ResumeMaker: 30K Paid Subs, 800 New Paid Subs Weekly
ResumeMaker.Online is a resume-building tool that helps non-technical users easily design effective resumes.
ResumeMaker.Online recently hit a major milestone: 1 million free downloads. Around the same time, it also reached 100,000 unique monthly visitors for the first time, and currently has 30K subscribers, with an average of over 800 new subscribers each week.
Marketing:
1. Mainly through Google SEO, by publishing the product on high-traffic websites to build backlinks.
2. Packaging the founder's startup story and pitching it to news platforms and journalists; once one outlet responded and covered it, other platforms followed, driving substantial traffic.
3. Multi-language support to reach potential users who are not English-native speakers.
4. Adding a watermark link in the corner of resumes, which generated 2% of traffic.
5. Requiring social media sharing before downloading a resume, giving the product viral sharing capabilities.