConf, attendee, and speaker, and many-time question-asker, James Kennedy.

1:59.2

Hey, Sherry and Rob. I just finished exit strategy. Really worthwhile, really, even if you read all the books about exiting, have a fresh take.

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