🪄 How To Build Viral Clones

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Welcome to the 45th issue.

Today's topics:

1. How To Build Viral Clones

2. A tool to Get Domain Rating and Page Rating For Free

3. One recommended video with a $30k+/month startup ideas from the most manic/genius founder you've never heard of

How To Build Viral Clones

Wordle went viral last year. Everyone on X was sharing it like crazy. It was such a unique marketing strategy.

You didn't need a link to share, just the app name and the yellow/green boxes were enough to recognize it.

It was so good that it got featured on X's Marketing Blog. It features some incredible Trendjacking done by brands like IKEA and Child Poverty Action Group.

But Wordle was a mobile app. It didn't have a web version. It also had set limits per day.

So a billionaire Dharmesh Shah took matter in his own hands and launched WordPlay.

This domain name was a genius move. Its easy to pronounce and remember. More easier than Wordle itself as WordPlay (word and play) are actual words unlike a made-up word like Wordle.

WordPlay also has Wordle in the title making it easier to rank when someone searches for "word play" or "wordle" on Google.

Fun fact: It ranks above the Wikipedia page of Word play itself.

Dharmesh Shah knows the power of good domain names so he knew what he was doing with WordPlay.

A simple word game which is a clone of a Viral App got him 16 million users and 150 million games played.

The domain name was easy, memorable, and fun.

This was a $90k per month business with MediaVine with the amount of traffic it has.

And he built it in 48 hours.

Hat Tip to the MFM pod where Dharmesh Shah talked about the story behind building WordPlay to $90k per month in 48 hours.

The framework is simple here:

1. Find a viral app on App Store. Right now, Point and Learn AI apps are going viral that do your homework for you.

2. Build a web app version of it ranking on the same terms. Remember, people search on the web too if the app is going viral. And many times, trademarks aren't filed at all as most founders who build such apps are newbies.

This framework allows you to climb on other's shoulders to go big. Many times, you will get backlinks too without asking because people make mistakes.

Currently, the trend going viral is Point and Learn AI apps in EdTech, Lookmaxxing apps, and AI Girlfriends.

See if you can connect trends to your brand to get more impressions.

A tool to Get Domain Authority and Page Authority For Free

MozBar SEO Chrome extension is the simplest way you can check your Domain Authority and Page Authority.

These are extremely important now that Google prefers UGC-site as it can't figure out how to tackle AI-generated content.

So you need more backlinks from reputable sources to increase your Domain Authority and Page Authority.

One recommended video with a $30k+/month startup ideas from the most manic/genius founder you've never heard of

This video has insanely good growth ideas that are banger in the post-AI world.

Trust me, you do not want to miss this. I found some gems I hadn't heard about before.

Tweet of the day

Freemium is a great strategy.

It gets you users, free marketing, goodwill, and you can even charge more than incumbents.

I love Obsidian bdw. It uses Markdown which is portable even if Obsidian dies.

Rabbit Holes

1. SEO Crash Course - The easiest crash course on finding low competition keywords with high traffic using a $1/month SEO Keyword Tool.

2. How to use Influencer marketing in open-source - If you have an open source project, you have to check this blog out. This guy has nailed OSS marketing even though the market for that is small for now. But the tips do transfer to other domains.

3. 0 TO 500K EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS IN 10 MONTHS - Cold Email is underrated in getting subscribers. It is the digital home of everyone. Everyone checks their email even if they are detoxing from everywhere else.

Startup of the day

Roast My Funnel is an excellent idea.

They give 30 minute of Roast for $1000 and you essentially increase your conversion rate after applying the changes.

And the team is of 3 best people with 30+ years of experience combined. Its like Shark Tank of experts roasting your startup. This idea will be more common in coming years in different niches.

Here's how I'd grow this:

1. Grab a list of emails of the top Shopify sites that are extremely bad. You can use AI to know how good it is. Get Website Report does it as an AI CRO (Conversion Rate Optimizer) so you can build the same internally. Its technically very easy. Email them a few tips using AI and ask them to check the Pro plan.

2. Do the same on TikTok, Instagram, and X. All are filled with D2C people. Just use relevant tools for automation like Cold DMs for Instagram and Drippi AI for X. For TikTok, its hard but there are solutions out there which you can try on sock accounts so your main doesn't get banned. In any case, automation should only be done on sock accounts. Never risk your main account.

3. Affiliate plan for 50% cut. Do this until you have more demand so you can limit your supply by slowly increasing prices. $100M Offers by Alex Hormozi has a chapter on how to nail Supply and Demand from a Diamond Guy.

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