Acquisition project | AutoCMS
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Acquisition project | AutoCMS

Elevator Pitch

Gap : It takes hours to prompt, restructure and paste content from AI tools used for writing copies. Imagine creating content for website with a pre structured page, and very nuanced CMS content fields.


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Most web pages copies are written in a hurry. The deadline looms.
The campaign launch is hours away. You have a pile of product or service information and a blank CMS staring back at you. 😑

AutoCMS helps copywriters and website managers turn chaos into crafted copy.

  • It analyzes your source data—product specs, service details, campaign briefs etc.
  • It understands your CMS structure—from hero text to meta descriptions.
  • And via a Chrome extension, it auto-generates and fills your first draft directly inside your CMS.

No prompt engineering. No copy-pasting. No back-and-forth with generic AI tools.

Just 80% less manual work and 25% more conversions, baked into your publishing flow.

Try autocms.io



Here's How it works (GIF)

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We want to ease off content creation and copy generation for 250k+ websites created everyday




Understand the user

Understanding your ICP


ICP - Ideal customer profile


ICP 1

ICP 2

ICP 3

ICP 4

ICP Name

Vartika

Ritvik

Neha

Sudhanshu

Job title

Freelance Copywriter

Social Media Marketing Executive / Ad Buyer

CMO of an agency providing marketing / website services.

Freelance web developer (End-to-End Website Services)

Age

24

26

29

25

Organizational Goals

To create a self-sufficient freelancing career with high-paying clients.

To generate leads and improve campaign performance.

To build a high-performing marketing team and scale up client's brand presence.

To build high-quality websites, and scale up his freelance business.

Role Priorities

  • Deliver content fast.
  • Manage multiple clients
  • Learning
  • Create marketing strategies
  • Executing
  • Optimizing content
  • Marketing strategy
  • Take care of marketing spends and budgeting.
  • Deliver websites efficiently
  • Ensure seamless UX/UI
  • Manage multiple projects with minimal hassle

Role in buying process

100% ownership

50%

70%

100%

Reporting Structure

Self

Reports to CMO

Reports to CEO

Self

Preferred Channels

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Word of Mouth
  • Insta Reels
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Newsletters
  • LinkedIn
  • Conferences
  • Twitter
  • Podcasts
  • Tech Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Word of Mouth
  • Tech Communities

Products used in workplace

  • Notion
  • Google workspaces
  • Collaborates with clients on Slack/WhatsApp
  • Grammarly
  • Quill Bot
  • Wordpress
  • Google analytics
  • HubSpot
  • Notion
  • Slack
  • Google Ads
  • SEMrush / ahref
  • Browser : Chrome
  • HubSpot
  • Google Analytics
  • Asana
  • Slack
  • LinkedIn Ads
  • SEMrush / ahref
  • Perplexity/ChatGPT
  • Browser : Chrome/Arc
  • Figma
  • Strapi/Payload
  • Notion
  • GitHub
  • Zoho
  • Claude/ChatGPT/Perplexity
  • Browser : Chrome

Where do they spend time

  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Industry Webinars
  • LinkedIn
  • Marketing summits
  • Twitter dev communities
  • YouTube tutorials
  • GitHub

Pain Points

  • Finding clients
  • Keeping up with content as per client's expectations.
  • Juggling context between projects.
  • Managing multiple campaigns
  • Content bottlenecks
  • Keeping up with latest trends
  • Managing a team for execution
  • Marketing with limited resources
  • Proving ROI
  • Managing multiple client revisions
  • Handling content updates
  • Juggling between multiple projects

What motivates them?

  • Creative freedom
  • Work-life balance
  • Calls shots
  • Campaign performance
  • Industry wins
  • Recognition
  • Business growth
  • Successful marketing campaigns.
  • High paying clients
  • Efficient workflows
  • Work growth

Influencers/content they follow

Content around freelancing, AI, scaling freelancing work, how to build agency

Optimizing ad campaigns, websites, Latest tech news, Marketing podcasts.

Content around Growth Hacking, Business Podcasts,

Content around tech, freelancing, Gen AI, LLMs scaling freelancing work, how to build/scale agency

Current tool / solution

ChatGPT, JasperAI, CopyAI

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

ChatGPT, Claude

ICP prioritization framework:

  • As you talk to users, you'll find many potential ICPs. But unless your product is already scaled, only one or two of them will actually drive business. Focus on these key ICPs—and this is where the following table will help.

🎯 Use this framework to prioritize your ICP's

Criteria

Adoption Rate

Appetite to Pay

Frequency of Use Case

Distribution Potential

TAM

ICP1 - Freelancer Copywriter

Moderate to High

Moderate

High

High

High

ICP2 - Marketing Executive of a Company

Moderate

Moderate to High

Moderate

Moderate to High

Moderate

ICP3 - CMO

Low

Moderate

High

Moderate

Moderate

ICP4 - Freelancer Developer

High

High

High

High

High

ICP prioritization and Rationale

As per the chart, For initial acquisition of AutoCMS, Freelancers and agencies providing services comes out to be better fit for AutoCMS in early stage. Later it will be scaled directly to companies, once we have PMF with freelancers and agencies as in current stage, frequency of usage will also be higher in comparison to selling to companies directly - Will help us be under continuous feedback loop without major assumptions.


Some feedbacks and Nuggets received from user feedback sessions yet


User experience on onboarding and first content trial

Difficult to navigate and upload custom content when setting up a personalized voice for content generation.

Good enough for First drafts

Copywriters who used the extension for content generation felt confident using it for first drafts, laying the foundation for more refined writing and incremental improvements.

Aha Moment

Auto filling CMS form with nuanced copy with 20 or 30+ fields for the webpage.

Suggestions for improvement
  • Establish support for more widely used CMS like webflow, and shopify.
  • Minor UI enhancements: The transparent UI is a good concept, but it sometimes overlaps with content. Increase blur and opacity for better clarity.
  • Introduce transparent pricing plan, features and use cases in the website.


Surprising discovery

One of the user used the extension to fill up job application in minutes with very nuanced copy that resonated his writing style.


Even though I don't recommend using this for job applications, This one instance surprised me and made me think the other ways this extension can be used to fill up almost any webforms out there.


This folk is a true hacker man!





Understand the product

​Understanding Core Value Proposition


Value prop

ICP1

ICP2

ICP3

ICP4

VP1 - Generate Website Content Faster.

Quickly drafts content for repetitive page types.

Helps create web copy for campaigns & product pages.

Supports teams in scaling website content for clients without much manual effort.

Generates structured website content for faster development.

VP2 - SEO & Performance

Helps with clean, SEO-friendly website text.

Ensures web pages are optimized for ranking.

Helps maintain structured, search-friendly content for business growth.

Outputs SEO-ready content that fits client needs.

VP3 - Streamline Workflow

Get nuanced copies with custom style. Reduces client feedback loops & revisions. Get project done faster, and better.

Aligns marketing & product teams for smooth content execution.

Helps teams maintain consistent messaging across all web pages.

Works with Web flow, & other website builders (beta).

VP4 - Save Time & Money

Autofill feature for CMS saves hours of restructuring content and pasting in CMS fields.

Reduces dependency on outsourced writers for landing pages.

Get more done in less time.

Speeds up website launches with ready-to-use copy.


In a nutshell

AutoCMS helps generate SEO friendly website content first draft superfast with custom crafted style, covering all nuances of your company, data, and marketing comunications.



Understand the market

Our market calculations are based on CMS market , and what percentage of the new websites are willing to spend on new tech advancements.

New Websites Launches

Metric

Value

Per Minute

~175 new websites (commonly reported)

Per Hour

~10,500 new websites (derived estimate)

Per Day

~252,000 new websites (most widely cited)

CMS Market Share Among Websites

The majority of live websites are built on Content Management Systems (CMS). According to recent data, about 67% of all websites use a CMS. Here’s a breakdown of the top CMS platforms.


CMS PlatformCMS Market Share (%)Overall Website Share (%)

WordPress

62.7

43.3

Shopify

6.4

4.4

Wix

3.9

2.7

Squarespace

3.0

2.1

Joomla

2.4

1.7

Drupal

1.8

1.2

Adobe Systems

1.6

1.1

Google Systems

1.3

0.9

Bitrix

1.1

0.8

Webflow

0.9

0.6

Framer

Low but rising

Low

Strapi

Low but rising

Low

Sanity

Low but rising

Low

Payload

Low but rising

Low


CMS Download data


CMSMetric TypeValueNotes / Source

Webflow

Websites Published per Week

~2,520,000*

15,000 sites/hour × 24 hours × 7 days (marketing claim)


Total Unique Websites Powered

720,000+

BuiltWith data

Framer

Websites Published per Week

N/A

Not publicly disclosed


Total Unique Websites Powered

~17,000

Data from BuiltWith / Flow Ninja comparisons

WordPress

Cumulative Downloads (WordPress.org)

500+ million

Official WordPress.org download data


Estimated Websites Powered

~455+ million?

Widely quoted market share estimate (approximate)

Strapi

Weekly npm Downloads

~650,000

npm registry stats (average of 600–700K)


Total Websites Powered

N/A

Not publicly disclosed

Sanity

Weekly npm Downloads

~125,000

npm registry stats (average of 100–150K)


Total Websites Powered

N/A

Not publicly disclosed

Payload

Weekly npm Downloads

~20,000

npm registry stats


Total Websites Powered

N/A

Not publicly disclosed




MarketEstimated ValueAssumptions

TAM

~$5–7.5 billion

10–15M websites × ~$500/year potential spend on automated content tools globally

SAM

~$1–1.5 billion

Focus on the 20% of sites that are actively investing in digital content automation and AI tools

SOM

~$50–75 million

Realistic initial capture of 5% of SAM for a new, competitive product



Competitor research


CompanyYearEstimated ARR / RevenueKey Funding / Notes

Jasper.ai

2021

~$50M ARR (estimate)

Early rapid growth; initial traction reported after seed rounds


2022

~$100M ARR (estimate)

Raised ~$125M in late 2022; reached a high growth phase; media reported strong revenue expansion


2023

~$95M ARR (estimate)

Slight slowdown/decline possibly due to market saturation, increased competition, or customer churn

Copy.ai

2021

~$5M ARR (estimate)

Early-stage traction; modest revenue growth from initial user adoption


2022

~$10M ARR (estimate)

Continued growth; secured ~$14M funding round contributed to scaling efforts


2023

~$12M ARR (estimate)

Incremental revenue increase as market competition intensifies

Writesonic

2021

~$3M Revenue (estimate)

Early-stage; figures based on early seed rounds and initial market traction


2022

~$7M Revenue (estimate)

Growth driven by product improvements and market expansion


2023

~$9M Revenue (estimate)

Steady growth but at a more moderate pace as competition and market maturity set in


Where's the gap?

Direct support for all CMS out there. (The Awe Factor)


If your product is in Product Market Fit stage

AutoCMS is in its early stages of user acquisition. To minimize cash burn, we're focusing on organic growth channels. We're actively shaping our product roadmap based on early user feedback, prioritizing usability and needs within a closed feedback loop.


Designing Acquisition Channel


Channel Name

Cost

Flexibility

Effort

Lead time

Scale

Organic

Low

High

High

High

Medium

Paid Ads

High

High

Low

Low

High

Referral Program

Moderate

Low

High

Medium

High

CMS Integrations

Low

Low

Low

Medium

Limited

Content Loops

Low

High

Moderate

High

High


Detailing Organic Research

Organic Channel

Let's break down our organic channel experiment for our prioritized ICPs - ICP 1 Freelancer copywriters), ICP 2 (CMO of marketing agency) and ICP 3 (Freelancer web developer).

Here's how search intent for the ICPs will look for:

Direct

  • Searching for copywriting tools (AI based)
  • Searching for AI based tools that works with their CMS


Indirect

  • Searching for how to optimize campaigns.
  • Searching for scaling business/agency/freelancing career.
  • Increasing productivity as a copywriter.

Problem : autocms.io is a new domain with no DA,

Actionable : Start listing on major SaaS listing platforms to increase visibility and DA.

Keyword data


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Low hanging fruit

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Competitor wise

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CMS wise research

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Actionable:

1. Generate content around keywords near to "AI for copywriting" and "Productivity hacks for copywriters".

2. Generate blogs and content around AutoCMS working seamless with major CMS like wordpress. with keywords like {CMS Name} AI, {CMS Name} copy AI, {CMS name} Content AI.

3. Compare major competitors and plug AutoCMS in.

4. Improve website copy with non technical SEO friendly copies based on ICPs.

5. Demo content.


Detailing Content loops

Weirdest use cases of AutoCMS

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Content creator - ICPs

Asking ICPs to share hacks and tips and craziest think they have used AutoCMS for (like the folk who used AutoCMS for job application.)


Content distributor - AutoCMS and ICPs

To make it more interesting We can pair it up with referral program for the person who created content and share swags and credits as user joins through their referral.


Content distribution channels - Youtube, Social media, Emails.




2. AutoCMS Demoes (for various CMS)

Content creator - AutoCMS

Live demo on how AutoCMS works for specific CMS will lure alot of niche CMS users.

Content distributor - AutoCMS and ICPs

Niche CMS users would love to share aha moments perhaps when they will see the most complex CMS structure being filled automagically using AutoCMS with nuanced copy.

Content distribution channels - CMS subreddit, Youtube, Social media, Emails.


Detailing Product integrations

AutoCMS in super niched and CMS integrations stands major part of our product. Hence this remains super crucial. We have pipelined all major CMS present and started integrations.


CMS PlatformCMS Market Share (%)

Usage Frequency

Time to go live

New users possibilities

WordPress

62.7

High

Low

High

Shopify

6.4

High

Low

High

Wix

3.9

High

Low

High

Squarespace

3.0

Mid

Low

High

Joomla

2.4

Mid

Low

Low

Drupal

1.8

Mid

Moderate

Low

Adobe Systems

1.6

NA

Moderate

Low

Google Systems

1.3

NA

Moderate

Low

Bitrix

1.1

Mid

Moderate

Low

Webflow

0.9

High

Low

High

Framer

Low

High

Low

High

Strapi

Low

Mid

Low

High

Payload

Low

Mid

Low

High








Detailing Referral / Partner program

The AutoCMS Referral Program drives organic user acquisition by rewarding active users with credits for successful content generation. Users can share these credits with referrals, who receive $5 in AutoCMS credits via email, encouraging immediate product trial. Once the referred user generates content, the referrer earns additional credits, creating a continuous engagement loop. This approach boosts sign-ups, increases activation rates, and sustains engagement while minimizing cash burn.


User perspective


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Replace Back to Form button with "Refer and Get $5 Credits" button


Marketing Copy

Marketing Copy - AutoCMS Referral Program

We’re rewarding you for spreading the word! 🚀

How It Works:

  1. Earn Credits: As an active user, you get credits for every successful content generation.
  2. Refer & Reward: Share AutoCMS with your network. When someone signs up using your referral, they receive $5 in credits to try AutoCMS.
  3. Instant Gratitude: The referred user gets an email:

    "[Your Name] sent you $5 in AutoCMS credits! Claim now and say thanks."

  4. Win-Win: Once your referral generates their first content, you earn additional bonus credits.

Start sharing and stacking up your credits! 🎉







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