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Know what a yes looks like before you test.

We are building a workspace for small marketing tests. Before each test, write down the response you would count as promising. Then let what people actually do plan your next test.

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Small tests. Honest results. A next step.

  1. Customer & offer
  2. Plan a test
  3. Record the result
  4. Check your signal
  5. Decide
  6. Next test, planned for you

One small test, start to finish.

A consultant checks one guess about their customers with ten short messages. Here is how that test runs through the loop.

Write down who you are trying to help.

Answer nine Customer & offer questions, from who needs your help to why they would come back. Each answer is a guess until people respond.

Customer & offer

Who needs your help?

Independent consultants who lose deals because they follow up on proposals too late.

Status: answered, not tested yet.

Write the signal before you start.

A test names who you will reach, where, how many, and by when. Before it starts, write what would be a promising response. The tasks that carry it out sit inside the test.

Test · Direct outreach

Will consultants reply to this offer?

Send a short offer to ten consultants in one Slack group by Friday. Checks: Who needs your help?

Signal: 3 of 10 ask for details.

Let the result plan the next test.

Record what happened, including silence and objections. Check it against your signal, then continue, change direction, stop, or gather more evidence.

Decision

Missed the signal: 2 of 10 replied.

Both asked about writing proposals, rather than following up. The next test is planned from this one.

Decision: change the message.

Example with made-up numbers, not customer results.

Make the next step small enough to take.

The loop is old: assumption, action, test, result, decision. In the workspace, an assumption is one of your Customer & offer answers, actions are the tasks inside a test, and the decision rule is the signal you write before the test starts.

The Boring Marketing Loop: 1 Assumption, 2 Action, 3 Test, 4 Result, 5 Decision, then back to a new assumption. The decision rule is written before the test.

Being built now

What you do in the workspace.

Four screens that take one test from a guess to a decision. Not open to the public yet.

  1. Overview

    One suggested next step, picked from where your work stands: a result that needs a decision, a running test, or the test planned from your last decision. Below it are your open tasks and your ideal customer.

  2. Customer & offer

    Nine questions about who you help, how they buy, and why they stay. A new project walks you through them one at a time.

  3. Tests

    Each test has a question, a method (Direct outreach, Landing page, or Pre-order), who and where, a sample size, an end date, and its signal. It can check specific Customer & offer answers, and it holds its own task checklist.

  4. Decisions

    Record what happened and answer “Did you hit your signal?” Then choose one of four decisions. Unless you stop, the next test is planned from the finished one, and the answers it checked show as tested.

Decisions

Direct outreach · Ready to decide

Will consultants reply to this offer?

Expected signal: 3 of 10 ask for details

What happened?

2 of 10 replied. Both asked about writing proposals, not following up.

Did you hit your signal?

YesPartlyNo (selected)

Decision

Change the audience, message, or channel

Your next step

You saved a decision. Review this planned test and update the highlighted part before you start.

Illustration, not a product screenshot. Same example test, same made-up numbers.

A reply beats a guess.
What will you try next?

We are building Boring Marketing Loop to help you ask a better question, run a test, and keep an honest record of the answer. “Did you hit your signal?” only checks the rule you set before the test. It will not promise to validate your business.

Why we are building it

Planned pricing.

Monthly plans. Starter is the workspace described above, run by hand. The AI features in Founder are planned and not built yet.

Starter

€0per month

Run the loop by hand on one idea.

  • One project
  • Customer & offer answers, tests with tasks, and decisions
  • A signal check on every result, and the next test planned from your decision
  • One suggested next step on the overview
  • One AI customer brief per project
Tell me when it opens (the Starter plan)

Founder

AI planned

€19per month

AI help to find your customer and plan the next test.

  • Everything in Starter
  • Unlimited projects
  • AI customer brief: who they are, where to find them, how to talk to them, rewritten when your answers change

Planned, not built yet

  • AI test drafts with the signal written before you start
  • Suggestions that update after each recorded result
Tell me when it opens (the Founder plan)

Planned prices in euros. No VAT is charged (small business under § 19 UStG). Nothing is charged yet, and prices may change before launch.

Before you start a loop.

What a small test can tell you, and where Boring Marketing Loop fits.

Use the marketing experiment template

What is startup idea validation?

Startup idea validation means testing assumptions about a customer problem, an offer, or willingness to pay before committing more time or money. A test gives you evidence for a decision, not proof that a whole business will succeed.

How do I run a small marketing experiment?

Choose one assumption, a specific audience, and an action you can finish. Before starting, write down your signal: the behavior you will count and what would be a promising response. Record the result, including silence and objections, compare it with your signal, then decide whether to continue, change, stop, or gather more evidence.

Who is Boring Marketing Loop for?

Boring Marketing Loop is for solo founders and small teams testing a startup idea, consulting offer, or customer problem. The workspace we are building connects your Customer & offer answers, the tests that check them, their results, and the decisions that plan the next test.

Does the AI decide for me?

No. The AI customer brief drafts who your customer is, where to find them, and how to talk to them from your notes and recorded results. AI drafts of the next test are planned, not built yet. Each draft is an assumption to test. You still send the messages, count what people do, and choose the decision.

Can I use Boring Marketing Loop today?

Not yet. The product is in development, with no announced launch date, and we run the workspace as a local prototype while we build it. The prices on this page are planned, and nothing is charged yet. Joining the email list gets you the updates you choose. It does not create a workspace account or give you access to a hosted workspace.

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Notes from the build.

Practical guides and the decisions behind Boring Marketing Loop.

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Startup validation guides

Marketing strategy

Startup marketing plan: a one-page template for solo founders

Write a startup marketing plan on one page. Copy the template, follow the worked example, and choose the smallest test that could change your mind.

Read the note : Startup marketing plan: a one-page template for solo founders

Product thinking

How to test a startup idea

Test a startup idea with one assumption, audience, and decision rule. Copy this marketing experiment template, track the counts, and read the example.

Read the note : How to test a startup idea

Customer discovery

Customer discovery interview questions for founders

Customer discovery interview questions about a customer's last real experience, workaround, and costs, not opinions. Copy the questions and note template.

Read the note : Customer discovery interview questions for founders

Marketing experiments

How to test startup demand with a landing page

How to run a landing page experiment before you build: one audience, an honest offer, one next step. Count visits and signups, then choose the next test.

Read the note : How to test startup demand with a landing page

Latest from the build

Marketing strategy

What should a founder post on LinkedIn to get customers?

Post about your customers' problem, not your product. Five LinkedIn post types for founders, a weekly plan, and how to tell if posting brings customers.

Read the note : What should a founder post on LinkedIn to get customers?

Customer discovery

How do you find beta testers for your startup?

Find beta testers among people who recently acted on the problem, not among friends. Where to look, what to offer, and how to keep 10 testers using the product.

Read the note : How do you find beta testers for your startup?