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Drop a Curated Resource List With Your Link Buried Mid-Post

Drop a Curated Resource List With Your Link Buried Mid-Post is a communities tactic for getting your first users: The founder built a curated learning playlist of growth-hacking resources on his own product, then posted it in a relevant founder forum framed as a free helping-hand, with the product link tucked into the body text rather than shown as an obvious pitch.

It's a strong fit for teams of almost any kind, and works especially well for content/curation tools, learning products, any. As a communities play, plan for low effort and expect results to build gradually over time, all grounded in 1 linked primary source.

CommunitiesLow effortSlow

Why does communities work for this?

Leading with free value earns goodwill and clicks without tripping a community's anti-self-promo reflexes.

The exact steps (4)

The full step-by-step this founder ran, what they posted, where, and in what order, plus the watch-outs, is part of the library.

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Sources

Works for
Any / universal

Frequently asked

How is the "Drop a Curated Resource List With Your Link Buried Mid-Post" tactic verified?
It is drawn from 1 primary source — a real founder write-up or interview, not generic advice. It is linked in the Sources section above so you can read the original account yourself.
How much effort is it and how fast are results?
It is low effort, and results tend to be slow.
Where can I see the exact step-by-step?
The full step-by-step a founder ran, documented via Source — IndieHackers, is in the paid library.

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