u/aesky

if recording yourself makes you cringe do this

1. create a instagram page for your app

2. grab a carroussel generator. reason: just like tiktok, instagram is pushing carousels hard rn . i use http://slidezz.app (disclosure it's mine)

3. generate some ideas with the ai, select a carousel template and set up an automation

4. posst post post, i'd post info content on your niche for example how oasis do it

5. Run ads on winning posts

if recording yourself makes you cringe do this

1. create a instagram page for your app

2. grab a carroussel generator. reason: just like tiktok, instagram is pushing carousels hard rn . i use http://slidezz.app (disclosure it's mine)

3. generate some ideas with the ai, select a carousel template and set up an automation

4. posst post post, i'd post info content on your niche for example how oasis do it

5. Run ads on winning posts

been there done that. it feels so productive adding just one more feature.

but you finally did it. you've finished your mvp! congratz

but you need marketing. you hate marketing and all the other players on your niche have already a marketing channel going on

and you're starting from 0. it feels like climbing mount everest.

turns out there's a way: you can build carousels on instagram like many apps do it on their niche for example oasis is a big app who's successfully done this.

i've build an agent that does that for you slidezz

what's great about this method is that you don't depend on

• looks
• editing
• copywriting

the ai agent does it all for you, just review the result and post it.

i've got a launch offer going on. lifetime deal for the first 100 subscribers.

and to put my mouth where my mouth is i'm starting a page from 0 just to prove my point you can follow it here https://www.instagram.com/slidezz.app/

lmk if you have any q's

sorry for the english as it's not my native language

been there done that. it feels so productive adding just one more feature.

but you finally did it. you've finished your mvp! congratz

but you need marketing. you hate marketing and all the other players on your niche have already a marketing channel going on

and you're starting from 0. it feels like climbing mount everest.

turns out there's a way: you can build carousels on instagram like many apps do it on their niche for example oasis is a big app who's successfully done this.

i've build an agent that does that for you slidezz

what's great about this method is that you don't depend on

• looks
• editing
• copywriting

the ai agent does it all for you, just review the result and post it.

i've got a launch offer going on. lifetime deal for the first 100 subscribers.

and to put my mouth where my mouth is i'm starting a page from 0 just to prove my point you can follow it here https://www.instagram.com/slidezz.app/

lmk if you have any q's

sorry for the english as it's not my native language

I built a tool that turns a single idea into a full Instagram carousel, script, visuals, design, in a couple of minutes. no clients yet but I kept running into the same thought:

If my tool is so good at making content that grows accounts, why don't I have an account it grew?

So I'm calling my own bluff, in public.

The challenge

• Goal: grow a brand-new IG niche page to 10,000 followers.
• Deadline: 90 days.
• Rules I'm locking myself into:
  • 100% organic. No ads, no engagement pods, no buying anything, no follow/unfollow.
  • Every single piece of content made with my own app. No Canva, no designer, no stock.
  • Max ~30 min/day of actual work. If the tool is real, it has to fit a normal schedule.

I'm a big believer in dogfooding, if I won't use my own product every day to do the exact job I sell it for, why would anyone else?

If it works, that's the only marketing case study I'll ever need. If it flops, you all get to watch me fail terrible, which is honestly the more useful outcome for anyone reading.

The exact plan (this is the part I actually want feedback on)

1. Pick one narrow niche, not "motivation." I'm choosing a niche where carousels already perform and the audience saves posts (saves > likes for reach). Leaning toward a specific corner of personal finance / productivity. Broad = dead.

2. Steal the format, not the content. Spend day 1 pulling the top-performing carousels in the niche from the last 90 days. I'm not copying ideas, I'm mapping the structures that already win (hook style, slide count, CTA slide).

3. Batch, don't create daily. One sitting a week: feed 7 hooks into the app, get 7 full carousels out, review, schedule. Daily creation is where everyone quits.

4. Hook is 80% of it. The first slide is the whole game. I'll test one variable per week, question hooks vs. bold-claim hooks vs. "nobody tells you" hooks, and let saves/shares tell me which wins.

5. Post consistently, engage manually. 1 carousel/day, plus 15 min replying to comments on bigger accounts in the niche before my post goes out. Organic reach loves an account that's active right before it posts.

6. Kill fast, double down faster. Any format that beats my average by 2x gets cloned 5 ways the next week. Everything below average dies. No emotional attachment.

Next step I'm working on right now

Getting Meta API approval so the app can publish straight to Instagram, schedule the whole week of carousels and let it post on its own. That review is in progress as I write this. Once it's approved, the "30 min/day" cap basically becomes "batch once a week and forget it," which is the real test of whether this can run hands-off.

Why I'm posting this here

Two reasons. One, public accountability is the only thing that's ever made me finish anything. Two, I'll come back every 1 week with real numbers, follower count, top posts, what flopped, screenshots. Good or bad. No "and then it went viral 🚀" fairy tales.

The one thing I'm unsure about: in 2026, does daily posting still beat 3x/week higher-effort posts for a cold account? I've seen strong arguments both ways. If you've grown an IG page from zero recently, I'd genuinely take your read on cadence over any guru's.