Finding early adopters on an ongoing basis

Dhruv Bhatia
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How do you find early adopters for your startup on an ongoing basis?

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Aleks Dahlberg
Thought leadership is super useful. We write blogs, and product updates regularly, this has attracted multiple early adopters and given us much more intel on where our market is. We capture this audience in a community slack channel to further engagement Our main tool is our product blog https://sahha.substack.com/
Hunted Space
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Product Hunt, Reddit, startup communities, and attending relevant events.
Dhruv Bhatia
@inesfenner Agreed Ines :). Which is your favourite platform on an on-going basis?
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Daniel Engels
The task is rather difficult. Meaningful participation in industry's events might get you some initial traction. In some cases, creation of outstanding content might drive converting traffic to your website. But it takes time and expertise, and the result isn't necessarily immediate.
Dhruv Bhatia
@daniel_engels totally agree! Being consistent is key
We used Product hunt, Indie hackers and ShowHN, and our community of existing users to find early adopters for our products.
Dhruv Bhatia
@qudsia_ali makes sense :). Did any of these platforms work on an on-going basis as well (not just one-time launches)?
Jim Treinen
The best way to ensure user adoption is to perform enough pre-product research to ensure that you are solving a real world problem. It is not enough to speak in broad terms, but to do the work to get to specifics. Once you nail this, user adoption will happen.
Dhruv Bhatia
@jtreinen True. How do you know when you've done enough pre-product research though 🤔?
Jim Treinen
@dhruv_bhatia I honestly think of this as an ongoing process where you are able to go back to the people with whom you have already engaged, and continue the conversation and ultimately build a community that continues to feed your product roadmap, and your user base.
Bob Thomas
Here's a strategy for launching a SaaS product and finding thousands of early adopters/beta testers for your pre and post launch marketing initiatives. It's a long read but covers an in-depth actionable strategy. https://robxentreprenuer.medium....