Mike Slaats, the founder of Upvoty has hit $20,000 MRR.
But how did he acquire his first 100 users?
Actually Mike was able to validate his idea and sign up his first two paying customers with only a beta landing page. Here’s how
We launched a landing page with a sign up form, then gathered sign ups by sharing the page and the idea across my social channels, fb groups, betalist, betafy, indie hackers, and couple of other forums. We started building after we had over 200 sign ups. Get your idea and future product in front of your target audience asap. Monitor interest, gather feedback about your idea, and talk to customers about their actual needs and problems in order for you to build the right solution.
Mike, founder, Upvoty
How to do it yourself
- Create and launch your beta landing page
- Share it with your existing audience (if you have one)
- Email colleagues, and connections
- Post on your social channels
- DM people you think could be a potential user on LinkedIn
- Share it where your potential hangout online are. This can include
- Identify signals that people like your idea and keep improving
“We listened to feedback and users about the beta version, first version, second version, basically, until today”
Mike, founder, Upvoty
