Bearconnect.io
The all-in-one LinkedIn automation tool you need
Hey all,
I’m the solo, bootstrapped founder of Bearconnect, a LinkedIn automation + content tool. We launched a few months ago, and today is actually the first time I’m running a Black Friday deal.
I thought I’d share what I’m doing today, what I’m learning in real-time, and also drop the deal in case anyone here uses LinkedIn for growth.
What I’ve learned in a few hours of launching a BF deal
1. Preparation matters way more than I expected.
Even though I only launched the deal today, the amount of small things to update is insane: website banners, pricing page, emails, posts, coupon setup, etc.
2. Past leads respond immediately (way faster than cold traffic).
The first people who reacted were folks who signed up earlier but didn’t convert.
What Bearconnect does
For anyone here who uses LinkedIn to grow their product:
write + schedule posts
send connection requests
manage DMs/outreach
automate the repetitive work so you can focus on real conversations
A lot of founders struggle to stay consistent on LinkedIn and that’s the problem I’m solving.
The Black Friday deal (launched TODAY)
50% off for the first 3 months
Coupon: BLACKFRI50
Link: bearconnect.io
If anyone here has run Black Friday deals before, I’d love to hear:
• What moved the needle most?
• Where did you promote it?
• Any mistakes I should avoid this week?
Quick update from my bootstrapped journey with Bearconnect (launched in May 2025).
Until now, people had to use 2 tools:
one to schedule posts
another to send connection requests & messages
That always felt messy.
So we built something new.
👉 Bearconnect is now the first AI-powered LinkedIn automation tool that does both inbound (write + schedule posts) and outbound (connection requests + messages).
And here’s the part I’m most excited about:
We just added AI features to help with content and outreach and unlike others, we’re not charging extra for it.
All in one place. Simple. Efficient. Safe.
As a solo, bootstrapped founder, it feels surreal to bring this live.
Thanks for reading - building Bearconnect has been the hardest and most exciting thing I’ve done so far.
👉 Try it free for 7 days here: bearconnect.io
Rethinking our onboarding at Bearconnect.
I’ve been getting feedback that our onboarding process has too much friction. And the numbers back it up - in the last 2 weeks, 13 people quit after step 4.
Here’s what the current flow looks like:
1️⃣ Enter email + password
2️⃣ Verify email
3️⃣ Log in again
4️⃣ Fill the onboarding form
5️⃣ Enter credit card details
6️⃣ Add LinkedIn account → finally in
That’s a lot of steps before seeing any value. And I don’t blame users for dropping off.
Here’s the new flow I’m considering:
1️⃣ Combine onboarding form with email + password
2️⃣ Verify email
3️⃣ Take the user straight to the dashboard (let them experience the wow factor immediately)
4️⃣ Ask for credit card details only when they decide to connect their LinkedIn account
The idea: show value first, ask for commitment later.
Whenever someone drops off, I connect with them on LinkedIn to learn about their experience. Their feedback has been clear: the process feels heavy.
Now my focus is on making it so smooth that users never have to feel that friction in the first place.
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This usually happens when the signup flow demands too much commitment before showing any value. In your current sequence, visitors must verify an email, log in again, complete a form and enter payment and LinkedIn details before seeing anything, so it’s not surprising people drop after step four. What you’re seeing is less about them refusing to pay than about them not trusting that the product is worth their effort yet. Moving payment and LinkedIn until after they see the dashboard and combining the initial steps reduces cognitive load and lets them experience the product before committing.
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Great insight 👏 I totally agree with the idea of showing value first and asking for commitment later.
The new flow feels much smoother especially delaying the credit card step until after the wow moment. Curious to see how your activation rates improve once you test this! 🚀-
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I will keep you updated on the activation rate.
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Your new onboarding plan is a great move. Showing the value of your product first, before asking for a big commitment, is a much better approach. The friction you're seeing at Step 4 and beyond is a clear sign that users aren't motivated to complete the process until they understand what they're getting.
By letting users experience the "wow factor" of the dashboard right away, you're building trust and giving them a reason to stay. Combining steps and delaying the credit card and LinkedIn requests until they're invested will likely lead to a much higher conversion rate. Your focus on reducing friction and learning from user feedback is exactly what will make the process successful.
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Thanks! The new onboarding went into effect today!
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Nice choice, good luck.
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Thanks!
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I think your new flow sounds like a big improvement. How important is it that the user verify email before getting to the dashboard?
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Yes, the new flow got active as of this morning. From security point of view, it's important that the user verifies his email. I hired a pen tester a while ago and he was particular about it.
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Hi Mona, I have some interesting insights to share with you! But before I do, I’d love to know how many signups you received over the past two weeks. You mentioned that 13 new users left after the 4th onboarding step, "fill the onboarding form," but could you tell me the total number of signups you got during that period?
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We got 7 signs up. These 7 people finished all the steps in our onboarding. Curious to hear what you want to share!
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Does it mean that the total number of signups were 20 where 13 left the onboarding form and 7 finished all steps?
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Yes correct
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Okay, Mona. So, you got 20 signups, 13 of them drop after the fourth step because they didn’t want to provide their credit card details and 7 were serious enough to give you that information and proceed further exploring your product.
First, you shouldn’t think that friction is the only one thing you need to address and that those abandoned users you interviewed told your the truth. Therefore, try to score them, use your onboarding form and check if they were qualified prospects. If no, it’s the answer, not friction, if they were qualified, their motivation wasn’t enough to give you their cc details, maybe due to the trust to your business (your product is new) or indeed friction.
I would recommend to simplify the onboarding/registration process in full and test the following assumption:
Registration form with Social Signin (Google, Facebook, etc) buttons to avoid verification process and improve number of signups. You can detect the country automatically, no need to ask for that. Simplify your registration form.
Simple onboarding poll to score signups and check how many were qualified. Don’t spend your time on unqualified prospects,
Show the dashboard sample. Let them interact with it. Push them to change the LinkedIn account from sample one to theirs.
When they try to add their account, allow them to connect it in full.
At the end of the connection process, show them free trial paywall modal window on the compete dashboard background. Show them they are in the process and it’s only one step left, include social proof.
You push signups to see your product value, decrease friction by removing some steps and improve their motivation to proceed by showing real example of your product. Test it out and let me know the results.
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Thanks Ihar! We simplified our onboarding effective yesterday. Now, the user has to fill a form and verify his email. I will speak with my tech team to have them verify via Google. After verification, the link takes them directly to the dashboard. I am hoping to increase my sign ups now.
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A lot of people ask me: how does it feel to be a solo, non-technical, bootstrapped female founder?
To be honest- it feels like jumping into the deep end of the pool without knowing how to swim, and then teaching yourself along the way.
When I started Bearconnect.io, I made a few conscious choices:
No co-founder.
No VC funding.
Stay small, lean, and independent.
Sounds bold. In reality? It’s been the hardest year of my life.
I come from a sales background, not tech. Yet, I was building a complex SaaS product in the LinkedIn automation space. That meant two parallel battles:
Finding the right tech team to actually bring the product to life.
Ensuring we built Bearconnect with safety at its core (because automation and LinkedIn are a tricky mix).
There were so many moments when I thought of quitting. Days when the product broke. Weeks when progress felt painfully slow. Nights when I doubted myself for even starting.
But here’s the thing: every single time a customer said- “This saved me hours” - it felt worth it.
Bootstrapping Bearconnect has taught me:
Resilience is a muscle you build, not a trait you’re born with.
Thick skin isn’t optional-it’s survival.
And when there’s no ray of light, sometimes you have to become that light for yourself.
Would I trade this past year for anything else?
Never.
Because despite the struggles, I get to build Bearconnect on my own terms- and that’s priceless.
When I was running my sales agency, LinkedIn was my main channel for outreach.
But here’s what my day looked like:
👉 Switching between different browsers to manage client accounts
👉 Tracking conversations in endless spreadsheets
👉 Always worried about safety and limits
It was frustrating — and I kept asking myself:
“Why isn’t there a simple, safe way to manage multiple accounts and outreach in one place?”
That question stayed with me. And instead of waiting for someone else to solve it, I decided to build the solution myself.
That’s how Bearconnect was born — starting out as an outreach tool.
Then, along the way, I also started posting on LinkedIn to build my personal brand. I was doing this manually, even though I knew tools existed. That’s when I realized:
outreach + inbound (scheduling and writing posts) together is what really makes a difference.
So Bearconnect evolved into something bigger:
an all-in-one tool that combines safe outreach + personal brand building in one place.
I didn’t build Bearconnect to chase hype.
I built it because I faced these exact pains every single day, and I knew others did too.
Sometimes the best products don’t start with an idea.
They start with a problem you can’t ignore.
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This resonates a lot — I’ve also been stuck juggling outreach across spreadsheets and different tools. Great to see you solved it head-on. Do you see Bearconnect being used more by solo founders, or by agencies running multiple clients
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Currently by solo founders. I am planning to start my outreach for agencies soon.
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Ohhh , as a Video Editor who wanna build his personal brand this is pretty useful.
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Exactly! Let me know if you want to see a demo :)
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Congrats, this resonates. Two questions. How do you keep accounts safe at scale on LinkedIn, for example limits and warmup, and how do you attribute posts and outreach to pipeline so teams see what moved the needle. One idea that would help me is a simple weekly planner that pairs daily outreach with scheduled posts and shows a safety meter in real time.
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Hi Dennis! Great questions:
On safety: Bearconnect handles this with built-in limits, gradual warmup, and smart pacing so you don’t have to worry about hitting LinkedIn restrictions.
On attribution: I love your idea of a weekly planner with daily outreach + posts tied to a safety meter. Adding it to my notes!-
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Thanks for the thoughtful reply, Mona. Built in limits, gradual warmup, and smart pacing cover safety well, and the weekly planner with a live safety meter feels like a strong next step.
btw we could partner up. Me and my team are building HustleAdvisor, a social network where entrepreneurs share practical step by step lessons. If you join the waitlist and later post a short write up about building Bearconnect, we will boost it in the main feed so more people see it.
You get: more users from us
We get: an entrepreneur on board-
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That will be awesome! Thank you! What's the sign up link?
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I appreciate it, Mona!
Here's the link
https://hustle-advisor.com-
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Thanks! I signed up
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Hi Mona, HustleAdvisor is live!
Would love to see a post about Bearconnect on our platform!
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Cheers! I will contact you once we're live
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Hey Mona, really interesting approach! I’m wondering...how do you balance automation with staying within LinkedIn’s limits? Also, do you have any insights on how users have seen growth in connections or engagement since using Bearconnect?
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Hi Sonu! Very good question. We don't allow our users to send more than 25 connection requests on a daily basis. One of our users have generated 250k in revenue already in 3 months. I know this figure looks unrealistic. I am going to get his video testimonial in the next few weeks.
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This is an amazing result Mona but you deserve it! Can't keep a great founder and product down!
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Thanks, Eric, for all our calls over the past few weeks!
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So proud of you, Mona! It’s inspiring to see a woman building a product like this—especially in a space where we don’t see enough female founders.
Thanks for sharing the update! Even more impressive to see the real impact Bearconnect is having. That revenue figure sounds huge, and I’m really looking forward to watching the testimonial when it’s out. Excited to see how your users are leveraging the tool to grow safely and effectively!
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Thanks Sonu for your encouraging words! Yes, there are very few solo bootstrapped female founders in this space.
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I’ve been asked this a lot since launch: “Why force people to put in their card just to try it out?”
Here’s my thinking 👇
I don’t want free loaders.
I want serious users who are genuinely interested in solving their LinkedIn lead gen challenges.
Requiring a card does a few things:
Filters out people who just want to click around
Ensures our tech team gets feedback from real users
Keeps signups high-quality and closer to actual customers
Yes — it means fewer signups.
But the people who do sign up are way more engaged and treat Bearconnect as a growth tool, not a toy.
That’s a tradeoff I’m okay with.
Curious though — how many of you ask for a card upfront in your free trial? Does it work for you?
What is Bearconnect?
All-in-one LinkedIn automation tool that handles both inbound and outbound lead generation from a unified dashboard. Manage multiple LinkedIn accounts seamlessly.
The problem
Lead gen agencies and sales teams juggle 5-20 LinkedIn accounts daily. They're constantly logging in/out, losing track of conversations, and using multiple tools for inbound/outbound. Existing tools only focus on one aspect.
Key differentiator
Complete LinkedIn automation suite - both inbound and outbound in one platform. Most tools only do outbound connection requests. We handle the full funnel.
Traction so far
Soft launched 3 months ago
10 paying beta users
Big goal
Scale significantly by December 31st. Going all-in on growth.
Ask
If you know agencies, sales teams, or recruiters doing LinkedIn lead generation, I'd appreciate an intro. 7-day free trial at bearconnect.io
Building in public - will share the growth journey here!
Link: bearconnect.io
Pricing: $67/month, 7-day free trial
I launched Bearconnect.io just 1.5 months ago. It’s a LinkedIn automation tool that combines both inbound and outbound in one place.
What does that mean?
You can schedule posts to build your personal brand (inbound), and also run automated outreach campaigns (outbound) — all from a single dashboard.
As far as I know, no other tool in the market currently offers this full-stack LinkedIn workflow. That’s our edge.
Current Status:
V1 is live
7 paid users onboarded
Stripe integration is being wrapped up — we’ll be ready for a proper launch in 15–20 days
After launch, anyone interested can start a 7-day free trial (credit card required)
The Goal:
Hit 3,000 users by end of December 2025.
It’s ambitious, especially as a solo first time SaaS founder, but I believe in the product and the problem it’s solving.
If you're building something similar, marketing a SaaS, or living the solo founder life — I’d love to connect, trade notes, or get feedback.
For years, I dreamed of traveling full-time. After living in Amsterdam for 4 years, my husband and I finally made the leap - he’s building his agency, and I’m building Bearconnect.io, a LinkedIn automation tool for outreach and content.
We just wrapped up our first month living the nomad founder lifestyle in Georgia ( 2 weeks in Tbilisi and 2 weeks in the Caucasus mountains in Kazbegi)
Here’s what I’ve learned so far:
It took time to realize I’m living my dream
It honestly took a week for it to sink in - I’m doing the thing I’ve always dreamed of. But once it hit, the gratitude was real.You’re constantly torn between explore and execute
The biggest mental challenge? Balancing the desire to explore with the need to build. I had to be strict about time:
I block 11 AM to 5 PM every weekday just for deep work
Weekends are for exploring
In the mountains, I’ve opened up my calendar for late-night calls with the U.S.
Wifi problems
Choppy Wifi is real. We only stay in hotels with great views (to stay inspired) and stable Wifi (after reading the reviews). In Tbilisi, we even asked the hotel to give us a separate modem in our room.Meetups while travelling
In my two weeks in Tbilisi, I hosted 2 meetups for founders. One of them even became a paid user of Bearconnect!I’m building with intention
My digital nomad journey has just begun, but one thing’s clear:
As a bootstrapped solo founder, I need to be incredibly intentional with my time.
I don’t want my day to run me — I want to run my day.
Because that’s why I’m building Bearconnect: to create freedom, not chase burnout.
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Welcome to the club! A couple tips:
- Grab a travel router/extender like a GL-iNet Beryl AX. They are great for upgrading a poor router in a AirBNB etc, or acting as an extender/repeater in hotels etc. (put it close to the door hallway and use it to give your whole room wifi. https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=menubar
- Slow-madding really helps with work focus and reducing FOMO of missing out local places. I usually do 1-2 months in a city/town and if visas allow 3 months in same country. Less context shift, learning money, SIM, food etc of a whole new country. Also alternate between a "easy place" and hard place. Somewhere you have been, or somewhere with good infrastructure etc vs a less well known place, or somewhere with totally new customs, language etc.
- Don't bend 100% to customers demands for times etc.. ie no 3AM meetings. It's just not worth it, especially if they no show. Getting up an our earlier, or staying up an hour later ok, but nothing insane.
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Love your tips, Tony- thank you! I'm definitely going to buy the travel router you mentioned. I totally agree about slow travel- it really does help reduce FOMO.
We just finished one month in Georgia and have another two weeks to go. After that, we’re heading to India for a couple of months to spend time with family, and then it’s Vietnam.
I’ve also been thinking of taking Wednesdays off- working long hours on Monday and Tuesday, taking a midweek break, and then going hard again on Thursday and Friday. I'm definitely done with late-night work- it’s just not worth it.
Where are you traveling these days? Also, I added you on LinkedIn!
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Ya the mid-week idea is great for energy, but for the tourist, getaway travel, real recharge time etc idea I'd recommend taking either Mondays or Fridays off (or Friday PM, Monday AM off - still 3 days, just split. Especially if you are in Asia working North America hours. Monday AM's Asia time no one is doing anything anyways (Sunday PM NA time).
Was in just in Da Nang and Hoi An for a few months in the Spring, then in Bangkok for a month, and just landed in Spain a couple days ago to visit a friend for the month and what not. Then back to Canada for a couple months.
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Thanks Tony for all your wonderful tips! Looking forward to visiting Da Nang in September!
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Hi everyone! I’m getting closer to fully launching Bearconnect, a LinkedIn automation tool I’ve been building over the last few months.
Right now, we’re finishing Stripe integration. (For current users, I’m sharing a manual Stripe payment link for now.) Once that’s tested and working smoothly, here’s what I plan to do to get more users:
My GTM Plan:
Hire affiliates – I’ll work with people (like creators, consultants, and agencies) who already have an audience that would benefit from Bearconnect.
Cold email outreach – I’ll reach out to lead gen agencies, founders, and sales teams who might find the tool useful.
Use Bearconnect myself for LinkedIn outreach – I’m already using it daily to connect with people and improve the messaging as I go.
I’d love your suggestions:
What worked for you when you launched your product?
This is my first SaaS product, and I’m figuring things out as I go.
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Loved your product idea !
I help bootstrapped founders like you get real, verified leads from USA/Europe using simple outbound systems (no ads, no complexity).
Would love to send you a sample list for free — just reply here or DM me 🙌
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Hi Mona, Sounds great, I am just starting on my journey too so I am interested in what works. Hope it all goes great and interested to learn how that cold email outreach works.
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Sure thanks!
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Hi Mona, I've used a similar product before so I know how powerful it can be. Rob's question about LinkedIn compliance will likely be your major adoption hurdle. Your GTM approach is a good start--you've covered outbound and channel motions--but do you also have an active approach to inbound? I'd also be curious to hear how you would intend to "hire" affiliates.
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Hey! Yes, that is a valid concern. We have ensured that our user's LinkedIn account is totally protected. I use my 20 year LinkedIn account to run my own campaigns on Bearconnect. We are providing a dedicated IP to all our users + other security measures are in place. For inbound, I post almost every day on LinkedIn, going to start posting on YT. I have to figure out how to appear on LLM searches. Any ideas?
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Hi Mona, you're not the only one trying to figure this out. LLMs don't crawl the internet like search engines so you have show up where they're most likely to pay attention. The three words I would keep in mind are semantics, context and authority--semantics set up properly on your site, context being part of the conversation in the right places with links back to the site, and setting yourself/your site/and your product up as an authority. GTM Savants is going through the same effort that you're going through, so me advising you here is actually helping both of us. If you want to talk it through, feel free to DM me on LinkedIn (Eric Savant) or contact through the site. Best of luck.
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Congrats on the imminent launch - looks like a well thought out product 👍
Any challenges yet around ensuring you're compliant with LinkedIn T&Cs?
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Thanks Rob! No challenges yet!
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