559 points amanchanda | 1 comments | 13 May 25 08:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | 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)

1. jmstfv ◴[13 May 25 15:23 UTC] No.43973957[source]▶

>>43970837 (OP) #

2 things worked well for NotionBackups:

* SEO - I started way before I launched the product. I wrote an article on how to back up a Notion workspace using their (then newly-launched) API. It still brings in traffic to this day. Granted, there was almost no competition when I started

* r/Notion subreddit - only in relevant threads when someone is looking for a solution. After some time, some of my customers began recommending this tool to others

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