Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
by tagawa on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @06:10PM
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Very cool. Can I ask what marketing you do? Seems like it would be popular once people know about it, but that first step to building awareness must be tough.
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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
by aacook on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @07:09PM
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Yes it is tough. It’s been mostly word-of-mouth growth. I’ve run lots of experiments and most of them don’t pan out. Like, recently I tried mailing a bunch of old school cassette walkmen with the above voicemails on them to the media along with a letter and sample photos (“just press play to hear it straight from happy recipients”). I sent 15 boxes and haven’t heard back on any. It feels like the kind of service that would do well on the news/etc so I’ll just keep trying!