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Re:Ask HN: How you attract your first customers (exclude PH ... by vinrob92 on Thursday January 11, 2018 @10:15PM (#16130129)
I run a productized service (design as a service) called Manypixels.co (https://www.manypixels.co) -- I got to $10K MRR by doing only two things:

1. Reaching out on niche Facebook groups to my target market (in my case: Entrepreneurs). I would simply say something along the line "Hey guys, I built this. Do you see value in this? Yes/No -- Why not?")

2. Creating content on Reddit / Indie Hackers about how we got to $10k MRR and being transparent about my learnings.

In the future I plan to do : 1/ More direct sales (via Angel list for example) 2/ Content on more marketplaces (Medium / Bootstrapped.fm / ...) 3/ Referrals 4/ ??? (open to suggestions here) :)

Re:Ask HN: How you attract your first customers (exclude PH ... by middle1 on Friday January 12, 2018 @05:01AM (#16131725)
you want to say you receive around 50-70 subscribers/orders and you gonna be cash positive after designing all these orders and much more for just $10K? This is not a business model, you just this it is just in first month
Re:Ask HN: How you attract your first customers (exclude PH ... by middle1 on Friday January 12, 2018 @05:11AM (#16131777)
sorry I cut the end: later you will change something to https://www.godesignergo.com/ pricing model with limiting
Re:Ask HN: How you attract your first customers (exclude PH ... by ecesena on Saturday January 13, 2018 @12:53AM (#16138453)
Blogging. Assuming you’re using your product yourself, if you blog about why you’re using it and which problems you’re solving, you’ll find in the mass people that share the same issues.

Note: I’m assuming b2c/smb (given your profile), and I’m assuming you’re still trying to get product/market fit. Of course, if you can get a customer paying $10 buy paying $9, then go for paid ads.

Re:Ask HN: How you attract your first customers (exclude PH ... by jackgolding on Thursday January 11, 2018 @07:26PM (#16129386)
Your network and your networks network. For most indie-hacker-y type businesses you should be close to the problem and know people who want a solution.
Re:Ask HN: How you attract your first customers (exclude PH ... by matchmike1313 on Thursday January 11, 2018 @06:00PM (#16128866)
Cold emailing local leads and meeting them in-person for a conversation.
Re:Ask HN: How you attract your first customers (exclude PH ... by skr808 on Saturday January 13, 2018 @01:10AM (#16138484)
A marketplace! Somehow integrate with Shopify, Github, AWS, Jira, Salesforce, Segment, Heroku, Zapier, ..., etc.
Re:Ask HN: How you attract your first customers (exclude PH ... by zapperdapper on Friday January 12, 2018 @02:47AM (#16131176)
In addition to the suggestions here, you could write some guest posts on relevant blogs.
Re:Ask HN: How you attract your first customers (exclude PH ... by twobyfour on Friday January 12, 2018 @06:05AM (#16132001)
B2B or B2C? Makes a huge difference!
Re:Ask HN: How you attract your first customers (exclude PH ... by middle1 on Friday January 12, 2018 @06:41AM (#16132160)
I can even divide B2B into 2 parts: small businesses and enterprise level
Re:Ask HN: How you attract your first customers (exclude PH ... by dev-ious on Saturday January 13, 2018 @10:04AM (#16139835)
I'll go a step further,

small businesses with money

small businesses with NO money