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Re:Growing my SaaS from 0 to 4k users in 5 months – what wor... by MutedEstate45 on Saturday January 25, 2025 @10:30AM (#42822161)
This is great! Thanks for sharing. I’ve always found the hardest part to be reaching the first 100 users. May I ask, what was the process like to get the first group of people to take your survey? Did you just post it in the target subreddits and people took the surveys right away? Or did it take some time and extra effort to figure out how to get them to participate?
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Re:Growing my SaaS from 0 to 4k users in 5 months – what wor... by felixheikka on Saturday January 25, 2025 @11:40AM (#42822676)
No problem! It took some extra effort. We had to post it a few times in different subreddits to get people to respond. What helped us though was offering feedback on their projects in return.
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Re:Growing my SaaS from 0 to 4k users in 5 months – what wor... by HaQT11 on Sunday January 26, 2025 @07:24AM (#42829653)
Interesting approach. Did you state upfront that you would offer feedback on their projects in exchange for them taking the survey? Trying to think of how to best phrase that to get the right people interested.
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Re:Growing my SaaS from 0 to 4k users in 5 months – what wor... by felixheikka on Monday January 27, 2025 @02:25AM (#42838302)
Yes, here's the Reddit post to give you a better idea of how it was framed and the tone of it: https://www.reddit.com/r/indiehackers/comments/1ea1cpd/lets_...
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Re:Growing my SaaS from 0 to 4k users in 5 months – what wor... by HaQT11 on Monday January 27, 2025 @02:59AM (#42838554)
Very useful. Thank you so much. Good luck with your SaaS. Hoping for further growth!
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