Get my first users

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# I want to get my first users

Find and convert the first people who feel the pain your product solves.

## Recommended products
- Apollo: Apollo's official prospecting materials describe persona-based filtering, buyer data, saved searches, and enrollment into outreach sequences. First step: Define one target segment, build a 25-person list, and write a direct problem-first message. Leaderboard awards: [3rd place · Week 23, 2026](https://mydentify.com/leaderboards/managing-a-sales-pipeline-2026-06-01).
- Alexa Belonix (@alexabelonix): Public product evidence: “The page lists a waitlist for a first-user distribution service.” First step: Visit mydentify.com to explore Alexa Belonix (@alexabelonix).
- Clay: Clay's official materials document multi-provider enrichment, ICP contacts, account research, scoring, and personalized outbound workflows. First step: Create one table for your ideal customer profile and enrich only the fields needed for a useful opener.
- Product Hunt: Product Hunt's official launch guide describes product submission, distribution to early adopters, community comments, and maker launch preparation. First step: Prepare the tagline, gallery, maker comment, and supporter list before launch day.
- Tally: Editorial fit review: Builders who want a clean form live in minutes. First step: Create a form with email, role, and one qualifying question. Leaderboard awards: [3rd place · Week 21, 2026](https://mydentify.com/leaderboards/collecting-customer-proof-2026-05-18).
- Loops: Editorial fit review: Builders who need product-aware email sequences without a heavy marketing automation suite. First step: Create a waitlist welcome email and one follow-up asking what problem the subscriber wants solved. Leaderboard awards: [Founding archive pick · Week 22, 2026](https://mydentify.com/leaderboards/sending-product-email-2026-05-25).

## Optional approach context
- Niche outreach: Contact a small, specific set of people who already experience the problem and ask about their current workaround.
- Founder-led content: Publish useful answers to the exact problem your earliest users are trying to solve.
- Community distribution: Earn attention inside an existing community by contributing before asking people to try the product.

## Related intents
- Validate my app idea (adjacent)