How founders find their first users, market a product on no budget, and keep growth going after launch day.
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A newsletter feature puts your product in front of people who signed up to hear about new products. The twelve worth submitting to, what each one costs, and how to get in.
For an extension, the store is not where people arrive after hearing about you. It is where they find you in the first place. The ten places worth launching on, and why your store listing matters more than all of them.
A review listing does two jobs: it ranks for your product name while your own site cannot, and it shows a stranger that other people use the thing. The twelve platforms worth your time, ordered by where to start rather than by company size.
Your landing page is probably not bad. It is probably indistinguishable, which is worse. Why every startup page suddenly sounds the same, and how to write one that could only be about your product.
We asked ChatGPT five questions our own customers ask, then logged every source it read. Three months after shipping our AI visibility work, StartupBase was in the source list on every relevant query and named in the answer on none of them. Here is what that gap teaches you.
Marketing a startup is not one job, it is four, and they happen in order. A stage by stage playbook for the founder who is also the entire marketing department, with the deep dives linked at each step.
Most traffic advice is written for websites that already have authority. Here is what actually works on a site nobody has heard of yet, sequenced by how old your site is.
The sixteen communities worth a founder's time in 2026, with the one thing every other list leaves out: what each room actually lets you post about your own product.
Which launch platforms actually give you a dofollow backlink, with verified Domain Rating for every platform and a thirty second method to check any link yourself before you waste time submitting.
How to do pre launch marketing without building a waitlist that never converts. What the pre launch phase is actually for, what to measure instead of signups, and a realistic timeline for indie founders.
How to market a startup with no money, written for indie and bootstrapped founders. Which free channels compound, which only work once, and a realistic plan for five hours a week.
Do startup directories actually help your SEO in 2026? A clear breakdown of dofollow vs nofollow links, why bulk submissions fail, and how to get real ranking value from the directories you submit to.
Learn how to get your first 100 users after launch using founder led outreach, startup communities, product directories, content, feedback loops, and launch platforms.