Ask HN: How are you acquiring first 100 users?

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Agentset.ai

#Developer Tools #Rag As A Service #AI Agents 2 social mentions

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dateit

We relied heavily on network effects early on starting with our friend group and encouraging word-of-mouth growth. We built a multiplatform app called dateit(https://dateit.com/), which is kind of like Facebook Events but with a better user experience. Obviously, our product is very different from yours, but one thing that worked well for us was focusing on building momentum within small communities first rather than trying to appeal to everyone immediately. Tight-knit groups tend to generate stronger early engagement, which can give you the traction (and feedback) you need to grow. Another thing we learned: making it dead simple for users to share made a big difference. Even small friction points kill word-of-mouth, so optimizing for effortless sharing really amplified our reach. In your case remove as much friction as possible whatever that is.

#Events #Event Management #Event Registration 5 social mentions

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Littler Books

I have a lot of bullet point summaries of nonfiction that I share on https://littlerbooks.com. I got my first hundred users mostly by just mentioning in it in social media posts where appropriate.

#Education #LMS #Reading 15 social mentions

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Wavekit

I'm scratching my itch and I'm part of multiple communities with people in this industry/domain (audio, music production, etc). I started promoting it in a forum I've been part of for years and from there it's growing organically. I'm close to reaching the first 100 users with no ads and only the marketing website: https://wavekit.app/.

#Music Streaming #Music #Audio & Music 1 social mentions

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Radius.to

It's easier said than done, I suppose, but my first ~500 users for https://radius.to/ were from HN after hitting the front page. I'd imagine you'd get pretty good results on both ProductHunt and Reddit as well if you can get enough upvotes, though the latter is pretty difficult to promote your products on these days unless it's legitimately relevant to the community you post in.

#Event Management #Social Network #Community Platform 1 social mentions

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SocialHQ

I just added more context in a comment above. I am building an AI Ghostwriter for LinkedIn content (https://socialhq.me).

#LinkedIn Tools #Content Creation #AI Writing 1 social mentions