Growth idea action plan
Plausible build-in-public updates across owned and community channels
Post the same honest milestones and lessons on your own blog plus one relevant founder community, then keep the thread alive long enough for early users to see the journey accumulate.
Why this can grow a startup
Early distribution is easier when the product story can be checked in public instead of inferred from a launch page. Plausible said its public beta was launched on Indie Hackers and that the latest updates and milestones were posted on the company blog, Indie Hackers, and Uku's Twitter account. The team also said all early users came from those updates. That works because repetition across owned and community channels lowers the cost of trust. A stranger can read the latest note, click backwards, and see whether the team has actually been shipping and learning in the open.
Ian's take
From scaling consumer platforms across MENA and Southeast Asia, my default is to distrust growth work that only looks good in a slide. For SEO and AI search, I care less about clever keyword tricks and more about clarity. A buyer, crawler, or answer engine should quickly understand who this is for, why it works, what proof backs it, and what page deserves to be cited. I would run it small enough to learn quickly, then only scale the parts that real users repeat, save, reply to, or buy from. For this tactic, I would watch one clear growth signal before putting more time or budget behind it.
Action plan
- Define one narrow startup segment where plausible build-in-public updates across owned and community channels can create a measurable lift.
- Turn the tactic into one offer, page, campaign, or workflow for the Content and Community channel.
- Use the evidence from plausible.io to set the first version of the message, format, and audience.
- Launch a small test for 7 to 14 days with one success metric: one measurable growth signal.
- Review the result, keep the winning message, remove weak variants, and turn the learning into a repeatable growth playbook.
Source-backed example
Plausible launched its public beta on Indie Hackers and said the earliest users came from milestone updates shared on the blog, Indie Hackers, and Uku's Twitter account.
Source: Plausible Analytics: How we built a $1M ARR open source SaaS (plausible.io)
GrowthDex source hub: Plausible Analytics: How we built a $1M ARR open source SaaS
Last checked: 2026-06-07T03:15:30.000Z
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Ian Goh has helped grow consumer platforms across Southeast Asia, India, and MENA. His work includes scaling Tiki to 100M+ users, doubling BIGO's MENA revenue in 7 months, and increasing OYO's direct booking share across 6 Southeast Asian markets.
- Helped scale Tiki to 100M+ users.
- Doubled BIGO's MENA revenue in 7 months.
- Raised OYO's direct booking share by 50% across 6 Southeast Asian markets.
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