If you've got design chops, you can garner interest in your product by showing off its design. Get traffic and signups by submitting your site to UI showcases.
@harshvijay of ruttl got a big spike in traffic (from ~25 visitors per week to ~450) and a couple of new users after submitting his website to One Page Love. Design showcase sites like this and Dribbble are unlikely to be the cause of hockey-stick growth, but they can help while you're searching for your first ten customers — especially if you hit the front page like Harsh did. Of course, you'll need a killer design for that. This approach will work best for products that are geared toward designers and developers, since that's the primary audience that you'll reach.
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Thanks for tagging me in the post guys! Yes, this is a great growth hack to get your first base of users, specially for designers/developers.
In case anyone is looking for the top design showcasing sites, here is the list -
If anyone has any questions or anything you would like to ask me, do reply to this thread and I'll share my experience!
Have a great day!
Great input, thanks @harshvijay! 🙏
Thanks for the One Page Love shout-out Channing/Courtland!
I've had some incredible user success stories over the years that I haven't shared publicly (just last month someone got 200+ leads from a feature) as I never wanted OPL to be seen a growth hack channel but rather an appreciation for great websites.
FYI: according to the newly installed Plausible Analytics in Feb 160k unique visitors arrived.
That said, if your audience are designers/devs/makers - the OPL audience is perfect for your product/service:)
Hey Rob,
Big fan of your work with OPL and EL.
They are my go to when I need real inspiration without interruptions.
Thank you for the great curatiom.
Have a great day!
Means a lot Michael - thank you!
I’ve grown my solo design service, DesignJoy, to $60k MRR largely by this very strategy. Landing page showcase sites have continuously been at the top of my list of referrals for 4 years now. Cannot understate the potential here if your landing page is top quality. 👍
Didn't realize this was how you were growing DesignJoy - nice! 🙌