Tom Ray

Distribution & marketing tactics for indie hackers who would rather be building

[Tom Ray @bytomwillray]

You’ve used Claude Code to help rapidly build and ship your product.

How are you getting your first 10 customers?

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@saranormous @karpathy @NoPriorsPod @grok can you tell me more about the SETI-at-home part of this podcast?

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@taylorotwell @grok what’s the TLDR?

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@elonmusk @_kaitodev @garrytan @karpathy @grok how will this idea of universal income actually be funded though? I can’t see private companies contributing to this and most governments can’t afford to keep their national health services running

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@PovilasKorop I’m almost finished the project. I’ll DM you when it’s ready and see if you’re interested 🫡

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@PovilasKorop I’m working on a self hosted package for Laravel and was thinking of asking you if you’d be interested in promoting it / doing a paid YouTube video on it or something! So yes I think it’s a good idea for sure 💪

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@PovilasKorop @Philo01 *Have you heard

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@PovilasKorop Nice! I tried setting up a similar script but gave up with the PORT pain (had multiple projects running locally I wanted to worktree with).

Have about the tool https://t.co/npKMCOfyJA that @Philo01 is building?

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@Philo01 Looks super super interesting. When you say it’s almost ready - I can see it’s available for download right now via https://t.co/xNYozJuFFJ - is this like a beta version or something?

Also, what’s the pricing model going to be?

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I'm not sure which one to choose...

Which one do you prefer?

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And we’re live on @tinylaunch!

Would appreciate your upvote 🙏🙏🙏

https://t.co/5a9ybOI2vm

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I’m launching https://t.co/rGxvwp6lWs on @tinylaunch on Monday! 🚀

Check out the pre launch page here:
https://t.co/CCIiHe2WJC

Any feedback on the page would be greatly appreciated 🙏

[Tom Ray @bytomwillray]

You’ve used Claude Code to help rapidly build and ship your product.

How are you getting your first 10 customers?

[Tom Ray @bytomwillray]

@startup_dir Nice! What sort of weekly traffic are you guys hitting? Can you share a screenshot from your analytics tool?

Will consider your monthly ad slot if the monthly traffic is good 💪

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@rcmisk Im building a tool that helps indie hackers acquire their first 100 customers 🚀
https://t.co/rGxvwp6lWs

Validated by creating a waitlist (that 100 people joined!)

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@1Umairshaikh Helping indie hackers acquire their first 100 customers 🔥
https://t.co/rGxvwp6lWs

[Tom Ray @bytomwillray]

@suni_code Helping indie hackers acquire their first 100 customers 🔥🔥. Would love your feedback:

https://t.co/rGxvwp6lWs

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@Tobby_scraper Thanks bru! Love what you’re building @NichesHunter 🔥🔥

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I built https://t.co/OIPummn2se to solve this exact problem 🔥.

If you have 💰to spend:
- partner with micro influencers
- sponsor niche newsletters/communities

If you have no money to spend:
- go to where your target customer hangs out online and add value. Don’t sell, just add value
- build small, viral-like free tools that attract your target audience as a lead magnet

[Tom Ray @bytomwillray]

I’m launching https://t.co/rGxvwp6lWs on @tinylaunch on Monday! 🚀

Check out the pre launch page here:
https://t.co/CCIiHe2WJC

Any feedback on the page would be greatly appreciated 🙏