Lead Reddit Posts With Pain Points and Solutions, Not Promo
Lead Reddit Posts With Pain Points and Solutions, Not Promo is a reddit & forums tactic for getting your first users: Reddit was the best-performing channel; the winning approach was to lay out the pain point, the solution, and prior feedback in one genuine post rather than straight self-promotion.
It's a strong fit for teams of almost any kind, and works especially well for any product with an active problem community. As a reddit & forums play, plan for low effort and expect results to arrive at a steady pace, all grounded in 1 linked primary source.
- Channel: Reddit & forums
- Best for: any product with an active problem community
- Effort: Low
- Speed: Medium
- Sources: 1 linked primary source(s)
Why does reddit & forums work for this?
Genuine, problem-first posts earn upvotes and trust where overt promotion gets downvoted or removed.
The exact steps (5)
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.
Sources
- Source — IndieHackers · indiehackers.com