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100 ideas for your startup's first 100 users
Olly Meakings
First 100 Users V2 β€” Step-by-step marketing ideas for your first 100 users
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Version 2 includes: - More ideas to help you get your first 100 users - Step-by-step instructions for each idea. - Browse ideas by marketing channel - Over 150 tools to help you to find your target customers
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Olly Meakings
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Hi PH! πŸ¦„ Marketing is tough. Me and @wilsonsquared are here to help you. Whether you're a marketing or technical co-founder, there's so much advice but very little of it is actionable for early stage founders. You read inspirational posts about scaling to 100,000s of users, watch theoretical concepts on YouTube, review spammy tweets, or hear the words "experiments" "reporting" "creative", but don't know how to get started. Introducing First 100 Users V2 100 marketing ideas, broken down by channel, and each with simple step-by-step instructions to show you how deliver and report on them. Now including the actual tools you need to use. Broken down by key channels, complexity, and time commitment.
Iuliia Shnai
Congrats on the launch William and Olly! I like how you gathered different tools there, looks clean.
Olly Meakings
@iuliia_shnai Thank you!
Jim Raptis
So many good & validated ideas to get your first users. This product is a goldmine for any SaaS founder. Thanks for building this Olly πŸš€
Olly Meakings
@draptis Thanks for commenting and keep up the amazing work with BB!
Thomas Sanlis
Tons of great ideas and tools to help you quickstart your marketing journey! Olly and Wilson did a great job revamping their website and adding new content. If you're thinking about launching a new project soon, First 100 Users should definitely be your best friend πŸ’ͺ
Olly Meakings
@thomas_sanlis1 Thank you Thomas! πŸ’–
Luo Baishun
Congrats on the launch, @helloitsolly and @wilsonsquared! I have a feeling that it's not only for the first 100 users but also for the first 500, and first 1000 users. Very nice and helpful marketing ideas, I'll try them for my product even if we have already crossed 1000 users.
Wilson Wilson
πŸ‘‹πŸ½ Hey PH community :) Meet First 100 Users V2! @helloitsolly and I have worked super hard to get this out today! Marketing is tough, we get it. First 100 users has been rebuilt from the ground up to make it easier for you. β€” πŸ‘€ 100+ ideas to help you get your first 100 users β€” πŸ›£οΈ Broken down by channel with step-by-step instructions β€” πŸ† With the tools you need to succeed for each one. Building this was a ton of fun. I really hope you'll give it a spin! Thank you so much for your support πŸ™
Bjarn Bronsveld
Signed up! Stuff like this is really helpful for people like us :) Thanks, I'll keep an eye out on my inbox.
Eraldo Forgoli
@helloitsolly I really appreciate your effort in making and publishing such useful and insightful ideas πŸ™
Olly Meakings
@eraldo_forgoli No worries, I hope it's useful!
Courtney Ruth
Fantastic resource! I've used V1 several times with great success! Excited to dive into V2. Way to go, @helloitsolly and @wilsonsquared!
Olly Meakings
@wilsonsquared @courtneyruth Thank you! Love to hear it, and let me know any issues!
Ishwar Jha
Hi Makers, I liked the simplicity and clarity you have served for people who aim to get their first 100 users using the process and tactics you have curated and served. I hope to see soon the same for first 1000 users.
Gayatri Taley
Love the content and design of the website. Thank you for curating the information in so much detail, very useful!
Olly Meakings
@gayatri_taley Thank you!
Mauro Garcia
Excellent work bundling all this actionable advice, @helloitsolly & @wilsonsquared! This is an invaluable resource for me as a technical founder with no experience doing Marketing
Olly Meakings
@wilsonsquared @mauro_garcia1 Thank you! We wanted to make it super simple so anyone can follow it. If anything is confusing please let us know.
Nimesh
Great resource, this is exactly what i've been looking for β€” can't wait to try it out. Hope to let you know success soon :)
Harry Lucas
Amazing blueprint - literally got me my first set of users for my micro-saas and we haven’t event launched yet πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
Olly Meakings
@harryblucas Love that Harry, thanks so much for your feedback!
Sophia O'Neal
Whoop whoop @helloitsolly! Congrats on launching! JTBD is the biggest marketing pain point I see for indiehackers and founders. This takes so much of the guesswork out of it so that they can focus on the good stuff and not the fluff.
Olly Meakings
@sophia_o_neal Thank you Sophia, that's great to hear!
Mark Lamb
Love this, it comes at a great time for us to as we are about to launch our own product very shortly, and getting those first few users is always daunting. @joanne_hurleyv1 check it out!
Obiajulu Onyema
I have watched @wilsonsquared build Senja in public on Twitter and I highly recommend anything growth-related coming from him.
Gustavo Garcia G
This is an excellent repository to find nice tools and ideas! I've already found 2 new tools I wasn't aware of!
Olly Meakings
@theluctus Love it, thank you for leaving a comment.
Thomas
Getting those first customers is a problem I'm feeling strongly at the moment. Thanks for this resource Olly and Wilson πŸ₯³
Doruk Kavcioglu
Excellent idea!πŸŽ‰ I'll definitely try these, and I will share my experiences πŸ™Œ I want to give some feedback. Adding quick filters on the see all ideas listing, like paid growth, free growth, etc., could improve to finding the right idea (There is a similar quick filter pattern on the Tools page). Applying the same pattern to the Marketing Ideas can be better and also keeps consistency. Also, the newsletter banner is breaking some things. It covers the header menu, and it is hard to see the "X" button to close it. There are two newsletter signup areas which are the hero and the banner. It's repeating itself, and there are other ways to do that, like reducing it to one or reorganizing the positions. Keeping simple the "ideas' covers" improves the scannability and reduces the crowded look. Right now, It's a little bit hard to take a quick glance. Also, the titles repeat on the cards (Text on the image and card title). Removing the titles from the cards and increasing the font size of titles can be a good start.
Olly Meakings
@durmus_kavcioglu Thank you - awesome feedback. I've made some changes 1. We added quick filters to the All Ideas page 2. We moved the newsletter banner to the bottom 3. I increased the font size on the All Ideas page 4. We are going to review a better format for image covers