Laid off. Broke. Depressed. & idk how to market my SaaS

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2 days ago

I live in a third-world country with a family who's dependent on me. I used to work as a Software Engineer specializing in MERN Stack. I was laid off a month ago, didn't have any saving cos I was already hand-to-mouth, supporting a family of 5 with funding my brother's University fee.

I am really depressed and have done nearly everything I knew to market my SaaS products but nothing's working.

Tried: 1. Submitting my product on SaaS directories + on LTD ones (got rejections & some didn't respond), 2. Built in Public (no response), 3. Got Permanently Banned from Reddit (cos I did self-promotion as I wasn't aware - my mistake, i accept), 4. Wrote Articles & submitted on GSC, almost a month has passed & still not indexed, 5. Cold outreach (0 response rate, did personalized outreach, researched about each person + their products & mentioned I'll give free 3 months access) 6. Approached micro-influencers & told them I'll give them commission + other perks (0 response)

I don't know what else to do.

Really losing hope in everything...

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