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by hpen 2165 days ago
How did you drive traffic to your site in the first place? I'm starting an online SaaS but having trouble getting my first users.
2 comments

It helps to write more. A lot more. Getting traffic from Google only works if you have a ton of content.

Your video is great, but doesn't tell me why I would use this over Trello or something similar.

- "Pricing is free" feels ominous (to me), say it's a free beta or something instead.

- It's not entirely clear what "roadmap" means on your landing page. Is it your product roadmap?

- Your colour contrast hurts my eyes (maybe I'm weird), particularly black + purple.

Thanks for the feedback! Perhaps I need an animation showing how when you click on a card it takes you into that cards Kanban board. (The feature differentiator from Trello)

As for the color contrast I plan to add more options in the future such as light mode.

What are you doing to speak to your customers?
I've tried places like HN and a little bit of Google Ads (too expensive). I don't know how to reach my customers...
Depends on your niche. I'd recommend directly engaging on Twitter, and launching a podcast and/or YouTube channel. Look at Reddit and see if there are any subreddits you can start contributing to. Reddit advertising can be somewhat effective, but some subreddits' ad inventory are bought out often.