I got my current start (granted not super successful, just started about a month ago) with my product paying all my bills by looking for an audience and just selling manual services that emulated the product itself. Once I saw secured actual contracts and demand, I built it.
In my case, I used a few different marketplaces, but I might also recommend competitor's forums.
Just go to where your audience frequents and sell them something, and if they pay for it, build it.
Some of this might be considered spam, but I would imagine if you did a bit of research or attempted to explain how you add value in some way: I'm sure people don't mind direct emails or direct messages (if something exists)
With that, I'd recommend stuff like linkedin/twitter etc to find relevant people in the industry you want to sell to and work from there.
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I got my current start (granted not super successful, just started about a month ago) with my product paying all my bills by looking for an audience and just selling manual services that emulated the product itself. Once I saw secured actual contracts and demand, I built it.
In my case, I used a few different marketplaces, but I might also recommend competitor's forums.
Just go to where your audience frequents and sell them something, and if they pay for it, build it.
Some of this might be considered spam, but I would imagine if you did a bit of research or attempted to explain how you add value in some way: I'm sure people don't mind direct emails or direct messages (if something exists)
With that, I'd recommend stuff like linkedin/twitter etc to find relevant people in the industry you want to sell to and work from there.
Well done, good idea to offer the service in dosage manually and then identify what needs to be streamlined!