Finding that one hotspot to grow your user base.
by Ely FornovilleIt has been a while since I wrote something on Indie Hackers. Especially about this project.
It has been new step for me to start blogging, creating content online and building out a community but so far it worked out pretty wel.
I asked Indie Hackers for help on how to grow my user base. I received great advice but one piece of advice really worked: START an Instagram and contact people.
I started and Instagram profile and my stats improved a lot.
Also writing specific content on hot topics worked.
Instagram:
I created the profile at the end of November 2019 but didn't do much with it. Starting from March 2020 I started working on more content and looking for followers. At the moment my followers grew to 635 people.
Hot content:
I looked online on what works well. Many blogs use the famous 'top 10 this and that' subjects. I wrote about the 'Top 6 Netflix documentaries for diabetics'. This blog post is scoring high on Google and is getting more traffic to my website than any other. It's the main topic or purpose of the site but it's getting traffic.
I added more stories, I added recipes and I added diabetic friendly places. I also added apparel that you can buy.
Still looking to get broader and adding more nice features to the site. But I am happy how it's growing so far and keep on pushing.
Statistics:
- Stories online: 24 (+13)
- Blog posts online: 5 (+1)
- Diabetic Friendly Places online: 10 (+10)
- Recipes online: 4 (+4)
- Subscribers: 103 (+78)
- Visits: 1336 (+470)
- Twitter followers: 220 (+11)
- Instagram followers: 635 (+560)
