Jakob Jelling
@jakobjelling.bsky.social
I run Fake Mayo. A newsletter where entrepreneurs share how they got their first customers.
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Wrapping up 2025
Been grinding on my personal brand + newsletter as a side hustle all year.
Here's where consistent posting got me:
X followers: 3,563
Threads: 876
Bluesky: 2,438
Newsletter subs: 2,109
Grateful for every follow, read, and reply.
What was YOUR biggest win in 2025?
Been grinding on my personal brand + newsletter as a side hustle all year.
Here's where consistent posting got me:
X followers: 3,563
Threads: 876
Bluesky: 2,438
Newsletter subs: 2,109
Grateful for every follow, read, and reply.
What was YOUR biggest win in 2025?
December 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Wrapping up 2025
Been grinding on my personal brand + newsletter as a side hustle all year.
Here's where consistent posting got me:
X followers: 3,563
Threads: 876
Bluesky: 2,438
Newsletter subs: 2,109
Grateful for every follow, read, and reply.
What was YOUR biggest win in 2025?
Been grinding on my personal brand + newsletter as a side hustle all year.
Here's where consistent posting got me:
X followers: 3,563
Threads: 876
Bluesky: 2,438
Newsletter subs: 2,109
Grateful for every follow, read, and reply.
What was YOUR biggest win in 2025?
Who did you last talk to about the problem your product solves, and what did they say?
December 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Who did you last talk to about the problem your product solves, and what did they say?
🧡THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! 🧡
In 2025, so many brilliant (and ridiculously good-looking ) entrepreneurs opened up in the Fake Mayo newsletter - sharing their raw, real starter stories on landing those first customers.
Grateful for every founder who contributed. You made this year epic!
In 2025, so many brilliant (and ridiculously good-looking ) entrepreneurs opened up in the Fake Mayo newsletter - sharing their raw, real starter stories on landing those first customers.
Grateful for every founder who contributed. You made this year epic!
December 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🧡THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! 🧡
In 2025, so many brilliant (and ridiculously good-looking ) entrepreneurs opened up in the Fake Mayo newsletter - sharing their raw, real starter stories on landing those first customers.
Grateful for every founder who contributed. You made this year epic!
In 2025, so many brilliant (and ridiculously good-looking ) entrepreneurs opened up in the Fake Mayo newsletter - sharing their raw, real starter stories on landing those first customers.
Grateful for every founder who contributed. You made this year epic!
Fresh starter story just dropped in my newsletter.
Sebastian from Sweden built his first 100 users completely organically – no ads, no paid growth hacks.
Want the full breakdown of his tactics?
Read it here
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-sebast...
Sebastian from Sweden built his first 100 users completely organically – no ads, no paid growth hacks.
Want the full breakdown of his tactics?
Read it here
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-sebast...
How Sebastian got his first 100 users from Reddit, X, LinkedIn, and manual outreach
Meet Sebastian Mattsson, a 19-year-old Swedish founder who built the AI distribution tool Launchli and hit 100 organic users in 30 days.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Fresh starter story just dropped in my newsletter.
Sebastian from Sweden built his first 100 users completely organically – no ads, no paid growth hacks.
Want the full breakdown of his tactics?
Read it here
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-sebast...
Sebastian from Sweden built his first 100 users completely organically – no ads, no paid growth hacks.
Want the full breakdown of his tactics?
Read it here
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-sebast...
Just redesigned my website.
Or actually - I justed punched a few buttons and
@beehiiv did all the hard work for me 🙂
Or actually - I justed punched a few buttons and
@beehiiv did all the hard work for me 🙂
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Just redesigned my website.
Or actually - I justed punched a few buttons and
@beehiiv did all the hard work for me 🙂
Or actually - I justed punched a few buttons and
@beehiiv did all the hard work for me 🙂
New newsletter issue out today.
Meet Jay, co-founder of MagicBlocks, based in Australia🦘
He builds AI sales agents that engage, qualify, and close leads 24/7, turning website traffic into revenue.
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-jay-is...
Meet Jay, co-founder of MagicBlocks, based in Australia🦘
He builds AI sales agents that engage, qualify, and close leads 24/7, turning website traffic into revenue.
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-jay-is...
How Jay is scaling his mean lead machine
MagicBlocks builds AI agents that engage, qualify, & convert leads into revenue 24/7 using proven behavioral science. Built to sell, not just talk.
www.fakemayo.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
New newsletter issue out today.
Meet Jay, co-founder of MagicBlocks, based in Australia🦘
He builds AI sales agents that engage, qualify, and close leads 24/7, turning website traffic into revenue.
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-jay-is...
Meet Jay, co-founder of MagicBlocks, based in Australia🦘
He builds AI sales agents that engage, qualify, and close leads 24/7, turning website traffic into revenue.
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-jay-is...
Working on my next newsletter issue this Sunday.
It's about Sebastian. A 19-year-old founder from Sweden.
He shares how he got his first 100 SaaS users from Reddit, X, Linked, and manual outrach.
It's about Sebastian. A 19-year-old founder from Sweden.
He shares how he got his first 100 SaaS users from Reddit, X, Linked, and manual outrach.
December 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Working on my next newsletter issue this Sunday.
It's about Sebastian. A 19-year-old founder from Sweden.
He shares how he got his first 100 SaaS users from Reddit, X, Linked, and manual outrach.
It's about Sebastian. A 19-year-old founder from Sweden.
He shares how he got his first 100 SaaS users from Reddit, X, Linked, and manual outrach.
Are you building something users want or just something they need?
Is your product a "vitamin" (nice to have) or a "painkiller" (must have)?
Is your product a "vitamin" (nice to have) or a "painkiller" (must have)?
December 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Are you building something users want or just something they need?
Is your product a "vitamin" (nice to have) or a "painkiller" (must have)?
Is your product a "vitamin" (nice to have) or a "painkiller" (must have)?
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December 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Does your project align with your passion?
December 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Does your project align with your passion?
New issue of my newsletter just out.
Learn how Jack is growing Deeditt, a story-driven social journaling platform.
www.fakemayo.com/p/jack-fiall...
Learn how Jack is growing Deeditt, a story-driven social journaling platform.
www.fakemayo.com/p/jack-fiall...
Jack Fiallos on leaving social media for real growth and honest stories
Jack Fiallos shares his honest journey of building Deeditt. Learn how he overcame startup marketing failures, prioritized authenticity, and found slow, steady growth through resilience.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
New issue of my newsletter just out.
Learn how Jack is growing Deeditt, a story-driven social journaling platform.
www.fakemayo.com/p/jack-fiall...
Learn how Jack is growing Deeditt, a story-driven social journaling platform.
www.fakemayo.com/p/jack-fiall...
What's the one task you're avoiding that would actually move the needle?
December 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
What's the one task you're avoiding that would actually move the needle?
What single organic channel are you focusing on mastering right now (e.g., GEO, X, LinkedIn)?
December 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
What single organic channel are you focusing on mastering right now (e.g., GEO, X, LinkedIn)?
New starter story out today.
Meet Eliana Jordan. A dive instructor who learned to code.
www.fakemayo.com/p/elianas-pa...
Meet Eliana Jordan. A dive instructor who learned to code.
www.fakemayo.com/p/elianas-pa...
Eliana's path to location-independent SaaS success
Meet Eliana Jordan, an indie hacker who codes her own products while traveling the world for scuba diving and kitesurfing.
www.fakemayo.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
New starter story out today.
Meet Eliana Jordan. A dive instructor who learned to code.
www.fakemayo.com/p/elianas-pa...
Meet Eliana Jordan. A dive instructor who learned to code.
www.fakemayo.com/p/elianas-pa...
My next 5 newsletter issues are scheduled. Ready to be published during December.
December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
My next 5 newsletter issues are scheduled. Ready to be published during December.
Are you optimizing for vanity metrics (likes, followers) or true business metrics (MRR, user retention, LTV)?
What are your top 3 most important business metrics?
What are your top 3 most important business metrics?
December 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Are you optimizing for vanity metrics (likes, followers) or true business metrics (MRR, user retention, LTV)?
What are your top 3 most important business metrics?
What are your top 3 most important business metrics?
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December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Saying "no" to distractions is essential.
What's one distraction you need to say "no" to more often?
What's one distraction you need to say "no" to more often?
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Saying "no" to distractions is essential.
What's one distraction you need to say "no" to more often?
What's one distraction you need to say "no" to more often?
New story live on Fake Mayo.
Meet Arif from Bangladesh.
Learn how he has grown his neobrutalism-styled component library.
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-arif-f...
Thanks for sharing @ariflogs.bsky.social
Meet Arif from Bangladesh.
Learn how he has grown his neobrutalism-styled component library.
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-arif-f...
Thanks for sharing @ariflogs.bsky.social
How Arif is finding customers for his neobrutalism-styled component library
Arif Hossain grew RetroUI, a NeoBrutalist React UI library, by building in public, leveraging open-source, and consistently shipping new content. You shoul read the full story.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
New story live on Fake Mayo.
Meet Arif from Bangladesh.
Learn how he has grown his neobrutalism-styled component library.
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-arif-f...
Thanks for sharing @ariflogs.bsky.social
Meet Arif from Bangladesh.
Learn how he has grown his neobrutalism-styled component library.
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-arif-f...
Thanks for sharing @ariflogs.bsky.social
How my newsletter performed in November
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How my newsletter performed in November
I'm not gonna hit my 2025 goal.
I was aiming from 5,000 subscribers to my newsletter. I'm far from it.
Just have to work harder and smarter next in 2026.
I was aiming from 5,000 subscribers to my newsletter. I'm far from it.
Just have to work harder and smarter next in 2026.
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I'm not gonna hit my 2025 goal.
I was aiming from 5,000 subscribers to my newsletter. I'm far from it.
Just have to work harder and smarter next in 2026.
I was aiming from 5,000 subscribers to my newsletter. I'm far from it.
Just have to work harder and smarter next in 2026.
I just published a new starter story.
Learn how Sanjay from Dubai is growing his AI visibility tracker, Radarkit.
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-sanjay...
Learn how Sanjay from Dubai is growing his AI visibility tracker, Radarkit.
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-sanjay...
How Sanjay is growing his AI visibility tracker
Meet Sanjay Singh, founder of Radarkit - the AI visibility tracker that shows how your brand ranks in LLMs. From $500k domain sales to launching an AEO/GEO tool in 2025.
www.fakemayo.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I just published a new starter story.
Learn how Sanjay from Dubai is growing his AI visibility tracker, Radarkit.
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-sanjay...
Learn how Sanjay from Dubai is growing his AI visibility tracker, Radarkit.
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-sanjay...
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November 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Running a newsletter?
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The price?
Cash money + hands-on support from two of the top dogs in the newsletter industry.
I'm not affiliated 🙂
Maybe you should submit your newsletter to this challenge.
www.beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge
The price?
Cash money + hands-on support from two of the top dogs in the newsletter industry.
I'm not affiliated 🙂