{"id":2906,"date":"2021-01-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canny.io\/blog\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2024-07-12T15:01:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T19:01:10","slug":"growing-saas-80k-mrr-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canny.io\/blog\/growing-saas-80k-mrr-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"How uSERP built an $80k+ MRR agency in 1 year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article comes from Jeremy Moser, co-founder of a uSERP. In this article, he shares his story of bootstrapping his agency from $0 to $80k+ MRR in just one year, including the mistakes, lessons learned, and tactics he used to do it. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of 2019, I co-founded uSERP<\/a>, a digital brand mention agency, with my business partner Brad.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With zero dollars in funding, we bootstrapped it from 1 initial client to producing $80k+ MRR in one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve worked with, and continue to work with, brands like Preply, Freshworks, Hotjar, and countless more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of the steps that led to our success, as well as many of the steps that held us back from accelerating our growth. (Because this post isn\u2019t about bragging. It\u2019s about learning from what we did right, and improving on what we did wrong.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few quick facts:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u231a uSERP launched in Q4 of 2019, with a single client. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcb0 We\u2019ve raised $0 in capital, bootstrapping with a lean team<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcc8 Our growth came from a mix of inbound and outbound marketing\/sales<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83e\uddd1 When we hit $80k MRR, our team consisted of just 3 full-time people and a few part-time contractors, and we\u2019re actively hiring<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0e Our team is fully remote! Woo hoo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little bit about uSERP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I won\u2019t bore you with too much background, but it\u2019s good to understand what type of agency we are, what we do, and how we work.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

uSERP is primarily focused on digital PR and brand mention aspects of SEO and link building<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\"uSERP\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We help brands of all sizes and niches, from life insurance to SaaS all-stars, build their brand authority and increase organic rankings through targeted, high-impact brand mentions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our speciality is creating great content, securing high-authority links, and developing brand features. We also recently acquired two SaaS tools (Wordable<\/a> and Responsely<\/a>), which have blended well with our journey so far.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, enough of the formalities, just dive into our journey from $0 to $80k+ monthly recurring revenue. \ud83d\ude03<\/p>\n\n\n

\"Canny<\/a><\/span>