How I Got Over 500 Downloads In 24 Hours

I recently had some luck with my latest free ebook ‘101 New Business Ideas To Steal & Use’

I thought I’d share with the Indie Hackers community how I managed to get over 500 in under 24 hours.

I did try a bunch of things, but all we want to know is what actually worked right!

The single biggest technique that drove all of the traffic and downloads involved Twitter.

Here’s what I did.

Step 1) I published a tweet featuring a short description about the book, some pictures and a link to download the book.

Tweet below:

Step 2 ) I reached out to dozens of my followers on Twitter with the below direct message:

“Paul,

I’ve just published my new book ‘101 New Business Ideas To Steal & Use’.

It’s a free, PDF ebook with 101 new business ideas for entrepreneurs, makers and side hustlers.

Here’s your free copy:

( link to free ebook )

Can you help out a fellow indie hacker and please retweet my tweet to spread the word?

Thank you! 🙏

Craig”

And that's it, people helped me out with a like or a tweet and it went ‘mini viral’ driving loads of traffic and downloads.

There’s a couple of key takeaways for success here.

One, give something away FREE to your existing network, in return ask them for a small favour.

Two, make it really EASY to help you out. I made it very easy by sending them to a link on Twitter where they could easily hit like or retweet - nothing hard or complicated.

Lastly, yes LOADS of people ignored my request - but there was also enough lovely people that did help me out.

That’s the power of the community people!

Craig