Win Clients by Building in Public Inside Private Slack Groups
Win Clients by Building in Public Inside Private Slack Groups is a communities tactic for getting your first users: Be a genuine, active member of private or paid Slack communities and openly talk about what you're building there, so members who see it approach you to hire you, no cold pitch needed (this beat his parallel cold outreach, which generated interest but no customers).
It's a strong fit for Agencies / services teams, and works especially well for freelancers, agencies, service founders. As a communities play, plan for medium effort and expect results to arrive at a steady pace, all grounded in 1 linked primary source.
- Channel: Communities
- Best for: freelancers, agencies, service founders
- Effort: Medium
- Speed: Medium
- Sources: 1 linked primary source(s)
Why does communities work for this?
Trust built through regular presence converts peers into inbound clients.
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.
Sources
- Source — IndieHackers · indiehackers.com