Hello Indie Hackers,
I started a project a few months ago and I'm convinced that it has a huge growth potential.
It's basically a booking platform dedicated to Artists, Content Creators and Influencers where they can offer paid 1-to-1 or multiple guests virtual or in-person meetings.
The goal is to help them grow and make money online without Ads & Sponsors, which is especially true when they're just starting.
I tried a few strategies but none of them consistently worked so far :
To be honest I feel stuck and in a dead-end, that's why I'm looking for a partner/co-founder ready to help things to take off.
somebody on here just posted about "see my first television interview" and they were interviewed by a sportcaster - they had the same deal - arrange a 1-on-1 for $ to talk for like 15 minutes with a sports pro or college NCAA athlete. You picked a time on their open slot schedule ad then you connect in some stalker-proof way like a zoom or whatever. They went for just a sports vertical but talked about branching out - Because its 2-sided and you need the "interesting people " I would start in a vertical and get one of the famous folks to do referrals to their famous friends to crack that hard side open.
Yes you're right, niching down is critical. Thank you ! :)
Hey @younes_al,
Just took a look at your landing page.
I might be able to help you.
Let’s have a chat.
Email: mateo@indie-land.com
Hi Joe, what a challenge you have! Building a two-sided marketplace can be very tough.
I'm aware that you're looking for a partner rather than advice but maybe you won't mind opinion too 🙃
Of what you have listed it seems you were trying to work on creators/supply, does it means you have enough demand? I can't say that, at least from the landing page.
IMO you should try first bringing your audience/demand to the serious numbers. Then use those numbers as leverage to convince artists. Then use few artists as social proof to others.
So, if you'd have 10000 users (just made up number) that are interested in gaming, would it be easier to reach out to some gamer influencers? I bet it would be a lot more solid offer for the creator for sure 🙂
My advice would be for you to think about how you could create a demand generation campaign, gather a bigger amount of interested people's attention into the particular niche, and only then reach out to artists/creators.
Hope you'll find some help you're looking for 🤞
Thank you Arminas for taking time to reply ! 🙂
Indeed, it's a chicken and egg problem. I need creators first, then I need them to convince their audience to come meet them through my platform, but I must have some traffic first.
I'm trying to build an audience but I don't know where to start, what kind of content I should provide.
I'm very aware that I need to niche down, which I did, but it's not showing results so far.
Easier said than done (a lot easier), but this could be one of the campaigns/experiments:
^ some variant of this could work for you, though getting people's attention is the hardest part here IMO, you have to build a lot of trust that they'd give you their emails.
Hi Joe, did you find anyone? I like your idea, how do we connect?
Hey, I just sent you an email
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@younes_al
I can help you in early traction building. Let me know if this sounds interesting.