I’m a first-time startup founder attempting to get early usage for my new social investing app.

What advice do you have for getting your first 100 users? Would love to hear about strategies for growth, what you did, what creative and innovative things you tried, what technologies and softwares you used, etc.

  • JT_actual@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So obv many things you could do, but with limited time, I would probably:

    Get a sub to Apollo and cold call/email my ICP. Just ask for feedback on this thing you’re building and thought they might offer advice.

    People love giving advice.

    Similar story, grab a LinkedIn sales nav subscription (free trial) and build a list of your ICP. Then, plug in OctopusCRM (like 15 a month) and have it send connection requests for the same ask.

    Not everyone will reply, but the ones that do usually have good advice.

    Third, and most important imo, is post content. Good content. You can use Taplio or something like that. But you want to engage these potential users that connect with you.

    So to recap, I would set up the LinkedIn connection campaign, carve out time to post daily, and spend the rest of your time dialing and trying to connect with your ICP and learning from them.

    Hope this helps!