I made a hacker news clone with an emphasis on technical implementation. but the reception has been lack lustre.
how do i get ppl to signup and post .
I launched on PH with little reception and barely crossing 5 signup.
I am open to any idea as long as it doesn't involve me spending any money. LOL
check out the site:
I would suggest building up an email list then start talking to everyone of them. The reason being not everyone would reply but 10% of a 100 emails list would help tremendously.
Maybe you can get some inspiration from these:
📚 Case Studies
A solo-founder attracted over 1,000 email subscribers with a lead magnet to build her business to over $4k MRR in 8 months.
Another solo-founder shared his successful strategies on Reddit in getting 1000 subscribers in less than 4 months.
Samuel Briskar created a video using basic wireframes to get 400 signups and 5 initial sales of a product that is yet to exist.
Using Twitter and good old PR strategies, this founder gained more than 4k subscribers and over 100k visits to his site in 1.5 months.
This couple raked in more than $300,000 in sales within 48 hours by building up an email list of over 3000 interested users in a few weeks.
A solo founder got 100 signups and 10 pre-sales to his newsletter subscription business before launch.
This SaaS founder went on a quest to get 100 beta users in a month, and he succeeded.
No money spent. 10 customers. Check out the strategies of this founder.
Leveraging on Github to get 500 paying customers? Find out what this SaaS founder did.
Good luck!