SaaS Go-to-Market: A 4-Step Plan to Find Hungry Buyers

Robert Coorey spent a year working double full-time hours on a video production business - and made $32,000 in revenue with $32,500 in costs. He lost $500. That taught him the most important SaaS go-to-market lesson: if you are not feeding a starving crowd, no amount of marketing will save your business.

In this episode, Robert breaks down his 4-step SaaS go-to-market framework for finding hungry buyers, building a converting funnel, and knowing when to scale with paid advertising. He also reveals why it takes 9.1 website visits before someone buys and how Amazon three-star reviews expose competitor gaps.

His go-to-market strategy starts with validating $10,000 in revenue before any customer acquisition spend. Businesses were not willing to pay $5,000 for a video when their website cost $2,000 - he was educating the market instead of selling what people already wanted.

🔑 Key Lessons

• 🎯 Validate your SaaS go-to-market with $10K in revenue first: No marketing tactic matters until customers have paid. Get $10,000 through phone calls or personal outreach before building funnels.
• 📉 Educating the market is not a go-to-market strategy: Finding hungry buyers means selling what people already want, not convincing them they need it.
• 💰 Use Amazon 3-star reviews to find competitor gaps: Common complaints reveal what customers wish existed - and what your product should deliver.
• 🚀 Scale paid ads only after cold traffic converts through your funnel: Robert's clients spent up to $500K/month on ads because they knew exact conversion numbers first.
• 🤝 Make time-limited offers and never break the deadline: Breaking a deadline destroys credibility for every future offer.
• 🧠 Your existing network is your first customer acquisition channel: Business cards, contacts, and social followers add up to 500-1,000 people ready for a personal invite.
• 🛠️ Expect 9+ visits before a SaaS go-to-market conversion: Without email follow-up sequences, most potential customers disappear forever.

Chapters

• Introduction
• What is a starving crowd and why it matters
• Video production business failure - $500 loss in a year
• Step 1 - Finding your starving crowd and first $10K
• The SaaS go-to-market 4-step framework overview
• Using Amazon 3-star reviews to find market gaps
• Step 2 - Building a sales funnel that converts
• Why it takes 9.1 visits before someone buys
• Step 3 - Paying for ads and scaling the funnel
• Step 4 - All you can eat marketing tactics
• Lightning round
• Where to find Robert Coorey

Resources

• Full show notes: https://saasclub.io/93
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