Ask HN: Where to find agencies/startups who could be my first few users?

#1

Post by kshivendu » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 6:33 AM UTC

Hi, I'm working on an automatic time tracking tool and I'm looking for agencies/startups who could be one of my first users.

I'm a good engineer but I've no clue where to find users in this domain. Please drop your suggestions in the comments.

Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Where to find agencies/startups who could be my first few users?

#2

Post by madebyayan » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 6:41 AM UTC

I'm a developer as well and for me I'd say the most effective way to reach your audience is to cold mail them about your product and services. Cold mailing them in a way that's not spammy and instead makes them what to know more and reach back out to you. And don't just limit yourself to cold mailing, if you don't know someone's email, you can hit them up on insta or twitter for cold DM's, but again you need to be careful of what you say and how long your messages. Chances are they get a lot of similar messages, so you need to act quick in a short message while still attracting them to your concept

Re: Ask HN: Where to find agencies/startups who could be my first few users?

#3

Post by kshivendu » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 6:54 AM UTC

madebyayan wrote: post #2

I'm a developer as well and for me I'd say the most effective way to reach your audience is to cold mail them about your product and services. Cold mailing them in a way that's not spammy and instead makes them what to know more and reach back out to you. And don't just limit yourself to cold mailing, if you don't know someone's email, you can hit them up on insta or twitter for cold DM's, but again you need to be ca…

Is there a curated list/community where I can find bunch of them ?

Re: Ask HN: Where to find agencies/startups who could be my first few users?

#4

Post by madebyayan » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 7:54 AM UTC

kshivendu wrote: post #3

madebyayan wrote: post #2

I'm a developer as well and for me I'd say the most effective way to reach your audience is to cold mail them about your product and services. Cold mailing them in a way that's not spammy and instead makes them what to know more and reach back out to you. And don't just limit yourself to cold mailing, if you don't know someone's email, you can hit them up on insta or twitter for cold DM's, but again you need to be ca…

Is there a curated list/community where I can find bunch of them ?

There's this list I came across recently about cold mailing, you can check it out to see if it fits what you need

https://www.flowrite.com/blog/how-to-write-a-cold-email-a-st...

Re: Ask HN: Where to find agencies/startups who could be my first few users?

#5

Post by kshivendu » Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 3:38 AM UTC

madebyayan wrote: post #4

kshivendu wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a curated list/community where I can find bunch of them ?

There's this list I came across recently about cold mailing, you can check it out to see if it fits what you need https://www.flowrite.com/blog/how-to-write-a-cold-email-a-st...

Thanks!