The No-Link Profile Funnel
The No-Link Profile Funnel is a reddit & forums tactic for getting your first users: A deliberately manual path where you leave purely helpful comments with no product mention and let curious readers route themselves to you via your profile, with a soft DM only after they engage.
It's a strong fit for teams of almost any kind, and works especially well for two-person and zero-audience teams chasing first users. As a reddit & forums play, plan for medium effort and expect results to build gradually over time, all grounded in 4 linked primary sources.
- Channel: Reddit & forums
- Best for: two-person and zero-audience teams chasing first users
- Effort: Medium
- Speed: Slow
- Sources: 4 linked primary source(s)
Why does reddit & forums work for this?
Users who arrive after being helped, having self-selected through your profile, already understand the problem and trust you, so they convert and retain better than any launch-day traffic spike.
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
- From $0 to $62k MRR in 3 Months · indiehackers.com
- First 10 SaaS Users Case Study · oneup.today
- Lurk Then Share, First 100 Users · openhunts.com
- Made $12K in 7 Months · indiehackers.com