Post Your Genuine Build Story to Niche Subreddits to Harvest Emails
Post Your Genuine Build Story to Niche Subreddits to Harvest Emails is a reddit & forums tactic for getting your first users: The founder wrote up the honest story of building a small CRM/extension for his wife's Chinese-teaching business and posted it to a few relevant subreddits, which pulled ~300 karma, ~100 comments, and 30 collected emails on a first try.
It's a strong fit for teams of almost any kind, and works especially well for Bootstrapped founders with a relatable origin story and a niche audience. As a reddit & forums play, plan for low effort and expect results to show up quickly, all grounded in 1 linked primary source.
- Channel: Reddit & forums
- Best for: Bootstrapped founders with a relatable origin story and a niche audience
- Effort: Low
- Speed: Fast
- Sources: 1 linked primary source(s)
Why does reddit & forums work for this?
A sincere problem/solution story reads as a contribution, not an ad, so a niche community engages and self-selects into your email list.
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