Need advice!

A couple of things that you may find handy:

SEO, reaching out to friends, going to events and putting out posters is expensive and slow (even SEO costs effort and a lot of time). In other words, none of those things are immediately scalable.

Rather, I would focus on the following process:

1. Develop a strong value prop first. That's a must.
2. Make a test landing page.
3. Run some cold traffic to that page (even if your app is not ready), just to test if your message works.
4. If you see decent conversions, build a Minimum Valuable Community before the actual launch.
5. Only then build the product by having buyers in advance (you'll do if you get to step #4)

This process might cut your time and efforts by up to 10x.

Hope this helps.

I wrote about some pointers in Zero To Founder from SaaS perspective.

But quick pointers that are working for many people if you have not considered -

• IH
• Reddit
• FB groups
• Build some side projects around this
• Free high quality content
• Product Hunt launch
• BetaList launch

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The things that worked best for me is sharing my experiences and feature updates about ruttl with the community at IH, twitter and LinkedIn. Though on LinkedIn I get more traction from my own page rather than the product page, I guess it's cause of the personal touch.

Also keep your approach SEO driven, what I try to do is frequently write and publish blogs on my website about topics and themes related to design and development by targeting relevant keywords.

I've launched ruttl on both Appsumo and Product Hunt, which proved to be a successful approach as we managed to be the product of the day and also recently won the Golden Kitty Award.

All the best on your journey!

To grow your user base for WeCall:

Identify your target audience and where they spend their time online
Leverage social media and run paid ads to reach a wider audience
Optimize your app store listing and offer incentives for referrals.

You should really check out how tl;dv launched on PH, the founder is an IH himself and active on here, definitely some learning lessons to take home on this case study. Entertain first, sell later.

https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-we-won-product-hunt-video-of-the-year-and-2-3k-upvotes-as-a-total-newcomer-a8b6c36f2e

SEO, promote on communities that has your target users, or look for a small number of paying customers then let the word of mouth magic happen. It's what I did for founders cafe and grew like $5K MRR https://founderscafe.io/post/how-to-make-a-successful-discord-5k-mrr

This looks like an app that needs to go viral to gain traction. Therefore, you should behave product-based growth loops that are naturally integrated so that one user brings in 4 users.

You should getting their friends easy as sharing on Whatsapp or on Instagram.

I would not do any SEO. It is on the decline. Chatgpt plus is my trusted platform.
Is there a reason your not using the indie community, here as WOM ?

• please consider adding your product to IH. Much easier for us to see your timeline, growth path.. how you tracking. Good, bad and ugly. it is what we are here for -- to help.
• I actually like the look of your app and I am very tough customer to engage with outside my trusted platforms and so flip-resistant.
• The tag 'Think FaceTime meets Green Screen' worked for me, so I took a look. But then I did not see anything green... The tag is brilliant.
• Without IH, I would of discovered your app perhaps when I search youtube for green screen. As an apple user it would be a good fit. I have bookmarked it now. Youtube is my preferred place to discover outside my trusted platforms. I stopped using google search once I subscribed to chatgpt plus.

Hey Yoshua :)

It's a really cool idea you've got there!

In terms of growing your user base, I suggest developing a solid value proposition and creating a test landing page to run some cold traffic to.

This way, you can test your message's effectiveness and see if you're getting decent conversions..😄

Once you've validated your idea, consider building a Minimum Valuable Community before the launch.

By building a Minimum Valuable Community before the actual launch, you can secure buyers ahead of time and potentially reduce your time and effort by up to 10 times 🙃

You may consider expanding your reach by utilising various tactics such as leveraging your personal network, creating dedicated social media accounts for your app, collaborating with influencers in your target market, attending relevant industry events, and launching your product on platforms like Product Hunt and BetaList.

Building a user base takes time and effort, so don't get discouraged if you don't see immediate results.

Keep iterating based on user feedback, and you'll get there. I wish you the best of luck with everything! 🚀

Heyy @Yoshua

First off, I just want to say congrats on creating weCall a green screen video calling app is such a cool idea :)

When it comes to growing your user base, there are a few things you could try. Start by reaching out to your own network • ask your friends and family to give weCall a try and share it with anyone they think might be interested. You could also create social media accounts for the app and share updates about new features and positive feedback from users. And hey, why not partner up with some influencers in your target market or attend industry events to get your name out there?

Just remember, building a user base takes time and effort, so don't get discouraged if you don't see immediate results. Keep iterating based on user feedback and you'll get there. Good luck with everything 🚀

• Post videos about your product and how it fits and can be useful for the target audience
• Collect feedback from your customers and paste it on social media also on your website
• Ask your users to share your story that bring good attraction

1. Post to your followers on all your social media channels.
2. Create an email list of friends, family, contacts, etc, and send them an intro.
3. Posters/handouts at universities, shopping malls, markets, etc.
4. Wear a t-shirt with your logo & URL.
5. Have an email signature, gently advertising your product with a URL.
6. When someone asks for an email, give your personal app email id.
7. Facebook ads.
8. Google AdWords.
9. Sponsor a competition.
10. Give free access to those who worked & helped you on the site.
11. Print stickers on put them on your laptop, phone case, bike, car, dorm door, etc.
12. List it on Product Hunt & other classified websites like Angel, Crunchbase, etc.
13. Get good SEO content for your site - about us, features, and pricing sections.
14. Post a job, even if it's for a few hours. People check jobs!
15. Have everyone in the team write up articles of any kind for your blog or for someone else. In the "About the writer" bio, mention your company and the role.
16. Ensure all your bios (social media, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc has the web link to your app.
17. Get influencers to mention you - give them an annual subscription.
18. Attend all kinds of events and network.
19. Subscribe to online groups (Facebook, Reddit, Google)
20. Keep writing & commenting on Indie Hackers!

Hope this helps!

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