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Ask HN: How are you acquiring your first hundred users?

560 points amanchanda | 1 comments | 13 May 25 08:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source

I am building a B2C AI SaaS with $50/month price. How would you go about getting with first 100 users and then the next 500 users.

What we are currently doing: 1) Cold outreach to power users - to convert them into affiliates. 2) Cold outreach to individuals who have target ICP communities. 3) SEO for more long term (not for the first 500)

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nicooo ◴[13 May 25 13:03 UTC] No.43972479[source]▶
I’ve had success twice using targeted social media outreach — specifically by joining relevant subreddit discussions and commenting on YouTube videos where my target audience was already active.

Instead of simply promoting your service right away (it often feels spammy), I recommend genuinely engaging in conversations until the right opportunity comes up.

I ended up turning that process into its own product: https://sparkflow.ai/

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conductr ◴[13 May 25 13:06 UTC] No.43972513[source]▶
This is inception level promotion, I’m not even mad at ya lol
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gardnr ◴[13 May 25 13:12 UTC] No.43972568[source]▶
Is this comment part of the grift?
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1. morkalork ◴[13 May 25 13:57 UTC] No.43973050[source]▶
Maybe, maybe amanchanda is too.