How did you get your first paying customer?

still on the way to get first customer

I don't remember (it was too long time ago), but probably SEO :D In my latest businesses, the first customers come from Twitter in most all of the cases

LinkedIn (or my own network) and then ProductHunt.

I got my first customers from Reddit and Hacker News

Our partners became our paid customers.

For a previous project, we found him through our personal networks.

First from my own network and second from twitter

Outreach on Linkedin to relevant people although it's been very enterprise-focused product.

DM on Facebook. Typically you get first customers from a network or existing relationships. Then you get referrals, and then you start selling to strangers. That's when it gets harder because people don't know you or your product.

Twitter

personal connections and immediate business network

I'm a free service, no paying customers are involved for me.