Seed Your Launch Indirectly in the Single Biggest Subreddit of Your Niche
Seed Your Launch Indirectly in the Single Biggest Subreddit of Your Niche is a communities tactic for getting your first users: Land your first sale by posting into the largest subreddit where your target users already are, framing it as a helpful contribution rather than a direct promotion.
It's a strong fit for Dev tools / technical and Info products / courses teams, and works especially well for Info products, courses, dev tools. As a communities play, plan for low effort and expect results to show up quickly, all grounded in 1 linked primary source.
- Channel: Communities
- Best for: Info products, courses, dev tools
- Effort: Low
- Speed: Fast
- Sources: 1 linked primary source(s)
Why does communities work for this?
Soft, value-first framing slips past community anti-promo norms while still capturing buyers who are exactly your audience.
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