Hey everyone,
I started planning to start my design subscription business 4-5 months ago. The preparation and launching took me almost 3 months.
What methods I tried
Then I started digging to acquire clients. I tried posting on Linkedin, X, Facebook Page, Reddit, Indie Hackers, Hackernews and some other platforms.
I am also trying FB boosting, Dribbble boosting, and X ads. I tried cold emailing too, but this needs another level of expertise, I think in the future I might hire people to do cold emailing.
Wait I forgot to share my website, here it is 👉 Pentaclay
What methods I might try next
I’ll try influencer marketing, shoutouts, and paid featured on various websites in the near future. Maybe after getting 2 more clients. This will help me gain some cash to run these.
How I got my first client
Two months ago a prospect messaged me on LinkedIn. I convinced him to jump into a call, I hadn’t released my design subscription website yet.
After two months of back-and-forth communication, and cold follow-ups, finally he subscribed for a 15-day trial subscription for $1090. That’s a clear win for me.
I know taking this long to land a client won’t be feasible for this business, but for starting or for may be first 5 clients I need to dig this way.
Let me know your thoughts 👇 Thanks.
I can tell you attempted a self promo with story telling here but the logical progression is a mess and makes it hard to understand what you’re trying to convey.
Also the random link drop in the middle makes no sense and the title is pretty misleading.
Focus on providing value to readers somehow and they’ll be 100x more likely to be interested in what you have to sell