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I went from 0 to 15 organic signups per day in 10 days. Here's what worked for me.

I find the concept of "AI agents" fascinating. I have played a lot with tools like Auto-GPT and BabyAGI, and I ended up building and launching AgentRunner.ai (a web-based AI agent builder).

Starting from 0, I grew it to ~15 organic sign-ups per day in 10 days. Here's what I tried:

  • Indie Hackers: I created the product on Indie Hackers and published one post. It did not get any upvotes or comments, but I still got ~5 sign-ups from it.
  • Reddit: I posted in subreddits about side projects. Engagement was also low, but I still got ~5 sign-ups.
  • Web directories: I posted it on different SaaS directories and lists of AI tools. Initially, I received no traffic, but they now represent around 40% of my organic sign-ups.
  • Google search: I set up the Google Search Console and I added content to the landing page. I think Google Search represents another 40% of my organic sign-ups.
  • Twitter: I tweeted twice about it from my account (NicolasTr11 with 50 followers) and a new account dedicated to the project (AgentRunnerAI with no followers). They did not drive any sign-ups. Probably because I don't have any reach...
  • Product improvements: I added Google Auth and I reduced the number of steps needed to complete the registration and onboarding process. This doubled the conversion rate.

Next, I'll try the following:

  • Blog posts: I have ~350 followers on Medium. Publishing there might help.
  • Twitter Ads/Google Ads experiments
  • SEO: I'm starting to see keywords in the Google search console. I'll use them to add content to the website.
  • Reddit: Post on popular subreddits related to ChatGPT/AI.
  • Product hunt: I might also launch on Product Hunt at some point.

What else should I try?

posted to Icon for group Building in Public
Building in Public
on April 26, 2023
  1. 4

    congrats! just hit 100 organic signups a day on explodingideas.co !

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      what's your main channel?

    2. 1

      holy moly! would love to know more

      1. 1

        Me too. @ericlamcrypto7, you should share your journey ;)

  2. 3

    Thats so great! Whats subreddits you posted?

    1. 1

      r/SideProject
      r/IMadeThis
      r/alphaandbetausers

      It did not work well for me, but I think it's because my posts were not engaging. These are great subreddits!

  3. 2

    I find posting on Hacker News can also be good for a traffic bump after posting an article.

    1. 1

      Great advice, thanks!

  4. 2

    Hey!

    Just wanted to let you know that you inspired me to create the following post: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-i-got-100-user-growth-for-the-second-week-in-a-row-a6f83d2b6c

    Going to try out some of your recommended methods :D

    1. 1

      Well done! Upvoted and followed!

  5. 2

    wao amazing tips will try these

  6. 2

    Congrats!

    I'm having good results with promoted answers in quora. It's a paid channel but the CAC for me is good (less than 1 euro per install for a chrome extension).

    1. 2

      I hadn't thought of it. Thanks for the tip!

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    I think you could work on a less technical landing page, just explaining in easy words, with a few examples (video?) what agentrunner can do, and what problem it solves.

    You say twice you "create autonomous ai agents" but not what that is.

    Depends of course who is your target group.

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      You are right! I'll clarify the messaging and add a video :)

  8. 2

    Congrats! What directories did you post most to?

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      Beta Page, Beta List, AlternativeTo, SaaSHub, Uneed.best

      Note that the project is not live on all of these. Most have a waiting list with a paid "fast track" option.

  9. 2

    Congrats! Which Says directories did you post in?

  10. 2

    Thanks for sharing your journey and experience. Maybe you can also give Twitter communities and Facebook groups a try.

    1. 1

      Great ideas!

      Which Twitter communities would you recommend? What about Facebook?

  11. 2

    Great to hear, update us on how it will do

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    I often read web directories, maybe this is something you should jump in as well.

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      Yes! Which ones do you read/are the most popular?

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        I believe my list is pretty basic with Capterra and TechCrunch Db leading the way but I've start my research recently to find more since I also want to submit

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    LinkedIn because sales people are, more importantly, Sales Leadership eager to see how far these AI Agents can go.

      1. 2

        How are you currently monetizing?

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          I am not monetising yet, but I'm considering it (OpenAI's API is expensive...).

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            Look, I can respect that, but to continue to build, you need to be able to pay the bills. You created value and now charge for it.

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              Yes :) Thanks for the advice!

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      Can you expand more on how you've been leveraging LinkedIn?

  14. 1

    Which channel is the most effective? Thanks

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