15 steps to make your side project bring customers 🚀
- Pick a simple problem that links to your main product. Think meal planner → fitness app.
- Use Keywords Everywhere to find a problem with over 1000 searches a month.
- Create a basic app with two screens: one for inputs, one for results.
- Power it with chatgpt-3.5 for quick, cost-effective answers.
- Skip the email requirement for results—more trials, less spam.
- Offer extra goodies on the results screen (like tasty protein smoothies recipes) for an email.
- Make it easy to restart and share. Friends sharing = new customers.
- Send a killer welcome email series to collected emails, including freebies and special deals.
- Launch on Product Hunt on a Monday aiming for the top 5.
- Share your tool in newsletters and directories like Ben's Bites News.
- Brace for feedback by posting on Reddit and HackerNews.
- Create daily TikTok content showcasing your tool.
- In one week, you will see dozens of free features from AI influencers.
- In one month, you will see SEO traffic because you got free backlinks from influencers
- In three months, you will get used to marketing that brings new customers on auto-pilot.
🌟 Keep building, keep sharing.
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