7 tried-and-true solopreneur Marketing tips

Sveta Bay
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1. Invest time in understanding your target audience πŸ‘₯ Sorry, but to succeed, you have to talk with your potential customers. You need to understand their context, motivation, pains, and barriers to buy. Always remember that you can't know better what they need. 2. Double down on distribution πŸ”” Don't try to write the best article on the Internet. Instead, write a good enough article that will be seen by thousands of people and will result in multiple purchases of your product. This is a big difference. 3. Always experiment πŸͺ„ The digital world is a very fast-changing environment. New marketing opportunities and trends appear daily. If you stick to 1 channel that works for you, then you can lose everything in one day. Twitter algorithms can change, TikTok can be banned in country X, and Instagram can create new promo rules. That's life. 4. Grow your personal brand 🧲 This tip is extremely important for solopreneurs. A personal brand helps to raise awareness and does marketing for you. But be prepared: it takes time and requires consistent efforts. 5. Focus on quick wins πŸ… One goal can be achieved in different ways. 🐌 You can get 100 visitors by spending 12 months on SEO. πŸš€ You can get 100 visitors by writing one good tweet. 6. Avoid dark mode. #buildinpublic πŸ“Ί Choose a platform (Twitter, Indie Hackers, Product Hunt discussions). Share your wins and loses, product updates and learnings. 7. Make a marketing planning πŸ“ˆ Yeah, you probably have just left 9-5 job in a corporation. Deleted Zoom, Skype, Teams, Outlook, and Yammer. You don't want to do the planning. But I highly recommend you to. Yes, I'm talking about planning marketing activities. _____________ You can find the article with tips on each step in our blog 😊 https://blog.makerbox.club/solop...

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Hina Ashfaq
Great tips, Thankx for sharing.
Bonar
thx for ur sharing
Zeng
Agree with the avoid dark mode part. As Kevon Cheung says, if you don't build in public, you are not giving yourself a chance to shine.🌟
Sveta Bay
@zeng yeah, absolutely! You're hiding smth you wanna sell. Why?
Sofia Li
@zeng True. I used to be shy about selling my content. But that kills the chance to let it shine.
Faheem Sarwar
Well your tips looks appealing thanks for sharing
Gaurav verma
What are some of the go-to distribution channels? And among them, which one is the highest performing?
Sveta Bay
@gaurav_verma10 It all depends on your target audience. You need to understand on what platforms your potential users spend time.
Daniel Pirciu
@basv, adding to @gaurav_verma10 question...what acquisition channel has worked out best for you (selling digital products)?
Sveta Bay
@gaurav_verma10 @daniel_pirciu Product Hunt, Twitter, Indie Hackers, beta-list πŸ‘€ But as I said, it all depends on your audience
Katrina Bain
Thanks for sharing! Very interesting tips!
Anne Broadwin
Very useful, thanks for sharing!
Divya
One tip that works effectively is the use of Interactive content. It is time to leverage interactive content marketing. Interactive content is like a two-way conversation between the content and the audience. It is highly engaging Some examples of interactive content are quizzes, calculators, polls, surveys, chatbots, giveaways, etc. Quizzes are fun to participate in and they provide a personalized experience while offering real value. Use Outgrow's quiz maker https://outgrow.co/quiz-maker/ start creating customized content for your audience. The more engaged your audience will be, the more successful your marketing strategy will be. Thus, start creating interactive content to generate and convert qualified leads.
Tra Dao
Insightful, thanks for sharing
Izabela Tomica
Love that, thanks for sharing! Also, great work with makerbox products!
Robert P
Great Tips. πŸ’―
Richard Gao
Love the focus on incremental marketing rather than getting a big thing done all at once.
Josh Freeland
can you go into detail on some action items that you can do to grow your personal brand
Sveta Bay
@joshfreeland I absolutely can. I have an article on growing Twitter audience https://blog.makerbox.club/audie...
Khasan
Thank you for sharing Sveta
Koushik Marka
Short and to the point. Thanks for sharing these tips @basv πŸ™Œ. Loved the line "Avoid dark mode".
Matt Bilardo
This post by itself was a great way of marketing your product while providing something valuable to your audience. I respect your strategy. Hats off to you! πŸ™‚
Jacopo Lai
Thanks a lot for the tips. I am not a soloprenuer but all of these points can be used in startups too. I believe that planned smart work is way better than unplanned hard work. What do you think?