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Slip a Sales-Page Link Into Helpful Replies

Slip a Sales-Page Link Into Helpful Replies is a communities tactic for getting your first users: While answering a 'how did you get your first users?' question in a founder thread, dropped a casual link to the sale page inside the friendly reply.

It's a strong fit for teams of almost any kind, and works especially well for any founder active in communities. As a communities play, plan for low effort and expect results to arrive at a steady pace, all grounded in 1 linked primary source.

CommunitiesLow effortMedium

Why does communities work for this?

A link riding on a genuinely useful reply gets clicked where a bare promo would be ignored or flagged.

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 "Slip a Sales-Page Link Into Helpful Replies" 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 medium.
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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