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Re: Ask HN: I built a side project. How do I get people to use it?

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I believe FB ads allow you to target based on pregnancy status, but you're probably looking at $0.25+/click to drive traffic. SEO will be hard, since the incumbents likely already have strong backlink profiles. There is lots of volume, so maybe make sure you have onpage done well, then maybe see about widget backlink building or something similar to try and grow your domain authority. Maybe create content using the S…

Thanks for all the suggestions. That's all super helpful. I've worked at places where ads have paid my salary, but I haven't been involved in _how_ those ads or user data actually translate into revenue before. This is a really good starting point.

Re: Ask HN: I built a side project. How do I get people to use it?

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Imagine you had the problem, what do I name my baby? What are things you would google? Where are communities you would hang out? I would start by posting in Reddit communities for expectant parents, and for people interested in naming. For example: https://www.reddit.com/r/namenerds/
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