Steve Hopkins

To start I would find and connect with key people, then ask or see what communities they are a part of, maybe even get an introduction.

Lead selection but also thinking about what you can give that person, can you help them in some way for free - rather than immediately just wanting their time or their money

Todoist, Notion, Substack

Love all your sites, what do you use to make the directory style site?

I woul find a list of websites, memberships, directories, communities, forums related to the niche and probably some key players who I could partner with or join. Connect with people in the niche/industry like Linkedin if the community are there or other networks.

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Usually I see a case study or a blog article that's great value - I will look for their newsletter

A problem i had myself usually! Or a way in which a solution in one industry can be applied to make solutions in another industry way better

LinkedIn - as you people are real, both good as a community and for identifying the right people to reach out to

I use Notion's board view - i found clickup and Monday to have too many features personally

I usually try and build an email list or community, and work on ones which gather the most momentum. Some have had a long delay, such as articles starting to convert for keywords, which provides motivation to work on it again. Sometimes after whipping up a landing page, I might decide it’s not such a good idea - which is a quicker way of moving on than thinking about it for weeks.

The Sharetribe podcast has been one of my favourites. Marketplace tech is one of my interests, has some interesting case studies and practical tips for overcoming some of the hurdles in starting marketplaces.

I’ve found LinkedIn great for growing my newsletters - they are not paid though.

PR or newsletter advertising

Ive seen plenty of startups use Discord or Slack. Ghost.io and Substack are great if you are also publishing/writing insights. Circle.so is good for your own forum or a simple Buddypress/Wordpress equivalent. Depending on the type of people you want to join your community, I would utilise free platforms, social media groups where they are, utilise customers to an email list/forum/invite to...

Feels like a clear copycat move from Meta, probably something they have thought about, but no one wanted to experiment such a change until Twitter did. I wouldn't - I don't think it adds any value - they seem to try and monetise features that you would want anyway from the platform - i.e. security from impersonation.

Notion is just so easy to move notes around, and organise all the projects and frameworks needed as well as a continuous flow of ideas. Todoist helps get those projects done. Canva or Adobe can take care of all the design needs - plenty of free tools out there as well.