Ask HN: How did you get first 10 paying subscribers for your service?

#1

Post by lindorna » Sat, Feb 04, 2017, 8:47 PM UTC

Question for everyone who has launched products or online services.

Re: Ask HN: How did you get first 10 paying subscribers for your service?

#2

Post by nnn1234 » Sat, Feb 04, 2017, 9:52 PM UTC

You are already on the right path. Communities like hackernews and product hunt are good for early adopters Quora,FB groups and meetups are next. Online SEO AdWords will get you some traffic. Best would be have ambassadors/refferars Communities in the real world that cater to your product or service are better for RoI

Re: Ask HN: How did you get first 10 paying subscribers for your service?

#3

Post by lindorna » Sat, Feb 04, 2017, 11:51 PM UTC

nnn1234 wrote: post #2

You are already on the right path. Communities like hackernews and product hunt are good for early adopters Quora,FB groups and meetups are next. Online SEO AdWords will get you some traffic. Best would be have ambassadors/refferars Communities in the real world that cater to your product or service are better for RoI

Being new to HN and PH, I feel like influencers' help is needed to promote the story on such communities. Is it really so? Investing lots of time to boost karma does not sound like a good strategy at first glance.

Re: Ask HN: How did you get first 10 paying subscribers for your service?

#4

Post by nnn1234 » Mon, Feb 06, 2017, 2:55 AM UTC

lindorna wrote: post #3

nnn1234 wrote: post #2

You are already on the right path. Communities like hackernews and product hunt are good for early adopters Quora,FB groups and meetups are next. Online SEO AdWords will get you some traffic. Best would be have ambassadors/refferars Communities in the real world that cater to your product or service are better for RoI

Being new to HN and PH, I feel like influencers' help is needed to promote the story on such communities. Is it really so? Investing lots of time to boost karma does not sound like a good strategy at first glance.

I would recommend the rest of my previous post. Online communities will get peoples attention, and at best they are a large opening to a funnel.

Re: Ask HN: How did you get first 10 paying subscribers for your service?

#5

Post by nnn1234 » Thu, Feb 09, 2017, 10:05 PM UTC

Here is my solution to this problem with review and credibility built in. Github exists for coders, people are massaging it for other projects. Crowdsourcing platforms are many but each have their faults. I am building a platform for anyone to contribute to projects. We are disrupting the future of work. PLease check out www.crowdraising.co/metacampaign and there is an explainer video that does the job https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3QT4lqco8M