This week’s Founder Finds includes:
💻 A free AI coding agent
✨ A screen recording tool
💰 Optimizing pricing pages
⭐ Social proof best practices
🔄 An $80k pricing model change
➡️ And more…
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🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
🔄 $80k Pricing Pivot shared by Shivam
How changing the pricing model can make all the difference
💻 cto.new shared by Elia Zane
A free AI coding agent
✨ ScreenSage shared by Yuyu
A screen recording tool with 3D effects
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
🧿 Dru Riley added a feature to track your own company in HeadsUp
🚀 Elie Steinbock was featured in Vercel Open Source Stories
🎙️ Jd Fiscus was featured in the This New Way Podcast
🤖 Eddie Forson wrote about his AI consulting experience
(📈 Pro) Ren Saguil is hosting a sales workshop for Trends Pro Members
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How to Turn Customer Success Into Conversion-Boosting Social Proof?
Social proof taps into basic human psychology: when uncertain, people follow others.
Steal these social proof formats that work:
- Show success metrics and micro case studies in visual grids
- Capture first-time customer reactions showing genuine “wow” moments
- Display awards and famous customer logos: third-party validation builds instant credibility by association
🛠️ Tools of the Week
💲 Reply.io — Automate sales outreach
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🎨 UX Pilot — Build UI designs and wireframes with AI
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❔ Ask Yourself
Why Do Pretty Pricing Pages Convert Worse Than Ugly But Clear Ones?
A lot of SaaS pricing pages fail not because they’re ugly, but because they show rows of micro-differences.
The pricing psychology that kills conversions:
- Build tiers by outcome (“For launching. For growing. For scaling.”) instead of feature lists
- If buyers need binoculars to tell plans apart, they postpone instead of purchase
- Choose one primary action and one recommendation to lower decision fatigue
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