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Ask HN: How to use FB and Reddit to get your first customers?

2 pointsby apelinover 4 years ago
Hey everyone, I have a challenge.<p>We just launched our MVP and I am trying to get our first 100 customers from FB groups and sub-reddits. While I can create engaging posts, my issue is I can&#x27;t find a way to steer conversations towards our product.<p>How do you ask people to try your product on these platforms? Any examples of successful posts would be much appreciated.

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Ami_growover 4 years ago
Are you sure Facebook and Reddit are the best ways to go for an MVP test? Reddit requires time and subtle messaging, Facebook is good but you need to be in the right groups and build a good messaging in order to succeed. In my experience, the best way is to offer something to the ones who&#x27;d like to test and give feedback. Don&#x27;t go for Ads before testing first! You might be wasting your time, money and product reputation.<p>Please let me know if you need some help.
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troydavisover 4 years ago
&gt; How do you ask people to try your product on these platforms?<p>Buy ads, especially when you’re starting from nothing. Both sites you mentioned have self-service ad platforms with no minimums.<p>If it works, the cost is tiny ($3-$12 per 1,000 impressions) - especially since you’re able to target the campaigns. If it doesn’t work, organic content probably wouldn’t have either, and would have taken way more calendar time and wallclock time to test.<p>After you find something that works, then look into ways to decrease the cost.
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diogenesjuniorover 4 years ago
&gt;reddit<p>reddit is filled with censorship, there&#x27;s no point in using it<p>&gt;facebook<p>facebook isn&#x27;t any better, its just user focused instead of community based.<p>I&#x27;d say you&#x27;re better of not spamming any site though. If your [product] is good, people will come to it naturally.
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bcosynotover 4 years ago
Can you provide some details about the target market? B2B or B2C?
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PaulHouleover 4 years ago
Have you tried selling it to people in person?
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