usamaejaz

I run a social media management SaaS called SocialBu, and a while ago, I decided to open up a public API. Initially, I just wanted to support a few power users who kept asking for it, but I didn't expect what happened next.

Once the API was live and documented, I started noticing something interesting:

- Technical users began signing up specifically for API access. Agencies, marketers with automation workflows, and folks using tools like Zapier or n8n. - These users converted to paid plans faster than normal users. - They barely needed any support: they just read the docs and started building. - Most importantly, they stuck around. Once someone connects you to their workflow, you're basically embedded in their system.

I didn't even promote the API much. Just quietly added docs and made it accessible. In hindsight, I should've done this way earlier.

Another reason to focus on API-first product development for us.

Interested in learning how it went for others having their product exposed through an API (or even Zapier/n8n integration). And, any strategies to promote the API further when your primary customer profile is not technical/API-consumer?

Hey everyone,

I struggle and find it hard and time-consuming to write content for my social media accounts and so I started building this. I know that AI models can help, but it's taken me some time and research into them before creating something myself so other people might find this useful as well!

The tool takes care of all those pesky tasks like suggesting topics or writing original content - saving you hours every day in tedious work.

All you have to do is fill in some details about the content you want it to write about and voila, instant results.

Here is the demo: https://socialbu.com/tools/generate-posts

Here is an example: https://i.imgur.com/ZYjfnAA.png

The reason for sharing this is I want to know if this is really useful to others or if I am just alone.