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Olly Meakings
- Founder of First 100 Users
- Published June 24, 2024 by Fardeen Khan
- Reviewed and edited by Niall Doherty
Check out First 100 Users, a directory of marketing ideas for software founders to get their first 100 users 👍
For example…
Looks nice, but nothing fancy.
The person behind the site, Olly Meakings, recently tweeted…
I sold my side project for $10,000! ✨🎉
Olly is also the marketing co-founder of Senja, a testimonial collection app.
💬 He adds…
First 100 Users was an early lead magnet for me
It grew in scope and eventually won Product of the Day on ProductHunt
It went from a basic @NotionHQ table → @softr_io + @airtable website with over 100 marketing ideas + 100s of tools listed
Olly first launched it on ProductHunt back in March 2022 🚀
But recently he’s been busy working on Senja, so he put First 100 Users up for sale…
Here’s the timeline:
✨ Posted for sale on Twitter 17/06
✨ Received 5 serious DMs including one offer at $7k
✨ Shared tweet about $7k offer
✨ Buyer DMd 18/06
✨ Negotiated over DMs for about 60 mins
✨ Sent Paypal payment link
✨ Payment received: sold!
Pretty good outcome.
The site served its purpose for Olly, likely landing him some users for Senja and now a $10K payday 💰
I’m thinking someone could create a bunch of other sites like this…
- First 100 YouTube Subscribers
- First 100 Instagram Followers
- First 100 Newsletter Subscribers
- Etc.
Research the big successes and document how they got their first subs/followers.
Like Olly, this could serve as a lead magnet for your business.
And you might end up with a nice payday from it, too 🤑
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