Zero audience, 20k customers: Founder shares cold email and SEO tactics
kylegawley · x · 2026-08-19
The author shares how they acquired 20,000 customers for their first product with zero existing audience. Key strategies included cold emails, email marketing, and SEO. They argue that while an audience helps with launches and market testing, it is not a sustainable long-term strategy for daily customer acquisition.
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