From 0 subscribers to 100 in one month
by Lukas LukacRookie numbers, but one must crawl before he can walk before he can run.
I want to share with you some personal observations/learnings from my first month of running a side project in production:
- if you are a developer, there is a high chance you will underestimate the marketing
- if you underestimate marketing, you are dead
- if you launch a technical side project, you will (funny enough) program only ~30% of the time and market it the remaining ~70%
I also decided not to give up on LinkedIn yet so I am documenting it there as well:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6663347604455325697/
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What channels worked best for you for your first 100?
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Hi, mainly LinkedIn ATM and maybe 20 subscribers I know in person.
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That's faster than I built my most recent newsletter. 6 months for my first 100. Almost at 200 now, 2 months later.
Also, people often turn their noses up at LinkedIn, but it massively helped my previous business grow/get traction.
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Thanks Rosie. It feels like SUCH A SLOW progress. I am still figuring this whole Ln thing.
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It is, but it will speed up with consistency.
I see it as build up habits, if you go too fast it can become overwhelming and easily pack it in. Take it slow, you build habits, you get into a groove, then life starts feeling wrong when you are not working on these things.
A bit like the tortoise and the hare. :)
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Fair enough :) Damn instant gratification, weird time to be alive :)
PS: GL with your project! Have to check it out more closely.
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