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I have been working on a website for babies and parenting, like babycenter (http://www.tinyadults.com, still under construction). In order to get to product-market-fit, how do I find my first 1000 users (parents being the core user-group)?
Rather than say "try posting on parenting communities", I would appreciate more specific links / tips and ideas. Thank you for reading and sharing your ideas!
Do your problem/solution/MVP interviews with these people. Then use them to refer you to others that may have the same issue/be interested.
Pour gas on your social networks - Facebook, twitter, linkedin whatever. Spread the word and force close friends to like/share/retweet etc to maximize reach.
That should get you to your first 50-100 easily.
Beyond that, in parallel, post to /r startups and /r parenting on reddit. Submit link to Betali.st and ProductHunt and do a ShowHN.
With all of this, you should get to your 1000 number.
Get your first 10 from people you know. You must know parents or know people that know parents. Do your problem/solution/MVP interviews with these people. Then use them to refer you to others that may have the same issue/be interested. Pour gas on your social networks - Facebook, twitter, linkedin whatever. Spread the word and force close friends to like/share/retweet etc to maximize reach. That should get you to you…
I may be an outlier in my opinion though.
I'm a parent. My parents are parents. Parents isn't a market segment. Announcing a baby name or picking a doula where not issues for us. Decide who the site is really for beyond "anybody who visits". Figure out a value proposition.
For a blog, the only proven one is really good content.
Good luck.
That's a bad thing for me, but it might serve you and your core audience well.
(My daughter is 20. The idea of taking parenting advice from random Internet sites and strangers is anathema.)